Spiritual Self Research Articles

Associação entre espiritualidade, coping religioso e variáveis sociodemográficas em residentes de saúde do Recife

ABSTRACT Introduction: Spirituality, by providing positive coping or religious/spiritual coping, mobilizes resilience, a positive worldview, and a support network, thereby promoting physical and mental health. Objective: To identify spiritual religious coping by analyzing the association between sociodemographic/educational variables and the level of spiritual guidance among health residents in Recife. Method: This was a cross-sectional, exploratory, and quantitative analytical study. Spirituality was assessed using the Spirituality Self Rating Scale (SSRS), and religious coping was measured by the Brief Religious/Spiritual Coping Scale (RSC-Brief). The collected data were analyzed using Stata 12.1 software, with crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) estimated, and 95% confidence intervals (CI). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of IMIP under CAAE N. 42807221.2.0000.5201. Result: Of the 107 participants, the majority were aged between 21 and 25 years (45.8%), female (79.4%), enrolled in multidisciplinary residency programs (50.5%), and attending the first year of their course (89.7%). Positive religious coping was identified as medium, high, or very high in 69.2% of participants, while low or no negative religious coping was found in 93.4%, and medium/high spiritual guidance in 57%. Residents with Lato Sensu postgraduate qualifications showed a 40% higher prevalence ratio for having a medium/high level of spiritual guidance compared to those with only undergraduate education, and this ratio was 46% higher in the nursing area when compared to the other fields. Conclusion: Spirituality and religious coping were more prevalent among nursing professionals and those with higher academic qualifications.

Makna Konsep Kelahiran Kembali Menjadi Manusia Baru Berdasarkan Kolose 3:5-10

Colossians 3:5-10 is a verse that describes the life of a new human person who has adapted and accepted Christ as Lord and loves himself. Based on Paul's opinion to the Colossian congregation, when the Colossian congregation became new people, they had to put away all their old lives, namely living in sin. But there are still those who have not fully lived in the new life. Likewise, the life of mankind, when they have been reborn into new humans, has not completely evolved from the old life. Still committing sins and old habits like humans live in modern times which always prioritize physical, visible, temporary and popular things. On the other hand, Christians also ignore the true self, the spiritual self, the invisible, the eternal and the hidden. By writing this article, the aim is to invite and encourage Christians to adapt seriously and live in holiness that is continually renewed in the image of God's Creator. The method used by the author is a literature research study method using book sources.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОГО ІМУНІТЕТУ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ КОМБАТАНТІВ ТА ЧЛЕНІВ ЇХНІХ РОДИН: ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ АСПЕКТИ

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problem of psychological immunity of active Ukrainian military personnel and their families. The psychological immune system is a multidimensional but integrated unit of personal resources of resilience and adaptive capacities, also called "psychological antibodies", which provide immunity against stress and traumatic events. Under martial law, the Ukrainian military is the most important asset in countering armed aggression. Their psychological immunity can ensure effective stress management and protect them from possible psychopathology. Promotion of resources (psychological antibodies) will help active military personnel, as well as their family members, to use and overcome their traumatic experiences, stress and negative influences in a useful and productive way, including creating support networks, learning new skills, and achieving combatant goals during combat missions. It is justified that the return of a vital sense of security for successful recovery and functioning depends on the presence of psychological immunity not only among servicemen, but also among their families as a center of rehabilitation potential. The three-component structure of psychological immunity according to A.Olakh is described, which includes: the approach-conviction subsystem, the monitoring-creation-execution subsystem and the self-regulation subsystem. These subsystems make it possible to recognize one's environment, search for and activate the necessary resources for constructive interaction with it, and maintain emotional equanimity. Based on the experience of communicating with active military personnel, veterans, and members of their families, the authors propose to add a fourth component to the existing structural model - the spiritual and value subsystem. The allocation of this component is due to the peculiarities of Ukrainian identity and the specifics of the Russian-Ukrainian war. This component includes the spiritual self, the values of patriotism, moral qualities and religiosity (as an internal need to believe).

An Indic Gaze on the Spiritual Self in the Anthropocene: The stages of ‘I’ through Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Neo-Vedantic Hermeneutics in Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey and Tagore’s Gitanjali

An Indic Gaze on the Spiritual Self in the Anthropocene: The stages of ‘I’ through Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Neo-Vedantic Hermeneutics in Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey and Tagore’s Gitanjali

Hitting the Reset Button: Ceremonial Use of Peyote and Experiences of Personal Change

Our aim is to understand how those who use peyote in a naturalistic setting discuss it changed their lives and to what they attribute this change. To do this, we draw on data from a photo-ethnography of people who attended peyote ceremonies in rural Northcentral Alabama. Broadly, we found that participants discussed four core areas of change: reduced drug and alcohol misuse, new perspectives on life, improved mental health, and improved physical health. The duration of the experienced change varied for each type of change. Participants attributed change to improved ability to endure challenges, rewiring of the brain, and connecting with spiritual selves. Findings give insights into how people experience and make sense of change from peyote. In addition, the findings suggest specific areas of research for those interested in clinical and therapeutic settings relating to peyote in particular, and psychedelics in general.

A Jungian Analysis of Sacraments in John Donne’s 'Holy Sonnets'

This article aims to analyse three poems in John Donne’s religious sonnet collection titled Holy Sonnets within the context of the Jungian concept of the individuation process. In this respect, the article presents two related arguments. First, it is contended that the poetic personae of the selected poems, namely “Thou hast made me,” “Oh my blacke Soule!,” and “Batter my heart,” suffer from neurosis because of their reluctance and inability to perform the two tasks of the individuation process. The process put forward by Carl Gustav Jung requires an individual to both separate herself/himself from societal demands and integrate the unconscious part of her/his psyche with the conscious one. In the case of the selected poems’ speakers, their unconscious sides are constituted by their carnal desires which they wish to suppress to the point of extinction. Feeling inadequate to suppress their bodily passions, they ask their Creator to intervene in the process. However, neither God responds to their prayers, nor their undesirable selves disappear from their conscious minds. Thus, the poetic speakers oscillate painfully between their carnal and spiritual selves, indicating that they suffer from neurosis. God’s silence in this process stems from the speaker’s rejection to utilize sacraments as mediatory objects. In this respect, it is argued that the speakers are influenced by Protestant iconophobia. Therefore, the second argument suggests that the selected poems showcase that rejecting sacraments’ mediatory function halts one’s attempt to bridge the gap between the conscious and the unconscious parts of the psyche which is the main aim of the individuation process.

Acute care nurse managers' definitions of and barriers to well-being: A thematic analysis of open-ended survey questions.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, acute care nurse managers functioned in a critical role by helping to advance the mission and goals of their organization while navigating a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape. This resulted in high levels of ongoing job-related stress which is linked to negative physical, psychological, and job-related outcomes. Little is known about the perceptions regarding their own professional well-being during this time. The aim of this study was to qualitatively describe acute care nurse managers' perceptions of and barriers to their professional well-being. Using a qualitative descriptive approach, nurse managers from a hospital system in the southwestern United States responded to two short-answer, survey-based questions in 2022: (1) "Describe the definition of nurse-manager well-being in your own words" and (2) "What do you feel is your biggest barrier to professional well-being?" Reflexive thematic analysis was utilized to analyze participant responses (N = 80). Professional well-being is a complex concept influenced by the nurse manager's ability to navigate work-life balance; care for their own physical, emotional, and spiritual selves; give and receive support from stakeholders; and manage feelings of thriving vs. struggling in the role. Barriers most cited as influencing well-being included having too little time to get things done coupled with increasing workloads, feeling stuck in the middle among stakeholders, and coping with ongoing staffing challenges. The definition of and barriers to well-being are influenced by the specific needs and experiences of the nurse manager. While not all barriers can be immediately removed, the identification of individual and organization-specific barriers needs to be taken seriously, reviewed by those who can promote change, and evidence-based solutions for improvement piloted or implemented when feasible.

Conjuring Up a King

Conjuring Up a King

Secularize, psychologize, neoliberalize: The entangled Jewish self of North American Jews

AbstractThis article unpacks the construction of the Jewish spiritual self in three current projects of Jewish spirituality in North America—Jewish mindfulness, the neo‐Musar movement, and the nascent Positive Judaism—and explores their relations with the neoliberal economic regime and ideology. Based on the content analysis of 30 popular online and offline texts, among them promotional websites, podcasts, and published works, and data gathered during long‐term ethnographic study on Jewish spirituality in Israel and North America, the article argues that the highly individualized Jewish spirituality has become an institutionally mediated form of Jewish self‐expression. By building on anthropological works about the cultural implications of neoliberalism on the self and following the lead of the foundational works linking Jewish cultural production and neoliberalism in North America, this article offers a perspective on Jewish spirituality that recognizes the relations between neoliberalism, self‐cultivation, and community life. Fusing the spiritual, therapeutic, and neoliberal discourses, projects of Jewish spirituality package neoliberal ideals such as choice, emotional, resilience, well‐being, and happiness as Jewish spiritual commodities. At the same time, the subjectivity cultivated in these projects is a Jewish‐specific formation—a self that is highly individualized but remains strongly connected to its religious‐ethnic community and cultural tradition. Jewish spirituality is thus used here as a case study for how neoliberalism affects contemporary forms of religious practice and creates new ethical orientations to communal belongings.

Artifacts from the Perspective of Effutu Masquerade Performance: An Aesthetic Album

Artifacts from the Perspective of Effutu Masquerade Performance: An Aesthetic Album

Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Experience of Watson's Theory of Human Caring Caritas Process III: Developing Spiritual Self to Provide Spiritual Nursing Care.

The purpose of this study was to explore intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' experience of developing spiritual self to meet the significant spiritual and existential needs of patients and their families. A qualitative descriptive method with directed content analysis guided by Watson's Theory of Human Caring was utilized. From a sample of 10 ICU nurses, 3 main themes were described. The themes articulate ICU nurses' experience of personal spiritual growth as influenced by their work environment and the need for continued development of spiritual self to support their clinical role.

Undisciplined! A womanist ethnography for an Africana practical theology

ABSTRACT This essay addresses the question of epistemology within Africana religious traditions, most particularly Haitian Vodou. It ponders, what lies within as well as beyond the human that gives us a glimpse of the Unseen? Stressing the need for a new methodology, I enter into conversation with Dianne Stewart and Tracey Hucks’ transdisciplinary method and join Christina Sharpe to argue for the undisciplinary. Going beyond material culture and rituals, the undisciplinary emphasises knowledge that is embodied and situated. It privileges the body-in-relation. In addition to ethnography and archival research, the undisciplinary makes room for the poetic: the whispers of the sea, the secrets of the tree, the messages that birds bring. Anchored in the Crossing, the undisciplinary does not write about Spirit; it writes with Spirit. Deeply concerned with the point of conjunction between the space of excess and the space of nothingness, the undisciplinary highlights the need for the ‘I’ within scholarship: a historical, political, and spiritual self. This methodology guides the ethics of an Africana practical theology that centers practices as a form of reparation and regards scholarship itself as an act of spiritual care.

On Liang Qichao's Theory of "Self"

Liang Qichao is one of the greatest thinkers in modern times. His theory of "self" mainly consists of three parts: the relationship between body and mind, the relationship between group and self, and freedom. In the relationship between body and mind, he mainly discusses the different connotations of life self and spiritual self, as well as the state of physical and mental unity that Liang Qichao's relationship between body and mind ultimately wants to achieve. In the relationship between group and self, through the discussion of "larger self" and "smaller self", Liang Qichao tries to reconcile "group and self" and achieve the unity of group and self, Finally, after discussing the connotation of freedom, Liang Qichao attached importance to groups, but he believed that group freedom was the goal and individual freedom was the starting point. Therefore, new citizens should achieve freedom by eliminating "heart slaves".

Older adults' adaptiveness to disruptions during South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown: Keep your head up and continue breathing

INTRODUCTION: Adaptiveness fosters resilience through increasing capacity to transcend barriers in individuals, their environment and occupational engagement. The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown may have decreased adaptiveness in older adults by disrupting occupational engagement, thus negatively influencing health and well-being METHODS: A qualitative, meta-analytic design was used to explore the adaptiveness of older adults to disruptions experienced during South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown. Four student researchers' primary studies were reviewed and findings synthesised for this paper. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 participants during April and May 2020. The transcripts were analysed thematically and reported in the primary studies. The authors conducted thematic analysis across all four primary studies to develop themes for this paper FINDINGS: Three dominant themes emerged: (1) COVID-19 as an illness, (2) occupational disruptions experienced by older adults, and (3) developing a state of adaptiveness. Older adults developed adaptiveness through changing perspective, adapting to new environments, learning to use technology, expanding roles and routines, and strengthening the spiritual self through engagement in eudemonic occupations CONCLUSIONS: The study provides insights into challenges and adaptiveness of older adults during the COVID-19 lockdown. Findings inform interventions with older adults presenting with reduced adaptiveness Implications for practice This study is valuable as it provides occupational therapists with a deeper understanding of older adults' experiences and challenges during the COVID-19 lockdown, thus, laying the potential for strengthening client-therapist interpersonal relationships. Although the sample observed in this study was older adults, the findings can be considered among other vulnerable clients such as individuals with disease, illness and/or disability. Additionally, these findings may provide occupational therapists with insights that can assist in framing intervention strategies for clients with a decreased state of adaptiveness. This is significant as adaptation requires reasonable social, emotional, and cognitive processes. Lastly, this study aimed to contribute to a wealth of research exploring adaptiveness, rooted in the reality that change is inexorable; however, how we respond to change can be transformative for individual and population well-being.

Relações entre espiritualidade e religiosidade em acadêmicos de odontologia do estado da Bahia

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims to evaluate the correlation between religiosity and spirituality in dental students in the state of Bahia. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with 266 dental students from the state of Bahia. To measure religious involvement, the Duke Religious Index (DUREL) was used, while the Spirituality Self Rating Scale (SSRS) was used for spirituality. Results: A total of 266 students were evaluated, with a mean age of 32 years (±11.9), most of them female (62.4%), of self-reported race/color (52.3%), with an income greater than three minimum wages (57.1%) and studying/working from the sixth to the tenth semester (41.0%). The correlations evidenced can be classified as weak for organizational religiosity (OR) (r = 0.406), moderate for non-organizational religiosity (RNO) (r = 0.589) and strong for intrinsic religiosity (RI) (r = 0.677). In the multivariate model, the ORN and RI dimensions proved to be predictors of spirituality, and the elevation of the former implies a consequent increase in spirituality. Conclusion: It is concluded that the RNO and RI dimensions are positively correlated with religiosity.

All Things Both Temporal and Spiritual

All Things Both Temporal and Spiritual

Implementation Of Public Moral Values Based On Pancasila As The Strenght Of The Nation Rising From The Covid-19 Pandemic Period

An abstract must accompany each manuscript; This abstract must be completely consistent on its own (eg, without numbers, tables, equations or reference citation), not exceeding 250 words and written as a paragraph. The abstract should include research background, objectives, methodology, and findings. The national identity and character of the Indonesian nation is none other than Pancasila which reflects certain concepts, principles and values contained in it. The character of the Indonesian nation also means the spiritual self of the Indonesian nation which is reflected in the mindset, attitude and pattern of action that characterizes the citizens of the Indonesian nation. In Pancasila, public moral values are reflected in the concept of Jonathan David Haidt, an American social psychologist, containing the principles of Care (Second Precept), Fairness (Fifth Precept), Liberty (Fifth Precept), Loyalty (Third Precept), Authority (Fifth Precept), Fourth Precept), Sanctity (First Precept). The implementation of public moral values originating from Pancasila can be seen in the lives of our people when facing the Covid-19 pandemic. This is what prompted the author to examine this problem with the formulation of the problem, can the implementation of public moral values derived from Pancasila give strength to the Indonesian nation to rise from the Covid-19 pandemic? By using a literacy study approach, this study concludes that the implementation of public moral values originating from Pancasila can provide strength for the Indonesian people to face and rise from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Soul Seat- Realization of Spiritual Being

We are spiritual beings with human experience, but how can we realize that we are spiritual beings is a tedious task for which the whole world is trying for ages. Spiritual world starts from Kundalini, Chakras, 5 Tatva etc origin of all connects us with our spiritual self but it's very complicated and needs lot of hand holding from an enlightened Guru. We have created a structure where a simple analogy when connected to few breathing exercises and touching the point again and again with Beejmantra invokes the spiritual being inside. Thus the spiritual being outside the body can be identified and thus can be connected. While studying neuroscience several micro networks were observed in the human body by scientists, human health has deep connection with immunity, inner peace, justice and happiness. Behavior has become increasingly prominent in psychological theory of biological models, especially in neuro-imaging tools development. Thus one can realize that every particle bears intelligence and there is a cumulative intelligence which governs the course of action of one single particle, creator of Intelligence is the spiritual being who created the cosmos. This thought when applied time and again connected everyone on a divine knowledge path where everything starts connecting and the person becomes a master of all traits. Connecting soul seat increased conversion of air, fire & water to Pran, Tej & Oaj and reduced Vaat, Pitta & Kapha thus Bala increased and body attained strong immunity against diseases and longevity. Resistance against disease increased on physical, mental, emotional & spiritual level. Thus connecting with soul seat, its understanding and how and where it influences the society is the scope of the study.

Edna’s Self Predicament in The Awakening

The Awakening reveals women’s struggle and predicament in the pursuit of self. With the help of William James’ Self theory, this paper will analyze the representation and relationship of the protagonist Edna’s self predicament from her material self, social self and spiritual self, and then explore the reasons of her death and the importance of balancing different selves.

“Gay Bashing” in Sacred Space: Lesbian Feminism and the Rise of Digital Violence

What happens when our digital sacred spaces become violent and incite trauma or trigger reminders of traumatic experiences? This project will delve into these questions as we begin to think about trauma in digital spaces for the Lesbian-Feminist. For example, we scroll through Facebook and see that an uncle has posted a homophobic article. The logical response to this, the response that our spiritual selves tell us to follow through on, is to delete this person from our Facebook friends. Clicking the delete button is a virtual action, yet a very real and physical manifestation of losing family and friends because of their homophobia or sexism. In digital sacred spaces in particular, there is a tension between self-preservation and engaging so as to educate and bring about understanding. If we cannot even occupy the same digital spaces, how can we ever grow to occupy the same physical spaces?