Spirituality v Religion

The difference between the spiritual and religious impulse in human psychology.

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• philosophy
• atheism

[carlalouisec]

Personally, when I was in high school I picked up a book called "The Art of Happiness" & I think that is when I started my spiritual journey, but it wasn't until my 1st solo trip overseas that I was spiritually awaken. I went to a catholic primary school - was always taught do right by god or you will go to hell.

What I love about Spirituality, is it taught me to be responsible for my own actions and my actions will dealt with accordingly. So much weight was lifted off my shoulder that day. :)

[carlalouisec]

@asana1973 Brilliant!

[asana1973]

"Religion is for people who are afraid to go to hell and spirituality is for those who have already been there." A quote that I came by. Really puts something on yer mind.

[mynapaporn]

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[DanceSexy101]

Nothing frustrates me more than someone accusing me of not being an athiest because I say I'm spiritual! I'm not educated or have the vocabulary to explain it to them and even if I did I realize they wouldn't get it anyway. thanks for this video! Wonderful

[cartoonhead5]

religion has nothing to do with sprituality, sprituality comes from rationality not religious gobbledygook.

[Valelacerte]

Yes, I see. Thanks for elaborating.

[MenoftheInfinite]

With respect to the Totality, yes. We see the world and facts of experience and from that deduce the necessity of the Totality. However, when it comes to something like God, we assert its existence without reason or evidence and it therefore has no referent that can be pointed to: i.e. as an empirical object or a logical necessity.

[Valelacerte]

So, a philosophical construct is a mental model of a real tangible object? We see the world around us, recognise that it exists, and conclude that it is all necessary? Is that right?

[MenoftheInfinite]

Well, where the religious impulse is concerned, there are no referents, it is just all psychology/imagination. With respect to the spiritual impulse I'm basically referring to any valid philosophical construct. i.e. constructs that speak to what is actual in the world. e.g. from the fact that things exist, we can deduce the necessity of the Totality and we know this is true of the world we experience.