| Religion can loosely be described as the
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| | This is a personal relationship to God
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| formalized ideas held by a group of
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| | and an insight that you don't need to go
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| people to define their understanding of
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| | to a special building to find God, but
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| God and their relationship to the creator
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| | that you simply have to look deep within
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| and creation. In some shape or form,
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| | yourself. It means that you don't need
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| religion has been present in human
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| | some special person with a college
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| civilizations since the beginning of
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| | education to lead you to God, but that
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| time. Throughout history cultural
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| | you simply have to turn inwards to find
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| development has been inextricably linked
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| | divine guidance.
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| to people's view of the world and their
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| | It's been said that you can't get wet
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| relationship to the mysterious and the
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| | from the word water and however strange
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| unknown dimension of life that we've come
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| | the idea is, it is very true for many
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| to call God. Religion has taken on many
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| | people's spiritual journeys. Until and
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| different forms and many different views
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| | unless you dive in and make personal
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| in many different cultures. The one
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| | contact with God by turning inwards and
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| common idea is that the religion will
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| | following your inner guidance your life
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| collectively value, uphold and even
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| | will always be dictated by other people's
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| impose a set of beliefs which they
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| | ideas - ideas that are mostly designed to
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| consider the path to God and 'the truth'
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| | keep you thinking and acting like
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| about this mysterious, yet ever present
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| | everybody else.
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| force of life.
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| | True freedom comes from this personal
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| Along with religion, came a certain level
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| | relationship to God and knowing that you
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| of power - especially for those who 'made
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| | don't need to be saved, that you are in
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| the rules' and who were believed to be
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| | fact born a good person and that God
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| appointed by God to rule the people. In
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| | cares about you regardless of whether you
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| the early Christian church, the religious
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| | comply to some religion's rules.
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| leaders were also the politicians and
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| | Spirituality will lead you to the
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| they ruled by fear, violently imposing
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| | realization that you are whole, complete
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| their ideas upon the people. You were
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| | and magnificent in every possible way and
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| told what to believe and how to behave in
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| | that you are unique and special with your
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| virtually every aspect of life. There was
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| | own grand mission in life. Your purpose
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| absolutely no room for really getting to
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| | in life in not to live up to the
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| know God, because those who claimed to
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| | expectations of other in order to be a
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| know God were the only one who can speak
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| | good person, but rather to live up to the
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| to God, and be spoken to by God.
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| | expectations of your Self, your spirit
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| Some of the earliest meaning of the word
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| | (or your soul) and to become, in form,
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| religion comes from a Latin
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| | the kind of person you were destined to
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| interpretation that means 'to bind' - an
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| | be.
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| bind it did, keeping people tied to silly
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| | You can get to know God for yourself. It
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| ideas for centuries. Religious ideas have
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| | will lead you to the realization that you
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| been developed and refined for centuries
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| | are in fact "God' - you are a part of God
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| and is almost exclusively designed to
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| | and contain within you a portion of this
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| keep people from stepping out of line and
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| | Divine force that makes up the very
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| 'being different'. The fundamental
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| | essence of life. Listen to other people,
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| difference between spirituality and
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| | hear them out and discover their view of
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| religion is that religion is based on
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| | God, but then go within and find God for
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| knowing ABOUT God, while spirituality is
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| | yourself. This is where all the power is.
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| based on KNOWING God on a personal level.
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| | This is where the freedom lies and if you
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| There's a big difference between knowing
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| | need a religion to help you develop your
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| about God and knowing God. Knowing about
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| | understanding of God, then practice it!
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| God is about intellectual knowledge and
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| | Remember to keep and open mind and don't
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| relying on the testimonials and
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| | just focus only on what you are told
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| experiences of others, while knowing God
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| | about God but rather what you feel to be
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| is a deeply personal and 'inner knowing'
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| | true deep down inside.
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| that you are indeed connected to God.
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