The Foundation exists to promote, research and provide resources for those who are interested and curious about spirituality in workplaces and communities. The Foundation Directors want to share their belief systems and ways of working so that others might align themselves to this work in a manner that honours their own belief systems and modes of spiritual expression which are concordant with those of the Foundation.

The Foundation is interested in the fruits, rather than the roots of spirituality, yet it is useful to offer our understanding of what we mean by the term spirituality. Spirituality means the acceptance of unity: “that the ultimate principle of the universe is distinguished from all else by virtue of the fact that it is entirely one and undivided.” This unity is in dynamic relationship where all things in the universe are interrelated and therefore influence each other. We believe in 'living Nature' " meaning that Nature is dynamic, multivalent, multiform, and multilevel. The capacity of people to transcend or move between worlds, the material and the spiritual, is intrinsic to human nature and allows us to honour our physical as well as our spiritual nature. Being spiritual refers to the individual and collective response to the Spiritual. Such a response is a whole hearted commitment to the Divine and to Truth. Our orientation is toward responding to, and being part of the mysteries of the Oneness of all creation and the Creator of all creation. The Foundation seeks to work with the dynamic processes of the unitive relations where Divine grace reveals itself to us and we respond in a sacred manner for the benefit of all. This form of spirituality is outwardly expressed as loving service.

The term 'spirituality' is a human invention, coined in very recent times, and reflects the Western perspective that assigns ownership of all experiences and commodities within individuals and groups, including nature and the spiritual realms. This use of the term 'spirituality' shifts the ownership of Divine grace from the spiritual realm to the material, where we use it for our own ends. Modern man's view of present day spiritual reality is that we own it, and can manipulate it to meet our needs; consumerism has moved into the spiritual realm for the sake of human comfort, rather than service to others. The Foundation intends to hold the original concept of the spiritual as found in the Living Wisdom Traditions where it means the spiritual dimension of our human nature and all nature.

While acknowledging the spiritual nature of individuals, the Foundation's attention is on how this is given expression in business, public services, in communities, economic systems, the global market and the migration of peoples as well as other areas of concern such as the impact of working environments in people lives. Given our orientation to the spiritual the Foundation is committed to a comprehension of the true nature of things, the sacredness of things in their own nature rather than for man's utility. Such an approach demands right relations with self and others and right action, social justice and love. It follows that the Foundation will foster forms of present day spiritual expression for the benefits they can provide to build a good society founded on the three facets of the Divine, the act of Knowing (Divine Will), Being and Love as One. (James, W. (1902) The Varieties of Religious Experience. London, Routledge. Davies 1994.pp xx.xxiv)