Hi,
I found this quite interesting.
Another BK Whitewash website ;
http://www.spiritualintelligenceunit.co ... uality.php
Religion tends to be Structured
Spirituality tends to be Free flowing
Religion tends to be Male dominated
Spirituality tends to be Androgenous
Religion tends to be Oppressive
Spirituality tends to be Emancipating
Religion tends to be Conforming
Spirituality tends to be Metaphysical
Religion tends to be Institutionalised
Spirituality tends to be Individual
Religion tends to be Doing
Spirituality tends to be Being
Religion tends to be Patriarchal
Spirituality tends to be Equality
Religion tends to be Social Control
Spirituality tends to be Liberating
Religion tends to be Culturally defined
Spirituality tends to be Transcendent
Religion tends to be Separating
Spirituality tends to be Bringing Together
Religion tends to be Applies to some
Spirituality tends to be
Religion tends to be Exclusive
Spirituality tends to be Inclusive
Religion tends to be Dogmatic
Spirituality tends to be Flexible
Religion tends to be Ego (based on attachment to beliefs)
Spirituality tends to be Humility (which emerges naturally with the freedom of non-attachment)
Religion tends to be Controlling
Spirituality tends to be Allowing
The 'tendency' differences between
Religion and Spirituality
Religion tends to encourage habitualised rituals
Spirituality seeks discover new levels of meaning behind all practice
Religion passes on knowledge to others and encourages believing
Spirituality facilitates self knowledge and encourages experience (insperience)
Religion is a product which comes with a whole package of beliefs, rituals and dogmas.
Spirituality is a process to discover the true identity and nature of the inner self
Religion is about external practices and show
Spirituality is about internal practices and self awareness
Religion worships the highest state of consciousness
Spirituality aspires to become the highest state of consciousness
Religion says “you should”... “you have to”
Spirituality says "I will"... "I am"
Religion tends to attempt to control followers of it’s belief system
Spirituality recognises that it is impossible to control others and that everyone is innately a ‘free spirit’
Religion tends to resist and deny the validity of the beliefs and ways of other religions
Spirituality accepts and respects everyone regardless of their beliefs though it may not agree with their ways
Religion venerates the gurus, teachers and priest and puts them on a high pedestal creating an elite hierarchy
Spirituality respects all and venerates the self respect of every individual, creating a family feeling
Religion offers a false and temporary identity: “I am Hindu” “I am Muslim”
Spirituality restores true permanent identity – “I am a peaceful soul”
A religious person often feels threatened by different beliefs
A spiritual person enjoys and accepts a wide variety of beliefs while remaining strong in their own practice
Learning from religious stories is based on the past experiences of others (e.g. was Jesus angry at the money lenders… I don’t know I wasn’t there)
Learning from spiritual stories is based on the present ‘insperiences’ of the self (I am angry and I insperience the suffering that anger is. I am also now aware I am the creator of my anger therefore I can learn not to create it)
I found this quite interesting.
Another BK Whitewash website ;
http://www.spiritualintelligenceunit.co ... uality.php
Religion tends to be Structured
Spirituality tends to be Free flowing
Religion tends to be Male dominated
Spirituality tends to be Androgenous
Religion tends to be Oppressive
Spirituality tends to be Emancipating
Religion tends to be Conforming
Spirituality tends to be Metaphysical
Religion tends to be Institutionalised
Spirituality tends to be Individual
Religion tends to be Doing
Spirituality tends to be Being
Religion tends to be Patriarchal
Spirituality tends to be Equality
Religion tends to be Social Control
Spirituality tends to be Liberating
Religion tends to be Culturally defined
Spirituality tends to be Transcendent
Religion tends to be Separating
Spirituality tends to be Bringing Together
Religion tends to be Applies to some
Spirituality tends to be
Religion tends to be Exclusive
Spirituality tends to be Inclusive
Religion tends to be Dogmatic
Spirituality tends to be Flexible
Religion tends to be Ego (based on attachment to beliefs)
Spirituality tends to be Humility (which emerges naturally with the freedom of non-attachment)
Religion tends to be Controlling
Spirituality tends to be Allowing
The 'tendency' differences between
Religion and Spirituality
Religion tends to encourage habitualised rituals
Spirituality seeks discover new levels of meaning behind all practice
Religion passes on knowledge to others and encourages believing
Spirituality facilitates self knowledge and encourages experience (insperience)
Religion is a product which comes with a whole package of beliefs, rituals and dogmas.
Spirituality is a process to discover the true identity and nature of the inner self
Religion is about external practices and show
Spirituality is about internal practices and self awareness
Religion worships the highest state of consciousness
Spirituality aspires to become the highest state of consciousness
Religion says “you should”... “you have to”
Spirituality says "I will"... "I am"
Religion tends to attempt to control followers of it’s belief system
Spirituality recognises that it is impossible to control others and that everyone is innately a ‘free spirit’
Religion tends to resist and deny the validity of the beliefs and ways of other religions
Spirituality accepts and respects everyone regardless of their beliefs though it may not agree with their ways
Religion venerates the gurus, teachers and priest and puts them on a high pedestal creating an elite hierarchy
Spirituality respects all and venerates the self respect of every individual, creating a family feeling
Religion offers a false and temporary identity: “I am Hindu” “I am Muslim”
Spirituality restores true permanent identity – “I am a peaceful soul”
A religious person often feels threatened by different beliefs
A spiritual person enjoys and accepts a wide variety of beliefs while remaining strong in their own practice
Learning from religious stories is based on the past experiences of others (e.g. was Jesus angry at the money lenders… I don’t know I wasn’t there)
Learning from spiritual stories is based on the present ‘insperiences’ of the self (I am angry and I insperience the suffering that anger is. I am also now aware I am the creator of my anger therefore I can learn not to create it)