According to Wikipedia,

“The term spirituality lacks a definitive definition, although social scientists have defined spirituality as the search for ‘the sacred,’ where ‘the sacred’ is broadly defined as that which is set apart from the ordinary and worthy of veneration.”

According to other popular sources:

Being dedicated to God, religion or other spiritual things or values (TheFreeDictionary.com)

A distinctive approach to religion or prayer (TheFreeDictionary.com)

Concern for that which is unseen and intangible (Wiktionary)

Having to do with deep, often religious, feelings including a person’s sense of peace , purpose and connection to others (National Institutes of Health)

Beliefs about the meaning of life (National Institutes of Health)

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(Word cloud of key terms from Spirituality for Dummies)

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Meditation Prayer

Home Church

Evolving Historical

Practice Faith

Mind, Body & Soul

While spirituality and religion often overlap, a person may consider themselves spiritual but not religious, and vice versa.

Spirituality, for many, has to do with:

(Debra Moorhead)

Favorites:

The grand and thoughtful passions of life and a life lived in accordance with those grand thoughts and passions (Spirituality for the Skeptic)

To be actively engaged in trying to clarify one’s basic values and strategies for pursuing them (HuffPost commenter, Ludwig)

For me, I believe in the impossible. That change, even at a mass level, only comes from the inside of each individual. That if each person tries to remain physically healthy, emotionally healthy, mentally healthy, and spiritually healthy, then the country itself will rise to new heights never seen before in the civilization of man. (10 Commandments of the American Religion)

In my search to define spirituality, I came up with many answers, each a little different from the last. Ultimately, I found that spirituality is up to the practitioner. Despite my desire to end up with a more definitive answer for you guys, I feel like I was only able to start my journey towards defining spirituality, and what it means to me. And maybe that’s the best answer, the underlying message behind Half Baked Health, that spirituality and other paths towards health and happiness are rough estimates, waiting for your interpretation.

-Kelsey Franklin