'Spontaneous spiritual awakenings' may lead to greater happiness in life and a reduction of anxiety and worry. But what are they? And how do they happen?
“Spontaneous spiritual awakenings are subjective experiences characterized by a sudden sense of direct contact, union, or complete non-dual merging with a perceived ultimate reality, the universe, cosmic consciousness, or the divine,” explains Jessica Corneille, a psychologist at the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom and lead author of the paper.
In fact, they are usually pathologized by default by the medical community due to their overlap with certain symptoms found in mental disorders likeCorneille argues that while too little is known about the ways in which spontaneous spiritual awakenings interact and interlink with mental disorders, they can occur as a standalone experience without the presence of a diagnosable disorder.
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