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Spirituality: Theology 3 SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The document discusses different perspectives on spirituality from the author and others. Spirituality is defined in various ways such as a connection with God, faith in something higher, and knowing who you are while connecting to something larger. The document also discusses how Filipinos express strong spirituality through their religions.

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Spirituality: Theology 3 SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The document discusses different perspectives on spirituality from the author and others. Spirituality is defined in various ways such as a connection with God, faith in something higher, and knowing who you are while connecting to something larger. The document also discusses how Filipinos express strong spirituality through their religions.

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THEOLOGY 3 SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

SPIRITUALITY
FOR ME: Spirituality is simply within our soul and hearts. It basically means having a deep
connection with what we believe in and for me that is God who is above all of us and trusting the
plans he have for each one of us. I personally believe that you don’t need to be religious to be
spiritual. This is because spirituality lies on our soul and what it believes rather on the actions of
our human body. It is having a strong and firm faith on something we believe is higher than us
despite of all the storms we encounter in our lives.

FOR OTHERS: 1. “Spirituality, from the word itself spirit-- it means self. It is the soul that
needs to be fed by faith and happiness in order for me to see things positively. In this sense, faith
in God and having a strong connection with him is necessary to fill my spiritual needs.” – Nina

2. “As a human being, our spiritual belief will define a part of which we are and would affect our
actions and beliefs to the things around us. I believe that a person's religion has an integral part in
a person's spirituality as it will serve as his/her spiritual guidance in attaining self-peace and
his/her purpose in life. Your religion will also help you in building a deeper and personal
relationship with the Greater Being/God. For me, spirituality and religion may seem to have
different meaning; however they serve the same purpose to a person's beliefs and perspectives in
life.”

3. Spirituality for me simply speaks about what is within our hearts because it reflects or every
action. It is not merely what we say because not everything that comes from our mouth is a
reflection of what we believe in. It is also not about religion because regardless of religious
practices and name or face of the one we worship, what truly matters is our manifestation of
spirituality.”

4. “For me, sріrіtuаlіtу іѕ knowing who you rеаllу are and connecting with ѕоmеthіng larger than
уоurѕеlf. Some реорlе bеlіеvе іt’ѕ Him who created us оr the holy Spirit оr thе Sоurсе оf аll thаt,
аnd thаt іt іѕ оutѕіdе оf you. Othеrѕ feel ѕріrіtuаlіtу іѕ іnѕіdе оf uѕ. I bеlіеvе іt’ѕ bоth. Sріrіtuаlіtу
often іnvоlvеѕ looking beyond thе surface оf things аnd truѕtіng the рrосеѕѕ of how our lіvеѕ
make sense.” –

5. “In Christian context, God has its three persons; God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ),
and God the Holy Spirit. We believe that once you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and
Savior, the Holy Spirit will dwell in you and that's what you call "spirituality. I believe, the Holy
Spirit is the one who guides us in our daily lives and convicted us whenever we tend to commit
sin. One of the requirements in order for us to be "spiritual" is to read the Bible daily, and the
role of the Holy Spirit who lives inside our hearts is to help us understand His word and apply
what we have read in the Bible.”
THEOLOGY 3 SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

COMPARISON OF THOUGHTS

After several conversations with some of my friends, I have concluded that we, humans have
different insights and understanding about spirituality. We see it differently and have various
ways of practicing it. For some, spirituality is led by religion while others defined it as something
that lies from our soul and does not necessarily need to be religious to be spiritual.

However, aside from the differences in our understanding of what is spirituality, we had a
common denominator and that is faith and the manifestation of spirituality. We have a strong
faith on God for who we believe even if we don’t see him and clinging on Him even if we don’t
understand certain situations.

Moreover, spirituality chooses neither religion nor status. It is naturally comes from our mind,
body and soul. Regardless of what our religion is, whoever we worship, how we manifest
spirituality is what matters.
THEOLOGY 3 SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

FOR FILIPINOS: Filipinos are known to be religious and spiritual. It is shown on how they
express themselves in their religion, how they practice various traditions and how they devote
themselves to God. Most of the Filipinos are very devoted to black Nazareth and Sto Nino.
Because they see themselves through the image they depict. The two images represent an
innocent and helpless Jesus, wherein Sto Nino is the infant Jesus and black Nazareth is a dying
Jesus. Filipinos relate themselves in the passion and sufferings of Christ which the image of
black Nazareth depicts and see the images helpless as they are who needs help from the God.
The devotees of black Nazareth have the firm belief that Jesus Nazareth prolongs life and that no
matter how great the storm that is in front of them, God will be beside them and will help them
get through that storm This only proves that regardless of any struggles and challenges that come
in the lives of the Filipinos they still have a deep connection with God and that simply shows
how strong their spirituality is.

Basically, for Filipinos, spirituality is led by their religions and it is manifested on their actions
such as by practicing their beliefs and celebrating various traditions. Through these, they are able
to have a deeper connection and relationship to God.

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