On being Spiritual and being Religious

Since you have raised the point of inner strength...does it come from outside of ourselves? Ours and most religious texts, when delved deep into take us gradually into the spiritual realm where the differences and divisions vanish and we start seeing the basic similarities and the togetherness of the entire universe. That is what the big picture is.
Religion is about certain beliefs and a certain set of rules followed and being within some structures. This is a good beginner and base. But we cannot remain in one point and not evolve.As long as we can see that all this is to give us a footing and we can see or explore the world around us and within us from this point onwards...we are good. Nothing that divides and makes someone feel greater than the other, can be the truth. The basis of all life is one and we are the projection of colours of rainbow from the same white light.
So a spiritual person is beyond distinction. This person seeks the true nature of one's own self and thereby discovers a lot of uniting factors. Look at all the elements of nature being separate yet together and blended with one another.
I think when we find the balance and peace within us, we are on solid ground to go thru life for what it is.

Good and bad are as relative as the attributes of fire that burns to cook,light and also hurt and destroy. Life ALWAYS JUST HAPPENS and that uniting factor that forms the basis of all we see and all that exists is what we call or know as God. We surrender to that for the same to reveal itself to us and give us balance and understand all that is as is.