{"id":7212,"date":"2020-01-30T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/?p=7212"},"modified":"2020-01-30T11:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:16:27","slug":"religion-and-or-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/archives\/7212\/religion-and-or-spirit","title":{"rendered":"Religion and\/or Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is an immense difference between religion, and spirit. Religion preaches a set of rules, commandments, rituals, and procedures. How, where, when and what to worship, as well as, what to wear, and eat while you are doing it. All enforced by the interpretation of sacred literature. Is this bad? No, of course not, there is room in this world for all religions, and each presents its uniqueness as a learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>Spirit is what\/who you are. Some are born knowing about their spiritual nature, others discover spirit during their life time, and still others are unable to discover spirit due to their narrow belief systems. Spirit has no limits, everything you see, and touch is spirit. No sacred literature, all things are sacred, it is what we are.<\/p>\n<p>Most religions do teach the path to spirit, but this path has become overgrown with obstacles of compliance to the religion. The rules, and rituals have covered the path. Jesus taught spirit, and following His teachings will lead to discovery of spirit. He taught unconditional love, and that is the path to spirit.<\/p>\n<p style='text-align:left'>&copy; 2020, <a href='https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog'>Lekatt<\/a>. All rights reserved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an immense difference between religion, and spirit. Religion preaches a set of rules, commandments, rituals, and procedures. 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