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SPRITUALITY
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Presented by:
• Gautam
•
Akash• Avtar
• Sarabjeet
• Zahid
• Nishant
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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…
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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SPIRITUAL BEHAVIOR
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Prayer
Meditation
Walking in nature
Reading poetry/sacred texts
Lighting a candle
Listening to music Smelling incense
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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
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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.
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Spirituality and religion
„ Spirituality is found in all
human cultures.
„ Expressed differently in
religious faiths.
„ Common mechanism fortranscendence.
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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„ “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
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NEED FOR SPIRITUALITY
„ Unequal & Unbalanced Development
„ Strife in Society
„ Stress in Individuals
„ Degradation: Pollution, Corruption
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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
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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?
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Relationships Between
Spirituality and Religion„ Spiritual, but not religious
„ Religious, but not spiritual
„ Spiritual and religious
„ Neither religious nor spiritual
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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
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„ 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
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„ 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
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„ 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).
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„ 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)
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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
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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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