Arhat Vachan 2011 01 04

SR No.: 526589
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Anupam Jain
Publisher: Kundkund Gyanpith Indore
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 140
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Arhat Vachan, & India
File Size: 2 MB

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Vol. -23, Issue 1-2, January - June 2011, 65-71
ARHAT VACANA Kundakunda Jhānapītha, Indorey
Spirituality and Health
Saroj Kothari*
ABSTRACT Spirituality is considered as something abstract which is concerned with the higher aspects of life, eternal joy and bliss beyond the precinct of sense pleasures. The spiritual means to be in touch with some larger, deeper, richer whole that puts our present limited situation into a new perspective. It is to have a sense of something beyond' of 'something more that confers added meaning and value on where we are now. Spiritual inspirations are considered as a rare blessing and it is believed that through the path of spiritualism a man attains perfection, immortality and ultimate fulfillment. It carries different meaning from one part of the globe to the other part. But every one seems to agree that the spiritual aspect of one's life is intimately related to the mental processes i.e. mind : and affects the psychic functions of an individual. It is identified with something super conscious, supernatural and towards divinity. Spirituality is the basic feeling of being connected with one's complete self, others and the entire universe.
Health is a state of Physical, Mental, Social and Spiritual well being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity, Health is perceived as a multidimensional process involving the well-being of the whole person in the context of the environment, Religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better health outcomes, including greater longevity, coping skills and health related quality of life and less anxiety.
Spirituality :
One of the most profound new insights of twentieth century science is that wholes can be greater than the sum of their parts. The whole contains a richness, a perspective, a dimensionality not possessed by the parts. Here science helps us to understand the spiritual. The Spiritual' means to be in touch with some larger, deeper, richer whole that puts our present limited situation into a new perspective. It is to have a sense of 'something beyond' or something more? that confers added meaning and value on where we are now. Danah Zohar and lan marshal (2000) claim that 'SQ' is our ultimate intelligence. SQ (Spiritual
* Prof. and Head, Department of Psychology, Govt. M.L.B. P.G. Girls College, Fort, Indore - 452006