I have chatted with people on a Spiritualist forum who claim to be spiritual rather than religious. Some, not all, don’t believe in god and don’t think of themselves as Christians. Some of them claim to be psychics and some mediums. I’m a little confused. I’m not psychic nor am I a medium. I don’t believe in God but I do believe that there is something God-like in all of us. And I do not think of myself as a Christian. And I feel more spiritual than religious. Hope I haven’t offended anyone. I speak only for myself and it is what I feel and believe.

Now my point is… Am I deluding myself? Is it possible to be spiritual (as in having a belief in things metaphysical) without being religious, and without being a Christian and without believing in God?

This thread sparked this post.

http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/spiritu...ure-26127.html

firmbeliever,

Thank you. That made a lot of sense. It also makes me think even more about what I believe. Being older and being aware that I do not want to become set and ridged in my beliefs, I seem to question them a lot.

I think I'm sitting on the fence about an after-life. And yet I do experience, sense a presence, a sense of being taken care of. But I'm always looking for a logical explanation as a way of staying grounded. I realise I am prone to flights of fancy. But are they simply flights of fancy or are they more than that. Do you understand?

firmbeliever,

Thanks again.

I have had some stuff going on in my life and I have worked hard to understand it. I read many books on many subjects. I am now very comfortable to describe myself as personally and spiritually aware.

Can still get some funny looks from other people though if it ever comes up in conversation and I'm just being honest about it.

GlindaofOz,

Thank you. That makes good sense. Always felt one way inside and was privately comfortable with it. It was just when it came to other people that it was hard to share what I really believed. Growing up in Glasgow in the fifties and sixties no one discussed religion let along spiritualism. Feel like I have come into my own over the last ten years or so. I have recently been on other forums where I discovered people like me who were comfortable to admit things like not thinking of themselves as Christian and not believing in God. This opened a very old and very rusty door for me. And I wanted to share these new thoughts on here where I trusted people I feel I had worked with for some time. Thanks again for taking the time to reply.