The problem of spirituality in the works of Abai and Shakarim

Abstract

The article examines the state and prospects for the development of spirituality in modern Kazakhstani society in the context of the modernization of public consciousness and the spiritual revival of culture. Spirituality as one of the fundamental principles of the socio-cultural code of the people is rooted in the historical past. To master and understand the spiritual culture of modern society and to take a panoramic view of the future, it is necessary to extract from the cultural heritage the meaning-forming socio-cultural spiritual values. Spirituality acts as a moral concept in the philosophical searches of Abai and Shakarim. As you know, the basis of the moral teachings of Abai and Shakrim is the spirituality of the Kazakh people, which is preserved in traditions and customs in oral folk art and the works of thinkers of the Great Steppe. The article emphasizes that spirituality is a kind of measure for defining true humanity, an indicator of the degree of meaningfulness of a person's being. The whole life of a person in the creative quests of Abai and Shakarim is the process of the birth of a personality, self-improvement of the inner spiritual world. By joining the spiritual, moral experience of other people as well as thinkers of the past, a person realizes his spiritual self-determination in the socio-cultural space of the modern world. The spiritual potential of the creative searches of Abai and Shakarim is relevant and in demand at the present stage of the modernization processes taking place in Kazakhstan.