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how people going to act or respond on realities and complexities of life. They also suggest
ways and directions on how to deal negativities. But Sr. Joan Chitister, OSB quoted that
spirituality begins when religion ends. This statement paved the way to think of the
difference between a person who is spiritual but not religious and a person who is
organized religion. Practices and rituals become the part and parcel of his daily life. As
religious, he never stop looking for what is right and wrong. A continuous search to
prove what is real and fallacies for all the things which regard to his life and existence,
the consequences and punishment of his deeds (both right and wrong) are observed
evidently. A man who is religious interprets and responds to what he feel is sacred. He
worship.
something bigger than himself but it is about building a strong and inseparable
meaning and worth of his life, establishing of deep sense of aliveness and
elements cannot be realized by simply having association with church, temple, mosques
In order to become spiritual, he must believe that there is more to the world that
what is easily seen in merely physical world. Spiritual person value his goodness by
asking “Am I good person?”; has the capacity to discover the meaning and value; able
to see the reasons of having suffering (preferably positive); struggles to find ways on how
activities such as tai chi, reiki, yoga and meditation. According to Cornelio (2010) in his
study entitled Catholic Youth published in Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series
doctrinal practices such as yoga and meditation. He added that, it is a way of life, indeed.
sacralisation of the self. In other way around, being spiritual may suggest ways of
relating to a higher being. It consists of all the beliefs and activities by which individuals
attempt to relate their lives to God or to a Divine being or some other conceptions of