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Own Spiritual

A person with their own spiritual beliefs does not follow a particular religious or spiritual movement but is curious about what lies beyond the world of the senses and is creating their own beliefs or receiving their own intuitions from observation, experience, thought and study. While the sceptic remains bound by logic and rational thought, the spiritual person looks beyond logic for answers and generally has a sense of the sacred and/or divine. They may be guided by one or more worldviews without adhering to any. Or perhaps they also self-identify as members of a religious faith and, for instance, ‘love Jesus but not the church’. They may be called seekers or, if advanced, seers. Some of the answers they may see(k) are: what happens to our ‘selves’ after death; the purpose of our existence; and how the universe came into existence. It is unknown why some people engage in spiritual enquiry and others are sceptical and disengaged, though it is known that traumatic experiences often lead people to spirituality. There are overlaps in the ‘own spiritual beliefs’ worldview with mysticism, pantheism, humanism and freethought. Those on their own spiritual path are likely to engage in spiritual practices like spending time in nature, writing in a journal, drawing or meditation. 2017 Barna Group research indicates that 11 per cent of the American population fall into this category, which includes more women than men, mostly Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers living on the West Coast or in the South. This group tends to be politically left leaning.

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