It is believe that the exposure to religion is important for fundamental spiritual education. Religion exhorts and develops a moral sense
encourages a spirit of goodwill and cooperation
promotes charity and acts of kindness towards the oppresses, needy and infirm
develops a rudimentary communion with God through faith, invocation, worship rituals, singing, and prayer
The form of the Divine people learn to love, worship and invoke through prayer and meditation is learned through religion. Since the religions of the world are anchored on different bands of the Great Continuum of Consciousness, what their adherents experience within depends on where they tap into this great inner sea of Spirit.
When adherents of religion begin to have inner spiritual experiences, they pass beyond the boundaries of conventional religion into the realm of mysticism.
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