Well...I don't think I'm "religious." I'm spiritual.
I was in an ashram with a guru, but I was there seeking Gods truth.
The "heavy load" of figuring out LIFE and what is true and what's a lie, what to do and what not to do, what to eat what not to eat...nada, nada, nada...what a heavy load to carry on our shoulders. I mean I was being pulled in a thousand directions trying to find the right, perfection...of life.
Well, the "heavy load" was completely lifted off of me and I have been FREE ever since!
While in this ashram... I was praying and seeking God with all my heart.
And to my surprise....IN AN ASHRAM....WITH A GURU...Praise God!! I received revelation of Christ Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. How he destroyed the work of "ying and yang" or good and evil.
He paid the ultimate price of causing the worse to happen to the very best, the completely innocent took on the most horrific punishment. (bye, bye, tree of good and evil.)
Therefore making the payment of and "karma" for anyone who has done any bad whatsoever. At the cross, He took all the payment for all the bad that anyone could ever do. And He was the purest, completely innocent of an harm ever to anyone or anything ever. Yes, God in the flesh, hanging on the cross for me, came to save ME! Paying for all my trespasses.
So I realized that I needed to receive His work on the cross...for me!...and have Him in my life. So I went to a local church, I had attended as a child, where I had seen them baptize people. (funny, they never opened their bibles there, they never prayed for people as far as I could see as a child. I never thought they would of ever had anything useful for me in this life. I didn't realize that they were probable just "religious" not born again...anyway, I asked them to baptize me into Christ. They did. I was baptized into the finished work of Jesus Christ through the cross and I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
I have gathered with other followers of Christ, who have him as #1 in there life.
I am non-denominational.
When people tell me they are spiritual...not religious, I say, "me too! I have a personal relationship with God!...through Christ Jesus, my Lord! He wasn't "religious" either."
anyway...I talk too much sometimes...I'll go now.
God bless you.
Jesus Christ has set me free.