Spiritual, Material, Sexual self

• Material Self


  According to William James, not only one's own body but also different things one possesses from family and friends, such as clothes, house, cars, gadgets and money in the bank
• Material Self


  • Body
  • Clothes
  • Immediate Family
  • Home
• Clothes


  When we bring an object onto the surface of our body, we invest that object into the consciousness of our personal existence, taking in its contour to be our own and making it a part of the self
• Immediate family


  We see them as a replica of ourselves. What they do or become affects us
• Home


  Is where our heart is. The earliest nest of our childhood
• The Self as "Me"


  • Body
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Possessions (house, cars, phone, etc.)
• Russell W. Belk: 'We regard our possessions as part of ourselves. We are what we have and what we possess.'
• The identification of the self to things started in our infancy stage when we make a distinction among self and environment and others who may desire our possessions
• David Rockefeller was an American banker who was chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. His fortune was estimated at $3.3 billion at the time of his death in March 2017
• Spiritual self


  The most enduring and intimate part of the self
• Manifestation of the Spiritual Self

  • Person's Will
  • Intelligence and Abilities
  • Morals
  • Values
• Person's Will


  Refers to one's wishes, the things that we want to see and achieve in our lives
• Intelligence and abilities


  The perceived strengths of a person, the things that they have confidence in doing and believe to have a certain level of mastery
• Morals


  The definition of what is right and wrong, distinguish the things that are acceptable for a person, the society and at the same time the determination of the possible effects of their actions to themselves, their environment and other people
• Values


  The person's ability to distinguish what is important and what is not. With one's values system a person may be able to prioritize what they think are the task or thing that is needed, what are the things that should be done or to be resolved immediately, and what are those that they can delay without grave repercussions
• Religion


  An organized system of ideas about spiritual reality, or the supernatural, along with associated beliefs and ceremonial practices
• Spirituality


  A concern with the sacred, as distinguished from material matters. In contrast to religion, spirituality is often individual rather than collective and does not require a distinctive format or traditional organization
• Difference between Religion and Spirituality

  • Religion refers to beliefs and behaviors related to supernatural beings and powers. Worldview is broader than religion.
  • Worldview refers to the collective body of ideas that members of the culture generally share concerning the ultimate shape and substance of their reality.
  • Religion also differs from spirituality, which is a concern with the sacred in an individual manner. All cultures have religion, spirituality, a worldview and magic
• Myth


  A sacred narrative that explains the fundamentals of human existence – where we and everything in our world came from, why we are here, and where we are going
• Rituals


  Culturally prescribed symbolic acts or procedures designed to guide members of a community in an orderly way through personal and collective transitions. There are two types: calendric and crisis
• Supernatural


  The Supernatural is around you all the time, especially in non-industrialized societies. In a lot of cultures, health, wealth, and daily things are related to supernatural
• Functions of Religion


  • Cognitive Function - Enabling humans to explains the unexplainable phenomena.
  • Emotional Function - Helping individuals to cope up with anxieties that often accompany illness, accidents, deaths.
  • Social Function - Social control, conflict resolution and building group solidarity
• Logotherapy


  Viktor Frankl's theory that indicates how his involvement in quest for the significance of life in a Nazi death camp changed his viewpoint of the world. Frankl states that we can't abstain from affliction, yet we can pick how to manage it and discover significance in it. Frankl's hypothesis questions the thoughts of Freud, who trusted the significance of life was to seek after joy. Frankl trusted that the motivation behind life isolates the person from creatures as well as enables us to survive troublesome circumstances
• Dungan


  The "soul" or spirit of a person has two dimensions; (1) human body and (2) spiritual. Soul referred to as kaluluwa by the Tagalogs or Dungan by the Ilonggos comes from the root word duwa, two. The Dungan is not seen by the human eye, it takes on a different form. For importance, it can be in a form an insect or a small animal such as lizard
• Rituals in the Philippines are quite common. Visayan fishing villages practice the offering ritual called harang
• Harang ritual


  A local shaman invokes sea spirits. These are several stages of the ritual purification, invocation, entreaty and feast which cover community life such as harvest, operation of fishing boats and cases of illnesses
• Psychosexual stages


  Freud's stages: oral, anal, phallic, genital, linked to pleasure centers
• Erogenous zone


  Sensitive body parts contributing to sexual arousal
• Human reproductive system


  Organs for reproduction, requires union for offspring
• Androgens


  Male sex hormones like testosterone
• Estrogens and progesterone


  Female sex hormones, produced by ovaries
• Ovulation


  Release of egg from ovary, female receptive to sex
• Testis


  Male organ producing spermatozoa
• Scrotum


  Sac enveloping testes, regulates temperature
• Prostate gland


  Gland for urine and seminal fluid, connected to urethra
• Penis


  Male organ for ejaculation and urination
• Sperm


  Male gamete necessary for fertilization
• Ovary


  Female organ producing ova
• Fallopian tube


  Tube connecting ovaries to uterus
• Uterus


  Hollow organ where fertilized ovum develops