Peculiarities of spiritual and intellectual growth of the individual in the context of perceiving the meaning of life

The development of the spiritual-intellectual sphere of the personality takes place in the process of active formation of self-awareness and the value-meaning sphere of the personality. The meaning of life is a psychological phenomenon that plays an important role in the spiritual and intellectual development of an individual. The idea of the meaning of life is formed in the process of human activity and depends on age characteristics, the socio-political situation in the country, the specific life situation of the individual, etc. The meaning of life reflects the concentrated descriptive characteristic of the most core and generalized dynamic meaning system, which is responsible for the general direction of an individual's life. The meaning of life begins to form in adolescence and young adulthood, when self-awareness is actively developing. However, there are certain crisis periods during life. If action orientation is stronger in youth, then knowing the meaning of life becomes more important in adulthood. The attitude to the meaning of life changes and contributes to the self-realization of the individual, comprehensive and integral development, in particular, the growth of his spiritual potential. Despite the uniqueness of the meaning of each person's life, V. Frankl singled out the main directions, thanks to which a person can make his life meaningful: creativity; experiencing values; a person's attitude to what he is unable to change, but can only evaluate. Sources of the meaning of life and spiritual and intellectual development are such phenomena as: altruism; dedication to the cause; hedonistic decision; self-actualization; self-transcendence. The meaning of life as a generalized regulator of a person's life can exist in two forms: as a person's conscious perception of the main goals and values, and as a real orientation of life to the realization of specific goals and values. At different stages of an individual's life, the meaning of life will have different content, which can be reinterpreted and improved over time. This is a process of continuous growth of the individual, which encourages intellectual understanding of one's existence, finding one's life calling, achieving harmony with oneself and the surrounding world.