Spirituality

Many folks have explored Spirituality in our own ways. Although this quest is extremely individual (i.e., we all have our own personal definition of Spirituality), it’s collective in spirit. This is because Spirituality in people’s minds is synonymous with an enquiry for meaning, for purpose and direction in life.
In Sanskrit, Spirituality or Spiritual science it’s called Paravidya (Supreme science), while all other sciences are called Aparāvidyā meaning inferior science. By ‘science’, we mean modern science. Rationalists and most of the people think that science and Spirituality are two separate disciplines. However, Spirituality is that the knowledge of infinity, that is, knowledge of all subjects. It covers the entire physical world and therefore the subtle unseen world, all the physical and spiritual regions, all physical and subtle frequencies, energies and vibrations, all positive and negative entities and every one living beings and non-living beings within the whole Universe. Spirituality contains all the knowledge and memory of the past, present and future, from the start to the top of the Universe.
Spirituality is that the capacity of persons to transcend themselves through knowledge and love, that is, to succeed in beyond themselves in relationship to others and thus become quite self-enclosed monads.” Spirituality may be a dimension of a person’s being that’s actualized as a life project and practice. Spirituality may be a developed relationality instead of a mere capacity. It is not generic. For example, we will distinguish during a qualitative sense between a healthy and rigid spirituality, even within a spiritual tradition. A spirituality is as unique as a personality is exclusive . Spirituality can be religious or secular. A secular spirituality remains a “relationship between what one truly is and everything that is” (Peter Van Ness). A religious/secular spirituality, according to Schneiders, is “the experience of conscious involvement in the project of life integration through self-transcendence toward the ultimate value one perceives.” Generally, the term spirituality is that the human capacity for self transcendence, no matter whether that have is religious or not. Here, the activity of the human spirit, not Holy Ghost , could also be the reference. The fact is that no religion has complete ownership of the term spirituality as it once had with reference to the Holy Spirit, the product of a religious tradition. There are definite qualities of the word spirituality which are made clear in today’s secular and non secular uses of the word. First, it denotes an experience. It is not abstract idea, or theory or movement. It is, however, a personal-lived reality with both active and passive dimensions. It is something that is experienced. Secondly, it is an experience of a conscious involvement in a project. It is not temporary, but an ongoing and coherent approach to life, always consciously pursued. Thirdly, it involves one’s whole life as an integrative process. It is not a short lived attitude, but rather an attitude about life that others model. It involves a life-integration, mind and body, emotions and thought, activity and passivity, social and individual aspects of life. Spirituality promotes an integrated synthesis of ongoing growth and development. Fourthly, spirituality pursues a uniform self-transcendence toward ultimate values. It is positive and not negative in direction. It excludes narcissistic egoism and self-destructive behaviors and thoughts. There must be a self-transcendent quality which is ultimate. This may include personal or social well-being, the good of the earth, justice for all or union with God as an ultimate value. In a culture without a self transcendent attitude in the form of gratitude, humility, awe and some form of a spiritual outlook, healing personal growth and well-being are often compromised.
Regardless of who we are and where we come from – our got to experience happiness in our lives drives all our worldly pursuits. This need is common to all or any folks no matter cultural background, religion, gender, social or financial status, etc. However, through spiritual research, we have found that on average people experience happiness only 30% of the time.
One of the most reasons we experience unhappiness is thanks to problems in life. Everyone knows about the physical and psychological causes of problems in life. However, what many folks don’t know is that problems that are physical or psychological in nature can have a spiritual root cause. This means that albeit a drag is primarily thanks to spiritual reasons, it can manifest as a physical or psychological problem.