Spiritual Orientation in the Role of Young Adults in Life Skills Training

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INTRODUCTION "On this path, efforts never go to waste, and there is no failure, even a little effort towards spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear" - Bhagavad Gita Spirituality is a journey towards the recognition of one's soul, the guiding philosophy of our personal consciousness (Guillory, 2000), a course of self- enlightenment (Barnett, Krell, & Sendry, 2000), a worldview plus a pathway (Cavanagh, B. Hanson, K. Hanson, & Hinojoso, 2001), access to the holy force that drives life (Nash & McLennan, 2001), and the exclusive inner search for the fullest optimal development through contributing into transcendent mystery (Delbecq, 1999). It is what we use to develop our potential for meaning, vision, and value. It empowers us to dream and strive. It underlies the facets we believe in, and the role our beliefs and virtues play in the actions that we take. Distinctively, while computers have intelligence quotient, and emotional quotient is a unique attribute of higher mammals, spiritual quotient is idiosyncratically human. Spiritual quotient is united to humanity's need for meaning, an issue very much at the forefront of people's minds as the world is expanding into a single global village in which everyone knows what lies in the other's hearts. Spirituality can be called as the "reinforcing mechanism" for the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning domains of mankind. The term spirit is defined as "animating or vital principle in man and animals". It is procured from the old French word "espirit", which is taken from the Latin word spiritus "soul, courage, vigor, breath", and is connected to spirare, "to breathe". The definition of spirituality that Carroll (2001) accredited to Murray explains spirituality as a quality that goes beyond religious affiliation that,