Module 9: Material and Spiritual Self

• Material Self/Economical Self


  Not just our body but also what we possess: Physical Body, Possession, Family, Friends
• Formula for Material Self


  One's definition of self + How Other people define you + Accumulated objects and achievements acquired in life
• Spiritual Self


  Most Intimate Part of Ourselves: Behaviors, Beliefs, Morals
• Constitutes of Spiritual Self

  • Person's Will: Wishes, what you want to achieve and see
  • Intelligence and Abilities: What you are CONFIDENT in doing
  • Morals: What's wrong and right
  • Value: What we give importance to
• Religion


  Beliefs AND Behaviors in relation to supernatural beings and powers
• World View


  Broader belief that almost all cultures believe in
• Spirituality

  Sacred in an INDIVIDUAL manner
• Religion vs Spirituality

  • Religion: organized system of beliefs
  • Spirituality: Individual doesn't really require a traditional org
  • Religion is a PART of spirituality
• Myth


  Sacred narrative that explains where we and everything we know came from
• Rituals


  Symbolic act/procedure to guide members of a community: Calendric (performed occasionally), Crisis (performed during crisis)
• Supernatural


  It's all around you, Non-industrialized (province) societies, Health, Wealth, and Daily things are related to Supernatural
• Functions of Religion

  • Cognitive: Explains the unexplainable
  • Emotional: Cope with anxieties
  • Social: Social control
• Dungan


  Concept of Soul, came from the bisaya, Duwa meaning 2 (Body and Spiritual)
• Harang Ritual

  1. Tuob - Cleansing

  2. Pagtawag - Invocation of Spirits

  3. Pangamuyo - Explanation of Motive

  4. Bayad - Offering

  5. Kanon - Feast