Religion And Spirituality

No. Religion Spirituality 1 Duality Oneness 2 Divine power is outside Divine power is inside 3 A belief A feeling 4 Knowledge Wisdom 5 Someone else's experience Your own individual experience 6 Dogmatic Open to interpretation 7 Calls for sympathy Calls for empathy 8 Drives Separateness Drives Closeness 9 Generates bigotry Generates tolerance 10 Demands Sobriety, control and ascetic behavior Allows laughter, freedom and conscious enjoyment 11 Self improvement through repression and denial Self growth through loving acceptance of what is 12 Focuses on other's experiences and growth Focuses on one's own experience and growth 13 Loving towards others / abnegation / pushover Loving towards self / selfishness / assertive 14 For people who are afraid of the dark For people who've already been there 15 Fear-based Love-based * What are you really practicing?     Religion And Spirituality   No. Religion Spirituality 1 Belief in a superhuman power outside of you, the creator of the universe Belief that the divine in within us all 2 Dictated beliefs / Conditioned minds Personal beliefs / value system 3 Outside God Inside God 4 People's inherent sinfulness People's inherent goodness 5 Worship Spiritual development 6 Conditioned self Authentic self 7 Narrow creeds Joyous living 8 Faith based Science / Spiritual Laws based 9 Future oriented : Heaven is a place you go when you die Present oriented : Heaven is a state of mind 10 Brick / mortar temple Human relationships     Religion And Spirituality   No. Religion Spirituality 1 Is believing in someone else's experience Is having your own experience 2 Is based on fear Is based on freedom 3 Is for people afraid of going to hell Is for people who have already been there 4 Separates (excludes people who have different beliefs) Unites (includes people regardless of their beliefs) 5 God is outside you God is within you 6 Worships god Becomes one with god 7 Is like being stuck in a fish bowl with only limited things to explore Is like having the entire ocean to explore without limits