Define: SPIRITUALITY?

Question

there must be an obvious difference between RELIGION and
SPIRITUALITY

what is the difference?

Answer 1

Religion is the rules and regulations. Spirituality is the direct experience of the Divine.

Answer 2

Define: SPIRITUALITY?
there must be an obvious difference between RELIGION and
SPIRITUALITY

what is the difference?

No Time for Spiritual Things
How little time indeed has man for any spiritual happening, although he himself, his real ego, his spirit, is a part of this happening, simply through the very fact that he originates in the Spiritual Realm. There is his paradisial home, which he has left in the urge and longing to become conscious.
Here, on earth a man who emigrates to another country does not forget his homeland. He at least thinks back to it now and then and might even be overcome by homesickness for the land of his earthly origin.
Yet he no longer knows anything of his spiritual home, which lies far above in Paradise. Not even a divining of it arises within him. And yet the spirit, filled with repressed longing, is always waiting for the dark walls built around it by human guilt to be torn down, so that it might direct its gaze towards the Light.
Man always has time enough for earthly things and earthly customs. However there is no time to spare for spiritual investigating and seeking, even though it is actually so essential for his ascent out of this world of perishable matter, a place only intended temporarily as a place of learning, of investigating and development. Man should indeed produce earthly goods and enjoy them with pleasure, but he must not place the acquisition of earthly possessions above spiritual gain, which alone mediates eternal values to him.
Only these values, which he is able to acquire through genuine inner experiencing, give him strong support in the beyond, firm confidence, and genuine trust in God. But the earthly values, which he has acquired with the help of his intellect, remain behind after death and pass away like the brain, which produces the intellect.
It is just the intellect that so often stifles the rising longing of the spirit, pushing aside fruitful recognitions and experiences, declaring that it has no time for them. May the human being in the pressure of earthly activity swing himself upwards more and more to devote sufficient time to the spiritual. It will bring the spirit multiple gain, here as well as over there in the beyond, which no earthly wealth however great can outweigh. No matter whether the search for the spiritual relates for example to the question of the origin of the human spirit, its task in Creation, life after death, the spiritual power by which it lives and exists, or whether it concerns its free will, its responsibility, its fate and its repeated earth-lives.
No time for spiritual things! This can only be a lazy excuse of the intellect, because by its nature it is in no position whatever to grasp spiritual things. Its field is the earthly.
The spirit, however, which is eternal, does not know this excuse. It always has time for spiritual things, as soon as and as long as it goes on striving to keep awake its longing for the Luminous Heights!

Answer 3

R is man-made with mans' rules and rituals. S is the longing within us to join with a divine, loving power. S is not a destination - it is a journey. With R you must follow the journey set out by men in ancient times and usually outlines who the "lesser" people are: women, non-believers, blacks, etc. S on the other hand is the pure kind of selfishness. You must find Your Own Way and beliefs, then act accordingly. R is not bad, but like the chicken and egg, you must figure out which one comes 1st. It is your choice. But, to me, it sounds as if you have already started your journey.

Answer 4

Spirituality is the delusional belief that somewhere inside you is an essence that differentiates you from the bug that squashes against your windshield at 60 mph and connects you to some superstitious being denied to all other creatures. It is rubbish, there are no gods. Religion is just the con created to support the lie of spirituality and fleece the sheeple.

Answer 5

Religion describes, at least, a general guiding principle or set of guiding principles toward some deity.
Spirituality doesn't require a deity at all. It seems to be the idea that there are "forces" at work in the universe which humans can discern and/or actually "tap into".
I'm sure somebody will be able to describe it better than that, but that's my take on it.

Answer 6

Spirituality to me is having a relationship with God the Father. Religion is man made.

Answer 7

Religion is generally man's effort to be with God; in Christianity the places are reversed, Jesus made an effort to be with us. Spirituality is anything one thinks it is whether religious or not.

Answer 8

I'd put it this way: religion is organized mass delusion, and spirituality is individual delusion.

Answer 9

no difference. pretend for grown-ups

Answer 10

where is your hair ?