Spirituality vs Religion

Many people think that spirituality and religion are describing the same thing. However, these two things are not identical and have distinct differences. As you dig deeper into spirituality and religion you will see that they are unique in numerous ways. Truth is that you can be both spiritual and religious at the same time. You can also be religious but not spiritual and vice versa. This might sound complicated to some, but it’s really not as soon as you learn all their details.

Characteristics and Differences of Spirituality and Religion

            You should know that love and fear are the two main emotions that further branch into sub-emotions. Kindness, caring and compassion are part of the love emotion, while anger, aggression, guilt and abuse are part of fear emotion. Our human personality consists of both and it is important to nurture the love in order to become better persons. The spiritual part of our personality is our love part which is also our higher-self. Intuition is what helps us connect with the spiritual part of our personality. We can conclude that spirituality is closely connected to our spiritual part. When you are trying to be loving, kind, caring and honest then you are acting from the spiritual part inside you.

            The difference between spirituality and religion is in that that spiritual people are not following dogmatic truths like the religion does. Spiritual people believe in Karma, which teaches that whatever you do to other people will be done back in the same way to you. If you are mean and abusive to other people, then you will probably receive the same thing in return. If you are loving and kind then you will experience love and kindness by other people. Basically, spiritual people believe that what you give is what you will get back. On the other hand, religious people are following dogmas and interpret God`s messages. They follow the word of God and religious scriptures for organizing and living their lives. They believe that what is written in the Holy Books must be followed for living fulfilling and happy life.

            These were the general characteristics and differences of spirituality and religion. As you can see they are not the same and follow different ways, but focus on the same thing – to help people live in best possible way without harming and getting in the way of others.