Introduction
Spiritual growth refers to the process of one’s inner awakening and going above everyday ordinary consciousness. It is essential as it enhances our ability to deal with difficulties in life by offering better options. It prevents our critical judgments towards others and enables us to cultivate compassion and understanding attitudes toward others. There are three principles of spiritual growth which one must follow to grow spiritually. Firstly, a meditation on the word by considering its meaning and applying the truth it reveals. Secondly, one must be ready to admit their sins by confessions and prayers and lastly, repentance. This paper clearly discusses embodied compared to digital spiritual growth.
Digital Spiritual Growth
This refers to the use of technology and digital culture to fulfill spiritual and religious needs. Faith can be grown successfully through the online church, digital evangelism, and online learning (Cheong 420). The online church involves spreading the word of God through devices such as phones, televisions, and online platforms like zoom. This becomes an efficient way since the believers can connect with preachers despite of their location. There is no need to gather in worship places so that they can share the preaching. Social media can also be of great benefit in spreading the gospel online.
Embodied Spiritual growth
Embodied spiritual growth regards the body as the subject, a source of spiritual insight and home of a complete human being. The view of the body as the subject refers to the approach of it being human with its unique feelings, needs, and desires. The desire to become more spiritual emerge and lead to overall spiritual growth. Additionally, the wisdom human beings possess and unique abilities to interpret scriptures and generate relevant applications in their daily lives. The body as a home refers to where human beings dwell and interact with others. The freedom to decide on what is upright or incorrect is based on various considerations. Choosing to do what is right is connected to being religious whereas doing what is wrong is paganism.
The body as a source of spiritual insight refers to the ability to have spiritual understanding and wisdom. Spiritual knowledge emanates from the body and transformation from the sinful nature of beings to righteousness. Additionally, physical sensations and impulses can also be sources of our spiritual insight. Having the ability to understand what is written in the holy books such as the Bible is considered a spiritual gift. This is because of the tendency of some people to misinterpret the scriptures hence misleading fellow Christians.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the two types of spiritual growth discussed above differ in several ways. Digital spiritual growth involves the use of digital culture and devices such as television, phones, and online platforms to attain spiritualism. Evangelical activities are done online also involve making people aware of the need to live spiritual lives. On the other hand, embodied spiritual growth takes the body as the subject, source of spiritual growth, and home of a complete human being.
Works Cited
Cheong, Pauline Hope. “Religion, Robots, and rectitude: Communicative affordances for spiritual knowledge and community”. Applied Artificial Intelligence, vol: 34, no. 5, 2020, pp. 412-431. Informa UK Limited.
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