While I respect some people see a difference between the two terms of religion and spirituality, I do not. Spirit is a word that is so connected to religious beliefs I cannot even think about using that about myself unless to say I showed some spirit as in put up a fight. Which is a physical process mentally and physically.

Spirituality implies there is something beyond our physical body to connect to. Unless it is the brain, I cannot relate to this. I just think both words are problematic for me as implying a belief in a higher force or power that somehow has control over our decisions or behaviors or health.

I have no spiritual side. I literally don't care about that word at all.

I do not like meditation, nor need it. I prefer physical exercise to focus and sleep to relax. A hot shower, again physical things.

I never understand why people confuse physical body responses and needs to a spiritual thing.

When you are tired, you need rest.
When your mind is ill, like your body, it needs rest.
When you are stressed from work, you need rest.

So many terms are thrown around for what is essentially the need for rest, therapy or healing. Healing for me means rest and time to recover, no spiritual implication at all to that word.

Healing to me is never spiritual, it is always physical or mental as the two are connected. But these are when the human body is alive. So I cannot separate or give new words for a biological state of being alive.

I just do not know why anyone needs the word spiritual. It literally describes mental processes by a physical brain that runs and regulates the mind and body. Why slap the term spiritual on it?

Peace and quiet is often confused for some sort of deeper need to slap a term on it that sounds religious.

Just how I view the words, as the exact same. Some sort of attempt to rebrand the physical experience of being alive as magical thinking.

Spirituality has little to do with what each of us think as opposed to what we feel sans ego and other human elements of biology.

They are mostly cultural views which can mimic societal culture of the individuals!!!