{"id":9270,"date":"2025-06-25T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/ressources\/spirituality\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:51:47","slug":"spirituality","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text\">\n<p><i>Source: Introduction to the conference Human values across cultures and religions, Delia Mamon, Geneva, April 6, 2008.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This definition aims to go beyond the religious\/non-religious divide. To illustrate it better, we could add that spirituality is both..: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>a deepening of <i>our inner self<\/i> (who we are, what our values are)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>a<i> horizontal <\/i>, heartfelt commitment to human beings<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>and a <i>vertical <\/i>aspiration towards the transcendent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Two other definitions complement this one:<\/p>\n<p>Spirituality is simply the life of the mind and consciousness. (&#8230;). It&#8217;s simply a natural human function, like sexuality or affectivity&#8230; Spirituality concerns our values, and the meaning we attribute to being alive in this world. <\/p>\n<p><i>Source: The website of Jean-Dominique Michel, Swiss sociologist and therapist.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>  Spirituality is about waking up (&#8230;) Be aware, attentive, of what you say, what you do, what you think, how you act. Be aware of where you come from, be aware of your motives.  <\/p>\n<p><i>Source: The undiscovered self, article by<\/i> <i>Anthony de Mello, Jesuit priest and therapist, who has given numerous seminars and written on the quest for spirituality, regardless of religion. <\/i> <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The definition of spirituality has evolved over time. The definitions currently found in dictionaries refer to two distinct, underdeveloped notions: one to describe the activity of the spirit, the other to describe that which relates to the religious spirit. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Introduction to the conference Human values across cultures and religions, Delia Mamon, Geneva, April 6, 2008. 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