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AN INQUIRY ON THE DIMENSIONS OF SPIRITUAL

INTELLIGENCE
*,1Ajit Singh Negi and 2Dr. Ashu Khanna
1Research scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2Assistant professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT

Article History: Spiritual intelligence is a higher dimension of intelligence that activates the qualities and
Received 29th June, 2017
capabilities of the authentic self (or the soul), in the form of wisdom, compassion, integrity, joy,
Received in revised form love, creativity, and peace. Spiritual intelligence results in a sense of deeper meaning and
06th July, 2017 purpose, combined with improvements in a wide range of important life skills and work skills.
Accepted 14th August, 2017 Spirituality is to 'know' who you are and Spiritual Intelligence is to 'realize' who you are and to
Published online 29th September, 2017 live life in that awareness. You have always been who you are and, in truth, you can never be
other than who you are, but it requires 'realization' i.e. that moment when you 'see it', when you
Keywords: 'get it' and then you 'be it'. This Research paper is an Inquiry on the Dimensions of Spiritual
Spiritual Intelligence, Intelligence. Cindy Wigglesworth defines spiritual intelligence as "the ability to act with wisdom
Awareness, and compassion, while maintaining inner and outer peace, regardless of the circumstances."
Realization, Wisdom,
Compassion, Integrity,
Joy, Love,
Creativity, and Peace.

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(09), 15169-15176.

INTRODUCTION Another way of looking at this universal life force is that it is

the vital energy behind and through which life expresses itself.
If you decide to undertake the path of spiritual development,
Spirituality has been defined in numerous ways. These include there is one word with which you ought to become thoroughly
the belief in a power operating in the universe that is greater familiar, even saturated. That word is energy. All life, in its
than oneself, a sense of interconnectedness with this power basic pure essence, is energy. The energy or life force is
and with all living things, an awareness of the purpose and referred to in various ways with Chi, Prana, Kundalini and
meaning of life beyond conventional terms, and the Vital Energy, to name a few. The University of Spirituality
development of aspirations and personal values. Spirituality is refers to this energy as God, the Holy Spirit, Spirit, Love, or
commonly thought of as one’s personal pursuit of the divine Light.
and is not bound to any particular religious tradition. Many
seekers value the existence of different “spiritual paths,” Review of Literature
emphasizing the importance of finding one’s own individual
SQ means the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion
path to spirituality and a greater understanding of God and while maintaining inner and outer peace (equanimity)
the absolute. Spirituality has its roots in spirit. All things or all regardless of the circumstances (Wigglesworth, 2011).
life is governed and derived from a universal life force. This According to Wink and Dillon (2002), spiritual intelligence
universal life force is invisible and intangible, yet it serves as (SQ) is built through the accumulation of separate experiences,
the basic or raw substance from which all living things exist.
that is, individuals increasingly experience an expanded
commitment to engage in actual spiritual practices. In addition,
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Ronel and Gan (2008) define SQ as an ability to understand  Holism: Seeing larger patterns, relationships, and
the world and oneself through God-centeredness and to adapt connections; having a sense of belonging.
one’s life accordingly. In fact, it is a basic ability that shapes  Compassion: Having the quality of "feeling-with" and
and directs all other abilities and there are several attributes of deep empathy.
SQ , such as faith, humility, gratitude, integrative ability, the  Celebration of diversity: Valuing other people for their
ability to regulate emotions, morality and the ability for moral differences, not despite them.
conduct, and the ability for forgiveness and love, are portrayed  Field independence: Standing against the crowd and
in a non-inclusive description. On top of that, Nachiappan et having one's own convictions.
al. (2014), define SQ as the abilities to act accordingly, being  Humility: Having the sense of being a player in a larger
empathy and intelligent to maintain internal and external drama, of one's true place in the world.
freedom without considering any conditions. On the other  Tendency to ask fundamental "Why?" questions:
hand, Zohar and Marshall (2004) and Rousseau (2014) Needing to understand things and get to the bottom of
interpret SQ as the intelligence with which we access our them.
deepest meanings, values, purposes, and highest motivations in
 Ability to reframe: Standing back from a situation or
positive ethical spectrum. Spirituality encompasses the way an
problem and seeing the bigger picture or wider context.
individual lives out his or her sense of interconnectedness with
 Positive use of adversity: Learning and growing from
the world through an ability to tap into deep resources
mistakes, setbacks, and suffering.
comprising truth, service, and wholeness reflecting self-
 Sense of vocation: Feeling called upon to serve, to give
awareness and unity (Howard, 2002).
something back.
From the literature, it is evident the number of dimensions or Robert Emmons defines spiritual intelligence as "the adaptive
components has been recommended and validated by scholars use of spiritual information to facilitate everyday problem
in defining the concept of spiritual intelligence. In the context solving and goal attainment."
of present study the core components of spiritual intelligence
(i.e., wisdom, sense of community, and sense of meaning) are He originally proposed 5 components of spiritual
adopted from literature as these variables are widely accepted intelligence:
while defining the concept in the body of knowledge. In brief,
several authors advocate that spiritual intelligence is the  The capacity to transcend the physical and material.
wisdom intelligence and consider it as a holistic expression of  The ability to experience heightened states of
spiritual intelligence (Rovers and Kocum, 2010; Zohar and consciousness.
Marshall, 2004). Moreover, Vaughan (2002) reported that  The ability to sanctify everyday experience.
spiritual maturity is expressed through person’s wisdom and  The ability to utilize spiritual resources to solve
compassionate deeds that would contribute to the holistic problems.
development of the human. Recent scholarship provides  The capacity to be virtuous.
compelling correlations between spirituality and good business
(Brophy, 2014; Geh, 2014), and it has gained the interest of The fifth capacity was later removed due to its focus on human
both scholars and practitioners (Hicks, 2003; Kinjerski and behavior rather than ability, thereby not meeting previously
Skrypnek, 2008; Krishakumar and Neck, 2002). In addition, established scientific criteria for intelligence. Frances Vaughan
Karakas (2010) confirmed that the incorporation of spirituality offers the following description: "Spiritual intelligence is
at work increases employees ‘Well-being by increasing their concerned with the inner life of mind and spirit and its
morale, commitment, and Productivity; and decreases relationship to being in the world." Cindy Wigglesworth
employees stress, burnout, and work holism in the workplace. defines spiritual intelligence as "the ability to act with wisdom
and compassion, while maintaining inner and outer peace,
 Spirituality exists in the hearts and minds of men and regardless of the circumstances." She breaks down the
women everywhere, within religious traditions and competencies that comprise SQ into 21 skills, arranged into a
independently of tradition. Definitions of spiritual four quadrant model similar to Daniel Goleman's widely used
intelligence rely on the concept of spirituality as being model of emotional intelligence or EQ.
distinct from religiosity.
 Spiritual intelligence is defined as "the capacity of an The four quadrants of spiritual intelligence are defined as:
individual to possess a socially relevant purpose in life  Higher Self / Ego self Awareness
by understanding 'self' and having a high degree of  Universal Awareness
conscience, compassion and commitment to human
 Higher Self / Ego self Mastery
values” (Definition by Vineeth V. Kumar and Manju
 Spiritual Presence / Social Mastery
Mehta who researched the concept, extensively.
Operationalizing the construct) David B. King has undertaken research on spiritual
intelligence at University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Danah Zohar defined 12 principles underlying spiritual King defines spiritual intelligence as a set of adaptive mental
intelligence: capacities based on non-material and transcendent aspects of
reality, specifically those that: "...contribute to the awareness,
 Self-awareness: Knowing what I believe in and value,
integration, and adaptive application of the nonmaterial and
and what deeply motivates me.
transcendent aspects of one's existence, leading to such
 Spontaneity: Living in and being responsive to the
outcomes as deep existential reflection, enhancement of
moment.
meaning, recognition of a transcendent self, and mastery of
 Being vision- and value-led: Acting from principles and spiritual states."King further proposes four core abilities or
deep beliefs, and living accordingly. capacities of spiritual intelligence:
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Spiritual Intelligence / Spiritual Quotient Dimensions

S.no Spiritual Quotient year Dimensions of Spiritual Intelligence

1 Danah Zohar and Ian 2000 12 Qualities of SI:
Marshall  Self-awareness, Spontaneity, Being vision and Value-led, Holism, Compassion ,Celebration of
diversity, Field independence, Humility, Tendency to ask fundamental “Why?” question ,Ability to
reframe, Positive use of adversity, Sense of vocation.
2 Cindy Wigglesworth 2006  Ability to act with wisdom and compassion, while staying equanimity in any circumstances. Her
model of SI consolidates 21 skills into four Quadrants.
1. Higher Self/Ego self Awareness 2. Universal Awareness 3. Higher Self/Ego self Mastery 4.
Spiritual Presence / Social Mastery

3 D.king 2008 4 components:

1.Critical Existential Thinking 2.Personal Meaning Production
3.Transcendental Awareness 4.Conscious State Expansion
4 Robert Emmons 2000  The capacity for transcendent awareness (of a divine being or oneself)
 The ability to increase degree of spiritual states of consciousness.
 The ability to capitalize daily activities, events and relationships with a sense of devotion
 The ability to utilize spiritual resources in daily problem solving.
 The capacity to engage in virtuous behaviors (e.g. forgiveness).
 Believe that SI is an ultimate intelligence and its components are: honesty, compassion, and respect
to all level of consciousness, mutual sympathy, and forgiveness.
5 Amram and Dryer 2008 5 dimensions: Consciousness, Transcendence, Grace, Meaning and Truth.
 Consciousness: Institution, mindfulness and synthesis.
 Transcendence: Higher self, Holism, Practice, Relatedness and Sacredness
 Grace: Beauty, Discernment, Freedom, Gratitude, Immanence and joy
 Meaning: Purpose and Service
 Truth: Egolessness, Equanimity, Inner wholeness, Openness, Presence and trust
6 Nobel Vegan 8 components:
 Accuracy and precision, integrity, humility, kindness, generosity, tolerance, resistance and desire
7 Mc Mullen 2003 Components of SI:
 Courage, integrity, intuition, Compassion.
8 George (Application of 2006  Creating Peace of mind and how it affects the effectiveness of the individual.
Spiritual intelligence in the  Creating mutual understanding and consensus
work place)  Management of change and eliminate barriers for most people, change is painful
9 Hay’s Scale 1998  3 dimensions to measure spiritual sensitivity: Value sensing, Mastery Sensing and Awareness
Sensing (later on one more dimension Community Sensing was added by Tirri, Nokelainen and
Ubani (2006).
10 Daftaur and dasgupta 2003 15 dimensions of spiritual intelligence:
 God& religiosity, soul ,self-awareness, spiritual practices, Life-style values, Gender and caste
equality, Fate and Karma, social relation, Divinity in love, Spirituality in leadership, Helping
behavior, Flexibility, Ability to use and overcome suffering, Ability to transcend pain, Being
spiritually intelligent about death
13 Vaughan’s (2002) model 2002 3 dimensions:
 Power to form a meaning that is rooted on a profound knowledge of existential questions.
 Responsiveness in the utilization of multiple consciousness levels aimed to properly address the
problems.
 Attentiveness regarding the interconnection of each individual as well as to the transcendent.

Relationship with self Relationship with others Awareness of universal supreme conciousness
(1) Self-Respect (1) Forgiveness (1) Intuition
(2) Truthfulness/Faith to oneself (2) Compassion (2) Mortality (Nothing is permanent)
(3) Awareness of Responsibility (3) Humility (3) Seeing a big picture through detachment
(4) Meaning & Purpose of life (4) Love (4) External nature of universe and Interconnectedness of all life
(Quality of love – Divine unconditional) (There is some bigger power which is greater than whole, hence
we
all are interconnected with one another in one or the other way)
(5) Ego (5) Comfortable with other points of view (5) Believe in supreme power
(6) Gratitude (6) Helping Behaviour (6) Fate & Karma
(Awareness of spiritual Laws)
(7) Equanimity (to maintain Inner- (7) Acceptance
Outer peace in spite of
circumstances)
(8) Life-Style Values (control over
senses, daily Prayer,
Meditation, Addiction)
(9) Joy
(10) Honesty & Integrity
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Relationship with self Explanation

(1) Self-Respect/ Truthfulness/Faith to With Addictive behaviour that may have included lying, cheating, aggression and laziness, it is
oneself quite difficult to respect oneself. It combines elements of assertiveness, self-acceptance,
spirituality, realism, focus, forgiveness, respect for others and humility. It is rewarding because
you can see results and better still, we can feel them, as your self-respect increases.
(2) Awareness of Responsibility People who take complete responsibility for their lives experience joy and control of
circumstances. They are able to make choices because they understand that they are responsible
for their choices. The ability of a person to live his life while fully aware of his responsibilities.
The better someone – consciously or unconsciously – considers the consequences of his
decisions in advance and acts accordingly, the more aware he is of his responsibilities. Krishna
in Bhagavad-Gita used the phrase,” Do your duty, without being concern about the fruit of your
actions, as fruit will be derived if you have ploughed the right seeds in the field.”
(3) Meaning & Purpose of life In order to feel happy and satisfied with your life, you must have a purpose in life. Common
examples of life purpose could be succeeding in a fulfilling career, making a contribution to
your community. To connect, cultivate and contribute to the community.
(4) Ego Ego needs to be embraced as the positive aspect of our identity without which we cannot
actualize the very purpose of our creation. Ego does indeed need to become more conscious; it
needs to be purified, healed and transformed through surrender into our soul
(5) Gratitude The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
Gratitude is an emotion similar to appreciation that most people are familiar with. What many
people do not know is that gratitude plays an important role in several historical movements,
and that gratitude is now becoming an important part of psychology research, and
especially positive psychology research.
(6) Equanimity A state of mind that exemplifies the polar opposite of what many of us experience in our daily
(to maintain Inner-Outer peace in spite of lives — anxiety, stress, and distraction. We want to maintain Inner-Outer peace in spite of
circumstances) circumstances.
(7)Life-Style Values With increasing complexities in one's lives these days, people are perpetually looking for a
(control over senses, daily Prayer, medium through which they get some peace of mind. This is where another science, that of
Meditation, Addiction) meditation and spirituality comes into the scene. Meditation and Yoga are synonymous with
India and Indian spirituality.
Meditation is one of the most important components of Yoga, which is a mind-body therapy
involving a series of exercises. The word 'meditation ‘covers many disparate practices from
visualizing situations, focusing on objects or images, thinking through a complex idea, or even
getting lost in a provocative book, all qualifying as meditation in the broad sense. However in
Yoga, meditation generally refers to the more formal practice of focusing the mind and
observing oneself in the moment. Many people from India and abroad are resorting to yoga and
meditation to De-stress and rejuvenate their mind.
(8) Honesty & Integrity Having integrity and being honest are fundamental requirements if you want to grow spiritually
and follow your true destination of personal development. It’s not simply about being honest
with people. Whilst that will make you a better person and a more accepted one it’s more
importantly about being honest with yourself.

Relationship with others Explanation

(1) Forgiveness Though it can feel very comforting or powerfully releasing to be forgiven, make no mistake: we do not forgive
for the other person; we forgive for ourselves! Forgiveness is for our own growth and happiness. When we hold
on to hurt, pain, resentment, and anger it harms us far more than it harms the offender. Forgiveness frees us to
live in the present. Reliving the wrong that was done to us keeps us living in the past and missing today’s
beauty.

(2) Compassion Compassion is recognized as a significant and powerful value in both ancient and modern cultures, it holds
exciting potential for humankind to create compassionate communities and, perhaps, a compassionate global
community in which people take responsibility and care for each other, and where peaceful co-existence is a
genuine possibility.
(3) Humility Recollect keeping a healthy dosage of humility in life. By doing so we are always keeping our self in check
with others around us, and at the same time we are opening our self up to continue learning and growing as a
person. Humility can be one of the best psychological tools we humans have – the ability to know that we
aren’t perfect, we aren’t broken, we are who we are!
(4) Love
(Quality of love – Divine When the happiness of another person becomes as essential to yourself as your own, then the state of love
unconditional) exists.
— Robert A. Heinlein
Unconditional love believes in only Giving rather than asking for anything in return. It is the purest form of
love which is the need of our life. The day a particular need or expectation of ours doesn’t get fulfilled or
remains incomplete our love turns into anger, hatred, depression, ego and every other negative form. This is the
negative part or the side-effect of a conditional love. Unconditional love, on the other hand, believes in giving
out everything we have for the happiness of the other person. It doesn’t even give a second thought, but is ready
to sacrifice everything in the world for the happiness of the opposite person. In such a love, even if that person
receives a negative response from the opposite person, feelings of hatred, anger does not arise. The reason for
this is that there is no expectation. This love is not asking for anything in return. Such a love is the purest and
the most beautiful form of love
(5) Acceptance ‘Acceptance’ is one of those concepts that we feel that we understand, yet have found difficult to define. We
realized that acceptance. Most people equate acceptance with agreement, acquiescence, approval, resignation;
thinking that “if we accept things then we’ll have to live with it” or “no change can take place once I accept
something”. But in reality, acceptance is generally the first step to any change.
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Awareness of universal supreme conciousness Explanation

(1) Intuition Intuition is the doorway to creativity—both outer exploration and inner transformation.
When intuition is undervalued, civilization itself stops progressing. Moreover, ordinary
people lose their way to balancing the negative to achieve even temporary wholeness. In
ancient times and cultures, intuition was recognized as “talking to God” or a summons
from the Holy Spirit. Creative people of those old cultures knew that intuition was an
invitation from the archetypes of value of the transcendent domain of reality and
followed up the invitation with exploration of the archetype. This is how our civilization
has progressed. The exploration of the archetypes has led to the great arts (the
exploration of the archetype of beauty), the spiritual traditions (the exploration of the
archetypes of wholeness, love, and goodness), and more recently, even science (an
exploration of the archetype of truth).
(2) Mortality (Nothing is permanent) “Impermanence is not something to be afraid of. It’s the evolution, a never-ending
horizon.”
~Deepak Chopra
Nothing helps you understand the fleeting beauty of life more than death. Nothing helps
you understand what is important in life more than death. When someone dies, you
realize that life is not permanent and that nothing will last forever no matter how much
control you try to exert. This is actually what makes it so profound. Life is like a
rainbow. The light and rain form its beauty, and then it fades. The gold is the shared
journey and the profound expression of our lives.

(3) Seeing a big picture through detachment Witnessing or being a “detached observer, “ or a “trustee” means in essence to observe
life as if it was a movie show where “I” am a participant and part of the audience at the
same time. Your mind is an observer in you that observes itself. With the practice as a
detached observer, you look into your own mind. More and more you observe your mind,
more and more your mind, detach itself from the physical body. The time, mind get
absolutely detached from the physical body, it experiences the source of the mind, i.e. the
higher self. The life of an enlightened being is a life as a detached observer. Life is the
activities of the mind. Mind forms pictures and images and thinks thoughts out of them,
and the pictures and images are part of the intent, that the person holds in his life. The
Enlightened being, who has experienced the highest truth of life, look the activities of
mind, as a detached observer, and even participate but as a detached observer.
(4) External nature of universe and Interconnectedness of Scientists and quantum physicians believe that we are all connected through our energy
all life molecules. Everything on our planet is part of these molecules including our intelligence.
(There is some bigger power which is greater than whole,
hence we all are interconnected with one another in one or
the other way)
(5) Fate & Karma
(Awareness of spiritual Laws) The law of karma is “as you give so you receive”, bad thoughts and deeds return to us as
does kindness, thoughtfulness, love, joy etc. However we live these qualities we will at
some time receive a similar quality back into our life. Karma is recorded and balanced by
the universe. Loving thoughts, emotions, words and deeds are credits. Negative ones are
debits. These are called up by the universe when we least expect it. When we are
unaware of karma we call it fate or luck.

 Critical Existential Thinking: The capacity to critically Religion & Spirituality

contemplate the nature of existence, reality, the universe,
Religion and spirituality are different, yet connected, concepts
space, time, and other existential/metaphysical issues; also
(Hill and Pargament, 2003; Saucier and Skrzypińska, 2006).
the capacity to contemplate non-existential issues in
There are so many religions in today's society, especially in the
relation to one's existence (i.e., from an existential
United States. One has a choice of being an Atheist, Baptist,
perspective). Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu, Methodist, New Age, Pentecostal,
 Personal Meaning Production: The ability to derive or any other form of religious order of his/her preference.
personal meaning and purpose from all physical and People lead spiritual lives and have their own reasons to do so.
mental experiences, including the capacity to create and Religion and spirituality are inseparably close, and it is
master a life purpose. sometimes hard to distinguish between the two. However, they
 Transcendental Awareness: The capacity to identify do not have to be one and the same. A person can be spiritual
transcendent dimensions/patterns of the self (i.e., a without being religious. However, can a person be religious
transpersonal or transcendent self), of others, and of the without being spiritual. Moreover, religion is defined as a
physical world (e.g., non materialism) during normal format in which people pursue or practice spirituality (Hill and
states of consciousness, accompanied by the capacity to Pargament, 2003). Hence, it could be said that a person cannot
identify their relationship to one's self and to the physical. be religious without being spiritual, though a person can be
 Conscious State Expansion: The ability to enter and exit spiritual without being religious. Research suggests that
higher states of consciousness (e.g. pure consciousness, nowadays interest in spirituality rises and at the same time the
cosmic consciousness, unity, oneness) and other states number of people claiming to be spiritual yet not religious
of trance at one's own discretion (as in grows (King et al., 2013; Miller and Thoresen, 2003). Religion
deep contemplation, meditation, prayer, etc.). is an institution established by man for various reasons. Exert
control; instill morality, stroke egos, or whatever it does.
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Organized, structured religions all but remove god from the  Dimensions & sub-dimensions :-
equation. You confess your sins to a clergy member, go to
elaborate churches to worship, told what to pray and when to Conclusion
pray it. All those factors remove you from god. Spirituality is
born in a person and develops in the person. It may be kick "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We
started by a religion, or it may be kick started by a revelation. are spiritual beings having a human experience." – Pierre
Spirituality extends to all facets of a person life. Spirituality is Teilhard de Chardin. These Literature reviews are an endeavor
chosen while religion is often times forced. Being spiritual to to find out some important work in the area of spirituality. It is
me is more important and better than being religious. Religion found that there is a wider opportunity to do further research in
can be anything that the person practicing it desires. the area of spirituality. The body As Object of Mindful
Spirituality, on the other hand, is defined by God. Since Observation (Speaking Tree; Times of India on Thu,
religion is man defined, Religion is a manifestation of the August17, 2017). The Buddha revolutionizes the idea of
flesh. But Spirituality, as defined by God, is a manifestation of spiritual practice by proposing “mindful seeing” as a mode of
His nature. True spirituality is something that is found deep enlightenment. After six long years of arduous self-mortifying
within oneself. It is your way of loving, accepting and relating Practices, he realizes that: (1) depriving or arresting movement
to the world and people around you. It cannot be found in a of the body does not in fact arrest the compulsive flux of the
church or by believing in a certain way. mind; and (2) Spiritual experience is a pleasant one, imbued
with sukha and priti. He proposes vipassana, a method of
Limitations observing involuntary movements on the screen of the mind,
but in a manner that is “special”-detached, unengaged, and
This Various dimensions are explained in this research are non-judgmental, as though witnessing from one removed.
examined conceptually, based on secondary data. Patanjali offers the model of abhyasa with vairagya- literally
meaning, “Practice with detachment”-in the yoga sutras.
Objectives
Managerial Implication
To find out the important dimensions used in the area of
spiritual intelligence. Spirituality is Important for all category of people with
different age brackets. If professionals apply these dimensions
Rationale of the study of spiritual Intelligence in their day today life, their life will
full of contentment. As we know that spirituality is highly
Having a strong spiritual outlook may help you find meaning subjective concept and it required a lot of rigorous task to
in life’s tricky situation. The spiritual practice of recognize the develop a validated Questionnaire. With the application of
interconnectedness of all life can also help defence the pain these spiritual Intelligence dimensions in our day today life we
that comes with difficult experiences. Researcher Kristin Neff can enhance positivity and Quality of our life.
says that “if we can compassionately remind ourselves in
moments of falling down that failure is part of the shared Future Research
human experience, then that moment becomes one of
togetherness rather than isolation. When our troubled, painful It is found that there is a wider opportunity to do further
experiences are framed by the recognition that countless others research in the area of spirituality. Some research argued that
have undergone similar hardships, the blow is spirituality is the subjective phenomenon and hence to find out
softened.”Although some researchers have suggested that the precise dimensions in spirituality is not possible. But some
extent of spirituality’s benefit on health is exaggerated, most concrete validated dimension has been established by
researchers agree there is a positive relationship between researchers but there is a scope to find out many more
religious and spiritual practices and better health outcomes. dimensions in the future. Future researchers can do empirical
studies on the above mention dimensions and contribute
effectively in the development of society as a whole. Overall
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY This research paper help future research in setting new
dimensions for their research work and continue further
Type of Research empirical work on it.
Secondary Research: - Based on Literature survey
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