About Spirituality as Individual Property: The Ukrainian Dimension

Abstract

Among the huge number of problems, which now appear in the Ukrainian society, a significant place is occupied by issues of spiritu­ality in philosophical, psychological, cultural, and educational and strictly practical aspects. Growing man himself, on the basis of free choice, listening to his inner “I” chooses his own type of spirituality, but also adapts to the requirements of society. There is no need to put all-embracing tasks, as we did in the Soviet Union, but everyone has to find his way in the choice of spirituality, and the task of education and educators is to help the young generation to do it. Ukraine is already approaching to such an understanding of the problem, at least this trend is already visible. If one looks at the practice of shaping spirituality through various educational centers, in recent years one can see a kind of expansion of scientific knowledge in the humanities and connecting children to different kinds of spiritual experience of humanity. The text considers the phenomenon of spirituality as a social fact and trait of personality. Reflections on spirituality are elucidated in the context of educational sciences. The general trend of synthesis of different perspectives and paradigms is traced.