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Understanding the self

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SPIRITUAL SELF

Understanding the self

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Spiritual Self


When was the last time you realized
that there is a higher being than
yourself? What made you believe

that there is a higher being?
Dimensions of Human Life

In relation to
 Self
 Others
 God
What is spirituality and
spiritual self?

 Spiritual self is the most intimate, inner
subjective part of self. It is the most intimate
version of the self because of the satisfaction
experience when thinking of one’s ability to
argue and discriminate of one’s moral
sensibility and conscience, and of our
unconquerable will.
 Spirituality does not mean any particular
practice. It is a certain way of being.
Religion

Picture Gallery


Activity: (Picture Gallery)
 Pictures including rituals, ceremony and a
brief description of each religion will be posted
around the hall. Ask all the student to walk
around and visit each Picture.

Processing:
 What did you see?
 What are your realization?
Some World Religion Beliefs and Practices


 Buddhism Believes that life is not a bed of
roses. Instead, there are suffering pain, and
frustrations.
 Christians believes in Trinitarian God. One God
in three personas.
 Hindus believes that existence is a cycle of
birth, death and rebirth, governed by karma.
 Muslims believed in Allah, who is their “One
God”. They believe in the unity and
universality of God.

Religion
 Rebecca Stein (Stein 2011) works on the
definition of religions as set of cultural beliefs
and practices that usually includes some or all
of the characteristics.
1. A belief in supernatural being such as Spirit
and God
2. A focus on the sacred supernatural
3. The performance of ritual activities that
involves manipulation of sacred object.
Ritual
 Ritual is the performance of ceremonial acts
prescribed by a tradition or sacred law.

 Religious beliefs, rituals, practices, and
customs are all part of the expression of the

spiritual self. What to believe and how to
manifest the belief is entirely dependent on
the individual to the self. A person might
believe that there is a higher being, a
supernatural being, usually terms as God but
not necessarily wants to be affiliated or
identified with a certain religious group.
Others may have religious practices which are
perceived to be contrary to the practices of
other groups. Religious beliefs and practices,
therefore, are formed relative to its content
and culture.
Theological Explanation (Scripture Based)


Nepesh (soul, breath)
 Life or living itself: God breathe on adam and he
became a Nepesh (Gen 2:11)
 Emotions appetites and desires like the deer that
years for running streams, my nepesh is yearning
for you my God (Psalm 42)
Basar (Flesh)
 Always conjunction with nepesh not in contrast
with it.
 My Soul (nepesh) thirst for you and how much more
my flesh (Ps 63:1)
Creating Meaning of Life

Concept of a Human Being

First Layer (Shell)
 It is our physical appearance made up of branding,
clothing, titles in life.
Second Layer (False Self)
 A false concept about our self, it is made up of experience
from childhood up to the present given by the people
around us.
Third Layer (True Self)
 It is who we are, our true self inherited from our divine
creator.
Center (Divine Dwelling)
 A space in every person occupied by the divine creator

The Glory of God is
Man Fully Alive!
(St. Irenaeus)

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