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SPRITUALITY



Presented by:

• Gautam

•

Akash• Avtar

• Sarabjeet

• Zahid

• Nishant



What’s Spirituality?

„ Relation with God, Spirit, Universal Power

„ Seek meaning, purpose, significance in life

„ Transcending the ego self ( “I, Me, Mine”) „ Striving for what is sacred in life

„ Spiritus” ‟ breath or life

„ Fostering virtues/character strengths such as:

love, compassion, hope, faith, humility,

forgiveness, gratitude…



“Spirituality is recognized as a factor thatcontributes to health in many persons. Thisconcept is found in all cultures and societies. It’s expressed in an individual’s search for ultimatemeaning through participation in a religion, but itcan be much broader than that, such as, belief inGod, family, naturalism, rationalism, humanism,and the arts.”

Institute for Human Development, GeorgiaSouthwestern State University: 2003.



SPIRITUALITY

_________________________________ Encompasses the individual’s sense of self,

sense of mission and purpose in life

It connotes a direct and personal experience

of what each individual considers sacred and it

is not mediated by a particular belief system

prescribed by dogma or by hierarchical

structure

It is not defined by roles such as priests,

ministers, rabbis, gurus, or other defined

leaders.



SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS _________________

Spiritual belief: “God or Higher Power can restorehim/her to sanity”.

Spiritual principles: Code of conduct or frame for

action that moves people toward the realization ofvalues.

Spiritual values: Qualities or ideals culturally derived,

highly regarded by a group or society leading to self-acceptance.



Spiritual experience: Moment of clarity or a felt

sense of wonder, elation, peace or fulfillment

Spiritual growth: Embodies a powerful

connection to people, the world or the universe



SPIRITUAL BEHAVIOR

_____________________________________

Prayer

Meditation

Walking in nature

Reading poetry/sacred texts

Lighting a candle

Listening to music Smelling incense



HOW TO INCORPORATE SPIRITUALITY AS

AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE

Assess and understand patient’s spiritual beliefs

Acknowledge respect and listen carefully to patient’s

beliefs

Explore emotions and make empathic statements

Stimulate spiritual narrative

Connect spirituality with social affiliation and recovery

Mobilize support



PITFALLS IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT

SPIRITUAL ISSUES

Trying to solve the patient’s problems or

resolve unanswerable questions

Going beyond the clinician’s expertise and

role

Imposing the clinicians spiritual religious

beliefs on the patient

Argue with patient’s view point or spiritual

beliefs.



Spirituality and religion

„ Spirituality is found in all

human cultures.

„ Expressed differently in

religious faiths.

„ Common mechanism fortranscendence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Religious_symbols.png



Spiritual Life of College

Students

80 % Believe in God; Attend services

78 % Seeking meaning and purpose

67 % Pray regularly

47 % Seeking ways to grow spiritually

-Astin et al.2005 N= 112,232 in236colleges



Shades of Spirituality

50%

10%

20%

30%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Religious &

Spiritual

Religious Spiritual Not

Relig/Spirit

Spiritual? Religious? Both? Neither?

Evidence suggests Americans are:



Some Concerns

Neglect of spiritual practices and skills

Expanding individualistic “I, Mine” mindsets.

Fundamentalism in religion/spirituality:exclusive, rigid, authoritarian, militant,end justifies means, anti-scientific





SPIRITUALITY AND MODERN

WORLD

„ Spiritual thinking modes help in creating

peace, harmony, order.

„ If in turbulent world people considerspirituality, then that can inculcate global

harmony

„ Technology has brought many comforts butat the cost of mental calmness

„ Materialism in the age of plenty eventually

makes many people insecure



„ “Spirit rises, matter falls” That can be

panacea for various human materialistic

problems„ A balance need to exist in material desires

„ Beware of GREED and its fallout



NEED FOR SPIRITUALITY

„ Unequal & Unbalanced Development

„ Strife in Society

„ Stress in Individuals

„ Degradation: Pollution, Corruption



BEING SPIRITUAL AT WORK

Practices in daily work life

„ Be Silent. Thoughts prevent access to spiritual

„ Be Present.Demands/Expectations- past/future

„ Be Recognising others. As they are/give space

„ Self Satisfaction. Through self sacrfice



The divinity with in, if truly experienced, enables man

to rise to the level of Godliness. We need

spirituality to create and utilize the immensewealth of knowledge and the power of mind, the

power of working in and for divine and thus in

turn benefit mankind by our work and noble deeds.

Spirituality gives us the much needed orientation to

serve the society with fullest of our abilities and to

serve God through the service of man.

Why we need Spirituality?



Relationships Between

Spirituality and Religion„ Spiritual, but not religious

„ Religious, but not spiritual

„ Spiritual and religious

„ Neither religious nor spiritual



EMPIRICAL DATA ON

RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY &

HEALTH„ Extensive empirical studies reveal that

acitvely religious people have lower rates of

many physical disorders ranging from cancerto heart disease.

„ Mortality rates are lower.

„ Coping with death and other stressors isbetter



„ Recovery rates from almost everything,

including surgery are better for religiously

active individuals (Larson & Larson, 1994)

„ A TIME survey in 1996 revealed that over 70%

of patients polled believed that spiritual faith

and prayer help in illness recover



„ 64% of those surveyed believed physicians

should talk to patients about spiritual issues as

part of their care and pray with patients if theyrequest it



„ One of the strongest predictors of survival

after heart surgery is the degree to which

patients draw strength from religion orspirituality, and the more religious they are

the greater their protection from death

(Oxman, Freeman, & Manheimer, 1995).



„ Weekly church attendees have been found

to have 50% fewer deaths from coronary

artery disease, 56% fewer deaths fromemphysema, 74% fewer deaths from

cirrhosis and 53% fewer suicides (Comstock,

& Partridge, 1972)



SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION _____________________________________

94% of Americans believe in God or a Higher

Power

75% of Americans say religion is central to their

lives

62% of Americans claim to be a member of an

organized religion

9% of Americans stated that they have no

religion preference



SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIONSPIRITUALITY

Involves a sense of self,

mission and purpose.

Unrelated to a specific

dogma, belief system or

defined roles

BOTH

Sense of trascendence

Basis of meaning and

purpose in life and work

Help give meaning to

suffering

Extend individual’scopying resources.

RELIGION

Displays specific

behavioral, social,

hierarchical, doctrinal

characteristics.

Involves a system of

worship and doctrine

shared by a group

Involves an authority or

leader (priest, ,rabbi,

guru, minister, iman)





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