Spirituality is an awareness of a Being or Force that transcends the material aspects of life. Spirituality is a complex undertaking. It is a personal and subjective experience that:

• develops across the lifespan
• is expressed as an internal component of your perception of reality, and
• assists you to maintain meaning for your life

The pinnacle of a spiritual life

Spirituality involves a person’s search for the sacred (i.e., a Higher Being, object, principle or concept that transcends the self). The present research considers the essence of that search to constitute three facets:

• a unification of the ego-Self, the process self-understanding or individuation
• an alignment of the Self to the transcendent or a unifying life-force, and
• the manifestation of the transcendent Self as having connectedness with others, that is, a recognition of the synchronicity of life and the development of a commitment to others.

The pinnacle or ‘apex’ of your spiritual growth is the result of ongoing integration and re-integration within and between these three facets.