Religion and  Spirituality


'There are spiritual people in all religions, yet,
More people kill in the name of religion then any other issue.
Violence is done in the name of religion.'  Maharishi Om

Religion divides, spirituality unites, spirituality is the intersection.

Religion is fear based, spirituality is wisdom based.

Religion is brain washing.

Spirituality is based on the realization of truth.

Religion is based on beliefs which may or may not be true.

Spirituality is a research based result oriented approach.

Religion is an emotional issue.

Spirituality is an 'awakening knowledge' issue.

Religion creates group-ism, Spirituality creates an understanding of humanity.

Religion creates the feeling of 'my people, your people', in Spirituality it is 'our' people.

Religion is like wearing tinted glasses and seeing everything only in the colors of the glasses you are wearing, this is illusory.

Religious people love to convert others into their religion.

Spiritual people do not see others as a merit for themselves, or converting someone as the reason to help them. Spiritual people see the need in others. That is the difference, the Spiritual do not discriminate.

More people are killed in the name of religion then for any other reason, more violence is done in the name of religion. God is not telling anyone to kill his name, this is the truth. Sudan's decades long war resulted in two million war related deaths. In the name of religion, God's name is being abused and all the while fellow human beings are being taken advantage of and being kept in poverty and deprived of knowledge and wisdom. In the name of religion they can take the resources, enslave people and live off of them. That is the real game.

Historically places of worship have been destroyed to weaken the morale of the opponent, (even when the war is not fought over religious ideals.)

Spiritual people think of the welfare of surrounding beings.

Religion is based on practices which sometimes have negative effects on personal and soul life.

The opposite of that is spirituality.

There are spiritual people in all religions. They do not want to hate or be violent to their neighbors
but the majority of their brethren do not agree with them.

Spiritual people do not feel enmity toward fellow human beings. They just feel that there is a difference caused by thinking, there is a difference of opinion caused by thinking or education based on a certain syllabus. The map is imprinted in a wrong manner and there is a possibility of replacing that imprint by adopting true teachings. This brings calming thoughts and calming effects.

Look at the many religious groups, after studying their religion, either they become angry or fearful.

After Spiritual practice one feels peace.

True teachings are the result oriented approach, focusing on remembering the results of previous actions while thinking about how to perform future actions. Analyze your actions based on the memory of the result of your actions.

This way of acting can guide toward peaceful action and toward a peaceful, spiritual life.