Title Why, Spirituality?
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Why, spirituality?
Text/ Genesis 1:2
1. Introduction
The water in the house in Bae-ri Jeong where I live is not tap water, but groundwater supplied by the village's common water intake. When the bowl is watered, sometimes fine sand is spread. So, the water used for food is put to rest for a while before use. When guests come, they make coffee with fresh water. Two to thirty years ago, when I heard that US soldiers stationed in South Korea were buying and drinking diamond bottled water, they said, “What, you buy water to drink?” I have a clear memory of being puzzled, but today we also buy and drink water. The root cause is the destruction of the natural ecosystem.
Turn on your television and you will always see real and potential wars, riots and violence in every corner of the world: suicide bombings in the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, India and Pakistan, Africa and the United States. can. The root cause is religious and racial issues.
And last week, I saw the news that Seoul, as well as the West Coast and Honam Expressways were paralyzed due to protests against the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. This economic war is not only a phenomenon in Korea, but also a global phenomenon. The root cause is the conflict between the haves and the have-nots.
Therefore, today, the topic of discussion for mankind living in the global village in the 21st century is (1) Reconciliation of human and nature = ecological coexistence. (2) The reconciliation of religions and race. (3) The haves and the have-nots-The Reconciliation of the have and the not-have.
2. By the way, why Spirituality?
It is a common assertion among the world's leading religions, natural scientists, humanities and social scientists, philosophers, and theologians that the key to solving this important challenge lies only in the spiritual maturity of mankind. These people are warning that if the current capitalist infinite competition system is maintained as it is, humanity will be destroyed within 20 or 50 years.
We all hear these warnings and feel anxious on the one hand, but we think that such a huge problem is a matter for experts and state agencies, not for small citizens like us, who are busy earning and living day to day. But the story of these people is not that. Indeed, each small citizen like us, each religious group, government of each country, and citizens of the world are desperately appealing that if they do not awaken and mature spiritually as soon as one day, they will eventually face the end of humanity.
3. Then, what is spirituality?
first. First, let's look at the etymology of the word spirituality.
靈 (English - spirit) is a Chinese character that shows people gathering together to set up an altar and pray for clouds and rain. In other words, it means the inner world or transcendental power of people, such as a priest or a spirit medium that connects heaven and humans.
靈 (Spirit): It is called “ruach” or “nephesh” in Hebrew and “pneuma” or “psyche” in Greek. 1:2)”. “Ruach=nephesh=pneuma=psyche” originally means a movement of air, a breeze, a wind, a breath. However, this meaning has been expanded to mean vitality, energy, intelligence (intelligence Galatians 5:16 or less), life, and soul. Note: IDB Volume 4 pp. 432-434.
靈 (spirit): (1) An animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms. (2) the immaterial intelligent or sentient part of a person-soul. (3) The activating or essential principle influencing a person to enable a person to live a life full of vitality. See also: webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, page 1137.
second. Things that imply the meaning of 靈性 (spirituality).
Kingdom of God, mind, spirit, soul, 心靈, wind of the Holy Spirit, holy wind, breath of God, divine disposition, divine nature inherent in man = God image of God, spiritual development-spiritual training, existence-oriented life, divine cosmic energy wave-rhythm-resonance-life (in ancient Korean thought, this is called 律呂=Yulryeo), mind-control , unconscious world, pure consciousness, inner world, inner power (inner power), inner light (inner light), inner healing, pure mind, original mind base, place of absoluteness, mind study, soul, energy , strength, vigour), buddhist nature = 眞我 = true self = self, 冬安居 (Dongan life)-夏安居 (Haangeo), yoga, Lao-tzu’s way, Confucius’ 仁righteousness, wisdom and wisdom, 元亨利貞 ( round shape), etc. The basis of all these concepts is the spirit that God breathed into man from the beginning (Spirit=spirit=breath of God=image of God).
third. The 21st century must become a spiritually mature individual-family-society-state-world. This is because if we do not mature spiritually, not only individuals but also the entire human race will be destroyed. Dinosaurs, who dominated the earth for 150 million years, ignored the natural environment and grew only their own bodies, and I heard that the food chain broke and went extinct. If we go with such a system, it is thought that it is a clear promise of the co-existence of mankind. Therefore, it is said that the time has come for spiritual maturity.