Religion vs. Spirituality

"Religions have words to describe themselves, but spirituality has none that do it justice.   It is an experience of deep belonging in which all traces of fear, judgment, guilt separation and doubt disappear just as the darkness is dispelled by the sunrise.   Religion has forms, precepts, rituals, rules and stories that sometimes deliver us to a place of unspeakable sweetness, wholeness and belonging, but it is only the vehicle to get us there.   We have to jump off at the destination, while the train continues to make it's rounds.   If we mistake the train for the destination, we are liable to keep riding around in circles.   For while we don't necessarily need religion to be spiritual, religion can block spiritual experience if we find ourselves hanging on to the train, hijacking the train or trying to blow up the tracks."   Joan Borysenko