Smart people of grapevine, what does religion and spirituality mean to you?
Smart ppl of grapevine, what does sprituality and religion mean according to ypu?
Religion in today's world means only one thing and it is Business. Man created God to keep fellow humans away from vices and to instill a sense of moral and fear so that they don't live a life the wrong way and that someone supreme from above is watching them and would punish them for their wrong deeds. And it was the same man who defined the rules on how to live and how not to live. The same man also created the concept of afterlife, hell and heaven and sold it. God had no role in this. Religion was largely supposed to be for community building but in today's scenario it is more of a cult that is egoistic, insecure, and spews hate. The whole purpose of religion has been defeated, again by the same man who created it!
If you are someone who has morals and lives your life with conscience, you don't really need a God. You are doing fine when nobody is watching. And you die when your heart stops beating. And that's it. There's nothing called afterlife. The people are you will cry for a few days and move on with the thousand problems they have in their lives. Religious epics/mythology were created by man to provide examples of good and bad. And even those characters (Gods) are not characterised as black or white. They have shades of grey as well. And that is life. If God truly existed and punished people for their misdeeds, it would have started first with those who made religion a business (eg: politicians and godmen). The one who makes a living using God's name very well knows what he is doing! The one who believes in God doesn't want to know what the businessman is doing.
You see the most religious of people living a hopeless life and dying a pathetic death. Treat people with respect, they will treat you the same way. God doesn't come down to save you. It is the chances you take and fellow humans who define your life. We're all living by mere coincidence.
BiryaniEnthu
Stealth
8 months ago
Bunny did you type this over phone 😵
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WolfgangMozart
Stealth
8 months ago
Haha, exactly
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Tommy Shelby once said : "All religion is a foolish answer to a foolish question"
Spirituality for me is the Way of Knowledge (Gnana Marga), the Way of Devotion (Bhakti Marga) and the Way of Action (Karma Marga).
I believe at different stages of life, the proportion of the above 3 components can vary. If you can work on all 3, the best achievement as a human.
For me, spirituality & religion may or may not be overlapping things.
I'm heavy on Gyana and Karma right now but still feel as spiritual as ever.
I was never a spiritual person but since my mom’s departure nothing is more important than to me other than spirituality. I embrace every day, every second and every moment now
Spirituality = Uranium
Religion = Electricity or Bomb.
Stay spiritual and Choose your religion smartly!
satan
Stealth
8 months ago
Heinn, spirituality sucks, and religion sucks.
Instead join me on my quest!
MuchosGracias
Stealth
8 months ago
Fantastic if practiced for spiritual reasons. Detrimental to progress if used as a political whip (cuts both ways, left and right wing)
FindingHorses
Stealth
8 months ago
Nothinf
DecentWord73
Stealth
7 months ago
This needs a podcast bhai. Or maybe a clubhouse or reddit discussion
DecentWord73
Stealth
7 months ago
Share the link and time here
Spirituality== idea if living today, not in past not in future
Religion== old skool way to help in spirituality
BinaryBillionaire
Stealth
8 months ago
It is something my mom says me to follow and I follow whatever she says.
As simple as that.
For me, Religion is a way to enhance my wisdom !!!! Take the good in it and ignore the bad in it according to current world values !!
The biggest fraudsters are those who claim to teach religion but do not know jackshit about it .
Religion is best understood by studying by ourself 😃
Indusplateau
Stealth
8 months ago
The old system is stupidity to keep you to under emotional and psychological control. Cross question your priest/Pandit/whoever on 5 Ys and you can see their blinded view of the world. Somehow the old religious head figured that out and ensure that billions followed it by systematically ensuring that in governance and politics..
Indusplateau
Stealth
8 months ago
Many SEA countries have no religion concept.
So there is a way to live without that
Bakwasmaal
Stealth
8 months ago
Religion: a way of life for me. I like the feeling of sitting down in my Pooja room in the morning after bath and spend 5-10 mins praying for the good of my family friends and world at large..the prayers are for something intangible however they calm the nerves and provide an optimism that sustains me through the day…
Speaking from an economical standpoint: The more staunchly religious a community / country is the more likely it correlates to being poor. Research shows that low socioeconomic status correlates with poor mental health, and religion helps the poor bear their fate.
IMO middle class Indians also have poor mental health for a variety of reasons including being emotionally suppressed often by family members, lack of exercise, welfare, systems, etc, and therefore we tend to cling to our spirituality.
You mean the rich dont seek spirituality and religion. What abt steve jobs, zuck seeking advice from neemkaroli baba and jack dorsey come to an ashram for vipassana?
That’s a bit Goop-esque, don’t you think? The wealthy rich whites seeking otherness and meditation which is not available in their own western religion is such a cliche. It’s like how headspace/alo pick and choose the parts of yoga that are marketable and choose to ignore Sanskrit texts.
It's a way to group up people together, At start don't have individual identity so seek solace in arbitrary terms and that get adopted to their identity, it's effective to provide feel of togetherness.
Religion and spirituality is a beautiful thing when practiced in private (maybe with someone who is just like you when it comes to religion and spirituality) but loses it's charm when you share it with others
dodgy_dave
Stealth
7 months ago
Strong believer through personal experiences.. हर हर महादेव
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