THE SPIRITUAL

SELF

Presented by: Group Two

 PRESENTATION
GOALS
Students will be able to:
1. Learn about the Spiritual Self
2. Delineate the terms to be discussed
3. Apply what they have learned to enhance their
knowledge about these concepts.
 SPIRITUAL SELF WHAT IS THE
the most intimate, inner subjective
of the self.
SPIRITUAL
SELF?
 THE PREVILEGE OF A
LIFETIME IS TO BECOME
WHO YOU REALLY ARE
- Carl Jung
ICE BREAKER
 THE
ETYMOLOGICAL
MEANING OF
THE SPIRITUAL
SELF
- The word spirituality comes from
the Latin “spiritus” which literally THE
means “breath”, signifying Life.
ETYMOLOGICAL
- The unseen part of who we are
that provides our physical self with
MEANING OF
insights and other ways of knowing. THE SPIRITUAL
SELF
VIEWS ABOUT SPIRITUAL
SELF IN DIFFERENT
CULTURE
 FILIPINO'S VIEW ABOUT
SPIRITUAL SELF
Filipinos are considered to be
deeply religious. The country touts
FILIPINO
itself as the largest Christian
nation in Asia. Being religious can
be traced back to the time when
the Spaniards conquered the land,
religious orders were there to
propagate Catholicism.
 SUPERNATURAL
BELIEFS OF FILIPINO
The Philippines is a Catholic country but our
notion about the supernatural and mythical
beings is a very prominent part of our lives
especially those Filipinos who come from the
country side.
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 WESTERN'S VIEW ABOUT
SPIRITUAL SELF
Western philosophy typically
conceptualizes the self as a stable,
WESTERN
controlling entity, comparable to a
pilot, while Eastern philosophies
such as Buddhism argue that the
self is an illusion, a byproduct of
our thought processes.
 WESTERN
PHILOSOPHY
- Soul is the principle of life in man
- Body is the matter, soul is the form

As long as body and soul are

one unit, man is alive.
 EASTERN
PHILOSOPHY
Eastern philosophy views "the self" as an illusion. Eastern
religions believe that we are all interconnected and part
of a greater universal whole. Hindus believe that the
Atman, or human soul, is a part of Brahman, the soul of
god. Atman is part of Brahman, and therefore cannot be a
completely separate entity or "self." Buddhists believe that
we are all so interconnected that there can be no
distinctions of "self" made between us, and "the self" is
ultimately an illusion.
 AMERICAN'S VIEW ABOUT
SPIRITUAL SELF
The United States is significantly more
religious than other prosperous Western
AMERICAN
countries, with a large, lively, and
diversified religious landscape. The vast
majority of Americans identify as
religious or spiritual, believe in a higher
force, and practice spirituality.
THREE MEANINGS OF
SPIRITUAL SELF

1. The Spiritual Self as understood from Buddhism, Hinduism and Psychology is

the Self as differentiated from your subpersonalities, feelings, and body image.

2. The spiritual self is best manifested in one's ability to use moral sensibility and
conscience may be seen through the expressions of religion and its beliefs and
practices.

3. According to the book The Principles of Psychology (1890)

by William James, the spiritual self is the most intimate, inner
subjective part of self.
THE CONCEPT
OF "DUNGAN"-
SPIRIT OR
SOUL
• The “soul” or spirit of a
person has two dimesions;
(1) human body and THE CONCEPT
(2) spiritual.
• Soul referred to as kaluluwa by the
OF "DUNGAN"-
Tagalogs or dungan by the Ilonggos SPIRIT OR
comes from the root word duwa,tvvo.
The dungan is not seen by the human
SOUL
eye, it takes on a different form. For
instance, it can be in a form an insect
or a small animal such as lizard.
• The Bisayans believe that the dungan
leaves the body while person is asleep.
Travelling dungan outside the body THE CONCEPT
must be free from accidents such as
getting trapped in a jar. Only when the
OF "DUNGAN"-
soul has safely reunited with the body, SPIRIT OR
the person will be awake.
SOUL
• Dungan is also connoted as
'Willpower'. If a person has a strong
willpower, is it said to have a strong
dungan.
 THE PRACTICE OF
RELIGION: BELIEF IN
SUPERNATURAL BEING
AND POWERS
 HINDUISM

Hinduism believe that death does not necessarily mean the end.
They follow the idea of reincarnation which means that the soul is
indestructible and repeatedly takes on a physical body until
moksha. Moksha is a term in Hinduism which refers to the various
forms of liberation or release which occurs when the cycle of dying
and rebirth ends.
 MUSLIM

Muslims believe there is the one almighty God, named Allah, who is
infinitely superior to and transcendent from humankind. Allah is
viewed as the creator of the universe and the source of all good
and all evil.
CHRISTIANITY

An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties

are to assist and serve God. They typically act as messengers, as
believed in; Christianity.
 CATHOLICS

Catholics also believe in a halfway house called purgatory, in which

people who aren’t quite worthy of heaven but are too good for hell
can pay their dues before getting a ticket to paradise.
 RITUALS AND
CEREMONIES: THE
FUNCTION OF RITUALS,
RELIGION AND MAGIC
 RITUAL VS. CEREMONY

Ritual is a specific,
A formal act or series of acts
observable mode of
prescribed by ritual, protocol, or
behaviour exhibited by all
convention.
known societies.
 FUNCTIONS OF RITUALS,
RELIGION AND MAGIC

Functions of Rituals
- The purposes of rituals are varied and may
include fulfillment of religious obligations or ideals,
satisfaction of spiritual or emotional needs of the
practitioners, strengthening of social bonds, social
and moral education.
 FUNCTIONS OF RITUALS,
RELIGION AND MAGIC
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION:

Cognitive Function - Enabling humans to explain the

unexplainable phenomena.

Emotional Function - Helping individuals to cope up with

anxieties that often accompany Illness,accidents, death,
and other misfortunes.

SOCIAL FUNCTION - Social control, conflict resolution and

building group solidarity.
 FUNCTIONS OF RITUALS,
RELIGION AND MAGIC

Functions of Religion:
Religion serves several functions for society. These
include (a) giving meaning and purpose to life,
(b) reinforcing social unity and stability, (c)
serving as an agent of social control of behavior,
(d) promoting physical and psychological well-
being, and (e) motivating people to work for
positive social change.
 FUNCTIONS OF RITUALS,
RELIGION AND MAGIC

Function of Magic:
The purpose of magic is to acquire knowledge,
power, love, or wealth; to heal or ward off illness or
danger; to guarantee productivity or success in
an endeavour; to cause harm to an enemy; to
reveal information; to induce spiritual
transformation; to trick; or to entertain
 FUNCTIONS OF RITUALS,
RELIGION AND MAGIC

In Mindanao, Harang is done in cornfields after the

natives harvest the first “anagon”, they offered it
to the deities of the farm and land throughout a
priestess' prayer.
 HARANG

Divided into 3 parts:

1. Pagtawag (invitation)

2. Pangamuyo (pleadings / prayer)

3. Bayad (offering)
TERMINOLOGIES
TERMS:

1. Rituals - a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed

according to a prescribed order.
2. Ceremonies - a formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a
particular event or anniversary.
3. Magic - the power of apparently influencing the course of events by using mysterious
or supernatural forces.
4. Witchcraft - traditionally, the exercise or invocation of alleged supernatural powers to
control people or events, practices typically involving sorcery or magic.
5. Dungan (soul or talirungan) - a Visayan term, is a folk notion which has multiple
meanings such as, life forth, "soul stuff", alter ego, spiritual twin, or a certain power which
every human being is endowed with.
6. Religiosity - Someone who is religious has a strong belief in a god or gods. They are
both very religious and felt it was a gift from God.
TERMS:

7. Sorcery - the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise

supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
8. Enchantment- a feeling of great pleasure and attraction, especially because something
is very beautiful:
9. The Curse - a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm
or punishment on someone or something.
10. Denunciation- the act of accusing someone in public of something bad: his
denunciation as a traitor.
11. Deliverance - is the state of being saved from something dangerous or unpleasant. Ex.
She prayed for deliverance as the famine got worse.
12. Exorcism - (from Ancient Greek (exorkismós) 'binding by oath') is the religious or spiritual
practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an
area, that is believed to be possessed.
WHO IS VICTOR E.
FRANKL?
 WHO IS VICTOR E.
FRANKL? VICTOR E.
(BORN IN MARCH 26, 1905, VIENNA,
AUSTRIA—DIED SEPTEMBER 2, 1997,
VIENNA). FRANKL
Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist who developed the
psychological approach known as logotherapy, widely recognized as
the “third school” of Viennese psychotherapy, after the “first school” of
Sigmund Freud and the “second school” of Alfred Adler. The basis of
Frankl’s theory was that the primary motivation of an individual is the
search for meaning in life and that the primary purpose of
psychotherapy should be to help the individual find that meaning.
Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychologist
who founded what he called the field of “Logotherapy”, which
has been dubbed the “Third Viennese School of Psychology”
(following Freud and Alder). Logotherapy developed in and
VICTOR E.
through Frankl's personal experience in the Theresienstadt Nazi
concentration camp. FRANKL
Going a step further, logotherapy proposes that meaning in life
can be discovered in three distinct ways:

1. By creating a work or doing a deed.

2. By experiencing something or encountering someone.

3. By the attitude that we take toward unavoidable suffering.

THANK YOU
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knowledge from this presentation.
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