Experiential Knowledge of Self, God, and the World
As Key Components for Transformation
Keywords:
Transformation, Integral Transformation, Religious, Self God and World, Collective TransformationAbstract
Every religious has a desire to lead an authentic life. This authenticity can be realized only through an integral transformation in life. Often we come across consecrated people, who are disheveled, disheartened and disappointed as a result of their failure to live the ideals of religious life. The self, God, and the world are the three important elements in any religious ideals. This article is an attempt to show that an experiential knowledge of the self, God and the world, especially the poor, is an effective and essential component to facilitate both individual as well as collective transformation.
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