I was born in the darkest ignorance and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge, I offer my respectful obedience’s unto him.
Religion and Spirituality are known to enhance the recovery of patients suffering from mental illness with more positive outcomes reached, therefore we should concentrate on expanding the roles of religion and spirituality, this can be done by religious-issues group therapy, a mind-body group for people with severe mental disorders, and educational and support programs for people with mental illness offered by faith communities. However, Psychiatrists and mental health professionals have concerns regarding the patients “description of their spiritual experiences”. Did it ever occur that these experiences are and where spiritual to start with, therefore need spiritual or religious healing or understanding to clear up any distortions that may mislead the patient, Instead the ideas are ignored and the client is left even more confused, which in turn has its affect. The essence of spirituality is the search for a deeper sense of self, a self-realisation and a knowing of mystical happenings, it is not really a religion although used in many religions, we begin to lose attachment to rigid beliefs and self-centeredness, material possessions and recognition are no longer necessary for our happiness, it is often called “self liberation” or “self actualisation”. Once this path is travelled, matters pertaining to the spirit awaken to something, be it a state of mind, a being, or a place, that is outside the experience of our five limited senses. It relates to the sixth sense. Spirituality can be either a part of a particular religion or independent of religion, in a self-directed and personal inner path. It can be seen as becoming in touch with Jesus Christ, for those who are religious, for those who are not religious it depicts an inner knowing and transcends material needs. Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and faith, a transcendent reality, or one or more divine beings. A sense of connection with the divine is reached; this is in contrast with the earthly and the material. There can be separation between body and soul and connection to a metaphysical reality. The senses are developed through space and time. Spirituality pertains to mysticism and esoterism. Students in disciplines such as theology, religious studies, psychology, parapsychology, pneumatology, monadology, esoteric philosophical logic, anthropology and sociology sometimes concentrate their researches on spirituality, but the subject remains nonspecific.
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