I think you have a highly specialized deffinition of religion that suits you personally in that it allows you to think you're not a part of it.
I think when several million folks shre the exact same personal relationship with God, and that they tke this personal relationship to be contain absolute truths which negate the validity of other folks 'personal relationship' with God, that's religion.
Main Entry: re·li·gion
Pronunciation: ri-'li-j&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English religioun, from Latin religion-, religio supernatural constraint, sanction, religious practice, perhaps from religare to restrain, tie back -- more at RELY
Date: 13th century
1 a : the state of a religious <a nun in her 20th year of religion> b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
3 archaic : scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
4 : a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith
I don't see anything here that doesn't fit what it is you (or I for that matter) are involved in. Just because you reject speciffic practices of speciffic rfeligous groups, and refuse instruction from their heirarchy, does not take you off religions hook. Religion is personal OR institutional.
I believe that sincere and dedicated contemplation of the divine as it enters into and instructs ones life is valid. God is infinitely complex and there are (and have been) many ways to experience communion with God.
A famous rabbi was once asked how much of the Torah he could teach while standing on one foot. "All of it" he replied, balancing. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". returning to both feet, he finished, saying "All the rest is commentary."