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Spiritual Journeys #2

Religion and Spirituality

Lincoln
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since 2007-12-03

Posts 62
Earth

0 posted 2008-06-07 03:32 PM

I don't know who wrote this, and I take no creddit for it, but it has inspired me alot.

"Someone once told me to think of religion and spirituality like seeing someone pointing at the moon--the pointer being religion and the moon, spirit. Instead of looking where the hand is pointing--the moon--we become enamored with the pointer. We can become bogged down and enamored with the "rules and regs" and forget what those point toward--spirit. Instead of a path, it becomes the end result to many."

"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray." -- Lord Byron

FastForward
Member

since 2008-06-29

Posts 66

1 posted 2008-07-09 04:00 PM

Happy to have read this. The pointers in my world are Catholic and Baptist. But they do look toward the same moon.

Danny Cobb
Member

since 2008-07-09

Posts 74

2 posted 2008-07-13 08:49 PM

thanks for sharing this observation. Many do confuse Religion & spirituality, but if I read James 1:26-27 right Pure religion is beingSpiritual, but being religious, especial on a part-time basis, is far from
True Spirituality.

Thanks for the thoughts,

danny cobb

Angel4aKing
Senior Member

since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

3 posted 2008-07-15 01:33 PM

That makes sense to me. I see it all of the time. We are so absorbed with the person that is pointing 'the way' that we fail to see the path or the destination. I have actually been there myself.

~~~kingsangel~~~

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