SPIRITUAL SELF

RELIGION
• Is an organised system of ideas about
the spiritual or supernatural realm that
is accompanied by rituals.

Religiosity
is a strong religious feeling or belief.

the quality of devotedness in a particular religion such as

religious practices (or rituals), doctrines, moral rules, and
others.
 SPIRITUALITY

also concerns the aspect of

divine and supernatural
realm but is often limited
to the individual
Religiosity Spirituality
Outward, Public Personal, Private

comprises rules, person’s connection

rituals, and beliefs with God.
about the transcendent

Spirituality and religiousity are related although

spirituality is much more profound than religion
 Prevailing Beliefs in the
“Kaluluwa” and/or “Spirit”
among Ethnolinguistic group

❖ From the root word “duwa” (two)

Kaluluwa (Tagalog) Gimukod (Bagobo)

Karuruwa o kadua (Ilocano) Kalagkalag (Cuyunin, Palawan)
Dunggan and kalag (Ilonggo) Makatu (Bukidnon)
 “duwa” or two (Jocano [cited by
Mercado,1991])
First entity (for Ibanags) is the companion of the
body. It complements the human; it is the one who
gives “direction and wholeness to the man”.

Second entity also resides in a person, the life

force (for Ilocano). The Ilocano term karma or
karkarma (which means soul, vigor, energy,
strength, power, ghost, spook) stays with the
individual and leaves the body through the nose
only when the person dies.
 CHRISTIAN BELIEFS

soul and spirit are two different entities

When the person dies,

the spirit is the one that returns to
God
the soul is the one that will receive
the judgment. It will go either in
heaven or in hell.
 RELIGIOUS LEADERS
- those who lead rituals
- has the capacity to heal
or cure the sick and
injured; to predict the
future
SHAMAN

Another term for

religious leaders
 APUNG BENITA OF THE AYTA
-she is one of the respected "mag-
aanito“

-receives her visions through

dreams or trance
 Filipino concepts of Loob,
Kapwa, and Ginhawa: the
expression of spirituality
The concept of “loob” is important to the study
of “pagkatao” (self) and “kaluluwa” (spirit).
Loob is the innermost part of the self
(Ileto,1979 as cited by Alejo 1990).
It is the true meaning of self and the center of the
most important aspect of the individual.
in loob lies the “relational will” of a person, the will
towards his/her kapwa (Reyes, 2015).
 From: LOOB to KAPWA
◉ Loob has
1) Abot-malay (kabuoang aspeto ng
kamalayan)

1) Abot-dama (pananatiling may talab

sa kalooban na nagpapatindi ng abot-
malay) and

1) Abot-kaya (isang galaw, isang

pagsisikap, ang loob na naisasabuhay
sa aksyon)
 From: LOOB to KAPWA

◉ Kapwa is not the same with “others”

◉ It is translated as:
▪ “shared identity
▪ “shared self”
▪ “self-in-the-other”
“ang mabuting loob ay dumadaloy
palabas upang maipadama sa kapwa”
 SYNTHETIC CONVENTIONAL STAGE

- Individual has the capacity for

'operational thinking‘

- Faith may now synthesize

different beliefs, information, and
values to have a 'stable identity'
 INDIVIDUATE-REFLECTIVE STAGE
- - the beginnings of questioning/challenging
previously held beliefs
- - developed regard of God as a friend or ally
- - belief that God accepts Him/her as
himself/herself
- - belief that God brings light to ones send of
purpose and life
 ANITISM
Belief that nature derives energy from
spirits that are separate
and distinct from human beings/bodies.
These spirits dwell in
people, animals, stones, rivers, tree and
others.
▪ Prevail over people who do not regard
themselves as superior
over nature
 3 STAGES OF TRANSITION &
TRANSFORMATION

-Ending
-Neutral zone
-New beginning
ENDING
Saying goodbye
to beliefs held
from childhood
NEUTRAL ZONE
Conflicted internally
from the
abandonment of
ones self to
embracing a new one
NEW BEGINNING
Individual discovers not
only himself/herself but
also God who may be
trusted and may serve as
companion throughout
life
3 WAYS OF FINDING MEANING

Someone
Deeds act or work
suffering
 SOMEONE

Someone special, friend,

children, and family
 DEED, ACT OR WORK

Finding fulfillment/being
passionate about ones
work/deed
 SUFFERING

Through
rumination/contemplation, we
get to have a deeper sende of
our self and experiences
 SPIRITUALITY
and
LIFE’S PURPOSE
SPIRITUALITY

- a sense of connection to
someone or something higher or
larger than ourselves.
 SUPREME BEING

❖ The Creator, the Designer, the

Planner
❖ Has the foreknowledge of the
individual’s purpose of
existence.
What to do?
❖ Connect to the Creator
❖ Re-connect to the Supreme
Being

Connection = Life’s
Purpose
LOST of CONNECTION
means...
Living without finding their life’s true purpose
Life without clear direction (wandering)
Causes the feelings of emptiness,
meaninglessness, and hopelessness.

“In every man’s heart, there is a

vacuum that only God can fill”
- Blaise Pascal
 Existential Purpose

Life’s meaning-making

Shapes the Loob

matatag mahina
ang Loob ang loob
 Life’s Purpose

Serving people Communion

with God
Pakikipag-kapwa
Intimacy with the
Supreme Being
 Spiritual journeys are nothing like A
DEAL. They usually take people in
mysterious ways towards unknown
destinations.
- A spiritual quest usually
begins with big question, such
as who am I?
- What is the meaning of life?
- What is good?
Therefore,
finding ones’ purpose and meaning of existence in the context of
spirituality leads us to the direction of

(1) assessing the own process of spiritual self development,

(2) acknowledging the existence of a Supreme Being as the Creator,

(3) deepening the connection to the Creator,

(4) believeing that the Creator has a premeditated purpose for His
creations,

(5) depending on His perfect will, and lastly,

(6) reflecting on the interpersonal relationships (our pakikipag-

kapwa and service to our fellowbeings).
PETER ENNS

Wisdom is not the easy way,

but neither is it a burden.
Wisdom is freedom, freedom
to pursue the Creator
Thank You!!!