All people strive for development in one way or another, but for all people, development is different. For someone, the development is exclusively career-oriented; for another, physical development improves oneself through sports and physical exercises. There are those people who strive for spiritual growth. In the read story, the author mentioned two basic methods of development, which consist in the sense of spirituality and faith.
The author begins his story with a phrase that clearly emphasizes that God exists. You’ll know God exists (Bissoondath). Faith gives people a sense of security, but each religion has its God, and there are many beliefs. Even though the author is not a believer, but a different feeling seizes him. Bissoondath claims that there is religious faith and spirituality, and they are unrelated and mutually exclusive.
A new feeling begins to open up for the author – a sense of the spiritual. Spirituality is characterized by the presence of people’s abilities and opportunities to change the conditions of their life and themselves. Spirituality and faith give a person the opportunity to develop, see, and enjoy every moment of life. The beauty of a rose or hibiscus, the miracle of the birth of a child, and the fact that you can hold it to your chest and feel the beating of its heart, as well as see the beauty of the midnight sky (Bissoondath). For some, religion, and others, the feeling of all this in life allows developing and growing spiritually.
Reference
Bissoondath, N. Religious faith versus spirituality.