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Views/meanings about spirituality – categories, frequencies and quotations

Views/meanings about spirituality	Quotations
Multidimensional self-awareness, impacts, relationships (60%)	“I would say that spirituality is a conversation, first of all, with myself, to understand where I am and why I am here, effectively, what I want and where I am going, and what is what should I do to get there (…) an inner conversation, but without forgetting the relationships I have (…) I think this conversation has to be with us first, but linked to the our context, to understand to what extent what I want, what I feel is the best for me, is also the best for others” (P3); “the most spiritual dimension of my life comes a little from this need to transcend myself (…) Therefore, stop living in such a way on autopilot (…) and increasingly try to have a sense of who I am, what I represent, what I think, what I feel, emotions, how what I think conditions what I feel, and in what way what I feel can also somehow manifest itself emotionally in my body, and attend more and more, and try to understand (…) in a way that my body is also capable of having a kind of intelligence in the emotions he manifests (…) and having the ability to interpret” (P16)
An orientation of life, guiding principles, existential questions (52%)	“Spirituality will end up being everything that is behind our actions and that deep down influences us, guides us (…) our principles (…) more to do with values, with beliefs, I take much more to the practical sense, to what later represents our conduct and our way of being on a daily basis” (P7); “spirituality (…) is that area of mine, more emotional, but also of thinking, which always leads me to, a little bit, the reason why we are all here, why I am here myself, what are we all doing with our lives, our feelings (…) it always takes me to a thought of, well, here, a greater cause (…) what is it that governs me, here, in the most emotional part, more of the soul, (…), let’s call it that, that’s it, my relationship with myself and with this life and this earth (…) with everything that surrounds me” (P10)
Worldview of energy, nature, connection (52%)	“I can feel and think, feel something, try to connect with something higher (…) regardless of what it is (…) a moment when I am trying to obtain peace and tranquility through (…) understanding (…) of a connection with nature, I manage to achieve this spirituality (…) it does not have to be linked to a religion (…) it is a moment of tranquility, something that I can explain by this peace, let’s say, inner. For me, spirituality is an inner peace that I can get something more, and I can understand, I can connect with my interior, with my thoughts” (P8); “I know I’m very intuitive (…) I feel good in environments of pure spirituality (…) I don’t like to be in a ritual environment, all those rites (…) of groups (…) I think my spirituality is more with myself, maybe (…) in nature, much more this connection to nature and the earth (…) my knowledge of my inner self, which is my search for my own energy (…) I feel more and more that there is, in fact, energy in people, very empirical in this sense, I think it also has everything to do with the energy you feel, and I capture this energy a lot” (P25)
Secular recognition of the divine in life, higher power (48%)	“for me it’s a way of being and a way of life, I think that’s the basis of it. I was always taught since I was a kid that we’re not alone and that we have to live in community, and I also always believed that there was something else besides this life (…) spirituality is part of people’s lives. I think (…) that we are a spirit that comes to manifestation in matter” (P19); “I am more and more in what I don’t know, in what is subjective, in what may be over there, that I don’t see, and I think that spirituality is found there. That is, I think that the world is more than what we see (…) or what we hear. Because there are many things that we cannot understand (…) I see when I calm down, when I am more sensitive, when I am more receptive to other things (…) I feel energies (…) I make decisions based on feelings, on sensations, that I can’t explain (…) very right” (P22)
Well-being and balance approach (36%)	“a component of human health (…) mental health and similar (…) if you have spiritual well-being, maybe, let’s say, everything in you ends up being functioning better. If you are not well from a spiritual, spiritual, non-religious point of view, maybe at a certain point you will have a tendency to depression, or (…) tend to more easily contract a disease because your defenses and your immunity are low” (P6); “It has to do with us, with our state of mind, with the way we feel, and the way we are in terms of capacities, whether intellectual, soul or physical, I always link spirituality to that (…) I have always been a person (…) much more connected to this practicality of things, and what is to be done, is to be done, is to be resolved (…) for me, spirituality has to do with moments that we have at that time, and the way in which it helps us, or makes us trace that path” (P9)
Religious recognition of the divine in life, higher entity (32%)	“the experience of faith (…) and experiences of, for me that are linked to the religious dimension. I think there is a big connection there (…) being a person, in terms of faith, believer (…) and being Catholic (…) you live that and that is part of your daily reality, or should be part of your daily reality. Because (…) if you believe and have faith in a certain religion (…) is embedded in your principles, in your values and in your experience and (…) you have to be consonant with that, because otherwise, it makes no sense” (P5); “I consider myself a person who strongly believes in God (…) I am a practitioner. I am not from the Roman Catholic Church, my religion is (…) There is no decision in my life that I make without first consulting God, and without first hearing the word of God. And I have a very strong connection” (P17)

Views/meanings about spirituality	Quotations
Multidimensional self-awareness, impacts, relationships (60%)	“I would say that spirituality is a conversation, first of all, with myself, to understand where I am and why I am here, effectively, what I want and where I am going, and what is what should I do to get there (…) an inner conversation, but without forgetting the relationships I have (…) I think this conversation has to be with us first, but linked to the our context, to understand to what extent what I want, what I feel is the best for me, is also the best for others” (P3);“the most spiritual dimension of my life comes a little from this need to transcend myself (…) Therefore, stop living in such a way on autopilot (…) and increasingly try to have a sense of who I am, what I represent, what I think, what I feel, emotions, how what I think conditions what I feel, and in what way what I feel can also somehow manifest itself emotionally in my body, and attend more and more, and try to understand (…) in a way that my body is also capable of having a kind of intelligence in the emotions he manifests (…) and having the ability to interpret” (P16)
An orientation of life, guiding principles, existential questions (52%)	“Spirituality will end up being everything that is behind our actions and that deep down influences us, guides us (…) our principles (…) more to do with values, with beliefs, I take much more to the practical sense, to what later represents our conduct and our way of being on a daily basis” (P7);“spirituality (…) is that area of mine, more emotional, but also of thinking, which always leads me to, a little bit, the reason why we are all here, why I am here myself, what are we all doing with our lives, our feelings (…) it always takes me to a thought of, well, here, a greater cause (…) what is it that governs me, here, in the most emotional part, more of the soul, (…), let’s call it that, that’s it, my relationship with myself and with this life and this earth (…) with everything that surrounds me” (P10)
Worldview of energy, nature, connection (52%)	“I can feel and think, feel something, try to connect with something higher (…) regardless of what it is (…) a moment when I am trying to obtain peace and tranquility through (…) understanding (…) of a connection with nature, I manage to achieve this spirituality (…) it does not have to be linked to a religion (…) it is a moment of tranquility, something that I can explain by this peace, let’s say, inner. For me, spirituality is an inner peace that I can get something more, and I can understand, I can connect with my interior, with my thoughts” (P8);“I know I’m very intuitive (…) I feel good in environments of pure spirituality (…) I don’t like to be in a ritual environment, all those rites (…) of groups (…) I think my spirituality is more with myself, maybe (…) in nature, much more this connection to nature and the earth (…) my knowledge of my inner self, which is my search for my own energy (…) I feel more and more that there is, in fact, energy in people, very empirical in this sense, I think it also has everything to do with the energy you feel, and I capture this energy a lot” (P25)
Secular recognition of the divine in life, higher power (48%)	“for me it’s a way of being and a way of life, I think that’s the basis of it. I was always taught since I was a kid that we’re not alone and that we have to live in community, and I also always believed that there was something else besides this life (…) spirituality is part of people’s lives. I think (…) that we are a spirit that comes to manifestation in matter” (P19);“I am more and more in what I don’t know, in what is subjective, in what may be over there, that I don’t see, and I think that spirituality is found there. That is, I think that the world is more than what we see (…) or what we hear. Because there are many things that we cannot understand (…) I see when I calm down, when I am more sensitive, when I am more receptive to other things (…) I feel energies (…) I make decisions based on feelings, on sensations, that I can’t explain (…) very right” (P22)
Well-being and balance approach (36%)	“a component of human health (…) mental health and similar (…) if you have spiritual well-being, maybe, let’s say, everything in you ends up being functioning better. If you are not well from a spiritual, spiritual, non-religious point of view, maybe at a certain point you will have a tendency to depression, or (…) tend to more easily contract a disease because your defenses and your immunity are low” (P6);“It has to do with us, with our state of mind, with the way we feel, and the way we are in terms of capacities, whether intellectual, soul or physical, I always link spirituality to that (…) I have always been a person (…) much more connected to this practicality of things, and what is to be done, is to be done, is to be resolved (…) for me, spirituality has to do with moments that we have at that time, and the way in which it helps us, or makes us trace that path” (P9)
Religious recognition of the divine in life, higher entity (32%)	“the experience of faith (…) and experiences of, for me that are linked to the religious dimension. I think there is a big connection there (…) being a person, in terms of faith, believer (…) and being Catholic (…) you live that and that is part of your daily reality, or should be part of your daily reality. Because (…) if you believe and have faith in a certain religion (…) is embedded in your principles, in your values and in your experience and (…) you have to be consonant with that, because otherwise, it makes no sense” (P5);“I consider myself a person who strongly believes in God (…) I am a practitioner. I am not from the Roman Catholic Church, my religion is (…) There is no decision in my life that I make without first consulting God, and without first hearing the word of God. And I have a very strong connection” (P17)

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