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The Difference Between Spiritualism and Religion

Your Body Is Your Temple and Your Spirit It’s Guide

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Many people search this world looking for a thing called spirituality. To some the word spirituality means religion and when they hear this word used in Yoga they shy away. “I can’t be in ‘Yoga’ I am already Jewish, Catholic or Christian.” This is one of the biggest mistakes I find people making in Yoga.

Yoga is not a religion as we know the term. However, it does focus on spirituality. According to the Webster’s Dictionary the word spirit means a vital force, frame of mind, disposition, essential character or an immortal part of man. If the spirit is the immortal, then the body is the mortal half and thusly should be treated as so. If you were to use that idea in a religious context your body is the temple or church that holds your spirit or soul, who you truly are. Spirituality is just about knowing your spirit, truthfully, all aspects, good and bad. As these things are revealed to you can begin to accept yourself for who you really are. Only by doing this can you strive to better yourself and others. So in reality you are only bettering yourself to become a better Jew, Christian or just a better person.

A process used in yoga to help find those things within is called meditation or relaxation. When trying to clear the mind in meditation, thoughts, questions and things you never knew about yourself may arise. The key to meditation is to really listen to innerself, and by doing that accept truths about yourself and let them go. In realizing the good and bad things, it is easier to define what problems to work on and which attributes will better your life and many others.

Also remember the body is the temple which holds the precious spirit. To keep it healthy, active and balanced practice Hatha Yoga one of the eight limbs of Yoga that has asanas or exercises to physically rejuvenate your body. So if you find yourself searching for the unknown answers of self or wanting to make a change in your life or someone else’s, a good thing to remember is Yoga means union, the union of mind, body and spirit.

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