https://thelemapedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Spirituality Spirituality - Revision history 2026-08-26T23:07:10Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.5 https://thelemapedia.org/index.php?title=Spirituality&diff=8487&oldid=prev Frater C.U.G.: spellchecked 2005-08-07T00:47:00Z <p>spellchecked</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Spirituality&#039;&#039;&#039; may include belief in [[supernatural]] powers, as in [[religion]], but the emphasis is on experience. What is referred to as &quot;religion&quot; and what is referred to as &quot;spirituality&quot; are often the same. In recent years, &quot;spirituality&quot; has often carried connotations of the believer&#039;s [[faith]] being more personal, less dogmatic, more open to new ideas and myriad influences, and more pluralistic than the faiths of established religions. Those given to speaking of &quot;spirituality&quot; &#039;&#039;rather than&#039;&#039; &quot;religion&quot; are apt to believe that there are many &quot;spiritual paths&quot; and that there is no [[objective truth]] about which is the best path to follow. On the other hand, there are many adherents of [[orthodox]] religions who consider spirituality to be an aspect of their religious experience, and they are more likely to contrast spirituality with [[secular]] &quot;worldliness&quot; than with the ritual expression of their religion. Others of a more [[New Age]] disposition hold that spirituality is not religion, &#039;&#039;per se&#039;&#039;, but the active and vital connection to a force, power, or sense of the deep self. <br /> <br /> Some proponents of spirituality believe that the goal of &#039;being spiritual&#039; is to simultaneously improve one&#039;s [[wisdom]], willpower and communion with God/universe, which necessitates the removal of illusions at the sensory, feeling and thinking aspects of a person. The &#039;[[Plato]]&#039;s cave&#039; analogy in book VII of The Republic is one of the most well known descriptions of the spiritual development process. <br /> <br /> Other spiritual proponents point out that that spirituality is a two-stroke process. The upward stroke relates to inner growth and the downward stroke relates towards manifesting improvements in the world/reality around us as a result of the inward change.<br /> <br /> The rule of thumb when evaluating any spiritual approach is that six months of diligent, proper practice should manifest noticeable improvement in one&#039;s life. If not, then the usual advice is to pick an approach that is more likely to assist you in achieving your specific goals.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/Spirituality Spirituality]. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2004.</div> Frater C.U.G.