Spiritual practice ( sadhana ) is performed with the faith that knowledge beyond the mind and sense perception will be revealed to the practitioner.

* In 16th century Dasam Granth, Guru Gobind Singh wrote that Kalki is the Vivek Buddhi ( Intelligent and Spiritual mind ) i. e. Gurmat.

* Spiritual liberation, sexual " revolution " or " liberation ," i. e., gay liberation, somewhat catalyzing women's liberation, black liberation, Gray Panther activism.

# Cataphatic ( imaging God, imagination or words ) -- e. g., The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Dame Julian, Francis of Assisi, This second type is considered by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

According to the post-1900 publications of Theosophy, i. e. the writings of C. W. Leadbeater, Alice A. Bailey, and Benjamin Creme, as well as the Ascended Master Teachings of Guy Ballard, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Geraldine Innocente, Joshua David Stone, and other Ascended Master Teachings teachers, Sanat Kumara is an " advanced being " at the ninth level of initiation who is regarded as the Lord or Regent of Earth and of humanity, and the head of the Spiritual Hierarchy of Earth who dwells in Shamballah, a city said by Theosophists and those adherent to the Ascended Master Teachings to be a floating city the on the etheric plane above the Gobi Desert.

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 ).

Garcias de Cisneros the abbot of the abbey of Montserrat was influenced by the Devotio Moderna ( as well as Louis Barbo ) and his book Ejercitatorio de la vida espiritual, i. e. " exercises for the spiritual life " became one of the primary sources for the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola.

Ignatius used both of these techniques in his Spiritual exercises: a methodical format, as well as self-projection into a Biblical scene, e. g. starting a conversation with Christ in Calvary.

A National Spiritual Assembly ( NSA ) normally represents a country, although sometimes regions are assigned their own NSA ( e. g. Alaska ).

Spiritual life is cultivated, but students do not need to be Christian.

Spiritual life is incorporated in matter, when it is given artistic form.

In July 1835, Peabody published her account as an assistant to the Temple School as Record of a School: Exemplifying the General Principles of Spiritual Culture.

Amazing Grace in America: Our Spiritual National Anthem, Angel City Press.

In several texts, the luminary Eleleth is the last of the luminaries ( Spiritual Lights ) that come forward, and it is the Aeon Sophia, associated with Eleleth, who encounters darkness and becomes involved in the chain of events that leads to the Demiurge's rule of this world, and the salvage effort that ensues.

He also translated from Greek into Latin a life of St. John Chrysostom ( Venice, 1533 ); the Spiritual Wisdom of John Moschus ; The Ladder of Divine Ascent of St. John Climacus ( Venice, 1531 ), P. G., LXXXVIII.

As holder of one of the " five great sees " ( the others being York, London, Durham and Winchester ), the Archbishop of Canterbury is ex officio one of the Lords Spiritual of the House of Lords.

In 1923, faced with differences between older members focusing on inner development and younger members eager to become active in the social transformations of the time, Steiner refounded the Society in an inclusive manner and established a School for Spiritual Science.

* Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prophetic Witness & Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940-1972, biography by Edward K. Kaplan ISBN 0-300-11540-7

“ Alexander of Hales ,” in The Spiritual Senses: Perceiving God in Western Christianity, edited by Paul L. Gavrilyuk and Sarah Coakley.

Deeply involved in the future of the Jews in the former Soviet Union, Steinsaltz serves as the region's Duchovny Ravin ( Spiritual Rabbi ), a historic Russian title which indicates that he is the spiritual mentor of Russian Jewry.

In the 21st century, the more senior bishops of the Church of England continue to sit in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as representatives of the established church, and are known as Lords Spiritual.

* Dom Columba Marmion OSB, Christ the Ideal of the Monk – Spiritual Conferences on the Monastic and Religious Life ( Engl.

Corn & Ivy: Spiritual Reading in Ruth and Jonah.

Spiritual and philosophical institutions have been allowed to be established or re-established, as long they are not perceived to be a threat to the power of the CPC.

This is expressly denied by Covenant Theologians who claim the existence of a relationship via “ Spiritual Israel .” A dispensationalist would claim that none of the prophecies pertaining to Israel are or will be fulfilled in or by the New Testament Church.

Later insurrections broke out under the leadership of Bernard of Foix, Aimery of Narbonne and Bernard Délicieux ( a Franciscan friar later prosecuted for his adherence to another heretical movement, that of the Spiritual Franciscans ) at the beginning of the 14th century.

Spiritual deism is the religious and philosophical belief in one indefinable, omnipresent god who is the cause or the substance ( or both ) of the universe.

Spiritual Deists reject all divine revelation, religious dogma, and supernatural events and favor an ongoing personalized connection with the divine presence through intuition, communion with nature, meditation and contemplation.

Generally, Spiritual Deists reject the notion that God consciously intervenes in human affairs.

Spiritual deism is extremely general and is not bound by any ideology other than the belief in one indefinable god whose spiritual presence can be felt in nature.

Spiritual students could be every other person other than the dibia.

During his time at the archives, Steiner wrote Die Philosophie der Freiheit ( The Philosophy of Freedom or The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity — Steiner's preferred English title ) ( 1894 ), an exploration of epistemology and ethics that suggested a path upon which humans can become spiritually free beings.

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.

Spiritual practices such as mindfulness and meditation can be experienced as beneficial or even necessary for human fulfillment without any supernatural interpretation or explanation.

Various business analysis techniques can be used in strategic planning, including SWOT analysis ( Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats ) and PEST analysis ( Political, Economic, Social, and Technological analysis ) or STEER analysis involving Socio-cultural, Technological, Economic, Ecological, and Regulatory factors and EPISTELS ( Environment, Political, Informative, Social, Technological, Economic, Legal and Spiritual ).

Spiritual growth in Tenrikyo is also viewed as a step-by-step process by which you can walk your own path at your own pace.

Considering misunderstandings about Khayyám in the West and elsewhere, Hossein Nasr concludes by saying that if a correct study of the authentic rubaiyat is done, but along with the philosophical works, or even the spiritual biography entitled Sayr wa sulak ( Spiritual Wayfaring ), we can no longer view the man as a simple hedonistic wine-lover, or even an early skeptic, but a profound mystical thinker and scientist whose works are more important than some verses.

In 1921, Loy posed for Harry Winebrenner's statue titled " Spiritual ," which remained in front of Venice High School throughout the 20th century and can be seen in the opening scenes of the 1978 film Grease.

Spiritual ecstasy can be distinguished from spirit possession and hypnosis in that ecstasy is not accompanied by the experiencing subject losing interior consciousness or will.

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.

Now, there can be no more than 26 Lords Spiritual in the Lords, but they always include the five most important prelates of the Church: the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Durham, and the Bishop of Winchester.

* The Spanish had Ignatius Loyola, whose Spiritual Exercises were designed to open people to a receptive mode of consciousness in which they can experience God through careful spiritual direction and through understanding how the mind connects to the will and how to weather the experiences of spiritual consolation and desolation ; Teresa of Avila, who used the metaphors of watering a garden and walking through the rooms of a castle to explain how meditation leads to union with God ; and John of the Cross, who used a wide range of biblical and spiritual influences both to rewrite the traditional " three ways " of mysticism after the manner of bridal mysticism and to present the two " dark nights ": the dark night of the senses and the dark night of the soul, during which the individual renounces everything that might become an obstacle between the soul and God and then experiences the pain of feeling separated from God, unable to carry on normal spiritual exercises, as it encounters the enormous gap between its human nature and God's divine wisdom and light and moves up the 10-step ladder of ascent towards God.

Anyone can become a member, without regard to nationality, social standing, religion, scientific or artistic conviction, who considers as justified the existence of an institution such as the Goetheanum in Dornach, in its capacity as a School of Spiritual Science.

RS / SOM teaches that people can achieve more fulfilling lives through the practice called Spiritual Mind Treatment ( Treatment ), or Affirmative Prayer.

An interesting account of the early beginnings of Los Cinco Pintures can be read in Nicholas & Helena Roerich, The Spiritual Journey of Two Great Artists and Peacemakers by Ruth A. Drayer.

A number of studies into Spiritual Healing illustrate how the design of the study can introduce experimenter bias into the results.

: If you feel your dilemma needs an extra strength approach, you can go to a Spiritual Reader, a Healer or Curandero who will pray over you and cure your symptoms with an egg.

Spiritual practices and psychedelic drugs are the usual context when discussing means to achieve states of mind in which novel perceptions can arise, unhindered by everyday mental filters and processes.

" When connected to a ' Spiritual Energy Radiator ' ( again designed by King ), it can be ' discharged.

National and Local Spiritual Assemblies are seen as requiring deference and obedience, but can be overruled by a superior elected institution.

Of course, Non-Bahá ' ís would also not be eligible to hold administrative office, though Bahá ' í Spiritual Assemblies and the Universal House of Justice can and do hire Non-Bahá ' ís for specific roles or tasks.

The Exercises usually are undertaken with the help of a trained spiritual guide, like that one of the Loyola House Retreat and Training Centre, 40-Day Spiritual Exercises and can also be done individually or in group that meets regularly to discuss how the process is going and various issues.

Additional sermons can be found in Samuel Jackson's, Spiritual Crumbs from the Master's Table and H. E.