The Inner Soul

Unfolding the Spiritual Self

INTRODUCTION

The concept of the “whole person” is

usually associated to the idea of human
beings as having physical and
psychological aspects. However , there
is still a third aspect of being human that
is as important as the two precedents:
the SPIRITUAL ASPECT of the self.
SPIRITUALITY
• PUCHALSKI (2014)
“It is the aspect of the self that is associated to an individuals process of
seeking and expressing meaning and how he or she connected to the self, to
others, to the moment and to everything else that composes his or her
environment including the sacred significant.”

• BEAUREGARD & O’LEARY (2007)

“Any experience that is thought to bring the experiencer in contact with
the divine.”

• SINNOTT (2002)
“Individual’s personal relation to the sacred or transcendent, a relation
that then

• MYERS ET AL (2000)
“Personal and private beliefs that transcend the material aspect of life and
give deep sense of wholeness, connectedness, and openness to the infinite”
SPIRITUALITY
• It talks about the meaning and purpose that go
beyond the physical realities of life.

• Focuses on a person’s connections to different

aspects of his or her existence: to other people, to
nature, and to sacredness and divinity.

• It talks about the sacred and transcendent

• It is a natural part of one’s developmental process

RELIGIOSITY
• Is defined as adherence to a belief system and
practices associated with a tradition in which
there is agreement about what is believed and
practice.
SPIRITUALITY RELIGIOSITY

• INDIVIDUAL • COMMUNAL

• SPIRITUAL ATTRIBUTES • BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

INCLUDE THE NEED FOR ARE WITHIN RELIGIOUS
SPIRITUAL QUEST, GROUPS, RELIGIOUS
ECUMENICAL COMMITMENT,
WORLDVIEWS, CONSERVATISM AND
COMPASSION, SERVICE, SKEPTICISM ARE
AND INNER PEACE MANIFESTED
Spirituality brings positive physical and mental
health, and well being.