{41} Spirituality Defined

Apr 6

I just began reading a fantastic textbook on spirituality and end-of-life care, and wanted to share a couple of definitions of spirituality presented in the book.

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Spirituality defined—one:

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“Spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the ways that individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or the sacred.”

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Spirituality defined—two:

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“Spirituality relates to our souls. It involves the deep inner essence of who we are. It is an openness to the possibility that the soul within each of us is somehow related to the soul of all that is. Spirituality is what happens to us that is so memorable that we cannot forget it, and yet we find it hard to talk about because words fail to describe it. Spirituality is the act of looking for meaning in the very deepest sense; and looking for it in a way that is most authentically ours.”