From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@MSX.UPMC.EDU)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 12:04:30 MST
Spirituality includes a very high value on compassion. It
includes valuing all human beings deeply and seeking solutions
that are beneficial to all whenever possible. It defines
"winning" as being a lot broader than "me winning" and others
losing.
### You seem to use the word "spirituality" in a somewhat different meaning
from the commonly accepted one: (Webster's dictionary)
Main Entry: spir·i·tu·al·i·ty
1 : something that in ecclesiastical law belongs to the church or to a
cleric as such
2 : CLERGY
3 : sensitivity or attachment to religious values
4 : the quality or state of being spiritual
Main Entry: 1spir·i·tu·al
1 : of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit <man's spiritual
needs>
2 a : of or relating to sacred matters <spiritual songs> b : ecclesiastical
rather than lay or temporal <spiritual authority> <lords spiritual>
3 : concerned with religious values
4 : related or joined in spirit <our spiritual home> <his spiritual heir>
5 a : of or relating to supernatural beings or phenomena b : of, relating
to, or involving spiritualism - spir·i·tu·al·ly adverb
- spir·i·tu·al·ness noun
### Many discussions could be avoided with careful adherence to proper
usage.
Rafal Smigrodzki, MD-PhD
smigrodzkir@msx.upmc.edu
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