I wanted to share this as it was profound for me in my awakening. Hopefully the JW circus that has started will wake many pimis up to these concepts:
▪ 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
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