Imperatives of Spirituality: Essence and Key Meanings

In today's dynamic, globalized world, when not only social, economic and cultural standards are being transformed, but also a person himself, his moral and spiritual imperatives, interest in questions about the meaning and purpose of his life, his world outlook and prospects for further existence. In this context, humanity is insistently seeking ways to preserve personality, which would be based on the new spiritual foundations of development, on those existential that would become one of the core factors of his valuemeaning sphere of being. The purpose of this study is to reveal the essential characteristics of spirituality, its imperative principles, and those axiological landmarks, due to which a person’s understanding of his place in the world changes. Moreover, the imperatives of spirituality are closely related to morality as an attribute of humanity, indicating the realization of the essence of a person in historical and practical terms. In contemporary society, they are represented by personal meanings that are associated with both deep archetypes and the value priorities of a person.