Most people adopt some kind of framework that allows them to recognise and respond to the values that give them a sense of purpose. For some their framework is religion, or politics; for others it is the cycles of nature, or the vast unfolding of the universe. For some it is a more immediate system of interpersonal relationships, or thoughtful appreciation of music, art or poetry. Whatever the framework, this search for ‘meaning beyond and yet including myself’ is a metaphysical construct that is the spiritual dimension of being human.
