Spiritual Self Flashcards
We think we are human beings having a spiritual
experience but in reality, we are spiritual beings
having a human experience”
Swami
Survapriyananda
a belief of our
ancestors that souls are quasi-physical and can
exist outside the body (in dreams and in vision)
Animism
A
soul can be transferred from one body to another
and persist after death of the body as
multo (ghost)
The basic religious
response to external phenomena, the awed
recognition of a force in life, other than the
individual self, manifested especially in the
strange and terrible
Animatism
creatures have “souls” or
“life force.
Animate or inanimate
breath of life
Ginhawa
the proper performance of rites in
veneration of the gods
Religio
System of symbols that is based upon
arbitrary rules
Language
System of symbolic acts that is based on
arbitrary rules.
Ritual
man always has the ability to choose; no
matter the biological and environmental forces.
Existential Aspect
pain, guild and death
Tragic Triad
optimism in the face of tragedy and in view of
the human potential which at its best always allows
Tragic Optimism
the performance of ceremonial acts prescribed by a tradition or sacred law. A specific,
observable mode behavior exhibited by all know societies
Ritual
a set of cultural beliefs and practices
Religion
