Spirituality. Religion without Commitment. In recent years Australia has seen a significant decrease in devotion to religions whilst the majority claim they are spiritual instead. This poses the question to many individuals. Is there a difference between being spiritual and being religious? This questioning leads me to my purpose today. Explaining if we can be spiritual without needing religion.
Many people have this assumption that you can’t have spirituality without religion and vice versa. But with the recent studies claiming that Australians are spiritual but aren’t committed to a certain religion. Do we need to rethink that assumption?
To answer that question we first need to understand what spirituality is. Sounds simple right? …show more content…
Spirituality can embrace transcendental ideas for the individuals that believe in existence beyond this physical level whilst embraces humanistic ideas of morality like patience, forgiveness and harmony without believing in an existence after death.
Gene Kent, a committed Anglican was able to define spirituality whilst managing to capture the essential idea of spirituality, stating “It is your decision to follow a religious life, spirituality picks you” . Spirituality is something we all have within us, we don’t need religion unless we want it.
All religions have their views on spirituality and how it should be practiced. Spiritual practices can be any action that brings you closer to your inner self and to the divine, these practices are seen as gateways to spiritual experiences. Spiritual experiences can be as similar or diverse to the person next to you. Some believe an experience takes you from this level of existence to the next, others believe you melt away from reality and connect with your ‘inner
Many people have this assumption that you can’t have spirituality without religion and vice versa. But with the recent studies claiming that Australians are spiritual but aren’t committed to a certain religion. Do we need to rethink that assumption?
To answer that question we first need to understand what spirituality is. Sounds simple right? …show more content…
Spirituality can embrace transcendental ideas for the individuals that believe in existence beyond this physical level whilst embraces humanistic ideas of morality like patience, forgiveness and harmony without believing in an existence after death.
Gene Kent, a committed Anglican was able to define spirituality whilst managing to capture the essential idea of spirituality, stating “It is your decision to follow a religious life, spirituality picks you” . Spirituality is something we all have within us, we don’t need religion unless we want it.
All religions have their views on spirituality and how it should be practiced. Spiritual practices can be any action that brings you closer to your inner self and to the divine, these practices are seen as gateways to spiritual experiences. Spiritual experiences can be as similar or diverse to the person next to you. Some believe an experience takes you from this level of existence to the next, others believe you melt away from reality and connect with your ‘inner