CHAPTER 9 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT Hope Haslam Straughan Within the social work profession‚ there is a growing movement affirming that spirituality and religious beliefs are integral to the nature of the person and have a vital influence on human behavior (Hugen‚ 1998). Canda (1988) identifies spirituality as a basic aspect of human experience‚ both within and outside the context of religious institutions. If a social worker is going to approach a person in a holistic manner‚ he or she must be willing
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Spiritual formation: Gandhi and loving God as truth As one puts oneself in the way of God‚ several theological questions necessarily arise: what is God? How does one engage‚ experience‚ and enter into the way of God? For the Christian seeker‚ the questions become more specific: is this God the sky God Yahweh? Is Jesus of Nazareth the incarnation of this God? Is God only interested in self-described ’Christians‚’ or is he for all? For Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ Hindu spiritual
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Playing the 4-3-3 to 4-5-1 Transition A Guide for Players Cheltenham Town Ladies FC 1 Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 The Concept – History‚ pros and cons .................................................................................................... 4 4 3 3 – When we have the ball..................................................................
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Spirituals began when Africans were brought to the colonies and forced to work as slaves. These songs were used to communicate‚ pass the time‚ and tell stories. Spirituals allowed slaves to express their despair‚ pain and suffering and slaves used code words to talk about their masters or give hints about escape‚ directions‚ and escape route. Spirituals also allowed for religious devotion and unity and was homophonic‚ containg multiple parts to the same rhythm. It also incorparated sycopation‚ the
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deal with the many believers in Corinth who are divided into the followings of Paul or Apollos rather than Christianity as a whole. The converts of Paul in 1 Corinthians 12-14 were divided during times of worship because of jealousy invoked by the spiritual gifts received from the “Spirit”; the worships and the church became a place to boast who is closest to God‚ instead of a place of worship‚ interpretation‚ and love. In 1 Corinthians 14:26-33‚ Paul set guidelines in times of worship to heal the divide
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learn and study‚ it is true; but in the end‚ only direct experience can ever serve as the vehicle which carries the aspirant towards God. In order to create the proper conditions required to cause these experiences‚ spiritual practice (called “askesis”) is required. Ideally‚ spiritual practices should be learned directly from a teacher who has accepted you as a student. Therefore‚ we must always strongly encourage our readers to seek tutelage under the guidance of an instructor‚ even if that guidance
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In chapter 15‚ The Cauliflower Robbery‚ Yogananda has harvested 6 cauliflowers that he is proud to share with Sri Yukteswar. As the disciples are called out to go march‚ Sri Yukteswar questions Yogananda about whether he locked the door to the Ashram or not. Yogananda carelessly replies that he "thinks so." In teaching a lesson‚ Sri Yukteswar relates thoughts with a peasant and has him steal one of Yogananda’s cauliflowers. Much like the way a radio operates‚ Sri Yukteswar’s thoughts vibrate in radio
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person resting solely on a rationalist humanism and anthropocentrism. It is the failure to respect the spiritual aspect of the person that has resulted "in man’s abasement to previously unsuspected levels‚ the age of human values trampled on as never before" (John Paul II : Address to the Latin American Bishops’‚ London : Collins 1979). John Paul teaches in laborem exercens that only a spiritual understanding of the person establishes the right order of priorities in the economic and political order
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4. Aspects of Formation for Laity Both the Fathers of Vatican II and the bishops at the 1987 Synod on Laity use the word “integral” to describe the formation for laity. The lay apostolate can only be effective “through manifold and integral formation”. In discovering and living their proper vocation and mission‚ the laity must be formed according to the union which exists from their being members of the Church and citizens of human society. The many interrelated aspects of a totally integrated
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The Child as Spiritual Embryo Montessori often compared the process of psychological and spiritual development to the physical unfolding of the human organism. Just as the material body first takes shape as a selfforming embryo‚ requiring during its formation the protection and nurturance of the womb that envelopes it‚ the human soul first appears in the newborn child in an embryonic form that requires nourishment from a psychic womb—the protective environment of loving‚ caring parents and
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