Spirituality
definition are two words which are searched by very many on the
internet. This just shows us that more and more people are
interested in the meaning of spirituality. This post would like to
put forward a newdefinition of spirituality. Hopefully with the
understanding of this new definition we will be able to harness to
fuller use the spiritual powers which all human beings possess but
which most of us are completely ignorant of.
Shifts
in the Spirituality Definition
There
have been shifts in the definition of spirituality. A good
description of these shifts can be read in the Wikipedia article on
"Spirituality". As related in that article it has shifted
from its classical meaning, to the traditional, then to the modern.
Its classical meaning is to be driven by the Holy Spirit. Its
traditional meaning consists of the different ways of approaching
God, as in Ignatian spirituality. And the modern meaning of
spirituality is the path by which a person journeys from
meaninglessness into the values which make life meaningful or more
meaningful.
Newer
Spirituality Definition
In
all the definitions and descriptions of spirituality there are three
basic elements which have been overlooked. I have discovered these
basic elements by pondering on the passage of Scriptures in Hebrews
11:3. My own paraphrase of the second part of this verse is: "what
is seen is made out of things that are not seen". To get to the
root of these three basic elements let us go back to the etymology of
the word "spirit" in Greek.
The
Greek word that has been translated into spirit is pneuma from where
we have the English word pneumatic. Basically pneuma means wind. It
is from this pneuma that eventually spirituality got its meaning.
Wind
has three basic characteristics: 1) It is invisible; 2) it is
moving; 3) it moves objects. It is from these characteristics that I
propose a new spirituality definition.
Spirituality
is involved with the invisible reality in our life, whatever that
invisible reality is. It may be the smallest particle of matter, the
ideas in our head, the electromagnetic waves that surround us, the
ether in which we swim, the spirits of the dead, the angels and
heavenly forces, God or the Absolute Reality.
Secondly,
spirituality like the wind is moving. It moves itself from one place
to another. In other words it is dynamic. It has power.
Thirdly,
it moves us from where we are to where we would want to be. It is
like the wind which blows on the sail of the ship moving it to the
desired destination. In so doing it creates storms and havoc in our
life but the end of it is that we are cleaned, renewed and given new
life.
Spirituality
therefore is related to that invisible creative force in us which
drives us to create things and moves us and those around us to our
true destiny. It is in each of us. Most of us are not aware of it
because it is invisible but it is there. It enables us to do the one
and thousand things we do in life. It enables us to make things
appear where they did not appear before, whether this is a building,
a book, a relationship, a measure of material abundance, etc.
Spirituality
definition has to take into consideration this dynamic creative force
in us driving us individually and as inhabitants of this planet Earth
to our destination, the future glorified state we all will enjoy.
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