The Concept of Spiritual Healing Essay

Introduction

I agree that for the majority of people on Earth spirituality is interlinked with the presence of a powerful being such as God or some deity. However, a substantial amount of the population nowadays may not believe in a single deity that may or may not have a form.

Discussion

It is possible that they would prefer to believe in higher powers such as destiny or fate. Hence, the concept of spiritual healing would emphasize the nature of such powers. At the same time, for atheists, the nature of spirituality may be tied down to the notions of community and legacy. In my opinion, spirituality involves the acknowledgment of a feeling sense, or belief that there is something greater than oneself. It is possible that being human involves something beyond sensory experience, and that the larger total of which humans are a part is cosmic or divine. While it does involve the beliefs and practices of religious groups, spirituality goes beyond religion to include other sources of transcendence, such as one’s work, one’s family, or one’s connection to nature (Balboni et al., 2022). The study of Smith-Stoner (2007 in Sawyer, 2022) revealed that meaning, closeness to family and friends, and pleasure of the natural world ranked as the top three themes in research on atheists’ end-of-life aspirations.

Conclusion

Consequently, it is probable that atheists deal with death and loss in ways that may be defined as spiritual, despite their lack of belief in god(s) or self-identification as spiritual owing to the religious implications of the word (Sawyer, 2022). In conclusion, spirituality is not something that is limited to the religious or supernatural beliefs of the person.

Reference

Balboni, T. A., VanderWeele, T. J., Doan-Soares, S. D., Long, K. N., Ferrell, B. R., Fitchett, G.,… & Koh, H. K. (2022). Spirituality in serious illness and health. JAMA, 328(2), 184-197.

Sawyer, J. S. (2022). Bereavement outcomes for atheist individuals: The role of spirituality, discrimination, and meaning. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 86(2), 395-412.