Spirituality
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| + | * [[Outline of spirituality]] | ||
| + | * [[Glossary of spirituality terms]] | ||
| + | '''Religion''' | ||
| + | * [[Religion]] | ||
| + | * [[History of religion]] | ||
| + | * [[Timeline of religion]] | ||
| + | '''Origins of Modern Spirituality''' | ||
| + | * [[New Age]] | ||
| + | * [[Perennial philosophy]] | ||
| + | * [[Esotericism]] | ||
| + | * [[Syncretism]] | ||
| + | * [[SBNR]] | ||
| + | * [[Secular spirituality]] | ||
| + | '''Well-being''' | ||
| + | * [[Self-help]] | ||
| + | * [[Self-actualization]] | ||
| + | * [[Humanistic psychology]] | ||
| + | '''Criticism''' | ||
| + | * [[Reason]] | ||
| + | * [[Skepticism]] | ||
| + | * [[Superstition]] | ||
| + | '''Religion and science''' | ||
| + | * [[Relationship between religion and science]] | ||
| + | * [[Evolutionary origin of religions]] | ||
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Illustration to the Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum (1618) by Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens
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Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and faith, a transcendent reality, or one or more deities. Spiritual matters are thus those matters regarding humankind's ultimate nature and purpose, not only as material biological organisms, but as beings with a unique relationship to that which is perceived to be beyond both time and the material world.
As such, the spiritual is traditionally contrasted with the material, the temporal and the worldly. A perceived sense of connection forms a central defining characteristic of spirituality — connection to a metaphysical reality greater than oneself, which may include an emotional experience of religious awe and reverence, or such states as satori or Nirvana. Equally importantly, spirituality relates to matters of sanity and of psychological health. Spirituality is the personal, subjective dimension of religion, particularly that which pertains to liberation or salvation (see also mysticism)
Spirituality as a way of life concerns itself with aligning the human will and mind with that dimension of life and the universe that is harmonious and ordered. As such spiritual disciplines (which are often part of an established religious tradition) enjoin practioners (trainees or disciples) to cultivate those higher potentialities of the human being that are more noble and refined (wisdom and virtue). Accordingly, many spiritual traditions across diverse cultures share similar vocabulary. Terms such as the "path", the "work", the "practice" are universally applied to the ongoing discipline involved in transforming the coarser energies present in the human soul into more subtle and pleasing ones. As a spiritual practitioner one seeks to become free of the lesser egoic self (or ego) in favor of being more fully one's "true" "Self".
See also
See also
Religion
Origins of Modern Spirituality
Well-being
Criticism
Religion and science
