Spirituality And Lifespan Development

How does spirituality impact development across the lifespan?

Spirituality is an idea that has been thought of throughout history and time, it has taken many forms, beliefs, and ideas. With most forms, it is something greater than us or something we are blind too in a physical sense. Beliefs such as religion were thought to be the first to talk about spirituality in words upon my research I found a common belief that each person who believes in spirituality through religion belongs to one spiritual entity. Head, Heart, the mystics, the visionaries. Well trying to answer this question I would like to see if these 4 labels are chosen through self-belief or surrounding circumstances as a person grows older.

Before considering spirituality,

A young child becomes aware of objects in the world; by moving and reacting the infant learns what he or she is capable of as well as what the surrounding world is capable of. This sequence of actions, are learned responses and reflexes that will be repeated. In the infancy stage of spirituality, the child, is at the beginning of a journey. In Piaget’s theory, this is when humans start thinking of deeper meaning and finding pleasure from the ideas. This theory defiantly curves towards the idea that spirituality is something we understand because of our surroundings and people around us the pleasure complex is something that benefits the child when growing and seeing more of the world around him or her. Piaget’s theory shows how important having spirituality as a child is as it helps the young person understand their own “meaning of

Idols become brands and celebrity’s, a young spiritual person’s love for “A great belief” becomes a poster or overpriced pair of shoes in the hope to feel a sense of belonging and love. Spirituality can be an asset to some adolescents as it enables them to feel that sense of belonging. It is known teenagers who follow a belief are less likely to “go off the rails”. A strong trend in teens related to spirituality is mindfulness which is a practice of self-love and slow breathing I feel this is a great coping mechanism and does benefit your inner-feelings and