SPIRITUAL SELF Flashcards
Latin word spiritus which means breath or life force.
spirituality
spiritus
breath or life force
the search for the sacred, a
process through which people seek to discover, hold on to, and
when necessary, transform whatever they hold sacred in their
lives (Hill & Pargament, 2003).
spirituality
• It refers to finding meaning and purpose in one’s life, a search
for wholeness, and a relationship with a transcendent being
(higher being).
spirituality
is regarded as an essential act to realize the
ultimate meaning of transcendence and human life.
worhsip
•Acts of worship
reading bible
attending sacraments
doing sacrifice
through acts of faith, hope, and love, man is able to encounter
_____
God and understand God’s word of salvation.
According to this book by William James, the
spiritual self is the most intimate, inner
subjective part of self.
The Principles of Psychology
Moral sensibility and conscience is seen through
expression of religion, beliefs, and practices
The spiritual aspect of the self is the inner essence, the part of the self
that connects the person to the sacred, the supernatural, and the
universe.
It enables the person to experience a feeling of oneness with a higher
being and the universe.
The nurturing of the spiritual self also gives a deeper purpose or
meaning of one’s life.
The spiritual aspect of the self is the ______, the part of the self
that connects the person to the sacred, the supernatural, and the
universe.
inner essence
It enables the person to experience a feeling of oneness with a higher
being and the universe.
spiritual self
People develop spirituality through
interaction, observation, and imitation
play a very important role in the
spiritual development.
family, school, and church
According to Rebecca Stein (2011),
religion is
set of cultural beliefs and practices
an organized system of ideas about spiritual sphere and supernatural
Spirituality is connected with
religion
the central function of religion
to know God
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGION
• presence of supernatural power or energy is found on
• supernatural beings as well as physical beings or objects
• performance of ritual activities
• articulation of worldview and moral codes
• provide the creation and maintenance of social bonds and
mechanism of social control
RELIGIONS
✓ BUDDHISM
✓ CHRISTIANITY
✓ HINDUISM
✓ JUDAISM
✓ ISLAM
• life is unsatisfactory
• When people suffer, they want to
experience good and pleasant
experience and avoid
disappointments.
• The reactive cycle of craving and
aversion can be broken by
practicing ethics and meditation,
and cultivating wisdom
buddhism
Two types of meditation practices in buddhism
samatha
vispassana
calm, concerntation, and
positive emotion practiced through
mindfulness of breathing and
development of loving kindness.
samatha
developing insight into
reality; developing and cultivating
wisdom happens through the studying
and reflecting the Dharma-Buddha’s
teaching.
visapassana
• God became fully present in the
person of Jesus Christ.
• Believes God as a trinity: Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.
• Eternal life after death can be
achieved through faith in Jesus
Christ.
• Believes that Jesus Christ died on
the cross to reconcile all humanity
with God.
chirstianity
customs and practices in christianity
• Sacrament of Baptism
• Holy Communion
• pray, worship, and read and
study the Bible together
sharing in the
death and resurrection of Jesus
sacrament of baptism
taking bread
(body of Christ) and wine (blood of
Christ)
holy communion
• Cover wide range of ancient creeds,
textual traditions, and religious groups
• No single founder; believes that one
supreme being incarnated in many
forms
• Best understood as a complete way of
life. They believe that existence is a
cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
(Karma).
• Vedas is their sacred scripture
hinduism
custom and practices in hinduism
Follow the lunar calendar to celebrate
and honor particular manifestations of
God.
It means willing submission to
God
• Believes in Allah as the One God,
and Mohammed as the final
prophet.
• Muslims believe in the unity of
mankind under Adam.
• Sacred Scripture is the Quran
islam
custom and practices in islam
• Shahada
• Salat
• Zakat
• Hajj
• Sawm
“There is no God but one
true God and Mohammed is his
messenger.”
shahada
pray fiver times
salat
two and a half percent of
assets given to benefit the poor
zakat
annual pilgrimage to Mecca
hajj
abstinence from food, drink,
and sexual acts
sawm
Believe to be descendants of the
Semitic tribe from Canaan.
• Early history was about the
promise of God to Abraham.
• The Torah , or Law, is their sacred
Scripture.
• The integral part of Jewish life is
the study and interpretation of the
Torah.
judaism
customs and practices in judaism
• Jewish Sabbath
• The New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
• The day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
• Passover (Pesach), Pentecost
(Shavuot), Tabernacles (Sukkot)
begins on Friday
evening at sunset
jewish sabbath
autumn
the new year (rosh hashanah)
most solemn day
the day of Atonement (yom kippur)
three
pilgrim festivals
passover (pesach)
pentecost (shavuot)
tabernacles (sukkot)
“He who has a why to live can bear
almost any how.
“
friedrich nietszche
• logotheraphy
• Born in Vienna, Austria on March 26, 1905
• Died in his hometown on 1997 due to heart failure
• Involved in Socialist youthorganizations
• Due to his interest in psychiatry, he began writing
to Sigmund Freud at the age of 16.
• Earned his medical degree from the University of
Vienna in 1930
• Nazis made him the head of the Rothschild
Hospital
viktor frankl
because of Viktor Frankl’s personal experiences in the _____
during World War II led him to develop the principle of logotherapy.
nazi concentration camps
the pursuit of human existence as well as on man’s
search for such meaning
logotheraphy
a Greek word that translates as “Logotherapy focuses on
the future.”
logos
In Logotherapy, man can discover meaning in three ways:
• Doing a deed
• Experiencing a value
• Suffering
Important aspect of this therapy is known as the “Tragic Triad”
which are:
• Pain
• Guilt
• Death
is the belief that creatures, objects, and places possess spirits.
animism
it is practiced by indigenous people in the philippimes. Some believe that the spirit of the sun, sky, and moon are their gods
animism
