Essays on Spiritual Experience

Differences among Psychiatric, Spiritual and Recreational Uses of Drugs

First of all it should be said, that drugs are used for different purposes. Psychiatric drugs treat mental illnesses, such as depressions, anxiety, some eating disorders, psychosis, bipolar disorder, insomnia and many others. A psychiatrist, a GP or a nurse prescribe these drugs. The medication-taking period depends on the diagnosis and symptoms ("Medication | Mind, the Mental Health Charity - Help for Mental Health Problems" n.p.). Some people use drugs as a means of getting spiritual experience and this use is called the spiritual use of drugs. Under the spiritual experience they see different things they cannot experience in the ...

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In chapter two, titled; Mystic States: Martyrdom in the Making of the Islamic Republic, the author describes several details that attempt to explain how the invasion of Iraq had a result of solidification with the political and the strength of Khomeini. The illustration of the disaster of Karbala and the subject of martyrdom of Imam Hussain were successfully created for use as information that was intended to turn the Iraqi army into resilient and more prepared fighters. All the walls and billboards were covered with pictures of Iranian armed forces who died. These men were seen as martyrs ...

Religion is an integral component of human history at different stages of its development. The Muslim Reformation fundamentally different from the Catholic Reformation. “As religious regimes both, Catholicism and Islam, preceded and are likely to outlast the modern world system of nation-states” (Casanova 2). The difference lies in fact that these processes occur at different times and in various specific historical conditions. The Muslim Reformation expressed primarily in the revision (or attempt to revise) religious motivations of the various aspects of social life and only marginally affected the proper theological questions. In Islam church and clergy similar to a ...

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In a quest to spiritually assess a patient with severe illness, a series of questions were asked of her. They were as follows (The Joint Commission, 2014): - Who or what provides you with strength and hope? - What does suffering mean to you? - What does dying mean you? - What do you suppose happens to the spirit after a person dies? - How does your faith help to cope with being sick? - What has helped you get through stressful health care experiences? - Do you use prayer in your life? - ...

Studies that have been done using research to better understand the human consciousness have added to the knowledge of sociology, anthropology, and religious studies as well as other disciplines. Walsh and Grob point out that More than 1,000 clinical reports documented a wide array of psychological effects and therapeutic possibilities . . . findings included insight into the stubs of consciousness, the unconscious, and the relationship of different schools of psychology, motivation, self-actualization, spirituality, psychotherapy and adjunctive therapies. (1413) Roger Walsh is a Professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California in Irvine. He and his collaborators ...