Zooming from micro to macro at a moment's notice, Johanson's structures encompass themes ranging from suburban listlessness to ecological disasters and
the spiritual health of society.
Not exact matches
In our fallenness, we need rhythms
of giving, rather than relying on spontaneous charity, for our
spiritual health and to make sure
society can function.
It may be insight into the divine mysteries, the nature
of Ultimate Reality, and
of the laws governing the existence
of the cosmos,
of society, and
of individual lives; or the gift
of restoring into wholeness broken physical or
spiritual health; or the ability to develop, by teaching and in other ways, the hidden possibilities in one's fellow men, and to give direction and purpose to their lives.
Since sensitive persons are most likely to suffer from
spiritual privation, a
society's state
of mental
health is also an index
of its
spiritual well - being.
To live in bodily
health, to participate in loving human relationships, and to engage with
society in physical, mental, moral, and
spiritual adventures, is to bring the whole potential
of one's life to full bloom.
If I interpret the prospectus
of the CMC correctly, the objective
of the CMC namely to «impart to men and women an education
of the highest order in the art and science
of medicine and to equip them in the spirit
of Christ for service In the relief
of suffering and promotion
of health», that is, the idea
of a combination
of training in professional skills, moulding the technically trained in a culture
of human values and motivation, equipping them to utilize technology to serve «with compassion and concern for the whole person», the people especially the weaker sections
of society, and giving
spiritual reinforcement
of that culture by the «spirit
of Christ» and the motto «Not to be Ministered unto but to Minister» derived from him, goes back in tradition to the founder herself (Prospectus MBBS Course p. 5).
Health is not the absence of illness or the simple adjustment of the individual to the pressures of his society; rather, health is the presence of new being — physical, emotional, and spiritual — which enables the individual to become the self his creator intended him
Health is not the absence
of illness or the simple adjustment
of the individual to the pressures
of his
society; rather,
health is the presence of new being — physical, emotional, and spiritual — which enables the individual to become the self his creator intended him
health is the presence
of new being — physical, emotional, and
spiritual — which enables the individual to become the self his creator intended him to be.
Spiritual teacher Krishnamurti said, «It is no measure
of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick
society.»
With the advent
of an aging
society, it is necessary to promote the
health and physical strength that will constitute the basis
of human activities through a lifetime... [There is a] need to have children experience a
spiritual uplift through physical activity.