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    Spiritually is integrated in client assessments because for many people, religion is the most important aspect of their lives; however, it can also be a challenge because spiritually is not a topic a client enjoys talking about. It is important for a social worker to determine if a client’s spirituality is unhealthy or healthy. These four assessments are central to a client’s personal life because it provides information that can help a social worker understand the client’s well-being, spiritual…

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    Dalai Lama Research Paper

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    “Sleep is the best meditation”. Though I never knew exactly what he meant by this, I always took it to mean that like sleep, meditation is good for you. Meditation is well known for its ability to create a deep inner awareness and understanding of ourselves. This comprehension of who we are can guide us towards living happier and more fulfilling lives. Another activity which I consider to be very similar in concept to meditation is something called reflective practice. Like meditation,…

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    The first Truth gives Buddhist the confirmation that there is suffering, and it is not supposed to have a negative effect as to how one views the world. Instead it teaches to deal with ones suffering sensibly. This will result in Aliens using realistic and sensible ways to cope…

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    Yoga Pants Not For Yoga

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    Yoga Pants Not for Yoga “Build arm and core strength!” “Lose weight today!” “Get toned and balanced!” All of these assertions are recurrent headlines for the incessant proliferation of yoga in the media. Prominent corporations delineate yoga as the latest fitness fad, glamorizing its capability to promote preferable physical health. This contemporary incarnation of the ancient discipline has flourished in the United States into a multi-billion-dollar industry, built with the interests of…

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    Nibbana is the ultimate goal for most, if not all, Buddhists. It is indescribable and can only be understood through experience, although those who have experienced it do attempt to explain it for the benefit of those seeking it. They say Nibbana is not a place, but a state of mind. It is complete liberation from suffering, the end to Samsara. As the Buddha once said, “It is the utter cessation of that craving, the withdrawal from it, the renouncing of it, the rejection of it, liberation from it…

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    a day or two. I decided to try meditation and PMR since I have never tried them before. There are two different types to of meditation: exclusive/restrictive and inclusive/opening-up. I chose to focus on exclusive meditation for the assignment, this consists of all of your concentration is centered one thought and all other thoughts are excluded and pushed aside during meditation to increase your self-awareness and help you relax. I decided on exclusive meditation because my mind is always…

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    Yoga Research Paper

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    I’ve always drove pass buildings that offer yoga and I’ve always wanted to try it out. I’m glad that Yoga covers the art class that is required to graduate because this makes it a win-win situation for me. I have learned many things within this class. I never knew that there was another language behind yoga, and it’s interesting to be able to learn it. Yoga to me is always a positive thing, I feel like this class is a “me” time. I am able to concentrate on myself, and learn about myself instead…

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    Prayer Early Christians were already in the habit of prayer. They were Jewish and already knew God. Jesus made Him even more personal though. With Him came Grace and atonement for our sins. The earliest reference to prayer in Christian Liturgy came in the Didache written in 120 AD which said that Christians were praying three times a day; morning, noon and night. They were praying as Jesus had taught, the Lord’s Prayer. And by the fourth century the Church prayed communally more than…

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    Social Support Benefits

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    Religiousness and spirituality impacts well-being tremendously and is very important when trying to maintain a mindful life. There are consistent findings that result in when there is greater spirituality, there is better mental health and higher subjective well-being. Likewise, there are several reasons why obtaining religious perspectives benefit mental and physical health; and here are the following reasons. First, religion provides social support. Social support is one of the highest…

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    Constant practice of dhikr-e-khafī leads to fikr (meditation, contemplation, reflection). As a lover of God, gets deeper and deeper into dhikr-e-khafī, he reaches a state of rapt concentration, totally consumed by the dhikr. In this state, he does not have to make a conscious effort to invoke the Name of…

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