In Nepal one of the first question people would ask you is « What is your religion? ». Sometimes with travellers or western people you have to answer to the question « Do you believe in God? ». When you answer to the first question by « I have no religion », you feel embarrassed or guilty because you are in a place where everyone belong to Hinduism, Buddhism or Christianism. For me the funny thing is when I feel the same when my heart want to answer « Yes, I believe in God » to someone coming from a place where you have been taught in science lessons that there is a logical reason to explain everything from our world.
Let’s make the things clear. During this journey witch is mine I finally understood what spirituality is about. For me spirituality is the fusion of philosophy and religion.
Philosophy is when you look for answers, when you try to find a meaning to your life. On the other hand, religion is when you give up on having a meaning. Rituals are out of meaning, you do it because it has to be done. God is the only reason for everything, It is the only one to have the answers but God doesn’t give answers, God gives only love. On your way to learn to love yourself, you learn to love God. Loving yourself is loving God because God is everywhere and God is with you, in you. It brings light into your heart. When you finally stop to fight against yourself, when you finally let go, everything seems clearer and easier. There is no joy or sadness, no rich or poor, no Christian or Hindu. There is only light, light and love.
God bless you.