Spiritual Fulfillment Research Articles

Prioritizing motivators influencing intentions to visit spiritual destinations in India: an application of analytical hierarchical process (AHP) approach

Purpose Spiritual tourism is becoming a significant growth area of the Indian travel market, with more Indians opting to go on pilgrimage to popular religious cities. There are many spiritual destinations where some of this life's essences can be sought to enjoy harmony and peace. The study aims to prioritize motivators driving the intentions of the tourists to visit the spiritual destination. Design/methodology/approach The current study applied the analytical hierarchical process, a multi-criteria decision-making technique, on the sample of visitors from all the six spiritual destinations to rank the motivational factors that drive the intentions of the tourist to visit a spiritual destination. Findings The study's results postulated that spiritual fulfillment motives and destination atmosphere are the top prioritized motivations, while destination attributes and secular motives emerged as the least prioritized. Practical implications The research study provides valuable insights to the spiritual tourism industry stakeholders to target the tourists' highly prioritized motivations to augment the visits to a particular spiritual destination. Originality/value Previous research has explored the motivations and modeled their relationships with tourists' satisfaction and intentions. But, the present study has applied a multi-criteria decision-making technique to add value to the existing knowledge base.

R. K. Narayan’s The Guide as a Lesson of Life

Narayan through his precepts and examples tried to teach his readers like a prophetic novelist and suggested that the novel can be interpreted as a lesson of life for it teaches us how to be successful in life but at the same time teaches us how to avoid the various pitfalls which might come in the long run. Raju’s life is exemplary as it can be both of guiding and misguiding and solely depends on the follower which path he/she would like to follow. This novel is a classic statement on the improvement of human conduct— on ambition and human restraint as Raju becomes symbolic both of selfish individualism and the saviour of mankind. The theme of the quest for spiritual fulfilment, is one of the leading themes of the novel, because in Hindu cosmology, the path to spiritual illumination requires mentoring from a ‘guru’ or guide. Narayan wanted to guide the readers through Raju that man does not experience real pleasure or happiness in restful rusty position but in suffering and striving for ideals—for the welfare of others in which lies the essence and dignity of life. It is a search for the true identity and authentic self that Narayan wants to establish through the character of Raju.

The role of spiritual formation in the education of modern human beings: A European Christian perspective

One of the most considerable changes in the contemporary European educational mentality is a person’s disconnection from spiritual life. Christian formation has been replaced with religious pluralism, in terms of syncretism influenced by global economic ideologies. Some consequences are low resilience and low spiritual resistance to contemporary challenges, associated with mental traumas or social behaviour deficits. Is it possible to restore the modern person’s spiritual education? There is no evolution in the modern individual’s social life without a horizon of spiritual expectation and fulfilment, different from the strictly material one. Moreover, conscious education cannot deprive people of cultivating the spiritual part of their consciousness from which the real values of existence are born. A series of arguments for renewing the relation between school and the mature, Scripture-based Christian thinking in the spirit of the European pedagogy are revealed by the factual historical analyses. Both Eastern and Western European experiences have met after 13 years of evolving into two antagonist geopolitical spheres. Their lessons in the education field could be an appropriate model, academically applied at the cultural mentality and the European pedagogy level.Contribution: With this study, I want to highlight the historical and conceptual frameworks of the Christian religious education meaning in the context of the rediscovery of Orthodox Christianity by the international theological culture in post-communism. Orthodox Christianity, forgotten in dictionaries and syntheses by the Western theological elite, brings in a spiritualisation of education according to the Lord Jesus Christ’s Gospel and not of the ideological cultural interests.

Hubungan Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Spiritual dengan Kualitas Hidup Pasien Kanker

Patients diagnosed with cancer spend a lot of energy dealing with diagnosis, therapy, and feelings of instability due to possible relapses, death, complications, and financial problems. They often reach the point where they feel that they are very uncertain, very uncertain position, hopeless. Cancer causes loss of hope, affects physical and mental, and results in various disorders such as loneliness, depression, and failure to adapt—the importance of fulfilling the spiritual needs of cancer patients to improve the optimal quality of life. Fulfilling spiritual needs is finding meaning, purpose, the need for hope, belief in life, oneself, and God. Individuals are said to have good spirituality if the individual has full expectations, are optimistic, and think positively. The research design used a cross-sectional approach, the sampling technique was purposive sampling, and the data analysis was tested using the Spearman Rank with a total sample size of 35 respondents. The results obtained by sig. (2-tailed) with a p-value of 0.000 with a degree of significance p ≤ 0.05, which means H1 is accepted. This study shows a relationship between spiritual fulfillment and quality of life for cancer patients. The study results can be used as an intervention in nursing care to improve the quality of nursing services, especially for cancer patients. The better the spiritual needs of cancer patients can be met, the better the quality of life will be about complex matters such as physical health, psychological conditions, level of independence, social relationships, and the individual's relationship with their environment.

Reconstructing communities and individuals after conflict and violence: An avant-garde quest for a forgiveness process that includes koinonia and diakonia

Overwhelming feelings of resentment and revenge by individuals in emotionally wounded and traumatised communities inflicted by injustice, violence and oppressive systems, often become a way of life, and people seldom deal with forgiveness in their healing process. Too often, the story of traumatic experiences surfaces as an indication of societies struggling to achieve lasting peace. This article explored a process of spiritual healing and life fulfilment that relates to a forgiveness process which includes koinonia and diakonia as indispensable elements on the road to reconstructing communities and individuals following conflict and violence. The point of departure in this article was taken from scriptural and academic literature to provide a forgiveness process to contain revenge and violence without resorting to it, and to protect individuals, communities and the social order within larger systems in society. The imperative to forgive could raise a persistent attitude and a way of life to encourage communities’ and individuals’ resilience.Contribution: The article offers an avant-garde quest for a forgiveness process that includes koinonia and diakonia as indispensable elements on the road to reconstructing communities and individuals following conflict and violence.

THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPIRITUALITY, ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM OF TEMPLES IN MALANG RAYA, INDONESIA

Temples has become one of the main tourism destinations in which a lot of people look for spiritual fulfilment. However, there are many weaknessess on protection and management of temples in Malang Raya that do not consider spirituality, ethics and sustainable tourism aspects. The paper aims to construct integrated law regarding protection and management of temples in Malang Raya based on the principle of spirituality, ethics and sustainable tourism. This research is a socio-legal study integrating legal, economics, cultural studies. The research data was collected from library research and observation of 29 temples, followed by cross-examination analysis techniques to formulate the solution. The results identify challenges encountered in the protection and management of the temples in Malang, in terms of regulation, economics, market, attraction, accommodations, environment, and ethics. Hence, the integrated legal construction covering all sectors is a key to protection and management of temple tourism in Malang Raya. The changing from government-based to community-based has its urgency to be applied to help involve more participation of the society. Furthermore, optimizing this transformation of paradigm can be accelerated through education program such as hands-on training or formal education.

UTILIZATION OF STREAMING TECHNOLOGY AS A PUSDAI TV DAKWAH COMMUNICATION MEDIA

Advances in information technology provide easy access for religiousinstitutions to communicate and socialize with the wider community. Including facilitating the way for the syiar Islam or better known as Dakwah. One of the contemporary da'wah media that utilizes streaming technology is Pusdai TV. This study aims to analyze the use of streaming technology as a medium and communication strategy for da'wah communication by Pusdai TV. This study uses a qualitative research method with a phenomenological approach. Data collection techniques were carried out by means of observation, interviews, and document analysis. The results showed that the first Pusdai TV da'wah communication strategy included message planning through objectives, media selection, main ideas, and audience analysis. Second, the strategic process of making broadcast programming through the stages of idea research, content creation, evaluation and control. Third, the da'wah communication strategy is carried out through internal and external approaches. With all the strategies that have been implemented, active audience feedback is obtained, spiritual fulfillment of audience needs, and audience loyalty.

The Role of Worldview in Moral Case Deliberation: Visions and Experiences of Group Facilitators

This study investigates the role of worldview in moral case deliberation (MCD). MCD is a form of clinical ethics support which aims to assist caregivers in reflection on moral dilemmas, experienced in daily practice. Bioethicists acknowledge that existential and religious aspects must be taken into account in the analysis of ethical questions, but it remains unclear how these elements are addressed in clinical ethics support. We investigated how facilitators of MCD address worldview in MCD. MCD facilitation is often done by spiritual caregivers, but not in their role as spiritual caregiver. Discussing worldview is no standard part of the procedure in MCD. This study was qualitative, focusing on the views and experiences of the facilitators of MCD. Semi-structured interviews (N = 12) were conducted with facilitators of MCD. Grounded theory was used for analysis. The results show that worldview plays both an explicit and an implicit role in the MCD process. The explicit role concerns the religious beliefs of patients and professionals. This calls for avoiding stereotyping and devoting attention to different visions. The implicit role comes to the fore in addressing core values and spiritual fulfillment. In order to clarify the fundamental nature of values, more explicit attention for worldview might be useful during MCD. However, this should be done with caution as the term ‘worldview’ might be interpreted by participants in terms of religious and personal beliefs, rather than as an invitation to reflect on one’s view of the good life as a whole.

Ecosystem and Ecological Services; Need for Biodiversity Conservation-A Critical Review

Biodiversity and ecosystems are closely related concepts. Biodiversity provides numerous ecosystem services that are crucial and important to human well-being at present and in the future. The review aim to explain the Ecosystem services, and need for conservation of biodiversity. Ecosystem services (also called environmental services or nature’s services) are benefits provided by ecosystems to humans, which contribute to making human life both possible and worth living. Human kind fully depends on the earth’s ecosystems and the services they provide, such as food, water, disease management, climate regulation, spiritual fulfillment and aesthetic enjoyment. Over the past 50 years, humans have changed these ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than ever before, so that growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel can be met. Pollution through the discharge of municipal and industrial wastewater and solid waste (e.g. plastics) exacerbates the related problems. Environmental pollution results from mishandling, deliberate disposal, spilling and leakage of waste products, such as gasoline, lubricating oils, diesel fuel, heating oil’s, used or spent engine oils, animal wastes, human excreta, certain dissolved organic compound (e.g. urea, carbohydrate etc.), and organic salts such as nitrates, soap, phosphates of detergent, sodium, potassium, calcium and chloride ions. Under natural process most of the biodegradable pollutants of sewage are rapidly decomposed, but when they accumulate in large quantities, they create problems, i.e., when their input into environment exceeds the decomposition or disposal capacity. Ecosystem health is inherently linked to water management, sanitation and agriculture as these aspects influence water availability and quality. The loss of biodiversity can reduce the provision of ecosystem services essential for human well-being. Therefore, sustainable sanitation and water management is crucial for a more sustainable ecosystem management in the future.

Pemenuhan Spiritual Pada Pasien Kanker : A Literature Review

Background: Cancer treatment can not only focus on the quantity or physicality of the patient, but also pay attention to factors of quality of life, pain, stress, anxiety, fatigue, fear of death, and depression in patients who are often missed in the treatment of cancer patients. Spiritual needs are important needs to be met in patients with cancer in addition to other aspects of the need, because this disease can affect all aspects of the sufferer's life both physical, psychological and spiritual. Objective:this study aims to determine the spiritual fulfillment in cancer patients. Method : This research is a literature review with the process of collecting data through 3 databases namely Pubmed , EBSCO and Proquest . Search Literature with the word key " Spiritual experience Spiritual meaning OR AND Cancer Patients" article published in the 5 years of the last is from the year 2015 to 2019 with the criteria of inclusion Results: The literature search results found 169,139 journals, Pubmed found 583, Ebsco 12,582, Proquest 155,974, the entire database was categorized with inclusion criteria and only 14 articles met the criteria. Conclusion: spiritual fulfillment can improve the quality of life of cancer patients, by increasing spiritual aspects can provide peace, comfort for cancer patients. So the importance of spiritual needs in health care.

Gendering seekers and upstarts in early twentieth-century Finnish literature

The search for truth and spirituality, intertwined with the search for one’s self, has been a perennial theme in arts and literature. In some works of Finnish literature at the turn of the twentieth century, the figure of a person seeking for spiritual fulfilment tended to intertwine with that of the upstart (nousukas in Finnish). At first sight, it might seem odd that these two figures should overlap in literary works, but as I show, especially in early twentieth-century Finnish literature, such cases are not rare, given the wide range of meanings that the word nousukas would denote.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORRUPTION, SHADOW ECONOMY AND HAPPINESS. SURVEY ON ROMANIA

In this paper we address the relationship between happiness and acts of corruption and shadow economy in Romania. From our survey conducted on a sample of 101 respondents from Romania (on March 2020), we find that Romanian people do not link happiness to material issues in particular, but rather they see it as a consequence of having families, professional and spiritual fulfillment, while money and property are last in this ranking. The average income that would make the respondents happy is on average of 5,223 lei (about 1,100 Euro) per month, an amount that they consider necessary to cover the basic needs that influence their development. Our findings reveal that the most corruption practices encountered in the public institutions refer to receiving money and gifts for services to which people are entitled followed by receiving money and gifts to favor someone. However, corruption and shadow economy are not perceived as being very relevant in fully influencing the level of happiness they perceive.

The problem of spiritual and moral potential fulfillment in the works of Russian literature in the context of the contemporary educational system

The article considers the possibilities of using Russian classical literature in the contemporary learning activity. The authors reveal promising areas and pedagogical strategies for involving the younger generation in the learning of literary classics, as well as propose new conceptual approaches to solving this problem in contemporary society. The article deals with the results of the conducted study on the capabilities of fiction in forming the worldview and value orientations of the younger generation, as well as outlines the further prospects in improving the efficiency of spiritual and moral upbringing of the younger generation based on literary works. The article describes the advantage of value-oriented immersion of pupils in literary and artistic reality, which consists in the possibility of discussing many personal problems of children, adolescents, and young people in an indirect form, using the example of literary plots, characters, situations described in the works, which contributes to the necessary self-revelation of the participants in such discussions. The pedagogical strategy considered in the article is implemented through the creation of a kind of “intertext”, which, in contrast to its usual postmodern version of the information space with computer information technologies, is a process of “imposition” of several communicative spaces, namely, pedagogical, “existential experience” of students, literary and artistic reality, and scenery-directing space.

The new norm in the management of COVID-19 positives: home-based care

Background: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has disrupted health systems globally and locally. The increasing number of COVID-19 positives has overwhelmed healthcare facilities and health workers. Home-based care (HBC) is a new norm in the management of COVID-19 positives. We aimed to give insight into the HBC of COVID-19 positives in Nigeria.
 Methods: We conducted a descriptive review of the existing literature and summarized the authors' opinions regarding HBC in Nigeria.
 Results: HBC has increasingly gained recognition for the management of COVID-19 positives. The HBC of COVID-19 positives provides the opportunity for patient management under an atmosphere of emotional, physical, and spiritual fulfillment as required for quick recovery. Guidelines have been developed for HBC of COVID-19 positives; however, negligence to these measures has been noted.
 Conclusion: To ensure compliance and harness HBC's benefits, community leaders, religious organizations, civil-based organizations, and opinion leaders should be actively involved in HBC activities. Also, enforcement authorities such as the Civil Defence Corps could help to improve adherence to HBC restrictions.

Self-Determination Theory and Perceptions of Spiritual Growth

College students have reported desire for contextual help cultivating religious and spiritual need fulfillment, yet little is known about how environmental factors achieve this outcome. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, a sequential, explanatory, mixed methods design utilized survey responses of undergraduate students enrolled in a Christian evangelical university (n = 869). Participants answered questions about faith maturity, autonomy, support, and religious pressures in the university environment, and narrated descriptions of their own spiritual growth and the university’s role in that process. Hierarchical regression found that autonomy support more strongly predicted vertical faith maturity when religious pressures were lower. Narrative descriptions were analyzed according to level of internalization, utilizing the self-determination continuum, and reported informational and controlling aspects in the environment. Qualitative results corroborated quantitative results regarding the importance of autonomy support. Findings suggest the importance of Christian universities engaging in approaches to fulfill the diverse and potentially evolving psychological needs of students, including competence, relatedness, and autonomy needs, according to Self-Determination Theory. College administrators are advised to proactively support the cultivation of warm and safe environments demonstrative of religious values and to allow for religious questioning.

Meeting The Needs Of Nurses In Efforts By The Spiritual Self Improvement Of Efficacy Of Patients With Terminal Disease In The Hospital Ward

This study research design Correlation Study with Cross Sectional approach. Technics sampling Simple random sampling with a sample of 21 respondents. The research instrument used questionnaire. Statistical data analysis Pearson correlation test. Most of the respondents 66.7% were spiritual needs. Nearly half of the respondents 57.1% (12 people) are not too sure will be able to live the rest of his life with better. Statistical test results obtained p-value was p = 0.006, which means reject Ho conclusion there is no relationship spiritual fulfillment by nurses in an effort to increase self efficacy of patients with terminal illness. Nurses provide spiritual fulfillment is better, then the patient will have the confidence that he is more meaningful or useful to others and be able to get closer to God Almighty and be ready at any time to die comes so spiritual fulfillment good nurse will help improve self efficacy of patients

Faith Manifest: Spiritual and Mindfulness Tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand

From books to movies, the media is now flush with spiritual and wellness tourist-related images, films, and fiction (which are primarily produced in the West) about Southeast Asia. Combined with the positive effects of spiritual practices, greater numbers of tourists are travelling to Southeast Asia for mindfulness, yoga, and other spiritual pursuits. Influenced by popular mass media coverage, such as Hollywood movies and literary bestsellers like Eat Pray Love (2006) and tourism imaginaries about particular peoples and places, spiritual tourists are visiting Southeast Asia in increasing numbers. They travel to learn about and practice mindfulness, so as to recharge their batteries, achieve spiritual fulfillment, enhance their spiritual well-being, and find a true self. However, there is a notable lack of scholarly work around the nature and outcomes of spiritual tourism in the region. Owing to its Buddhist temples, cultural heritage, religious history, infrastructure, and perceived safety, Chiang Mai in Thailand, in particular, has become a major spiritual tourism destination. Based on participant observation including informal conversations, and 10 semi-structured interviews in Chiang Mai during two summers in 2016 and 2018, our research explored why Western tourists travel to Chiang Mai to engage in mindfulness practices regardless of their religious affiliation. We explored their faith in their spiritual practice in Chiang Mai. Rather than the faith implied in religion, this faith refers to trust or confidence in something. Interestingly, none of the informants identified themselves as Buddhist even though many had practiced Buddhist mindfulness for years. They had faith that mindfulness would resolve problems, such as depression and anxiety, following life events such as divorces, deaths in family, drug abuse, or at least help free them from worries. They noted that mindfulness practices were a constructive means of dealing with negative life events. This study found that the informants sought to embed mindfulness and other spiritual practices into the fabric of their everyday life. Their faith in mindfulness led them to a destination where Buddhist heritage, history, and culture are concentrated but also consumed. Whilst discussing the preliminary findings through a critical lens, the research recommends future research pathways.

The Use of Bibliotherapy in Revealing and Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Cancer Patients

Assessing and addressing spiritual needs is a key factor in the quality of life and overall wellbeing of cancer patients. However, the evolution and diversification of assessment tools has not automatically been followed by their successful implementation; thus, addressing unmet needs continues to be a concern. In this paper, we examine the place of bibliotherapy (also called reading therapy or poetry therapy) as a group intervention in the oncological setting in revealing spiritual needs. We show that it represents not only a useful intervention but may also provide instant relief and reduce spiritual suffering. Bibliotherapy understood and practiced as a subtle balance of texts and group processes alleviates cognitive and emotional symptoms of a spiritual concern and facilitates finding meaning in life in general and illness in particular. As an intervention, it is effective, affordable and attractive; moreover, it equips patients receiving treatment and rehabilitation with the lifelong skill of reflective reading. Bibliotherapy is easily tailored to almost any needs and promotes self-expression, which provides spiritual fulfillment in itself.

The ‘Invisible’ Women of the Baptist Mission to Jamaica (1800–1860)

ABSTRACT Women played an integral, but understated and often unrecognised, part in Baptist missions such as Jamaica during the early nineteenth century. Yet they are largely absent from extant correspondence, only sparsely mentioned in mission journals and the writings of male missionaries. This paper, through examination of primary records of the Baptist Missionary Society and published memoirs, explores the extent of female mission activity and the lives of the women who undertook it. It demonstrates that parochial and mission work, although prescribed by defined gender roles prevailing in England at that time, offered women enhanced opportunities outside the domestic sphere. Missionary service, using Jamaica post-slavery as a case study, offered even greater opportunities for spiritual fulfilment by engagement both as teachers in the mission schools and as the wives of serving missionaries.

Globalising the Thai ‘high-touch’ industry: exports of care and body work and gendered mobilities to and from Thailand

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the global trade of Thai tourism and related service industries such as restaurant, spa and hospital – service activities in which the body and bodily emotions of both service consumers and providers are central. I will demonstrate how the Thai state and private sector market Thai services to the world and construct Thailand as a destination for bodily and spiritual fulfilment. Analysing Thailand as an exporter of care and body labour, this article highlights the important role the nation-state and local socioeconomic structures play in shaping global care chains. State policy that promotes tourism and related service industries as a key economic development strategy has shaped current interrelated forms of transnational mobilities between Thailand and more affluent countries – marriage migration, health and medical tourism, and retirement migration. I also explore the interface between Thai state policies on the export of care and lived experiences of Thailand-Europe transnational migrants. Through their occupation choices, marital relocation decisions and care arrangements, Thai migrants in Europe and European migrants in Thailand both resist and reproduce the commodification of care and body work.