“A NEW EARTH” BY ECKHART TOLL
- ‘ON RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY’

“Partly as a result of the spiritual teachings that have arisen outside the established religions, but also due to an influx of the ancient Eastern wisdom teachings, a growing number of followers of traditional religions are able to let go of identification with form, dogma, and rigid belief systems and discover the original depth that is hidden within their own spiritual tradition at the same time as they discover the depth within themselves. They realize that how ‘spiritual’ you are has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness. This, in turn, determines how you act in the world and interact with others.”

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

“Many people are already aware of the difference between spirituality and religion. They realize that having a belief system­ – a set of thoughts that you regard as the absolute truth – does not make you spiritual, no matter what the nature of those beliefs is. In fact, the more you make your thoughts (beliefs) into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.
Many ‘religious’ people are stuck at that level. They equate truth with thought, and as they are completely identified with thought (their mind), they claim to be in sole possession of the truth in an unconscious attempt to protect their identity.”

“The new spirituality, the transformation of consciousness, is arising to a large extent outside of the structures of the existing institutionalized religions.”

https://www.sloww.co/eckhart-tolle-a-new-earth-101/#ANEspirituality.
In Australia, ‘A New Earth’ can be purchased here:
https://www.thenile.com.au/books/eckhart-tolle/a-new-earth/9780141039411.

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