Abstract

Present definition of health by WHO lacks spiritual dimension. However, a need is felt by WHO to include it in the definition still, to improve care and gain a clearer understanding of some of life’s and medicine’s greatest mysteries. This study focuses on quantifying spirituality of individuals through understanding of spiritual beliefs related to chakra system of general population as mentioned in Indian scriptures and authenticate the chakra questionnaire. It is a Cross sectional, observational study. A scale was framed from available Indian scriptures based on chakra system, where each point was related to one of the seven chakras. 7 questions were framed for each of the first five chakras and 8 questions for last two chakras. Answers were taken on likert scale. The findings of this study where cronbach’s alfa is .5 or above suggest acceptable chakra scale, can be used widely to study spiritual wellbeing of patients and positive affirmations can be applied in their day-to-day activity to know the effects these parameters (chakra affirmations) can cause and provide a new direction to patient’s spiritual lifestyle.

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