Spirituality and Religion

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I would define spirituality as
the experience and expression of

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compassion for the other.

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And I would define religion as

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the ideation and institutionalization

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of spirituality that
both affirms and negates

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compassion for the other.

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So the challenge for people
of goodwill of all religions

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is to discover what affirms true
spirituality in their religion

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and what negates true
spirituality in their religion.

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And as a Christian the
challenge for me is to find

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what affirms true spirituality
within my tradition

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and challenge that which
negates true spirituality.

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And for me that's focused
on the person of Jesus

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and his example.

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And that for me is an inspiring
kind of enchanting model

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of the way that I would
love to live my life.