Spirituality - a Part of Life
It is interesting to discover the many wonders in this subject in the beginning of the class. First of all, I learned how to write two kinds of journal: autobiography and biography. Next, I started to write my spiritual journal day by day after class.
Today, I want to start my writing with an excited topic, I discussed with my classmates, is Spirituality throughout the three questions: What does it mean to me? How do I understand it? What does it affect my life? And why do I think spirituality has become an interesting topic for many people from different walks of life?
By sharing and my experiences, I realize that Spirituality is within me, a part of me and the way I live in my life. I have inherited from my parents who teach and guide me to be a good person with a basic faith. Besides, Spirituality is something to do with faith and belief; rooted in my life and a way to connect or relationship with
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"Soul" includes animate life, the seat of the senses, desires, effects and appetites. So, "breath of life" is the life present; and always alive even after we die.
How about "spirit"? It is a gift of God, given to us so that we are able to relate to God and others. The spirit of God is in us and with us even in serious situations. It helps us distinguish bad and good; and choose what is better than the other. Besides, it is always alive in us as "soul" whenever we show the love, compassion and justice of God to people who live with us and around us; but it can be "dead" when we refuse to receive, respond, and relate to God and the others.
For inherit the Spirit of God, we have a responsibility to give life to the world by doing good things as God did. Not stop thinking about the spirit, I ask myself that the spirit in me now is "dead" or "alive". Thanks be to God, it is still alive, but it could be dead if I am not aware of the spirit of God that always guide
In chapter four of, Gracious Christianity, it covers the spirit of life. Basically, the Spirit that is given by God gives us life mentally, physically, and spiritually to all Christians (78). One concept the authors talk about was powerful, “Instead, we
There is survival after death where the death becomes parts of the soul and the body.
The soul is a non-material substance that somehow has a connection with one’s living body (Weisberg, January 2016). When the body dies, the connection between mind and physical being is broken (Weisberg, January 2016). After death, the body will rot away and parish. However, one’s soul, being a non-material substance, can not be destroyed, and with that, it is possible for a person, rather, a person’s soul and who they are, to live on after death (Weisberg, January
Finally, writing will help you to expand your knowledge and your horizons an a profoundly manner that will change your perspective of any academic assignment or even in your everyday life.
Spiritual Gifts are special divine empowerments given to us through the Holy Spirit. These Gifts however are not for our own personal benefit, instead the main purpose is to equip us to be able to serve and glorify the Lord while Jesus continues His ministry though us. When we use our Spiritual Gifts to glorify the Lord we are contributing to the overall heath and growth of the church. 1 Peter 4:10-11 shows us that we have each been given a Gift by the Holy Spirit and when we use that Gift we find the strength we need to build up the Church. The Gifts of the Spirit are messages of wisdom, knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy,
By reading all those different stories, I got closer to these authors’ thoughts and feelings; in that way I could comprehend and share their sorrow; I learned a totally different way to get to know a person, a more spiritual one. As a result, I think this is what I am taking with me, because I am going to work with people. In addition, after this course, I do not see my students as empty containers that I am going to fill with content, but I rather see them as spirits, full of knowledge, with a background, because each and every student is an entire world of beliefs, traditions, and culture. Even when they all share the same nationality, they do not share the same life experiences, and the same story; and those small differences between them can be determinant when it comes to learning. I will show my students the importance of respect, the power of listening, and the importance of
The idea of the soul varies widely in religious tradition. While these variations exist, its basic definition is unvarying. The soul can be described as the ultimate internal principle by which we think, feel, and will, and by which our bodies are animated. The soul is seen as the core principle of life or as the essence of a being 1. Views on the permanence of the soul vary throughout religious tradition as well. While some view it as a mortal entity in flux others believe the soul is an immortal and permanent unit. These interpretations vary from time period to time period and between religions. These characteristics of the soul are interpreted differently through an Eastern or
Religion has become a cornerstone of the human experience incorporating itself into almost every aspect of modern life. It has brought understanding and security to billions in a world where both are usually sparse. But, religious conflict has been the source of countless wars, genocides, and overall repression. With thousands of different variations of religions around the world, these times of religious conflict caused each to withstand periods of difficulties allowing them to become what they are today. For example, the Catholic Church faced some of its most prominent changes in early modern Europe with the Reformation and the Age of Enlightenment. These periods of struggle sparked doubt towards the Church and led to one of the most perplexing times in the modern era: the witch craze. Upon the initial presentation of witchcraft, religious leaders began turning to their faith to distinguish between what was right and wrong in the eyes of God. It was quickly presumed to be from the hands of the devil, and that something had to be done with those afflicted by his charms. Spanning from the early fifteenth century to the late eighteenth century, tens of thousands of people across Europe and North America were prosecuted for witchcraft, many of whom were killed. Religious leaders amongst Catholicism and some of its religious denominations such as Protestantism and Puritanism feared the unknown that came with witchcraft and used their religious ideology to justify the
In Erotic Journeys: Mexican Immigrants and their Sex Lives by Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez she expands on what the definition of the Mexican culture is. She compares the Mexican society to the society in LA. She discusses multiple things one of the things she discusses in her book is the meaning of virginity in the family and what sex represents. Gonzalez-Lopez interviews many individuals to talk about their culture and how they felt living in Mexico and how their points of views changed once they moved to LA. Religion and traditions are deeply integrated withing the Mexican culture. It’s drilled in the female’s mind to stay a virgin for her future husband and having sex with someone other than her future husband puts her family’s reputation on
Mankind was composed from dust of the ground God “breathed life” into our ancestor’s nostrils making one a “living soul” (NLT, Genesis 2:7). However, at death, our bodies will be returned to the earth (NLT, Ecc. 12:7).
In Gen. 2:7, the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul. Therefore, the Holy Spirit grants natural life to all human beings. Paul said the spiritual life is not first, but the natural life is, then the spiritual (1 Cor. 15:46). The Spirit of God reaches into the spirit of the person to do the
Writing has always played a huge role in my life. I’ve been reading writing for as long as I can remember as I have an immense love of reading. This love would grow into a love for writing as well; I still stumble upon journals and writings from my five-year-old self about the happenings in my kindergarten class. As time would go on I would discover academic writing, and how to convey my thoughts on what was the topic of student that particular year or semester in my schooling. Later, writing would become a constant for me, and a comfort; I was known to my friends as always having a journal, and a pen on my person. I learned to write down my feelings and my thoughts, song lyrics that were in my head, reflections for the day. I learned how
What is a soul? The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal regarded as immortal. Many Philosophers studied the soul in several ways in order to get the point of what is the soul. Although sometimes it is confusing to understand what is meant because it is explained in other ways and used in examples. The Philosopher Aristotle came to the conclusion that the soul is the first grade of actuality of a natural organized body. He uses it in the axe and eye as examples but yes it might be confusing but at the end it will make sense in what he means.
Spirituality plays a very sub sequential role in my personal life. First of all, spirituality helps me govern what is right and what is wrong in my life. Many of the decisions that I make everyday, I believe are a direct result of my spirituality. For as long as I can remember I have been raised to believe that I should live my life the way God would want me to live it. Therefore, whenever I have a decision to make, I have to consider, what is right? And what is wrong? Second of all, it also helps me to feel more secure about what will happen to my spirit once my life here on earth is over. I believe that there is a better place for our spirits once we leave this earth.
What is life? That is a question that every human being has asked. Some might say it is merely just going to work every day and doing the things needed to survive. Others might say that life is a meaningful amount of time on Earth that is spent nurturing and caring for the ones you love. Both outlooks are not wrong.