The question of why people have high or low meaning in life has rarely been investigated. The scales used to measure the degree of self-reported meaning in life do not ask what factors make life meaningful. Also, low meaning in life may be due to not finding a concept, framework, or se...
Spirituality might be considered within the context of a specific religion, it might be expressed as a profound and personal relationship with God / higher being, or it might have a more secular meaning for the ways in which it is associated with nature, arts, music, family, and community (...
The items asked students to identify at what level they think it is important to:“feel that your life has meaning or purpose”; “experience joy (pleasure, happiness) in life” (connections to self); “be kind to other people”; “be forgiving of others” (connections to others); “...
As identified by Smith and Dunkley (2018: 307), from an assemblage viewpoint these actors ‘acquire their identity, form and meaning through their relations, but also … [the] assemblage represents more than the agencies of its elements.’ This approach gets closer to the hybridity of ...
Cirque is a French word meaning semicircle or amphitheater. Cirque lakes are the deepest against the steep rock wall--also known as the cirque face-- where the glacier did most of the eroding. The northeastern shore of the lake is a terminal moraine of boulders and gravel that form a ...
of spiritual intelligence and two types of forgiveness. Personal meaning production (PMP) and transcendental awareness (TA) mediated the relationship between personality and forgiveness, especially when accompanied by taking the decision to forgive. The ability to find meaning and deeper insight into ...
While I agree that these various phenomena should not be labeled with a single term, I am puzzled to note that Fiscella does not reflect on rich contemporary debates about the meaning of spirituality, and in fact does not even attempt to consider whether it is possible to ascribe a positive...
Chapter 11 28 The Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 11:17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things. 1 Nephi 11:18 And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God, after ...
Providing holistic healthcare is only possible if the spiritual dimension is included [3], especially for people living with a serious illness, raising issues related to the meaning of life, suffering, connection, and transcendence [10]. All dimensions of a person should be considered, since all...
relying on a personal sense of the sacred, and is therefore potentially acceptable to people of most religious/spiritual orientations as well as to people who do not identify as religious/spiritual but who embrace the pursuit of inspiration and life meaning in coping with cancer and other life ...