When someone says they are a spiritual person?

In INMHO all of us are spiritual since man is body, mind and spirit.

I define myself as Spiritual - because I'm not religious but I do believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit But that is only my definition.

I prefer the word relationship rather than religion personally, I am not religious. I have an amazing relationship with Jesus! Wish people would realize THAT difference. =) Anyway, being spiritual to me makes me think of being in our spiritual mindset which is AMAZING! But people throw that word around a lot so it has different meanings to people.

I don't have a religion but I am a born again Christian. I have a personal relationship with God. I am not perfect. I am a work-in-progress person.

Back in times spirituality was associated with religion. In our days, it can refers to a personal experience of, such as a belief in a supernatural or an encounter with one's own "inner dimension. Definitely you can be spiritual and not religious

I just think they mean that they believe in spirits and an afterlife.

Yes, they are different. It is possible to be both religious and spiritual as they are not mutually exclusive. It is, however, also possible to be one or the other and not both. I consider myself spiritual but don't follow any religion.

I understand it as, as we feed our body the same way our soul also need something and when we feed our soul, it is called spirituality. I may be wrong, but this is what my thinking. It may be like prayers, chanting mantras, reading a Holy book etc.

I think that people use the word spiritual in more than one way. It could refer to religion, but it isn't always the case. I know that Wayne Dyer often used the sentence: "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience" (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin)

It is, spiritual means you feel connected to the universe and treat your surroundings as such where religion is the belief in a man made god. How I always looked at it and if someone sees it different please enlighten me. I was religious for a minute now I am spiritual like Native Americans. That tree and wolf crap is no joke from what they showed me.

I'm religious and spiritual as well. I may not go to worship in a standard building, but I pray morning and night. I feel the spirit in all that I do.

I don't know how to define a spiritual person. I certainly don't consider myself spiritual. I also don't consider myself religious. I consider myself a Christian.

The church have religious doctrines and practice rituals. In my youth I learn these teachings and participated in church ceremonies. But the idea of spirituality was never emphasize. Priest sermons were mostly about our sinfulness that only made us feel guilty and prod us towards the church for our "salvation". Until now I'm not sure if the word "spirituality" is the appropriate description for man's capacity to reach a higher level of awareness through his intellect. "Faith" as preach by the church is diametrically oppose to the rational use of our mind in the search for better understanding of ourselves.

Difficult questions. I do not know. I am someone who believes in God.

I would ask them what they mean -

I am neither religious, nor spiritual. I am more a seeker, aspiring to be a lover of God, of life, and of everyone else, too. Here is a short parable about the difference between being religious and spiritual, or just being a seeker, or lover of God. Charles was brought up in a very religious family. His father could quote the bible, verse and chapter, at any time, when he wanted to push home a point or two, in his favour. Charles thought that he did not want to ever be religious in the way that his father was, so Charles went out on his own to try to find his own spiritual path. Religions are a path of their own. Charles wanted to find his own path, which suited him best. For years then, Charles pursued the spiritual life, but like his father, in the end, after more than forty years of searching, he found himself rather knowledgeable like his father, but still unchanged in his love for God. Love for God is the greatest factor of life. Whether one is religious, or spiritual, without love, we are largely just pushing bricks in a pigsty, and not really constructing a life for God. Love is the real brick that we must use, not anyone else's bricks, as supplied to us from religions, or spiritual paths either. Love, and all will be provided to you, and you will live your life as it was meant to be lived. Because, believe in God or not, love is the real energy in the Universe. Nothing else compares to love, or can really ever come close to ever really overpowering it, once you love without ceasing. The Christian Bible tells us this too, in Saint Matthew's gospel, chapter 6, verse 33. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Now it is said that God is love, so I would read this verse like this too. "Seek ye first love, and all these things shall be added unto you." Photo Credit: The photo used here was freely sourced from the free media site: pixabay.com Real love always is a connector, not a disrupter, or a disjoiner.

I would say I am spiritual in my attitude to life but am not religious in the sense to believe only in one path. I am more agnostic as our beliefs are sort of exclusive leading to strife and intolerance. A few have hijacked the true meaning of religions to hold their sway over others. I believe in a deeper meaning to life over and above the material world that we physically live in - siva

Spirituality may not have to do with religion. It is something natural in all of us, I believe.

I think what they are trying to say is they have open up their sixth sense and they can communicate with spirits.

One can write a dissertation on the proposed topic. Religious is one who is a member of religious community, e.g. a Jesuit, Dominican or Benedictine are all religious, but they are not necessarily spiritual persons. Spiritual persons may not belong to a religious community. It encompasses all people who practises his relationship with the Supreme Being.