After brief frontline service as a field curate in World War I, he was appointed as the Spiritual Director of the Nitra seminary by Bende's successor, Vilmos Batthyány.

Typically, this form of fasting was only used by monks and other religious individuals who practice mortifications and asceticism, but all Catholics are invited to take part in it with the advice and consent of their Spiritual Director.

He retired as General Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU in August 2009 but continues to write books and practice materials.

Although he is in good health, in August 2009 he voluntarily stepped down as General Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU, in a democratic system of succession that he established in the NKT-IKBU's Internal Rules.

* The Reverend Raymond A. Lebrun, O. M. I., Spiritual Director

In 1985, with the help of others, Angulimala, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy, was launched with him as its Spiritual Director.

Currently Brahm is the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery, in Serpentine, Western Australia, the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of Victoria, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of South Australia, Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship in Singapore, and Spiritual Patron of the Bodhikusuma Centre in Sydney.

* John H. Coe, Director, Institute for Spiritual Formation

He also served as Dean of Studies, then Spiritual Director, and then before the nomination as Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary in Bacolod City.

* Director of Spiritual Affairs

* Reverend Father Rodel Balagtas, another loyal servant of God who serves as parish priest of the Catholic community in Valinda, California and officiates as Spiritual Director of Club Minalin USA.

Three Dominicans live in the house to serve the practical and spiritual needs of the house: the Rector, the Spiritual Director, and the Bursar.

In 1976 the students of Lama Thubten Yeshe founded the Manjushri Institute, a registered charitable company with Lama Yeshe as the Spiritual Director and purchased the assets of Conishead Priory, a sadly neglected Victorian mansion in Ulverston ( Cumbria ), England for the price of £ 70, 000.

These are taught by the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition, currently Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, and include teachings and empowerments from the Spiritual Director, reviews and meditations led by senior NKT Teachers, chanted meditations and offering ceremonies, and meditation retreats.

The many Dharma Centres that were following Geshe Kelsang's spiritual direction were gathered under the common auspices of the NKT-IKBU, with him as their General Spiritual Director ( GSD ).

Samden Gyatso became the Deputy Spiritual Director and successor to Geshe Kelsang while Kelsang Dekyong was appointed as the US National Spiritual Director.

Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo (), also Gendun Gyatso (" Sublimely Glorious Ocean of Spiritual Aspirants ", layname: Yonten Phuntsok ) ( 1475 – 1542 ) was the second Dalai Lama.

A documentary called Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy was produced by the Swedenborg Foundation in the same year.

* Eva Duarte de Perón ( 1919-1952 ), former Argentine political leader First Lady, Spiritual Leader of the Nation, and head of the Eva Perón Foundation.

The Findhorn Foundation is a member of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations ( CONGO ), attends the Sustainable Development Committee meetings and is a founding member of the following NGO groups active at the UN Headquarters in New York: The Earth Values Caucus, The Spiritual Caucus, and The NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns.

* Elliot, Paul M., Christianity and Neo-Liberalism: The Spiritual Crisis in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and Beyond, 2005, Trinity Foundation, ISBN 978-0-940931-68-8

The Spiritual Regeneration Movement was established in India in 1958 and the Spiritual Regeneration Movement Foundation ( SRMF ) was incorporated in California in July, 1959 with its headquarters in Los Angeles.

Especially well received in the US and making the Los Angeles Times bestseller list, the book chronicles Franks ' emotional and spiritual journey since leaving the world of PR, interspersing her spiritual experiences at locations such as the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland, the Esalen Institute in California and the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University in Rajasthan, India, with her ideas on feminism, environmental issues and ethical business practices.

* Spiritual unfoldment, a spiritual / new age concept of the Foundation for International Spiritual Unfoldment

25 Ta Life, 7 Zuma 7, Agnostic Front, Atrocity, Battery, Better Than a Thousand, Bewitched, Blind Guardian, Bloodlet, Brotherhood Foundation & Hardcore All Stars, Cathedral, Coal Chamber, Cold, Congress, Covenant, Death, Deftones, Dimmu Borgir, Driven, Emperor, Enslaved, Far, Fates Warning, Form, Fu Manchu, Fury of Five, Good Riddance, H2O, HammerFall, Hard Resistance, Hatebreed, Hed PE, Helloween, Iced Earth, Ignite, Immortal, In Flames, Incubus, Insane Clown Posse, Jane's Detd., Junkie XL, Kreator, Life of Agony, Limp Bizkit ( cancelled ), Masters of Reality, Maximum Penalty, Misery Loves Co., The Misfits, Oomph !, Orange Goblin, Pantera, Primal Fear, Pro-Pain, Rammstein, Refused, Right Direction, Saxon, Sevendust, sHeavy, Soulfly, Spiritual Beggars, Strapping Young Lad, Stratovarius, Stuck Mojo, Tech-9, Theatre of Tragedy, The Black Symphony, The Hellacopters, Think About Mutation, Tom Angelripper, Transport League, Tura Satana, Ultraspank, Undeclinable Ambuscade, Within Temptation, Zebrahead

* In 2002, upon nomination of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá ’ ís of Germany, the Foundation Samii-Housseinpur, Belgium, awarded Peseschkian in the category of science ( in recognition of his achievements ).

Like Hindu followers, the Spiritual Science Research Foundation believes that " every positive deed generates a ‘ merit ’ while every negative deed generates a ‘ demerit ’ or a sin and thus one has to reap the results of one ’ s actions according to the law of karma.

Extensive summer study programs are available through: EMU's Summer Peacebuilding Institute ( four consecutive sessions ); Washington Community Scholars ' Program ; Summer Bridge Scholarship Program, in which EMU collaborates with the National Science Foundation to offer scholarships for incoming science students to spend a summer working with faculty ; a Ministry Inquiry Program in which upper-level students are able to spend 11 weeks as an intern in a congregation ; nine-day Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation ; graduate-level courses for teachers ( i. e., 16 courses offered through the Lancaster site for 2011 and two offered online ).

" Therefore, Neale formed ReCreation, " the Foundation for Personal Growth and Spiritual Understanding ".

Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse a 1995 book edited by Michael Langone, director of the International Cultic Studies Association ( formerly the American Family Foundation ), published by W. W. Norton & Company, treats the theories of mind control as related to cults.

* Spiritual Baptist Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago

* Barbados National Cultural Foundation ( NCF ) -- Spiritual Baptists Culture of Barbados

Since its inception, the orchestra has partnered with the Orlando Opera, Orlando Ballet, the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra, Florida Young Artists Orchestra, the Orlando Museum of Art, the Orlando Science Center, Bethune-Cookman University, the University of Central Florida, Stetson University, the “ Negro Spiritual ” Scholarship Foundation, Mad Cow Theatre, the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, the Orange County Regional History Center and many other area organizations.

TSF ( TSEC Spiritual Foundation ) is a one-of-its-kind society that aims to incorporate spirituality through its various seminars and workshops.

* Spiritual Foundation

* Sattva, Raja and Tama, article by Spiritual Science Research Foundation

* The Spiritual Structural Foundation of CCC

It was inaugurated by the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation under the direction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá ' ís of Zambia and named after Hand of the Cause Mr. Musa Banani.

Spiritual experiences can include being connected to a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self ; joining with other individuals or the human community ; with nature or the cosmos ; or with the divine realm.

Its nine members are elected every five years from the male membership in good standing of the world community by an electoral college consisting of all the members of each Bahá ' í National Spiritual Assembly throughout the world.

" Systematic targeting of the leadership of the Bahá ' í community by killing or disappearing was focused on the Bahá ' í National Spiritual Assembly ( NSA ) and Local Spiritual Assemblies ( LSAs ).

Spirituality – can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality ; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his / her being ; or the “ deepest values and meanings by which people live .” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life ; spiritual experience includes that of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self ; with other individuals or the human community ; with nature or the cosmos ; or with the divine realm.

In this latter case, the Imam was referenced by virtue of the thrice daily main prayer of the Nizari Ismaili community, the Doowa, as: ... God, the High, the Great, the Merciful, the Magnanimous, the Good, the Great Holy Providence ( Who is ) in the district of Chaldea, in Persia, in human form, descended from the seventy-seven Patras ( ancestors ) and who is the forty-eighth Imam ( Spiritual Chief ) the tenth Naklanki Avatar, our Master, Aga Sultan Mahomed Shah given name of Aga Khan III, the Giver.

As of 2002 the 100 resident, Mother Divine community for women was also located at the Spiritual Center in Boone, North Carolina and was administered by an organization called Maharishi Global Administration Through Natural Law.

The community has since grown to over 2000 members and today there are five Local Spiritual Assemblies in Singapore.

Spiritual and Religious Life Association provides activities and opportunities that nurture spiritual growth, education, and service such as informal programs relating world, personal, and intellectual issues to spiritual life, and annual community service projects such as White Gift Offering, Golden Rule Dinner, and Thanksgiving Food collection.

Spiritual leaders in a community would use prayer and offerings to communicate with a huaca for advice or assistance.

It also offers two diplomas in Advanced Spiritual Leadership Program and Theological Studies for lay Christians who want to serve their own local Christian community.

In 2007 a community of Spiritual Wraeththu arose inside the virtual world of Second Life using the Grimoire as the basis for their study and practice.

Following a period of more Bahá ' í pioneers coming to the country, Bahá ' í Local Spiritual Assemblies spread across Norway while the national community eventually formed a Bahá ' í National Spiritual Assembly in 1962.

Mandefro was formally invited by Joseph Hibbert, one of the original founders of the Rastafari Movement, to teach the Rasta community, and in 1971 Mandefro named Hibbert as a " Spiritual Organizer ".

These assistants often meet with Local Spiritual Assemblies, speak at events, and are sought for advice by individual community members.

The number of delegates per country is determined by the Universal House of Justice according to the size of the national community ; the National Spiritual Assembly determines the geographic area covered by each unit / district.

Coinciding with this was a process of re-examination of intra-Bahá ' í administrative and community action, the implementation of Bahá ' í law in greater degrees among non-Iranian Bahá ' ís, and the maturation of the Spiritual Assemblies.

These seem to be evolving and assuming many growth and consolidation and educational functions of Local Spiritual Assemblies, allowing these local bodies to meet the more personal needs of their community members.

Spiritual for religious believers and non-sectarian for secular society, it suggests a framework of beliefs and ethics to structure a global community.

Spiritual growth is promoted through personal prayer, sacramental preparation, community service and through liturgy planning and participation.

As an administrative meeting, the Feast provides an opportunity for the community to report news, or other salient items of interest to the community, and allows for communication and consultation between the community and the Local Spiritual Assembly.