Title: SPIRITUAL COMPONENT IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES AT FOREIGN EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Abstract: The article analyzes the spiritual component in educational processes at foreign educational institutions. It is established that spirituality is related to the meaning of human existence, and is viewed through the relationship of the individual with other people, the natural world, unknown forces, etc. This phenomenon is explained by the fact that these interactions can lead to spiritual reasoning, analysis of one’s thoughts and ideas, development of imagination and creativity for moving beyond strictly rationalistic and formal ways of learning. Part of the modern educational process, focused on this, provides students with certain skills that can prepare them for life in a technological and materialistic society. Unfortunately, the rest of the modern education system lacks a sense of wonder and respect for relationships built on love, compassion, and awareness, and it is the spirituality that gives impetus to confront a cruel and “spiritless” world.A number of scholarly publications on spirituality in education recognize the difficulty of agreeing on a specific definition of the term, but at the same time, the authors acknowledge that ignores the presence of spirituality in education is a mistake. Thus, the scientific analysis, to which the authors are inclined the aims to break the world into parts for a detailed study of each element, and the practice of contemplation which aims at affinity with the world, and to help make it more accessible and transparent. Since the Enlightenment, the emphasis on rationality has reduced one’s capacity for spiritual development, and schools have been involved in the process of secular and rational understanding of the world. In many ways, teaching is about asking important questions, and spirituality seems to be a central component in the meaning of ontological inquiry. However, very often in the course of the studies, students build their identities through the paradigms of accessible knowledge, neglecting spiritual development, so in some ways this is considered to be a loss of the aspect of being human ‒ central to understanding the world around them.