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How to Develop your Psychic Abilities<\/h1>\nHow to Develop your Psychic Abilities<\/h1>\nTraditionally religions have regarded spirituality as an integral aspect of religion in all its forms. Many do still equate spirituality with religion, but declining membership of organized religions and the growth of secularism especially in the western world has given rise to a broader view of spirituality.<\/p>\n
Understanding Spirituality<\/strong> – Spirituality has played a central role in many self help self movements such as Alcoholic Anonymous. For instance if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead.<\/p>\n Religious v Spiritual<\/strong> – And is there a difference?\u00a0 Spirituality often relates to the non-physical. In a sense it means connecting to a higher power and also personally connecting to the universe. Being spiritual does not mean you have to follow a certain religion or practice. Religious learning usually has a set structure to follow, spirituality does not and therefore follows only the rules of the higher self. Although many religions have a golden thread of truth which sometimes gets misunderstood or even used to control, spiritual people realize deep down that it is up to them to find their own truth.<\/p>\n