Right now, our world is suffering from growing materialism and militarism. People are looking for a way out that would lead them to the path of happiness and spiritual wisdom. In this regard, appreciative inquiry classes can be one good option.

Most of the time people interlink spirituality only with God or holy books or saints and prophets. They forget to interconnect spirituality with people. But during training one may realize that appreciative inquiry is an authentic, positive and practical approach which links spirituality with people more than with God.

After attaining the training one may clearly understand that spirituality means awakening every human being of this globe. It is not only confined to any particular religion, sect or group. In fact, it is only the spiritual wisdom which binds energy and strength, links people with people, people with nature and culture, and ultimately people with the ultimate source of energy – the Almighty God or supreme consciousness.

Positive styles and values are found in all religious writings of all major religions. There they are in scattered forms.

Appreciative inquiry has endeavored to bring all those valuable wisdom in an organized form. One can say appreciative inquiry is not a new discovery in the realm of art of living, but simply a cross-fertilization of Eastern spiritual wisdom with Western materialistic advancement.

Participants of the training may be confused with appreciative inquiry approaches which are very much similar to positive psychology. But it is more that that. In fact, this new personal transformation approach is a way of thinking, feeling and acting for a purposeful and generative change at individual, family, organizational and community levels.

The positive science of this approach strives to promote strength based products made out in ‘what works’ instead of spreading blame and excuses made out in the array of ‘what does not work’ of a family, organization and the society. Strength based approach wishes to buy one successful moment or product instead of spreading thousands of excuses. This is how appreciative or positive approach differs from traditional problem inquiry approach.

In view of appreciative inquiry, development is essentially about systematic, open and deliberate application of appropriate approaches, polices and utilization of resources to enhance material and moral standards with self-discipline for the emancipation of life.