> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:53:16 -0700 (PDT), "bigflet...@gmail.com" gmail.com> wrote:

>>Many ask "what is the difference, if any", and many today refer to
>>themselves ar "spiritual, not religious".

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>>Religion is a combination of recommended behaviours with the future in
>>mind, and is of the same genre as potilics. Unlike politics, the
>>future is based on 'after death' . Both just speculation.

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>>Spiritualilty is all encompasing, wherby the individual embraces, and
>>welcomes all experiences, knowing that experience is the only
>>teacher.

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>>Epiphany applies just as much to day to day relationships as it does
>>to 'greater awareness' of which, religion can only speculate.

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>>It is only when the individual can see this in day to day life, can he
>>be receptive for greater insights. The process is the same.

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>>Free will comes in whereby a person can either chose to 'look' or
>>not.To chose not to look when your ability to see has developed , is
>>the cause of all dysfunction.

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>>To 'let go of ego' means simply to allow yourself a further look, even
>>though you 'thought' you were right previously.

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>>BOfL

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> I choose to see them as nearly synonymous. Perhaps "religious"
> is a bit more applied than "spiritual".
> Considering the global situation as a "chapel precarious"
> and qualia as "religious experiences", then "spiritual"
> might be more "story" or folk lore based and "religious"
> as reality based. Thus we tend to have "religious
> institutions", not "spiritual institutions".
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> What about a "haunted house" at Halloweens?
> Is that spiritual or religious? Or is there a third category
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