Spiritual Self pt.2 Flashcards
It involves experiencing something beyond oneself in a transcendent manner and living in a way that benefits others and society. It could also be related to a search for the sacred.
Spirituality
The term ‘?’ may signify a person, an object, a principle, or a concept that transcends the self. It can include a divine being or a divine object that is ‘?’ and considered ????
sacred
set apart
holy or beyond the ordinary
refers to the persistent sense of self that addresses ultimate questions about the nature, purpose, and meaning of life. It results in behaviors that are ? with the individual’s core values.
spiritual identity
consonant
The definition of a ???? focuses on the individual’s construction of a relationship to the sacred and ultimate meaning.
sense of spiritual identity
? is considered the higher self, the inner self, and a person’s true being that is greatly influenced by a ?
spiritual self
spiritual deity.
Spiritual deities that people believe vary from ????. From history, people’s lives have been shaped by their religious traditions and practices.
one religious group to another
increase positive emotions, which may yield positive consequences for life satisfaction. Research has also shown that when facing trials, greater religiosity predicts greater subjective well-being mediated by greater social support and meaning in life (Diener et al. 2011)
Meditation practices
Individuals with faith in a higher being can face life challenges with ?.
The impossible becomes possible
and the difficult becomes manageable, because of ????.
Christians, for example, gain a new sense of direction and strength after devoting some time in prayer and meditation on the Bible or the word of God.
greater confidence and hope
divine intervention and guidance
The faith in a higher being gives them a ??? one that is greater than the physical self. This purpose drives their other affairs, such as family and career.
sense of purpose
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
who said this?
Viktor E. Frankl
He is an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor
He remains best known for his indispensable 1946 psychological memoir Man’s Search for Meaning (public library)
Viktor Frankl (March 26, 1905–September 2, 1997)
it is a psychological memoir, a meditation on what the gruesome experience of Auschwitz taught him about the primary purpose of life: the quest for meaning, which sustained those who survived
Man’s Search for Meaning (public library)
It tells the story of how he survived the Holocaust by finding personal meaning in the experience, which gave him the will to live through it. He went on to later establish a new school of existential therapy called logotherapy, based in the premise that man’s underlying motivator in life is a “will to meaning,” even in the most difficult of circumstances
Man’s search for meaning
From the Greek word ‘logos’
Logotheraphy
What does the greek word ‘logos’ mean?
reason or meaning
