May the Divine bless all of you.
Most of us are quite confused whether we shall be religious or spiritual in nature or both. We always think that both are the same.
Let's see.
Being religious
The first aspect is it is external worship. The external worships involve ritual act which involve fire/homa, puja which include chanting of mantras, abisegam/ablution of the deities, alangaram/decoration, serving naivedyam/food , puja which include chanting of mantras and god's name.All our 5 senses are involve in the external worship. Our eye watch the deity and witness the whole puja, our ears listen to the chanting of the mantras, our tongue taste and feel the water/purified water, , our nose sense the aroma of the incense burning and finally our act of puja which involve our hand - sense of touching. In this external worship, 4 of the panchabhutas are involved, fire which is the jothi, vayu which is chanting of the mantras that creates the positive vibrations, earth which involve the serving of the naivedyam and water which is part of the abisegam and purified water.
The second aspect is that it is an act of seeing God/Goodness in everything around us. It is seeing divinity in all living and non living things.
Being Spiritual
Being spiritual is an internal worship. It is seeing the divinity within you , your true self, the soul , the divine love, divine light and compassionate which is beyond time form and space. It is involves internal uplifting our higher consciousness through the path of meditation. It involve the 5th panchabhuta which is the akasha/space. Through the guidance of a realized master/guru , you could achieve the highest realization which is self -realization or god-realization.
Once you understand both being religious or being spiritual, you realized that both works hand in hand to help to realize your true self.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Om Namasivaya
Serve above self
Sivajnani
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1 comment:
Thanks for sharing, awesome explanations. Om namah shivaya
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