A visitor to Orkut Community - Divine Flames, raised a question, that I thought to share with you all...
"Dear dilip,
Can you pls differentiate between one being a religious & one being a Spiritual?
Are they cross-linked?
I am in a dilemma because i think most us want to be spiritual, & we choose the path of religion to take us to that spiritual infinity.........But it is following this religion which infuses fanaticism & rather than making us spiritual, it leads to possessiveness towards one particular sect & hatred towards all other......
I believe it is root cause of most of the problems we are facing today.......Thousands are being slaughtered in the name of religion, sect & language....while everyone is trying to be spiritual through these actions!!!!!!!!!!
So don't you think it's time to look beyond the horizons of religion & become spiritual in real sense? "
and I tried to answer his queries this way:
Hi Friend!
Thank you for visiting the community and posting a query. The question you have raised is very relevant, and for most of us this concept is somewhat misunderstood. We really need to understand the details of being religious and spiritual. There are indeed differences between the two. Why I am saying because one can be Spiritual but not religious at all. Spirituality, what I think is a state of mind, that reflects through our behaviors and shows up that the individual has attained a position wherein he/she is contributing either less to the entropy (a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration) or not at all contributing to the entropy. They have less selfishness, are less materialistic or not materialistic at all. I believe anybody, who understand what to do and what not to do, who understand the benefits of being fearless, or who understand what can bound their actions and what can make them feel free, or someone who understands that all souls in this universe are actually one, and one is into all, is in a way Spiritual.
He/she is also spiritual who thinks his/her life is not just for himself/herself but for many other souls in this universe and thus they must optimize their senses for betterment of mankind, help one another understanding the meaning of being a Human, such actions are manifestation of Spirituality. But, at the same time I would like to confirm that all religions (in its most commonly (mis)understood definitions) try to base their teachings on Spirituality. Spirituality comes under religion's subject matter. Now, I would not like to discuss here upon what I think about religion or what a religion should be good at, but being religious might help you being spiritual (not always). Today, whatever the slaughter is happening is not at all religious. That is more than 100% wrongly spread stuff by some particular misguided souls. Religion never teaches to kill rather it teaches to protect. It teaches Peace but it also recommends to revolt if it is required to preserve the Peace for humanity. So, to conclude, I would say if you really understand the true essence of your religion or your way of spirituality, nothing matters for you and you will be good to man kind. I hope that I have tried to answer your queries. You can continue if this text has raised some more doubts in your mind, I would like to put my thoughts on same.
May the Force be with you.
With loads of love n' wishes,
Dilip
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