środa, 12 czerwca 2013

Definition Of Spirituality And Its Accompanying Characteristics

By Grace Daniels


Spirituality has many broader concepts such as prayer, having a relationship with God or the power on high, relationship with other people and nature, meditation among others. People and scholars, philosophers, preachers and men who are deep in their various faiths have their own definition of spirituality. The term simply refers to the quality or condition of having some sought of an attachment or high reverence or regard for thing of the spirit and downing the worldly interests.

The term spirituality basically comes from the word spirit and therefore, one has to be absolutely sensitive to the things of the spirit so as to understand the things of the spiritual. The things of the spirit cannot be seen by the human eyes or perceived by the human senses. These things are said to be inferred by our general observations such as peace, love, unity, kindness among others.

Matters of the spirit have to do with an ultimate nature of man, not in terms of the biological thought or organisms but as human beings that happen to have a very unique relationship or fellowship if you will, with the high power or the divine ultimate. This relationship is seen to supersede time and existence of the material.

It has been obvious that the things of the spirit have mostly been contrasted with the things of the material or worldly. There is some sense of connection that is perceived and a central traits or properties of things of the spiritual, which deals with an attachment and an association with the metaphysical reality that is absolutely bigger than oneself. It may include some sought of religious experience with some emotion attached to it.

According to Richard Dawkins, he specifically asserted in his book called Unweaving The Rainbow that human beings have an intrinsic appetite for things that are glorious and too wonderful. He asserts people have this insatiable appetite for trying to invoke the most positive expressions that are embedded deep in questions about existence. It has been noted by philosophers and spiritual teachers that cognitive context, has a huge play in invoking these states.

These activities that help someone to directly access the spiritual response are such as singing, dancing, clapping, meditation, chant, and also rituals whereby the people participate and in ceremonies. These spiritual activities enable people to move from their head directly to their hearts. It is also obvious that it is only in the heart that one tends to find the most dominant inherent rewards of spirituality, can completely relate to the cognitive context.

There are those people who believe that they are very spiritual because they tend to hold, perceive or wish that the life one is living to be the ultimate or is the most significant thing that can ever happen to a human being. They view life as more integrated and more complex. They view life as more in sync with their world view.

The different religions across the globe, harbor different definition of spirituality. There are those who attach it to this life and believe that there is no higher power that seems to exist so as to control the workings of the universe. Religions vary and all have their beliefs and doctrines pertaining to spirituality.




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