Ovi Magazine Issue #27: Spirituality Published: 2015-05-02

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Spirituality within Religion I would like to explore the topic: spirituality within religion to see how the people belonging to different religious groups define their spirituality; in other words, how religion affecting identification of the person with own spirituality.

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pirit is defined in literature as a purity of consciousness that brings intuitive knowledge to the people who experience it. Spirituality is an essential component of consciousness and in literature is described as a “knowledge” present in that consciousness. A human being is a multi-layered energetic complex and spiritual ‘soul’ positioned within a conscious self. Another idea for spirit presented in literature is that it comprises a “subtle structure” of energy and consciousness within the human energy complex. Moreover, it being agreed that the “spirit” is present in all human beings as an energetic structure within the subtle anatomy, and present as a state of consciousness. Religion In online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, religion is defined as an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. In Oxford Dictionaries religion defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or Gods or as a particular system of faith and worship.


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