Elevated-Significance Practice
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An Elevated-Significance Practice is a intentional practice aimed at finding, enhancing or reaffirming life meaning.
- Context:
- It can (typically) aim at fulfilling a deeper connection than the everyday world.
- It can (typically) be performed by a Elevated-Significance Practitioner.
- It can (typically) include:
- It can (often) be driven by a Personal Intuitive Knowledge.
- It can be informed by a Elevated-Significance Affirming Ideology (such as a life-affirming tradition).
- It can range from being a Structured Elevated-Significance Practice to being a Unstructured Elevated-Significance Practice.
- It can range from being an Personal Elevated-Significance Practice to being a Collective Elevated Significance Practice.
- It can range from being a Regularly Performed Elevated-Significance Performed Practice to being a Irregularly Performed Elevated-Significance Practice.
- It can range from being a Contemplation-based Elevated-Significance Practice, Ritual-based Elevated-Significance Practice, or Discipline-based Elevated-Significance Practice.
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- Example(s):
- A Religious Practice, such as:
- A Christian Practice (such as prayer during church service), supported by Christian Religion.
- A Buddhist Practice (such as mindfulness meditation at a Buddhist temple), supported by Buddhism.
- A Muslim Practice (such as fasting during Ramadan), supported by Islam Religion.
- A Personal Elevated Significance Practice, such as:
- A Naturalistic Practice, such as taking a contemplative nature walk.
- A Mindful Yoga Practice, such as performing mindful yoga.
- A Philosophical Practice, such as:
- A Existentialist Practice supported by Existentialism.
- A Stoic Practice (such as practicing negative visualization) supported by Stoicism.
- A Humanist Practice (such as engaging in community service) supported by Humanism.
- A Effective Altruist Practice, supported by Effective Altruism.
- A Transhumanist Practice, supported by Transhumanism.
- A Consequentialist Aesthethic Practice, supported by Consequentialist Aesthetism.
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- A Religious Practice, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- A Human Health Management Task, such as mental health counseling.
- An Artistic Practice, such as creating art to express human emotions.
- A Familial Practice, such as engaging in family traditions possible aligned to a cultural tradition.
- A Scientific Practice, such as conducting an experiment following a scientific method.
- A Work Practice, such as conducting a business meeting.
- A Recreational Practice, such as playing a video game or home team rooting.
- A Hygiene Practice, such as brushing one's teeth.
- A Survical Practice, such as eating to live.
- See: Applied Discipline, Applied Practice, Evidence-based Practice, Mindfulness Practice, Practice Method, Profession.