Spiritual Self Flashcards
“ Quiet the mind, and the soul
will speak.”
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
define as “relating to or affecting the human
spirit or soul opposed to material or physical
things
Spiritual
someone who places a little importance
on beliefs and traditions and is more
concerned with growing and experiencing
the Divine
Spiritual
someone who believes in a
god or group of gods and
consciously adheres to the
beliefs of his or her religion
Religious
can be broadly understood as a method to develop
concentration, deepen understanding and insight, and cultivate awareness and
compassion.
Contemplative practice
Give 4 examples of contemplative practices
Meditation
Prayer
Yoga
Journaling
The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
Religion
it is also a particular system of faith
and worship
Religion
What year a research conducted by Steven Reiss about theory on why people are attracted to religion
1990
professor emeritus of psychology at the Ohio State
University, posted theory on why people are
attracted to religion
Steven Reiss
According to him, while some other
religious preach God of peace, there are also
religions that preach holy wars. True or False
True
State 16 BASIC DESIRES THAT HUMAN SHARE
Acceptance
Curiosity
Eating
Family
Honor
Idealism
Independence
Order
Physical
Activity
Power
Romance
Saving
Social contact
Status
Tranquility
Vengeance
True or false: Anthropologists notes 4 dimension of religon
False (sociologists noted four dimensions of religion)
4 dimensions of religion
Beliefs
Rituals
Spiritual experience
Unique social form of community
generalized system of ideas and values that shape how members of a religious group come to understand the world
around them.
Beliefs
are repeated physical gestures or activities, such as prayers
and mantras, used to reinforce religious teaching, elicit spiritual feelings and connect worshippers with a high power
Rituals
feeling of immediate connection with a higher
power. Religion is not so much about thinking a
certain way as about feeling a certain way.
Spiritual experience
Tue or false: Religion is not so much about feeling a
certain way as about thinking a certain way.
False (Religion is not so much about THINKING a certain way as about FEELING a certain way.
Emphasized that religious beliefs and practices “untie in
one single community called a church, all those who adhere to them.
UNIQUE SOCIAL FORMS OF COMMUNITY
State RELIGIOUS CLASSIFICATION
Polytheism
Monotheism
Antheism
Animism
multiple gods
Polytheism
single god
Monotheism
No dieties
Antheism
Nonhuman beings (animals, plants, natural world)
Animism
Give examples of Polytheism
hinduism
Ancient Greeks and
Romans
Examples of Monotheism
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Examples of Antheism
Antheism, Buddhism, Taoism
Example of Animism
Indigenous nature worship
Shinto
encompasses the
religion, philosophy, and
culture of the Jewish
people
JUDAISM
is the oldest of the
Abrahamic religions
Judaism
predecessor of Christianity
and Islam
Judaism
What is the judaism sacred text
Torah
their sacred text is the
Torah
Judaism
world’s largest religion
Christianity
it is an Abrahamic
monotheistic religion
based on the life and
teachings of Jesus
Christ
Christianity
the word of God is written in the Bible
Christianity
the religious faith of
muslims who worship Allah
as the sole deity and
believes Muhammad is his
prophet
Islam
the holy scriptures of Islam
Koran
the holy scriptures of__
is the Koran
Islam
means submission or surrender
Islam
The root word means peace
Salam
“surrender one’s will to the true will of
God to achieve Peace
Islam
world’s oldest religion
Hinduism
hinduism combines the beliefs,
philosophy, and cultural pratices
of india
Hinduism
central to the faith is a belief in
reincarnation and one supreme
god called Brahman
Hinduism
In hinduism, the supreme god is called
Brahman
In Hinduism, most sacred text is written in ___ in ancient times
Sanskrit
the oldest ancient sacred texts is
called
Vedas
It means knowledge
Vedah
refers to the teachings of Guatama Buddha
Buddhism
is also known as “the
enlightened one” or “the
awakened one”
Buddha
does not believe in a
divine real or God as a
supernatural Being, but instead
follows the wisdom of their
founder.
Buddhism
In pre-colonial Philippines, our ancestors looked up to a priestess or shaman
Babaylan
acted as a healer, spiritual leader, and medium.
Babaylan
usually a woman, but there were some men who were
too
Babaylan
True or false: male babaylan, were said to have feminine traits
True
True or False: our ancestors believed that souls are physical and can exist outside the body and that they can transfer from one body to another
False: our ancestors believed that souls are QUASI-PHYSICAL
an anthropologist and a professor emerita of Up
Visayas made a pioneering study on the primeval concept of dungan
Alicia P. Magos
“life force, an energy, as well as an ethereal entity, a spirit with will of its own that resides in the human body and provides the essence of life.
Dungan
breath of life
Ginhawa
responsible for the heart’s ability to beat. It was believed
that if ginhawa left the body, the person also dies
Ginhawa
the conscious intellectual and emotional aspects
Dungan
True or false: “Ginhawa” and “ Dungan” both exist in every person.
True