{"id":13926,"date":"2016-04-14T15:41:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=13926"},"modified":"2016-04-14T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T19:54:21","slug":"spirituality-is-not-religion-by-carrie-beleno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=13926","title":{"rendered":"Spirituality Is Not Religion&#8230; By: Carrie Beleno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Merriam-Webster defines <strong><em>spiritual<\/em> <\/strong>as &#8220;Of or relating to a person&#8217;s spirit&#8221; and <em><strong>spirit<\/strong><\/em> as: &#8220;The force within a person that is believed to give the body life, energy and power.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Life, energy and power&#8221; manifests itself in hundreds of ways; from the emotions we feel, the food we eat, the games we play in our free time and the career choices that we make.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriebeleno.com\/blog\/spirituality-is-not-religion\" target=\"_blank\">You can\u00a0read this article\u00a0on Carrie&#8217;s blog by clicking here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTVQnZCYlTXgHJEsTtmShZg\" target=\"_blank\">You can also follow Carrie on YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Upcoming\u00a0Event: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/217726975236162\/\" target=\"_blank\">Book Signing\u2026.Meet the Author!\u00a0\u2013 Saturday, April 16 at 10 AM \u2013 3 PM<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>\u00a0Connect with Carrie on social media:<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table width=\"646\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriebeleno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8142 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/www.jpg\" alt=\"www\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriebeleno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.carriebeleno.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Carrie-Beleno-MediumIntuitive-Reiki-MasterSpiritual-Teacher-413473448827616\/timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8105 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Carrie-Beleno-MediumIntuitive-Reiki-MasterSpiritual-Teacher-413473448827616\/timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie Beleno, Medium\/Intuitive Reiki Master\/Spiritual Teacher<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carriebeleno\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8104 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/twitter.jpg\" alt=\"twitter\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carriebeleno\" target=\"_blank\">@carriebeleno<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/carrie-beleno\/b9\/6b7\/710\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8101 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/linkedin.jpg\" alt=\"linkedin\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/carrie-beleno\/b9\/6b7\/710\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie Beleno<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a class=\"fbx-link fbx-instance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/YouTube.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8108\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8108 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTVQnZCYlTXgHJEsTtmShZg\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Carrie on YouTube<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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