Spiritual Uplift Research Articles

Yogic Concept of Diet, Mindful Eating and Fasting

The importance of yogic diet is immensely significant for maintaining good health and spiritual upliftment. in Ayurveda, food is classified into 12 groups and The Bhagavadgita also classifies food as Sattvik, Rajasik and Tamasik. It has elucidated the three categories of food and its effect on human body and mind. All the foods are directly affected on Tridos has of our body if we are not following the path of yogic ahara. Mindful eating and fasting plays a significant role for spiritual journey. Nutritional status potentially influences immune responses; however, how nutritional signals regulate cellular dynamics and functionality remains obscure. The present review-based research article systemically discussed different concepts related with yogic diet, mindful eating and fasting in daily life of an individual

Spirituality and Transcendental meditation practitioners’ experiences in South Africa and Ghana

ABSTRACT Spirituality involves being in harmony with the cosmos or nature and a willingness to engage in good works for the sake of mankind; for instance, love for one another, care for the environment, and the production and protection of the common good for society. Spirituality could also be defined as the connectedness with nature or the cosmos, seeing beyond the circumstances of one’s limitation and the suffering one encounters (transcendence) and understanding one purpose and meaning of one existence. In an African context, spirituality is experienced by many people as being in touch with one’s spirit which is an indication of integration of the body with the spirit and without this spiritual aspect of the essence of oneself, it becomes natural to see and feel problem. When one is permanently established on the platform of the Transcendental Being, life is lived in eternal freedom and enjoyment of blissfulness throughout the day. In this vein, the self silently witnesses daily activity. This is the essence of TM practice where practitioners experience spiritual upliftment. Though much research has been done on TM globally, the spiritual lived experiences of the practitioners have not been adequately explored, especially in South Africa and Ghana. Therefore, the study sought to explore the spiritual lived experiences of TM practitioners in South Africa and Ghana. The study adopted the constructivist paradigm through the lens of phenomenology. In all, 28 participants took part in the study − 14 participants from South Africa and another 14 from Ghana. Open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data for the study. Husserl’s transcendental phenomenological data analysis was used to analyze and synthesize the descriptions of the spiritual lived experiences of the TM practitioners. The results suggest that TM act as a catalyst for the spiritual growth of the participants from both countries and that they experienced spiritual upliftment with the practice of TM. However, two participants both females were of the view that TM has nothing to do with their spirituality. It is the recommendation of this study that people who seek a spiritual path to discover their purpose and meaning in life explore this technique although there are other paths toward spiritual enlightenment. For instance, Christian’s contemplations player and Sufism.

The Question of Moral Education: Reading Selected Bangla and English Folktales

Moral education is a type of education that distinguishes between right and wrong and determines human behaviour. In other words, moral education is an educational programme that focuses on moral and ethical values. The folktales' moral education aims to prepare the audience to be responsible, respectful, and resilient citizens who will contribute to the development of society, the nation, and the world at large. This study classifies moral themes and investigates their educational impact by conducting a qualitative content analysis of selected Bangala and English folktales. The study finds that each folktale incorporates some moral education, which is necessary in all aspects of human society. Folktales from the oral literary tradition play an important role in imparting moral education that includes historical, cultural, and religious ideologies and values. Folktale performances convey the moral values imbued in folktales to both children and adults. Folktale performance has been a part of human culture since time immemorial. The stories told in a pleasant ambience not only entertain, but also teach children moral lessons and values that will help them become better members of society. The folktale genre aims to educate children by instilling moral values, socialisation, behavioural changes, psychological development, and spiritual upliftment. The study concludes proving that these folktale-based lessons teach children human qualities like hard work, courage, love, sympathy, forgiveness, respect for elders, patriotism, tolerance, heroism, truthfulness, fraternity, and religiosity, among others. Furthermore, these folktale performances also highlight social vices such as pride, envy, wrath, theft, hatred, wickedness, ingratitude, injustice, disobedience, and dishonesty, which typically lead to retribution and nemesis.

Identity work of public hospital nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.

Nurses play a remarkable role in our healthcare system and contribute to the wellbeing of communities at large. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nurses faced various challenges to provide adequate patient healthcare. This study aimed to explore the identity work of public hospital nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study followed a phenomenological qualitative approach with an interpretive view, employing two sampling methods: purposive and snowball sampling. The sample comprised 11 nurses from a public hospital in the Gauteng province. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that the nurses faced identity demands, which resulted in them experiencing identity tensions. There was also a need for recognition and support; their work served a greater purpose and was meaningful to them. The nurses used different identity work strategies, such as family support, spiritual upliftment and meaningful work to deal with the identity tensions and demands they experienced. Strategies such as counselling and wellbeing programmes should be implemented to assist nurses in dealing with the physical and psychological effects of working in the health sector during pandemics and epidemics. Hospitals and governments should create healthier working environments by conducting workshops, training and upskilling initiatives, encouraging nurses' inclusion in policymaking and implementation.Contribution:The study provided insight into the challenges nurses encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic, how these challenges affected their nursing identity and roles, and the strategies they used to maintain their sense of self in their work.

Scientific Evidence of Practicing Gayatri Mantra: A Systematic Review Analysis

Background: Mantra chanting practices have been seen to maintain good health and spiritual upliftment. Ancient texts admit that the mantra chanting, practised regularly with appropriate pronunciation and complete faith, alters the state of consciousness. Research on chanting has reported positive outcomes for different health parameters.Aim: This article aimed to collect and analyze the available evidence of the effects of the Gayatri Mantra and to develop an ideal model to chant for achieving better health benefits.Method: A systematic literature search was done on PubMed, Google Scholar, and Research Gate for published papers in English, where Gayatri Mantra alone was used as an intervention. This review included experimental studies on recent advances while spiritual texts were reviewed to develop a model for chanting. Conclusion: Based on all the scientific studies and ancient literature, the present review concludes that Gayatri Mantra may benefit health parameters. Moreover, the developed model of chanting, based on the spiritual texts, may also be incorporated into the practice.

Conceptual Study of Heart Disease and its Management: An Ayurvedic Perspective

Heart diseases have a large share amongst non-communicable diseases. India is currently heading towards becoming a heart disease capital of world. This puts a tremendous pressure on available resources of medical and surgical management. Thus, it would be a great asset if these diseases could be managed through traditional system of medicine like Ayurveda. According to latest data of American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease including heart attack and stroke remain the No. 1 killer of men and women causing 36 percent of all the deaths per year. Changes in diet pattern, dietary habits and lifestyle, certain social and environmental changes have led to us in the era of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, cardiac diseases and many more diseases. There are a number of drugs and medicinal preparations described in the texts of Ayurveda like Arjuna, Tagara, Haritaki, Tambula, Brahmi etc, having wonderful effects in CVD. Various techniques of Yoga, Pranayama (breathing practices), spiritual upliftment are having excellent preventive and therapeutic effects on anxiety, hypertension etc. which are main risk factors of heart disorders.

Manifestation of Spaces in Gurukul System of Education

Abstract: In ancient India education was a sacred tradition and the main aim was development of an individual as a whole by up lifting the individual intellectually, skillfully, cultural and spiritually. Living in the proximity of the Guru, students learn every aspect of life. The teaching and learning then was a continuous process. But this unique system was crushed during British rule and the glorious eco system came to a downfall. Gurukuls in ancient ages leave us unsolved clues for this setup of education, where students outreach their maximum potential and remain focused for attainment of knowledge. Now with the upcoming generation facing huge problems related to education such as unskillfulness, lack of focus, stress, lack of moral and ethical values, lost traditional and cultural inherence, calls for revival of Gurukul system for a holistic development, and so for the need of a physical setup which is traditional in concept but also fulfilling present day needs. There are some Gurukuls running in country but present Gurukuls and especially the Vedic Gurukuls are unplanned and are just organic growth of buildings as per the need and resources, leaving the place without any character and not even fulfilling the basic facilities. Now with a change in the outlook of the society the Gurukuls are again gaining a recognition. This paper aims to find physical spaces and environment for a gurukul which could aid for the holistic development of students providing traditional and simple solutions for enhancing learning. An effort is made to find the needs of spaces in present and future gurukuls though surveys and interviews. Traditional approach in planning of such spaces is done through various case studies. The project focuses toestablish a healthy and uplifting relationship between the teacher and student reviving the Gurushishya Parampara by spaces for more interaction between the two. Creating a balance between built and unbuilt forms. Result of study indicates that spaces designed for special training, skills, spiritual upliftment are equally important along with the spaces for daily activities like cleaning, cooking, praying etc. To encourages pupils being self-sufficient. The spaces and architecture need to be simple and sustainable for promoting simple living and high thinking

Агитационно-пропагандистская работа и борьба с пораженческими настроениями в Ханты-Мансийском национальном округе на начальном этапе Великой Отечественной войны

The study describes main aspects of the agitation and propaganda work of the authorities of the Khanty-Mansiysk National District and analyzes its impact on the socio-political conditions of life and behavior of the population at the initial stage of the Great Patriotic War. The source base of the study is the office documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, stored in the Historical Archive of the Omsk region and the State Archive of Socio-Political History of Tyumen region. The author comes to the conclusion that in the difficult conditions of the beginning of the war with Nazi Germany, the party leadership of the district showed determination and firmness in carrying out measures of a political and educational nature. The intensity and coherence of the work of the district’s party bodies in organizing rallies, meetings, lectures, talks, speeches and other forms of agitation and mass events contributed to strengthening the spiritual uplift of Ugra residents, neutralizing negative political sentiments, thereby ensuring the stability of the internal political situation in one of the rear areas of the country.

Description of various Ragas in Vedas and their scientific impact on human emotions

There is a deep connection between music and Vedas. Music has been described in the Vedas as an important part of the creation of the universe. Music has been ranked as "Nadabrahma" in the Vedas, which is considered a symbol of meditation and bliss of Brahma. Music has been considered in the Vedas as a medium for the upliftment and progress of the human soul. There are four major Vedas in the Vedas – Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda. Music finds special mention in the Samaveda, which provides inspiration and ideality for kirtan and worship. In the Vedas, music has been considered an important medium to take the energy of the soul to the heights, which promotes musicalization of the soul. Furthermore, music has been associated in the Vedas with time, place, and circumstances, thereby relating it to the society, cultural, and spiritual environment. The description of various ragas in the Vedas refers to the stimulation and stabilization of human emotions. . Emotions like meditation, peace, enthusiasm, love, etc. are stimulated through music in the Vedas, which improves the state of human mind. Music is related to human brain function, emotional balance, and mental health. The use of different ragas and swaras activates certain areas of the brain and produces emotionally based responses. The highest purpose of music in the Vedas is the development of the soul. The combined experience of melodious notes of different ragas establishes a dialogue with the soul and encourages spiritual upliftment. Through the presented research paper, we also want to know what is the scientific impact of music in the Vedas and the form of ragas mentioned in it on human emotions. Will try.

Analysis of Philippine National Police Administrative Cases in Police Regional Office V

The safety of the community and the degree of law and order in the state were based mainly on the efficiency of the duties and functions performed by the agent of the state. Being a public officer with state-given powers, a police officer must strictly adhere to organizational discipline. The study aims to determine the prevalent Administrative Cases in Police Regional Office 5 for CY 2019 to 2021 and identify the factors leading to the commission of administrative offenses based on the available data on the nature of cases, specific offenses, and disposition of administrative cases. It will also analyze the effects of decided administrative cases on police officers’ work performance, social relationships, and family relations. Content analysis on reliable data on the nature of cases and specific offenses and qualitative method with a phenomenological approach based on the responses of the participants were utilized to analyze the factors and effects of decided administrative cases on police officers. The study revealed that negligence, incompetency, anger management, and sexual misconduct are among the factors leading to the commission of the administrative offense. The study concludes that neglect of duty (nonfeasance) and misconduct (malfeasance) are the two (2) prevalent administrative offenses committed by a police officer. There is a need for cohesive preventive measures that enhance police discipline based on morale and spiritual upliftment, psycho-social intervention program and skill-focused activities to address the increasing number of administrative cases in PRO5.

The Modern Church as Not-for-Profit Organisation: Is it not Time for the Church to Become More Strategic?

For many centuries, churches have continued to play critical roles in society’s spiritual and social lives. As is the case across the globe, millions of Christians throughout South Africa continue to seek spiritual upliftment in churches. For this research, a qualitative research method was employed by means of semi-structured interviews. The research was conducted among churches within the Gauteng province of South Africa. Data were analysed through the use of the ATLAS.ti software. The findings suggest that innumerable benefits can be realised by modern churches if proper strategic planning process tools are in place. Productivity and a clear sense of direction are the leading attributes. The study recommended that more research and advocacy work still need to be done to heighten the significance of using strategic planning process tools in church management settings. This may enable the preservation of the rich history of the church.

ТЕОРЕТИКО-МЕТОДОЛОГІЧНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО ФОРМУВАННЯ ХОРЕОГРАФІЧНИХ УМІНЬ І НАВИЧОК УЧНІВ МОЛОДШОГО ШКІЛЬНОГО ВІКУ

In the article the author analyzes the synthesis of multicultural, polyartistic and participatory approaches, determines the multilevel theoretical and methodological basis for the development of choreographic skills in junior high school students. At the new stage of development of the socio-economic sphere, culture and education, special attention is paid to the issues of artistic and creative development of the younger generation. There is a growing need in society for highly intelligent creative individuals who are able to solve emerging difficulties on their own, make non-standard decisions and implement them. All this requires the development of new methods of educating the younger generation and entails unconventional approaches to art education as a basis for further improvement of personality. The greatest interest in this regard are younger students, as it is at this age that the foundation of the individual is laid, there is an orientation to the development of spirituality, self-realization, self-expression and formed worldviews needed in later life. Choreographic creativity is one of the means of comprehensive development of students, because the productivity of artistic education of children by means of choreographic art is due to the synthesizing nature of choreography, which combines music, rhythmics, fine arts, theater and plastic arts. In this regard, there is a need to move to a qualitatively new, innovative development of all branches of culture, including choreography, as one of the important and important aspects of forming a multicultural, comprehensively developed personality is education through dance. The multicultural approach provides the creation of a multicultural environment that educates and shapes the personality, involves children in the process of learning about culture through dialogue, cooperation and self-realization of the essential forces and abilities of the individual in his cultural identification. Polyartistic approach to the development of choreographic skills in junior high school involves the accumulation of artistic knowledge in the process of active communication between participants in the educational process, active participation in which provide such personality traits of the future specialist as spiritual uplift and creative imagination. Participatory approach provides organizational integration and identification of value orientations of future professionals.

“Their Deeds Shall Be Made Manifest”: The Scandalous Mission of Joseph W. Clements to Great Britain, 1848–1851

“Their Deeds Shall Be Made Manifest”: The Scandalous Mission of Joseph W. Clements to Great Britain, 1848–1851

Evolution of yoga: From spiritual uplift to business outburst

Yoga has become a multi-billion dollar business in the globalized society. From celebrities to commoners, the art of bending bodies and boggling minds through various procedures of Yoga practice has become an essential activity to enhance health. This article analyzes how the intuitive virtuosity of yoga intended for spiritual advancement has evolved to become an exploding business enterprise in contemporary society. People worldwide adore the practice of yoga since it promotes both physical and mental fitness while making people cheerful. This article outlines the often ignored aspect of ethics mandated in classical yoga scriptures to pursue the spiritual journey to attain the ultimate freedom through enlightenment.

Renewal and Redemption: Spirituality, Law, and Religious Praxis in the Writings of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924–2014) was a creative thinker and dynamic teacher who inspired a spiritual awakening among North American Jews grounded in his reinterpretation of Hasidism and Kabbalah. Critical to this religious renaissance was Schachter-Shalomi’s reenvisioning of Jewish law. This study identifies three stages in his writings, revealing him to be a complicated, iconoclastic religious thinker whose relationship to traditional halakhah was ever changing. His works provide a rich scaffolding that will force scholars beyond the threadbare binary of “law” and “spirit” and into new conceptual categories in which ritual practice, religious law and spiritual uplift are imbricated.

‘People have courage!’: Protest Music and Indigenous Movements

ABSTRACT In recent years, a series of Indigenous protest movements have emerged across North America in response to contemporaneous settler-colonial violence, including the #NoDAPL movement and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis. These movements are responses to political, societal, environmental, and philosophical incongruities with governments and their non-Indigenous citizenry. Music has been at the heart of these political causes, social protests, and cultural movements. Plains-style powwow vocal music, which emerged as the dominant intertribal performative style in the 20th century, has played a crucial role in contemporary protests as mechanisms for articulating messages of resistance through symbolic embodiments and as intertribal expressions of solidarity directed primarily towards Indigenous people for cultural and spiritual uplift. This style also has a long-standing tradition in Indigenous cultures and has been employed in relation to historic external and internal protest/movements. This paper seeks to understand how Plains-style music articulates messages of protest through the use of semiotics and how music has been employed in protest environments. We will draw upon historic and recent examples to demonstrate the long-standing tradition of Indigenous Plains-style protest music.

Female Authenticity in the Holy Woman by Qaisra Shahraz

The purpose of this study is to discover a new identity for women. This study aims to examine a specific text permeated by a consciousness of the general cultural suppression and exploitation in societies and cultures where patriarchy subordinates' women prescribing images and roles for them and the consequent resistance and regeneration on the part of women. The researcher selected Qaisra Shahraz's The Holy Woman, which shows the subjugation of women in twenty-first-century Pakistan. This qualitative study makes an analysis of the female protagonist in the light of existentialism's concept of authenticity and records how she resists, fights, and challenges exploitation and social prescription of her identity with the result that she re-emerges spiritually and establishes her existential rights as a free and independent human being. As exemplified through this text, the resistance and mobilization against these dominant patriarchal ideologies endow the female protagonist with regeneration and spiritual uplift. Through the discussion of the exploited but spiritually heightened character, the study concludes with a new image and identity for women, exploring possibilities to break away from social prescription.

KAZAN SCIENTIST MOHAMMED ABDUL KARIM AND TURKISH PHILOSOPHER HILMI ZIYA ULKEN

The article examines the creativity and activities of the Kazan scientist Damulla Mohammed Abdulkarim Hazrat and his great-grandson Hilmi Ziya Ulken. Damulla Muhamamad Abdulkarim Hazrat was known in Kazan in the 19th century as a religious figure and cleric (mudarris). Here are the differences in views between Muhammad Abdulkarim and the famous contemporary Muslim theologian and orientalist Shigabutdin Mardjani in terms of their religious views. In the article, from the point of view of a systematic approach and a historical method, the reasons for the disagreements created under the influence of time and events were considered, in connection with which Sh. Marjani spoke from the position of a reformist scientist in relation to the ideas of the conservative scientist Muhammad Abdulkarim. The article notes that Kazan scientists had relations with the Ottoman state in the 19th century, and the resettlement of Muhammad Abdulkarim to Istanbul with his family took place in 1863. Here, after his move to Istanbul, the Ottoman state paid him and seven members of his family a salary, which was noted in the documents of those times. In this document, Muhammad Abdulkarim was presented as a scientist of scholars and a creator of good deeds. The article says that the granddaughter of Damulla Muhammad Abdulkarim Hazrat - Musfika khanum (1881-1978) was the mother of Hilmi Ziya Ulken. Hilmi Zia Ulken (1901-1974) made a great contribution to the development of science and philosophy in Turkey with his works. The study examines the rich creative heritage of Hilmi Zia Ulken, presents the researches of the scientist on the history of Eastern philosophy, in particular, religion. The article says that the thinker presented the Koran as a valuable source, which is both sacred and vital for the ideology of all Muslims, especially the Turkic peoples living in the countries of the Near and Middle East. Hilmi Zia Ulken regarded the emergence of human religions as a revolutionary event, showing that these religions teach humanity to spiritual uplift and improvement. The study says that religious and philosophical issues also play an important role in the work of Hilmi Ziya Ulken, who, like his great-grandfather, Kazan cleric Damulla Muhammad Abdulkarim Hazret, became famous for his works in various fields of science.

Духовный смысл войны и метаморфозы коллективной ответственности в социально-философской концепции И.А. Ильина

The article reveals the problem of collective responsibility in the works of the Russian philosopher I.A. Ilyin, shows the dynamics of the development of his ideas from early work to articles of the emigrant period. Responsibility is con­sidered by I.A. Ilyin as a key concept that ensures the interconnection of the past and the future, which is especially acute in a situation of war. The First World War was supposed to be a source of spiritual uplift for the Russian people, but the ensuing revolution led to the emergence of a new socio-historical situation. According to I.A. Ilyin, traditional patriotism is replaced by its new form, in which responsibility for preserving Russian society forces neutrality in the armed con­frontation between communist Russia and Nazi Germany. A key element of such a choice is moral justification, which forces us to abandon the idea of overthrow­ing the regime at the cost of the life of the people, but, at the same time, does not allow us to side with this regime. I.A. Ilyin notes the key mistakes of Nazi ideol­ogy that do not allow us to make a choice in its favor: sectarianism, right-wing totalitarianism, party monopoly, nationalism, nationalization of the economy, idolatrous Caesarism. As a result, the Russian thinker considers authoritarian regimes based on traditional social institutions and preserving the primacy of morality over rationality to be the most optimal form of political structure. The article justifies that the ideas of I.A. Ilyin demonstrate the complexity and ambiguity of understanding patriotism in the context of the transformation of collective subjects of responsibility, when there is an inconsistency between the images of historical memory and the real configuration of the political and social space.

ORGANIZATION OF CLASSES IN CHURCH AND PARISH SCHOOLS OF THE XIX EARLY XX CENTURIES

The article considers the problems that developed around the church-parish schools in the second half of the XIX century. and analysis of their further development under the control of the Holy Synod. The process of teaching in church-parish schools on the basis of the Rules of 1884 and the Programs of 1886 and 1898 is considered. The functioning of the system of public education in the second half of the XIX century. was represented by the initial level of knowledge acquisition, which mainly provides church-parish and zemstvo schools. These educational institutions served as a place of basic education for children of the lower strata of the population, mostly peasants. The main disciplines were: the Law of God, Church Slavonic reading, church singing, church history, arithmetic, Russian language, national history, geography, geometric drawing and painting, didactics, basics of hygiene, calligraphy. The activities of church-parish (church-parish) schools of Orthodox monasteries and churches of Ukraine, as the most common spiritual, religious and educational centers, have made a significant contribution to the education, upbringing and education of children and the people as a whole. The clergy experienced its special flourishing and significance in the system of education in the XIX century, which is due to the beginning of spiritual uplift in the country, the reform of spiritual and monastic education. 1810), the active development of church and parish schools, the growing interest in spirituality and the study of theology, the emergence of theoretical and methodological framework.