Spiritual Growth: The Spiritual Challenge Of Todays Times
To grow spiritually in a time defined by power, money, and influence is a monumental task. Todays conveniences such as electronic toys, gadgets, and tools as well as entertainment through video, magazines, and the web have lead us to confine our attention mostly to physical needs and wants. As a result, our concepts of self-worth and self-meaning are clouded How can we achieve a balance between the material and spiritual aspects of our lives?
To grow spiritually is to look inside.
Focusing inward goes beyond recalling the things that happened in a day, week, or month. You need to look closely and examine your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and motivations. Periodically examining your experiences, the decisions you make, the relationships you have, and the things you engage in provide useful insights on your life goals, on the good traits you must sustain and the bad traits you have to throw away. Moreover, it gives you clues on how to act, react, and conduct yourself in the middle of any situation. Like any skill, focusing inward can be learned; all it takes is the courage and willingness to look for the truths that rest inside you. Here are some pointers when you introspect: be objective, be forgiving of yourself, and focus on your areas for improvement.
To grow spiritually is to develop your potentials.
Religion and science have sometimes conflicting views on matters of the human spirit. Religion views people as spiritual beings temporarily existing on Earth, while science views the spirit as just a single dimension of an individual. Mastery of the self is a recurring theme in both Christian (Western) and Islamic (Eastern) teachings. The needs of the body are recognized but placed