iH-99. Whether you know it or not, You learned spirituality from India.
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SAN ANSELMO, Calif. Beginning January 2014, San Francisco Theological Seminary is offering a new certificate program in Trauma and Spiritual Care. This program will provide working professionals in both clinical and pastoral settings with the skills to incorporate spirituality into the healing counsel they provide to trauma victims.
Trauma has a way of shattering the foundations of one's spiritual life and shaking one's sense of trust and hope. At the same time, spirituality is at the core of genuine healing of traumatic experiences.
Recognizing the prevalence of trauma and the importance of spirituality as a mechanism of healing, this certificate will provide pastors, counselors, first responders, nurses, and countless others with the tools to heal trauma victims spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
For more information visit http://sfts.edu/news/view_event.asp?ID=347. Enrollment information is at http://sfts.edu/academics/cert_trauma_and_spiritual_care.asp. For questions, contact Vanessa Hawkins at 415.451.2816 or Susan Lawlor at 415.451.2820.
DECATUR, Ga. The Center for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary is adding a new program in spirituality, the Certificate in Spiritual Direction, beginning in 2015.
The Certificate in Spiritual Direction is a two-year training program for those seeking to discern their call and develop their skills and gifts as spiritual directors. Grounded in the tradition of Christian spirituality, the program includes four intensive weeklong classes, individual readings and reflections, and a practicum with supervision.
Spiritual direction is an intentional relationship between a person seeking spiritual guidance (the directee) and a trained individual (the spiritual director). Together with the Holy Spirit, they listen for and explore the workings of God in the directees life.
People enter into spiritual direction for different reasons, says seasoned spiritual director, Lalor Cadley. Sometimes, they seek to revive their flagging spirit, to seek new direction for their lives, to heal from distorted images of God, to live through times of pain and suffering, to connect more intimately with the Divine, or simply to have someone with whom to share the joys and struggles of faith.
For more information on the Certificate in Spiritual Direction contact Deedra Rich, associate director of spirituality, at richd@ctsnet.edu or 404-687-4557.
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Ra(w) Magic - The Show by Josef Dolezal - SPIRITUALITY - Episode 2
Ra(w) Magic - The Show by Josef Dolezal Episode 2 SPIRITUALITY This episode concentrates on Spirituality and what it means to be spiritual. http://www.thepyramidcen...
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spirituality in classroom part 2
Masterly treatment of the topic - "Spirituality in the class room" on the occasion of National Seminar sponsored by AICTE at OIMT Rishikesh.
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Conventional wisdom holds that January can be a challenging time for theaters, with winter weather and post- holiday fatigue tending to put a damper on attendance. But in Richmond, the period after New Years has become a regular buzz-generator for local companies. Thats because it ushers in the citys Acts of Faith Theatre Festival, a yearly effort by local artists and a number of religious congregations to affirm an affinity between spirituality and the stage.
The festival, now entering its 10th season, was founded by a group of thespians who happened to be practicing Presbyterians. The concept has been embraced by Richmonds theater companies, which now typically plan their seasons so as to open, between January and March, at least one designated Acts of Faith show a play or musical featuring either religious or thought-provoking social and existential themes. Billing itself as the largest faith-based theatre festival in the United States, the Acts of Faith celebration kicks off Jan.12, with a preview evening in which participating companies will present snippets from 18 upcoming productions.
Those shows will include a production of Molieres Tartuffe by Richmonds flagship Virginia Repertory Theatre, as well as a staging of James Shermans From Door to Door by the citys Jewish Family Theatre and Jihad Abdulmumits play The Shootout, mounted by For Our Children Productions, a grass-roots company that tackles social issues from an Islamic perspective. Richmond Triangle Players, a troupe focused on plays that relate to the LGBTQ experience, is hosting the pre-New York tryout of The Mormon Boy Trilogy, by out-of-town author/performer Steven Fales.
The festival started out with just a handful of churches and theater companies participating, and it has exploded, says Jacquie OConnor, managing director of Henley Street Theatre and Richmond Shakespeare, a pair of classically oriented troupes that are in the process of merging. The two groups will present David Davaloss comedy Wittenberg about Hamlet, Martin Luther and Doctor Faustus as an entry in this years festival.
Over the years, OConnor says, the festival has really brought the theater community and the faith community together in a way that is innovative and inspiring, and that furthers the conversation about how art relates to spirituality and belief.
Bringing two realms together
That was the goal of Jeff Gallagher, Daniel Moore, Bruce Miller and a couple of other Central Virginians, who launched the festival in 2005 with support from Second Presbyterian Church in downtown Richmond. (The church is still the festivals convening sponsor. More than a dozen other congregations serve as co-sponsors or advisers.) At the time, they felt troubled by the perception of a disconnect between the theater world and the world of religion, or at least Christianity.
I frequently encounter people who are among my church friends who dont get what I do in the arts, and I encounter people in my artistic family who dont get why I enjoy teaching Sunday school, says Miller, who is Virginia Repertory Theatres artistic director and a practicing Presbyterian. He adds, To me, its so much the same thing, with religious and artistic experience using all the same mechanisms in my psyche and my being.
Around the time of the festivals launch, events from Americas latter-day culture wars had contributed to a sense, among some, that faith and the arts were at odds. Not too much time had gone by, for instance, since a New York theater producing Terrence McNallys play Corpus Christi in 1998 had confronted denunciations from religious groups, and even threats of violence.
There was the perception that if you were pushing the edges of art, you were poking the eye of the faith community, says Gallagher, a playwright-turned-biotech entrepreneur. He remembers worrying in the aftermath of Mel Gibsons controversial 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ that consideration of faith in the public square was going to get increasingly polarized, and do damage along the way and then possibly disappear.
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Bishop Brian K. Hodges: A Hunger For Greater Spirituality
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In the present day Bhikkhu society, the revered Thera is a beacon of hope and example. The Thera with great conviction and devotion continues his journey exactly in the manner that the Buddha had recommended for his disciples to follow. His exceptional qualities are well portrayed in the fact that he never handles money in a world people, even monks cant do without it.
He goes from house to house barefooted to obtain alms with his Bowl in the manner the Bhikkhus were accustomed to in the past. He always advises the importance of the value of following the practice of Pindapatha and encourages the student monks to follow it. Thus devotees not only in Maharagama, but also in Unuwathura Bubule, Bowelawatte, Ambakotte, Matale, Peradeniya, Kandy, Mihintale, etc. consider it as a fortunate opportunity bestowed on them to serve a spoon of rice into the Theras bowl during his various journeys.
This revered Buddhist prelate, Ampitiye Sri Rahula Maha Thera or Loku Hamuduruwo, residing at the Sri Vajiranana Dharmayatanaya, in Maharagama, reached his 100th birthday on December 24, 2013.
The Thera was born to a wealthy and reputed family in Ampitiya, a suburb of Kandy. His Father Simon Rajapaksa named him as Dharmadasa and after been ordained in the Bhikkhu sasana came to be known as Venerable Ampitiye Sri Rahula Thera.
He received his primary education at St. Marys College (a seminary) at Ampitiya. Since his parents were devoted Buddhists they were keen that their son gained knowledge in Buddhism.
Subsequently he was sent to the Daham Pasela in Dalukgolle temple. Having had gained sufficient knowledge in Buddhism, Christianity and English language, he entered the Order of the Sangha on 4th May 1936. His preceptor was Ven. Sri Saddhamma Jothipala Kavidhaja Vinayachariya Weragampita Sri Revatha Maha Thera, the Chief incumbent of Kamburugamuwa Devagiri Temple.
Ven. Rahula Thera attended Vajiraramaya temple while he was residing at the Dodanduwa hermitage and received his higher ordination at Udakukkhepa Seema Malakaya at Kelaniya, on 30th June, 1936.
He didnt attend any pirivena, but received his preliminary education Dhamma Vinaya, languages from Ven. Revatha Maha Thera.
The mentors of Sri Rahula Thera were Venerable Pelene Sri Vajiranana Maha Thera, Venerable Thalangama Indrasara Maha Thera and Venerable Ahangama Sri Pragnaloka Maha Thera.
Due to his vibrant interest in acquiring knowledge, wisdom and discipline, Ven. Ampitiye Sri Rahula Thera was chosen as the Disciple in Attendance of Venerable Sri Vajiranana Maha Thera.
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Phlebotomist Haley Hampton, right, helps Lee Ann Denham donate blood Wednesday at the Blood Assurance office on Third Street in Chattanooga. In the background, LPN and phlebotomist Kathy Garcia assists donor Jeremiah Lynn.
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Turns out, altruism isnt dead after all.
A new study completed in part by UTC researchers shows that those who donate blood often do so out of a genuinely altruistic motivation. That may seem obvious. But for years, many academics have argued that altruism is a facade, that even when people act selflessly, they often have other self-centered motivations.
Blood donors never know who they are helping. They are giving their blood but they have no idea about the patient and who gets their blood, said Sevdenur Dzgner, a visiting scholar at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. It seems like an altruistic behavior. But we cannot easily say all blood donations are altruistic.
Dzgner studied the motivations of blood donors in the U.S. and in her native Turkey for doctoral research, which found similar altruistic motivations from donors in both countries, with religious motivations playing a role in both Chattanooga and Turkey. But Dzgner did find distinctions between the two as the very nature of altruism varied across the continents. In the religiously diverse U.S., donors reported a feeling of personal responsibility to give blood. In predominantly Muslim Turkey, the act of giving was viewed as more of a societal responsibility.
The American mind was more individualistic and the Turkish mind was more collective, she said. In America, people say this is my own responsibility and this is my own decision. While in Turkey, most people say this is a kind of personal responsibility but the way they perceive them as responsible is a little different. They think as human beings we should help others, that living in a society this is important not just for them as an individual.
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"Intimations of an Archetypal Theology: Re-Imagining a Soulful Spirituality" Jesse Estrin MA.
How can we cleanse, restore, and re-integrate spirit into modern life in a meaningful and balanced way? Jesse explores a new perspective on the soul/spirit a...
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Intimations of an Archetypal Theology: Revisioning Soulful Spirituality, a talk by Jesse Estrin at PCC #39;s week at Esalen 2013.
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Considering Spirituality at an Ancient Site
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For people at high risk of depression because of a family history, spirituality may offer some protection for the brain, a new study hints.
Parts of the brain's outer layer, the cortex, were thicker in high-risk study participants who said religion or spirituality was "important" to them versus those who cared less about religion.
"Our beliefs and our moods are reflected in our brain and with new imaging techniques we can begin to see this," Myrna Weissman told Reuters Health. "The brain is an extraordinary organ. It not only controls, but is controlled by our moods."
Weissman, who worked on the new study, is a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at Columbia University and chief of the Clinical-Genetic Epidemiology department at New York State Psychiatric institute.
While the new study suggests a link between brain thickness and religiosity or spirituality, it cannot say that thicker brain regions cause people to be religious or spiritual, Weissman and her colleagues note in JAMA Psychiatry.
It might hint, however, that religiosity can enhance the brain's resilience against depression in a very physical way, they write.
Previously, the researchers had found that people who said they were religious or spiritual were at lower risk of depression. They also found that people at higher risk for depression had thinning cortices, compared to those with lower depression risk.
The cerebral cortex is the brain's outermost layer made of gray matter that forms the organ's characteristic folds. Certain areas of the cortex are important hubs of neural activity for processes such as sensory perception, language and emotion.
For the new study, the researchers twice asked 103 adults between the ages of 18 and 54 how important religion or spirituality was to them and how often they attended religious services over a five-year period.
In addition to being asked about spirituality, the participants' brains were imaged once to see how thick their cortices were.
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By: Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters December 31, 2013 2:02 PM
InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5
NEW YORK - For people at high risk of depression because of a family history, spirituality may offer some protection for the brain, a new study hints.
Parts of the brain's outer layer, the cortex, were thicker in high-risk study participants who said religion or spirituality was "important" to them versus those who cared less about religion.
"Our beliefs and our moods are reflected in our brain and with new imaging techniques we can begin to see this," Myrna Weissman told Reuters Health. "The brain is an extraordinary organ. It not only controls, but is controlled by our moods."
Weissman, who worked on the new study, is a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at Columbia University and chief of the Clinical-Genetic Epidemiology department at New York State Psychiatric institute.
While the new study suggests a link between brain thickness and religiosity or spirituality, it cannot say that thicker brain regions cause people to be religious or spiritual, Weissman and her colleagues note in JAMA Psychiatry.
It might hint, however, that religiosity can enhance the brain's resilience against depression in a very physical way, they write.
Previously, the researchers had found that people who said they were religious or spiritual were at lower risk of depression. They also found that people at higher risk for depression had thinning cortices, compared to those with lower depression risk.
The cerebral cortex is the brain's outermost layer made of gray matter that forms the organ's characteristic folds. Certain areas of the cortex are important hubs of neural activity for processes such as sensory perception, language and emotion.
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By: Andrew M. Seaman, Reuters December 31, 2013 2:02 PM
InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5
NEW YORK -- For people at high risk of depression because of a family history, spirituality may offer some protection for the brain, a new study hints.
Parts of the brain's outer layer, the cortex, were thicker in high-risk study participants who said religion or spirituality was "important" to them versus those who cared less about religion.
"Our beliefs and our moods are reflected in our brain and with new imaging techniques we can begin to see this," Myrna Weissman told Reuters Health. "The brain is an extraordinary organ. It not only controls, but is controlled by our moods."
Weissman, who worked on the new study, is a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at Columbia University and chief of the Clinical-Genetic Epidemiology department at New York State Psychiatric institute.
While the new study suggests a link between brain thickness and religiosity or spirituality, it cannot say that thicker brain regions cause people to be religious or spiritual, Weissman and her colleagues note in JAMA Psychiatry.
It might hint, however, that religiosity can enhance the brain's resilience against depression in a very physical way, they write.
Previously, the researchers had found that people who said they were religious or spiritual were at lower risk of depression. They also found that people at higher risk for depression had thinning cortices, compared to those with lower depression risk.
The cerebral cortex is the brain's outermost layer made of gray matter that forms the organ's characteristic folds. Certain areas of the cortex are important hubs of neural activity for processes such as sensory perception, language and emotion.
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Parts of the brain's outer layer, the cortex, were thicker in high-risk study participants who said religion or spirituality was "important" to them versus those who cared less about religion.
"Our beliefs and our moods are reflected in our brain and with new imaging techniques we can begin to see this,"Myrna Weissmantold Reuters Health. "The brain is an extraordinary organ. It not only controls, but is controlled by our moods."
Weissman, who worked on the new study, is a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology atColumbia Universityand chief of the Clinical-Genetic Epidemiology department at New York State Psychiatric institute.
While the new study suggests a link between brain thickness and religiosity or spirituality, it cannot say that thicker brain regions cause people to be religious or spiritual, Weissman and her colleagues note in JAMA Psychiatry.
It might hint, however, that religiosity can enhance the brain's resilience against depression in a very physical way, they write.
Previously, the researchers had found that people who said they were religious or spiritual were at lower risk of depression. They also found that people at higher risk for depression had thinning cortices, compared to those with lower depression risk.
The cerebral cortex is the brain's outermost layer made of gray matter that forms the organ's characteristic folds. Certain areas of the cortex are important hubs of neural activity for processes such as sensory perception, language and emotion.
For the new study, the researchers twice asked 103 adults between the ages of 18 and 54 how important religion or spirituality was to them and how often they attended religious services over a five-year period.
In addition to being asked about spirituality, the participants' brains were imaged once to see how thick their cortices were.
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Tapping into Spirituality through Religion Music and Dance - Tava #39;e: Promoting Traditional Art
This is a documentary, featuring a barrage of traditional dance, music, and art woven with interviews from the participants of the 2008 Pacific Arts Festival...
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