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The Engel scale was developed by James F. Engel, as a way of representing the journey from no knowledge of God, through to spiritual maturity as a Christian believer. [1] The model is used by some Christians to emphasise the process of conversion and the various decision-making steps that a person goes through in becoming a Christian.
But the director should not so much explain but simply present the exercises, to not get in the way of God who "communicates himself with the well-disposed person." [2]: 2, 15 If the director is a priest, spiritual direction may or may not be connected with the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
The exercitant reports back to the spiritual director who helps interpret the exercitant's experiences and proposes material for the next day. Ignatius observes that God "deals directly" with the well-disposed person and the director should not give advice to the retreatant that might interfere with God's workings. [2]: 15
The underlying theme here is that God, the perfect goodness, [65] is known or experienced at least as much by the heart as by the intellect since, in the words of 1 John 4:16: "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him." Some approaches to classical mysticism would consider the first two phases as preparatory to the ...
Brahma Kumaris believe God to be an incorporeal point of light. The Brahma Kumaris use the term "Supreme Soul" to refer to God. They see God as incorporeal and eternal, regarding him as a point of living light like a human soul but lacking a physical body, as he does not enter the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to spirituality: . Spirituality may refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality, [1] [need quotation to verify] an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of their own being, or the "deepest values and meanings by which people live."
Such disciplines may be understood as means of exercising and strengthening one's religious and spiritual capacities, [13] a means of accessing a spiritual reality directly, [14] or a manner of making oneself available to the activity of God. [15] Spiritual disciplines, as a strategy towards spiritual formation, have risen and fallen in ...
Hesychasm concerns a spiritual transformation of the egoic self, the following of a path designed to produce more fully realized human persons, "created in the Image and Likeness of God" and as such, living in harmonious communion with God, the Church, [citation needed] the rest of the world, and all creation, including oneself.