Spirituality VS Religion
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING SPIRITUAL AND BEING RELIGIOUS?
FOR ME IT IS THE IDEA THAT GOD IS MEAN, VENGEFUL, JEALOUS OR FILLED WITH WRATH!
THIS CONTRADICTS THE MEANING OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND MAKES IT HARDER TO BUY INTO RELIGIOUS DOGMA. BEING SPIRITUAL REQUIRES LESS FAITH THAN BEING RELIGIOUS,
YOU ARE NOT JUST TAKING THE BIBLE WORD FOR WORD, YOU DEVELOP A KNOWING A FEELING THAT EVERYTHING YOU FEEL AND SEE AND TOUCH INCLUDING GOD IS A GIVEN.
ALSO BEING SPIRITUAL IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW A CERTAIN DOCTRINE IN ORDER TO BE LOVED BY GOD, HE ALREADY LOVES US AS WE ARE OF GOD AND KNOWING THIS MEANS FREEDOM TO FIND THE BEST BELIEF SYSTEM OR FIT FOR YOU, AS A SPIRITUAL BEING YOU WILL CHOOSE A BELIEF SYSTEM FILLED WITH LOVE AND LIGHT AND KNOW THAT THESE ARE YOUR BEST TOOLS AGAINST DARKNESS. PRAYERS ARE NEEDED YES BUT GOD SEE'S OUR HEARTS AND HE IS NOT SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR US TO BEG HIM TO HELP, YET RELIGIONS TELL YOU SO MANY THINGS YOU MUST DO TO BE IN GOD'S FAVOR IT BOGGLES THE MIND.
WHEN YOU ARE TOLD TO HAVE FAITH IT IS LIKE WHITE KNUCKLING LIFE. I WAS SO LOST WHEN I ONLY HAD FAITH BECAUSE I WAS NEVER SURE IF I COULD TRUST. EVERYONE KEPT TELLING ME TO HAVE FAITH BUT NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. WHEN I STARTED SEEING GOD AS A GIVEN, AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVING CREATOR, I JUST KNEW WHO GOD WAS, THAT MY BEING HERE WAS FOR A REASON AND MEANT TO BE. I NEVER NEED TO HAVE FAITH IN MY CREATOR AGAIN AND FAITH IS NOW RESERVED FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNPREDICTABLE, HUMANS! GOD IS NOT UNPREDICTABLE AND HIS PLAN FOR ME IS NOT UNPREDICTABLE, A ROLLER COASTER OF AMAZEMENT AND NEVER KNOWING WHAT COMES NEXT IS WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT. WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE UPS AND DOWNS AND PAIN WITH SORROW AND HAPPINESS WITH JOY BUT NOT BECAUSE WE ACCEPTED JESUS INTO OUR HEARTS OR WE CAN NOT GO TO HEAVEN AS RELIGION TEACHES, BUT BECAUSE GOD WAS ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS FROM THE SECOND OF OUR CREATION.
IF WE TREAT GOD AS SOMETHING TO BE WORSHIPED RATHER THAN LOVED AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO SACRIFICE FOR INSTEAD OF ADORE THEN WE LOOSE SIGHT OF THE UNCONDITIONAL ASPECT OF AN ALL LOVING, UNCONDITIONAL FATHER WHO GUIDES US AND HELPS US AND SURROUNDS US WITH ALL THE TOOLS WE NEED, ANGELS, ARCHANGELS AND ASCENDED MASTERS AS WELL AS A SPIRIT GUIDE OR TWO, YET TO SEE THIS IN ANY RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS.
I WOULD BE NOTHING MAYBE EVEN GONE HOME ALREADY IF NOT FOR MY SPIRITUALITY WHICH GAVE ME SUCH AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF BEING ENCOMPASSED WITH A LIGHT THAT WOULD NEVER DIM, I MAY HAVE GIVEN UP AND LOST HOPE AS SO MANY DO AFTER HAVING SO MUCH FAITH AND NEVER SEEING THE TRUE LIGHT. I SEE THE TRUE LIGHT AND I AM INVITING YOU TO EXPERIENCE PEACE ALONG YOUR JOURNEY, ALL YOU NEED DO IS JOIN ME IN LOVING YOURSELF FIRST AS GOD DOES SO THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO LOVE OTHERS AND WOW WILL YOU BE IN FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE FOR WHAT THIS SIMPLE CHANGE IN THINKING AND PROCESS WILL DO FOR YOUR TIME HEAR. NAMASTE
FOR ME IT IS THE IDEA THAT GOD IS MEAN, VENGEFUL, JEALOUS OR FILLED WITH WRATH!
THIS CONTRADICTS THE MEANING OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND MAKES IT HARDER TO BUY INTO RELIGIOUS DOGMA. BEING SPIRITUAL REQUIRES LESS FAITH THAN BEING RELIGIOUS,
YOU ARE NOT JUST TAKING THE BIBLE WORD FOR WORD, YOU DEVELOP A KNOWING A FEELING THAT EVERYTHING YOU FEEL AND SEE AND TOUCH INCLUDING GOD IS A GIVEN.
ALSO BEING SPIRITUAL IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW A CERTAIN DOCTRINE IN ORDER TO BE LOVED BY GOD, HE ALREADY LOVES US AS WE ARE OF GOD AND KNOWING THIS MEANS FREEDOM TO FIND THE BEST BELIEF SYSTEM OR FIT FOR YOU, AS A SPIRITUAL BEING YOU WILL CHOOSE A BELIEF SYSTEM FILLED WITH LOVE AND LIGHT AND KNOW THAT THESE ARE YOUR BEST TOOLS AGAINST DARKNESS. PRAYERS ARE NEEDED YES BUT GOD SEE'S OUR HEARTS AND HE IS NOT SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR US TO BEG HIM TO HELP, YET RELIGIONS TELL YOU SO MANY THINGS YOU MUST DO TO BE IN GOD'S FAVOR IT BOGGLES THE MIND.
WHEN YOU ARE TOLD TO HAVE FAITH IT IS LIKE WHITE KNUCKLING LIFE. I WAS SO LOST WHEN I ONLY HAD FAITH BECAUSE I WAS NEVER SURE IF I COULD TRUST. EVERYONE KEPT TELLING ME TO HAVE FAITH BUT NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. WHEN I STARTED SEEING GOD AS A GIVEN, AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVING CREATOR, I JUST KNEW WHO GOD WAS, THAT MY BEING HERE WAS FOR A REASON AND MEANT TO BE. I NEVER NEED TO HAVE FAITH IN MY CREATOR AGAIN AND FAITH IS NOW RESERVED FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNPREDICTABLE, HUMANS! GOD IS NOT UNPREDICTABLE AND HIS PLAN FOR ME IS NOT UNPREDICTABLE, A ROLLER COASTER OF AMAZEMENT AND NEVER KNOWING WHAT COMES NEXT IS WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT. WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE UPS AND DOWNS AND PAIN WITH SORROW AND HAPPINESS WITH JOY BUT NOT BECAUSE WE ACCEPTED JESUS INTO OUR HEARTS OR WE CAN NOT GO TO HEAVEN AS RELIGION TEACHES, BUT BECAUSE GOD WAS ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS FROM THE SECOND OF OUR CREATION.
IF WE TREAT GOD AS SOMETHING TO BE WORSHIPED RATHER THAN LOVED AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO SACRIFICE FOR INSTEAD OF ADORE THEN WE LOOSE SIGHT OF THE UNCONDITIONAL ASPECT OF AN ALL LOVING, UNCONDITIONAL FATHER WHO GUIDES US AND HELPS US AND SURROUNDS US WITH ALL THE TOOLS WE NEED, ANGELS, ARCHANGELS AND ASCENDED MASTERS AS WELL AS A SPIRIT GUIDE OR TWO, YET TO SEE THIS IN ANY RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS.
I WOULD BE NOTHING MAYBE EVEN GONE HOME ALREADY IF NOT FOR MY SPIRITUALITY WHICH GAVE ME SUCH AN OVERWHELMING FEELING OF BEING ENCOMPASSED WITH A LIGHT THAT WOULD NEVER DIM, I MAY HAVE GIVEN UP AND LOST HOPE AS SO MANY DO AFTER HAVING SO MUCH FAITH AND NEVER SEEING THE TRUE LIGHT. I SEE THE TRUE LIGHT AND I AM INVITING YOU TO EXPERIENCE PEACE ALONG YOUR JOURNEY, ALL YOU NEED DO IS JOIN ME IN LOVING YOURSELF FIRST AS GOD DOES SO THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO LOVE OTHERS AND WOW WILL YOU BE IN FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE FOR WHAT THIS SIMPLE CHANGE IN THINKING AND PROCESS WILL DO FOR YOUR TIME HEAR. NAMASTE