Getting wise: Developing your spiritual well-being

Being wise and having a spiritual dimension to your life are two different concepts, but both require self-knowledge integrated with an understanding of other people and a world view that accommodates ideas and values beyond yourself. Many spiritual practices and behaviours are the practices and behaviours of people who are living healthy, happy and fulfilled lives. Positive psychology, by examining what contributes to a flourishing life, is moving ever more closely into aspects of being that have traditionally been more the subject of philosophy. Time and again psychologists discover that, at the heart of a flourishing life, there lies the ...

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