Once a wise man was asked to explain the difference between religion and spirituality. His response was profound: ▪️ Religion is not just one, there are many. ▪️ Spirituality is one. ▪️ Religion is for those who sleep. ▪️ Spirituality is for those who are awake. ▪️ Religion is for those who need someone to tell them what to do and who want guidance. ▪️ Spirituality is for those who pay attention to their inner voice. ▪️ Religion has dogmatic rules. ▪️ Spirituality calls us to discuss everything, question everything. ▪️ Religion threatens and scares. ▪️ Spirituality gives inner peace. ▪️ Religion talks about sin and guilt. ▪️ Spirituality says "learn from your mistake". ▪️ Religion suppresses everything that is wrong. ▪️ Spirituality overcomes everything, it brings you closer to the truth! ▪️ Religion is about God; It is not God. ▪️ Spirituality is everything and therefore it is in God. ▪️ Religion is inventing. ▪️Spirituality is finding. ▪️ Religion doesn't tolerate any questions. ▪️Spirituality will question everything. ▪️ Religion is humanity. This is an organization whose rules are made by men. ▪️ Spirituality is divine, without human rules. ▪️ Religion is the cause of division. ▪️Spirituality unites. ▪️ Religion seeks you to believe. ▪️ The spirituality you have to seek it to believe. ▪️ Religion follows the concepts of the holy book. ▪️ Spirituality looks for a holiday in all books. ▪️ Religion feeds fear. ▪️ Spirituality feeds trust and faith. ▪️ Religion lives in thoughts. ▪️ Spirituality lives in inner consciousness. ▪️ Religion is dealing with the performance of rituals. ▪️ Spirituality is related to the inner self. ▪️ Religion feeds the ego. ▪️ Spirituality forces you to go beyond. ▪️ Religion makes us disconnect from the world to follow God. ▪️ Spirituality makes us live in God, without giving up our existing life. ▪️ Religion is a cult. ▪️ Spirituality is an inner meditation. ▪️ Religion fills us with dreams of glory in paradise. ▪️ Spirituality makes us live in earthly glory and paradise. ▪️ Religion lives in the past and in the future. ▪️ Spirituality is living in the present. ▪️ Religion creates monasteries in our memory. ▪️ Spirituality frees our consciousness. ▪️ Religion makes us believe in eternal life. ▪️ Spirituality makes us aware of eternal life. ▪️ Religion promises life after death. ▪️ Spirituality means finding God inside us in our present life before we die - We are not human beings who are going through a mental experience. -We are spiritual beings going through the human experience. ~Unknown
