ppt on spiriuality

1. 1. Origin and meaning of Spirituality:-
 A. The word ‘adhyatma ’ meaning Spirituality is
derived from two words, adhi and atmaan [atmanaha
adhi Adhi means pertaining to the topic and atma
means the soul. Therefore Spirituality (adhyatma)
means pertaining to the soul (atma). Spirituality thus
deals with the nature of the soul and information
related to questions such as who am I, from where
have I come, where will I go after death, etc. Out of the
three qualities of the soul that is Absolute Truth (Sat),
Absolute Consciousness (Chit) and Bliss (Anand),

2.  B: Means the total energy in the body and
atman refers to the soul. Spirituality
(adhyatma) is thus the process of leading the
total energy in the body to the soul.
 Only the soul is the absolute, ultimate truth.
Everything else being from the Great Illusion
(Maya) is the untruth. Humorously we can
define Spirituality as speaking the untruth or
lying about the truth.

3. 2. Authority in Spirituality:-
Only the one who first qualifies as a seeker
and later as a disciple can become an
authority in Spirituality, that is only he can
get spiritual experiences about the soul
principle

4. 3. Importance of Spirituality:-

5. 3.1 Limitations of worldly matter
 “So long as the culmination of all human capability is death, it
is inevitable that wise people shall look beyond worldly duties
and turn away from the material world. Firstly, his remedies to
obtain happiness do not impart him with happiness. Secondly
all his endeavours, including worldly knowledge prove
inefficient, as the origin as well as the end of the manifest
world is unknown to him. ‘One thing is certain and the rest is
lies. The flower that has bloomed once forever dies.’ This quote
by Umar Khayyam, a great Urdu poet illustrates the futility of
all worldly knowledge. Hence, quotes such as, ‘Path of glory
leads but to the grave’ suggest the helplessness of worldly
capability.” Spirituality is exactly contrary to this.

6. 4.2SubjectwhichbestowseternalandsupremequalityofBliss
(Anand).
The following quotes are well known in this context.

8. 4:Why is man interested in
Spirituality:-
 Each one feels like finding out the one from whom
he has been created and feels like returning to Him.
For instance when one comes of age, if one comes
to know that one’s mother is foster and that the real
one is elsewhere, then one goes in search of her. If
one goes on a vacation to a beautiful foreign land,
at some point one feels like returning home.
Similarly, each one feels at least subtly like going in
search of the Creator and desires to return to Him.

9. 4.1 Desire to go from the
impermanent to the permanent:-
 . One feels like giving this impermanent
life a support of the permanent
(Spirituality). That is, one feels like going
from incompleteness to Absoluteness at
some time or the other as there is a
certainty of finding everlasting Bliss on
this path.