What is religion and what is its relationship with the notion of spirituality? This very question has been reverberating from the dawn of the human civilization. However, till now there has been no end to this controversy, since all have different opinions and most of them contradict instead of ending in a perfect unison. Even to the principal religions of the world there are different interpreta..
Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. The spiritual, involving (as it may) perceived eternal verities regarding humankind's ultimate nature, often contrasts with the temporal, with the material, or with the worldly. A sense of connection forms a central defining characteristic of spirituality — connection to something greater than oneself, which includes an emotional experience of religious awe and reverence. Equally importantly, spirituality relates to matters of sanity and of psychological health. Like some forms of religion, spirituality often focuses on personal experience.
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