Spirituality Information - John Harricharan 's Interview With Terri Marie (Q6)
Spirituality Information - John Harricharan 's Interview With Terri Marie (Q6)
Are spiritual experiences actually real? What is the difference between spirituality and religion? How do we know if something like a psychic reading is accurate? Why are there so many different religions in the world? Where does religion come from, anyways? In this episode of Let's Ask Terri Marie, Terri interviews John Harricharan. John has been working in the field of healing for twenty years with both Eastern and Western techniques. He also has qualifications in homeopathic medicine and naturopathy, as well as experience teaching on these subjects. He will be shedding light on these questions and more!
This blog post is sponsored by "The Healing Centre.
Terri: Hi! I'm Terri Marie. Welcome to another episode of Let's Ask Terri Marie. Today, we're going to be talking about spirituality and the differences between spirituality and religion. So thank you for tuning in everyone today. I've got a guest with me named John Harricharan; he is a healer and teacher in the field of healing with both Eastern and Western techniques—he's trained in homeopathy and naturopathy, among other things—and he's been helping people to heal themselves for over 20 years, as well as teaching on these subjects for longer than that as well. So he's in the healing field for a long time.
Terri: John, welcome to the show.
John: Thank you Terri. And I'm very honored to be here. I hope we can bring some good information your way and help to remove any barriers that may be there.
Terri: That's the purpose of this show. So I'm just going to start by...
John: Ahh, yes. Allow me to open up the floodgates and let it all begin!
Terri: Okay, great. So we're going to talk about spirituality and the differences between spirituality and religion? Does that make sense?
John: It does indeed, yes. Yes. Yes, it does make sense on a very literal level to speak about those topics.... but I think on a deeper spiritual level we are talking about so much more than that....
Terri: Okay. And so what do you mean? Why do you say that? What is sitting in the background...
John: Well, I think what we are really focusing on is the divine core. I think we all have a divine core, and it is that divine core that we are focusing on in what we do. So in spirituality, when we say the term spirituality... Now there's many things to remember when referring to the term "spirituality" because there's an "h" before the "i" so you have to look at it as if it was written like this: Sp IIIITI. The Latin translation would be "spiritus" which is a word that means breath; spirit or breath....
Oh, oh! I just saw a spelling mistake on the computer!
Terri: Oh, okay. So it should be sphirituality?
John: Exactly. The spelling is sphirituality and people often get confused on that because they think the word "spirit" is there but it's not there; it's an "h" before the "i". So sometimes when you're typing in a hurry, you can make that mistake. But the Latin form of it is spiritus. Now the word "spirit" has different meanings. It can be a ghost, but it can also be.... I think to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about, think of it in terms of a wing. We have an angelic wing and we have a demonic wing; these things are not just literal forms that are there, they are actually part of us on different levels.
Terri: Okay. And that leads me to believe that you're someone who is interested in metaphysics, right?
John: Yes, I am quite familiar with what is called "metaphysics", because some people call it philosophy; however...
Terri: But you like to use the term "metaphysics" right?
John: Yes, I do, because in a world... if we look at the term "metaphysical", it literally means beyond physics. And there are several layers of physics. So when we're talking about it on that level, then we are indeed talking about metaphysics, with the understanding that there is philosophy and there is physics.... Now if we were to look at it from a point of view of modern science and quantum biology then we would be talking about "mechanics"—the mechanics of our existence. So I think what you're talking about goes into physics as well—just on a different layer. So I think it's important to understand what is actually going on there, because in the mind of the common observer, they'll say, "Well that has nothing to do with me." But really, it has everything to do with you. Because if you look at the whole thing as a system—the whole of existence itself is a system. Then we'd be looking at the mechanics and how everything works together; we'd be taking a look at all of those layers from one perspective. And when we look at all of this from one perspective then we can see it all fitting together—so it all makes sense.
Terri: Okay. So on the surface, it might not make sense to somebody.
John: Yes, that's right. But if we open up our hearts and minds, then we can see through the fog of confusion that clouds our clear perception. And when you do that then you can begin to see things for what they really are. And I think when people say, "Well that's just religion." Well no, it isn't religion; it's just a different way of speaking about the same thing. Religion is most often a set of dogmas and rules—that's what is known as religion in its truest form—and spirituality is something more than this also... but we won't get into that now. So if we were to look at spirituality, I think that's what we would be talking about because I think for many people there is a spiritual core within them—a divine core, a divine spark within us. And I think this core is not something that can be fully explained by science; it's not something you can measure with a yardstick and a balance scale... it's something that's much more subtle than that. In other words, it can't really be measured with yardstick and scales, but it is something you can feel and experience in your own heart on certain levels....
Terri: Okay.
Conclusion
There is a great deal of truth to be found in John's words. One only needs to listen to the words of self-proclaimed spiritual teachers who teach an illogical, superstitious and irrational form of "religion" to see how absurdly illogical religion can actually be. If one were to draw parallels between the teachings of most religions and the teachings of the "ancient mysteries," the comparison would be not so far fetched. For those who have listened to this episode, please feel free to share your experiences with us by leaving a comment below.
Terri: All right, John, thanks again for being on the show...