HSS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Environmental Stewardship, Stress Management
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Spirituality is your sense of peace, purpose, and connection to others and beliefs about the meaning of life. Religion: a system of beliefs, practices, rituals, and symbols designed to facilitate closeness to the sacred or transcendent. Three facets exist to constitute the core of human spirituality. Relationships: healthy relationships are a sign of spiritual well-being. When you treat others with respect, honesty, integrity, and love you manifest your spiritual health. Values: principles that influence your thoughts and emotions and guide the choices you make in life. Spiritual health is characterized by a strong personal value system. Meaningful purpose in life: when you are spiritually healthy you are able to articulate your purpose in life and make choices that reflect these purposes. Spiritual intelligence: the ability to access higher meanings, values, abiding purposes, and unconscious aspects of the self, a characteristic that helps you to find a more and ethical path to guide you through life.