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Saturday, November 7, 2015

Spirituality and religion

There is a class at Texas A& M health science center on spirituality that I have been invited to teach.
The question arose, Are you spiritual  but not religious? SBNR
So what is religion- It is abiding set of beliefs as structured by a church or organization.
Spirituality is a higher or inner awareness that does not limit ones freedom." My own personal faith or direct relationship wit God- no church or organization needed.
The word religion comes from Latin word religare, which is a combination of re(back) ligament ( to tie or bind,suggesting that which restricts ,restrains or limits ones freedom.
Spiritual assumes a higher or inner or mystical awareness. That is unrestricted,unrestrained and does not limit ones freedom.
More to come another time.
However,just one thing, it has been proved that people who attend even once a week group prayers liv e longer than those who did not.

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