Definition Of Spiritual Health

We have many definition of spiritual health, all of them have their own ambiguities and shortcomings.  Spiritual health can be defined a s ‘A complete balance of our thought processes, which helps in creating and promoting positive thoughts and control and stop negative thoughts, so that they can create a completely positive health in the form of physical, mental and social well being.’  It can be a practical definition of spiritual health.

Our brain is an amazing organ in our body, it has developed in the present form, it took millions and millions of years in this process of evolution and development to make us human beings where it put us apart from other animals, and make us unique in the whole animal kingdom, where we have acquired great power to influence and alter the nature. It is our thought process which we can call as the collective thought process of humanity and human values, is a spiritual thought process. the definition of spiritual health should reflect this.

 The present concept of health and thought process behind it is the holistic thought. WHO define health as ‘Complete physical mental and social well being and not merely an absence of disease and infirmity.’ Spiritual health is an important dimension of our health and considered as ‘Fourth Dimension’ of our health. The definition of spiritual heath has multiple dimensions and multiple expressions. It depends on our religious and cultural beliefs, social and economic conditions, education etc.

To be continued....