Spiritual but not religious. According to the Pew Research Center, the number of adults in the United States who consider themselves spiritual but not religious has grown by 8 percent this past year.
Today, we are interviewing, Inderjit Singh Moondra who considers himself spiritually a Sikh but not a religious one.
“You should live your life the most selfless way possible, leave your ego behind and be nice to people, be kind, be loyal.”
Sikhism is the world’s fifth largest religion. Sikhs believe in one God, equality, freedom of religion and community service.
So what exactly does being spiritual but not religious mean for Moondra?
“My sister, my brother they follow the tradition very strictly. But I am a little different than them and I prefer to believe what the true religion states. Rather than following a tradition which I don’t see a meaning in.”
In other words, Moondra does not feel he needs to go the Gurdwara, the Sikh place of worship, every week to meet God.
“I go when I have time and that necessarily doesn’t mean that I am going to go every Sunday and I am going to do in the same way. If I feel like I don’t need to—I dont.”
For Moondra, being spiritual but not religious is being kind and loyal – something he admits is not easy to do everyday.
Michelle Jokisch, WGVU News