SPIRITUAL Self | Religion, Meaning in Life, Immaterial | Understanding the Self
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But at the same time, it's not only the things that we need in this world.
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We also need some things that are intangible, some things that are beyond ourselves.
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Kung baga, mas malaki kesa sa mga sarili natin.
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And doon papasok si spiritual self.
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So spiritual self, let me make this clear, it's not just about religion.
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But of course, it's a big part.
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But of course, there are some people who have no religion
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and there are some people who have different religions.
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So hindi naman ibig sabihin na magkaiba kayo ng reliyon, eh magkaiba kayo ng spiritualidad.
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I mean, that's possible.
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But I mean, parang hindi naman ibig sabihin na for example,
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parang mas better yung spiritual life mo because you have this certain kind of religion.
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That's not how it works, okay?
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So spiritual self is also there.
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It's also an important part of our life.
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So we have to talk about it then, okay?
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So ano ba yung laman ng ating lecture?
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So what are learning outcomes?
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So at the end of the chapter, you're able to demonstrate understanding of the spiritual self,
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explain the importance of spirituality in one's life,
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discuss how spirituality is connected to religion,
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how spirituality develops,
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and different spiritual beliefs of indigenous people in the Philippines, all right?
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So first, we have to talk about spirituality.
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So the root meaning of spirituality is taken from the Latin word spiritus,
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meaning breath or life force, no?
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For a long time, maraming nagsinasabi or maraming mga hinuha regarding sa buhay natin,
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what makes a person alive, no?
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Pag sinabi nilang tao kasi, parang kakaiba siya kumpara sa mga ibang hayop
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kasi parang yung mga ibang hayop, they seem to have life, no?
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But different yung life ng tao.
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It seems like meron pang something beyond the physical realm, yung mga tao.
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And doon na parang nag-conclude or hindi naman nag-hypothesize,
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yung mga sinuunang tao na parang baka meron something na hindi physical sa mga tao,
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something the ideal, something na nagbibigay uniqueness sa ating existence.
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And doon nila inattribute, or inattribute nila yun sa spirituality or sa spirito ng isang tao.
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So spirituality can be understood as a search for a sacred,
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a process through which people seek to discover, hold on to,
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and when necessary, transform whatever they hold sacred in their lives.
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So sacred, ito yung parang mga holy things na hindi naman sinasamba
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pero more like pinahahalagahan.
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So yung mga kanyari sa mga religion, yung mga sacraments.
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So those are sacred ceremonies.
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And then yung mga tools, yung mga religious paraphernalia,
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those are also sacred things for the religion or for the members of those religions.
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So the sacred could refer to God and transcendence.
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So the sacred, hindi naman siya required na dapat God lagi,
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pero it could refer to God or transcendence.
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Siguro makikita niyo naman ito kasi there are some people
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who regard some of their material things as sacred.
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For example, yung mga taong collectors.
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Yung mga collectors na yan, banal yung mga kinokolekta na mga yan.
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Meron niya ako yung mga nagkokolek ng photocard.
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Pag hinahawakan yung photocard may certain way
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kung paano hawakan yung photocard para hindi malukot, para hindi madamage.
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For some, para lang hindi bumaba yung value ng photocard
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kasi alam niyo naman, pag medyo may lukot na yung photocard,
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mahirap din ibenta sa Shopee.
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Pero yung iba, gusto lang nalaga nilang maging maayos yung photocard nila.
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So people have their own sacred things.
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And one can even argue that yung mga fandom natin are also part of our spirituality
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because it's something that we hold sacred.
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It's something that we hold on to.
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It's something that we want to discover more.
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Pag nagkaroon ka ng bagong fandom, talagang isa-search mo
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sino yung mga members, ano yung ginagawa ng mga members,
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yung mga buhay ng mga members.
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You are holding on to that idea.
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And then when necessary, it can transform even your life.
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Natatransform ng mga fandom natin, yung mga buhay natin.
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So in a way, yung mga fandom na yan, it's sort of part of our spirituality
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if we will take to heart yung mga meaning ng spirituality.
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But of course, it can also refer to religion and God.
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Ayoko nalang idiscuss masyado yung obvious.
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So didiscuss natin yung ibang implications pa.
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So the term spirituality originally developed in early Christianity.
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So Christians used this term spirit to describe the Holy Spirit.
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So in Christian ethics, the experience of the sacred is characterized by reverence,
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faith, fear, trust, love, and admiration which is intimately connected to God.
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So this is already for a long time in our life na-indoctrinate pa tayo
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with regards to Christian ethics.
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So I will not really emphasize more yung Christian ethics.
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So worship is regarded as an essential act to realize the ultimate meaning
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of transcendence in human life.
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So worship is the act of expressing our faith, our fear, our trust, our love, and admiration
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to the higher being that we chose to believe in.
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So of course, yung worship na yan, it doesn't only apply again to God.
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It can also be applied to nature. It can also be applied to ancestors.
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It can also be applied to your fandom again.
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Kasi titignan niyo, wala namang masyadong, di naman.
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Kumbaga, there are some similarities with regards sa pagiging religious and pagiging fanatic
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or pagiging fan, diba?
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Actually, sinabing merong mga iba, mga religious fanatic.
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But what I'm saying is they have the same concept.
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Merong mga objects of sacredness. May mga sacred objects, sacred people
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na we know worship yung mga fandom and yung mga religion.
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And then those can give meaning to the life of the worshiper.
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And they act or they do some acts that serve as a worship for that higher being
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or for that person or for that group, diba?
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So wala lang. Gusto ko lang pakita na kumbaga pwede palang nating ma-apply
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yung term na spirituality and other things.
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So acts of worship may include prayer, reading the Bible, attending sacraments,
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and of course doing sacrifices.
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Through acts of faith, hope, and love, man is able to encounter God
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and understand God's word of salvation.
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So again, most religion are doing this.
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Meron silang mga prayers, meron silang mga sacred texts.
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In the case of Christianity, there's the Bible.
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In the case of the Jew, merong Torah, if I'm not mistaken.
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And then sa mga Muslim, meron silang ano kasing pang-Koran, diba?
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Tapos sa mga Indian or sa mga Hindu, I mean, meron silang Vedas, diba?
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Sa mga monks, meron silang mga books.
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Ewan ko, marami kasi sa mga monks, sa mga Buddhists.
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Actually in Buddhists, very flexible naman sila.
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Hindi sila namimili talaga ng mga books na dapat itulong basahin.
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Hindi sila ganun. Parang sila nga gusto nila basahin mo lahat.
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Kahit hindi related sa Buddhism. Parang ganun.
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So and then of course, doing sacrifices.
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So sacrifices can include rites, offering, fasting, ano pa ba?
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Yung mga sacrifice. Marami mga sacrifice ang pwedeng gawin.
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Yung may iba, penitensya, diba? So yun.
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So through these acts of faith, they are able to encounter God
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and God's word for salvation.
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But again, other people, most people, especially here in the Philippines, have their faith.
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But there are some. There are some people who do not really have their religion.
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So paano yun? Kung wala kang religion, paano magiging spiritual ang isang tao?
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Possible ba yun? Pamaya pag-usapan natin.
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So the spiritual self is the aspect of the self that is the inner essence
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or the part of the self that connects the person to the sacred, the supernatural, and the universe.
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So people develop spirituality through interaction, observation, and imitation.
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The family, the school, the church, and the church play a very important role
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in child's spiritual development.
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So one of my difficulty in explaining spiritual self
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is that parang it really varies from person to person.
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There are some people who are very highly spiritual,
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meaning they connect themselves to the sacred, to the supernatural,
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and the universe more so than other people.
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And then there are some na hindi naman sila spiritual.
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Kung baga, they are very grounded on the material plane, on the reality na nandun sila.
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For example, yun nga, mga tinatawag nilang materialistic,
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na pinapahalagahan yung mga material na bagay.
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Kasi for them, that is more important than other aspects of the self
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which is, of course, the spiritual self.
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Kasi hindi ko alam. Kasi siguro ganun sila pinalaki.
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Meron sila mga naging experience that led them to have that kind of belief.
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But spirituality kasi, it is developed yan through interaction,
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through observation, and through, of course, imitation.
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Kung anong bata naman tayo, minsan clueless tayo
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bakit ginagawa ng mga magulang natin yung pagdadasal.
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And then, of course, i-explain nila. Tapos observe natin.
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And then, of course, makipag-participate tayo.
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We interact with it. And then eventually,
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we will learn spirituality through those activities.
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So the family, the school, and the church play a very big role
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in the spiritual development of a child.
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Usually kung anong religion ng mga parents,
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usually yun din yung religion ng mga anak.
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Pero hindi laging ganun.
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Kasi there's some factors that can really alter
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the development of the spiritual self of a child.
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So the importance of understanding and nurturing the spiritual self.
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So understanding and nurturing the spiritual self is as important
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as other aspects of the self.
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Understanding and developing awareness of the spiritual self
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gives the person a feeling of oneness with God and the universe.
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So it also gives a deeper meaning or purpose of one's life.
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So ito siguro yung one of the main contributions
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ng spiritual self. Deeper purpose and meaning in one's life.
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Kasi ultimately, if you haven't noticed yet,
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life is meaningless.
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Walang meaning yung buhay kung hindi mo ya-attach yung sarili mo
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into something bigger.
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Or so some people thought.
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Or most people think na parang ganun.
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So marami sa mga tao,
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ang ninunurture nila yung kareng spiritual self
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so that mahanap nila kung ano ba talaga
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ang purpose nila sa buhay,
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ano ba yung meaning ng buhay nila.
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And usually this yearning for meaning
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is parang inborn sa atin yan.
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Parang genetically speaking,
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we are programmed to seek our meaning,
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to seek our purpose,
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to seek the meaning of our existence.
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or this is actually psychologically proven
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that most people really do want to have this,
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they want to make sense of their life.
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And one way to make sense of a person's life
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is to actually nurture their spiritual self.
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Again, spiritual self is not only exclusive
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for religious people.
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Ito kasi yung laging na may misconstrue
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or parang kinoconflate kasi lagi
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ang spirituality sa religion.
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And actually that's true naman
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kasi most of the people who are very religious
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are very spiritual din.
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But there are some people who are very spiritual
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but not really religious.
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Maraming magtatanong,
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lalo na yung mga matatanda,
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Parang di naman yata tama yun.
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Or nasabihin pa nga ng iba,
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parang hindi naman posible yun.
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Actually that's possible.
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It's possible for one person to have
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their spiritual self, to have their meaning in life,
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to have their purpose in life
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even without religion.
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So imbis na ilalagay nila sa religion,
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imbis na ibabigay nila sa God
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yung kanilang worship, yung kanilang sacred things,
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iibibigay nila sa real world.
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Sa mundong ibabaw nila ilalagay
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or i-attach yung meaning nila sa buhay.
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O kaya naman sila mismo
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ang gagawa ng meaning nila sa buhay
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without the help of religion.
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pag may religion, madali.
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Kumbaga, ano na yan eh,
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curated na. Parang bibigyan ka na lang
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ito yung meaning ng life mo.
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Iba-iba yan, based sa religion.
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Ito yung meaning lang ng life.
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The meaning of your life is to worship God.
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The meaning of life is to
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be a good person.
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hindi mo naman kailangan talaga yun.
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I mean, di mo kailangan ng libro
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para masabing ito yung
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purpose ng buhay mo.
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There are some people who are like that.
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They don't need anyone telling them
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what is the meaning of life.
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They want to create their own meaning.
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Iba? So it's possible.
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It's possible for a person
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to become spiritual
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but at the same time not religious.
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In the same way that
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a person can become religious
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but not spiritual.
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Iba? Yung mga ganun eh,
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yung simba-simba, after magsimba,
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mga apo or mga anak
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or mga nakapaligid
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After niya magdasal-dasal,
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after niya magmisa, uuwi, papagalitan
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lahat. Tote ako, pamig siya!
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Iba? So religious yung taong yan
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but spirituality wise, I don't think
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that person is spiritual.
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So the reverse is also true. A person can become
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spiritual while not being religious.
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The same way that religious people
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can become not spiritual.
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So I think na, ano naman yun,
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nakikita nyo naman yun via experience.
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And there are some people who have no religion
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that are mas ano pa,
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mas matino pang tao
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minsan sa mga iba.
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Ang point ko dito is
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spirituality doesn't
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But religion needs spirituality
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for it to become legit.
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All religions recognize the importance
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of spirituality in one's life
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and spirituality is connected with religion.
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As I've mentioned, to know God is the central
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function of religion.
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Actually the central function of religion
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is to organize people
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So tama naman siguro. Okay.
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So religious beliefs and practices
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make people closer to God.
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This is actually true because
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sa mga ano natin, sa mga
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traditions, sa mga religious traditions
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natin, like Christmas,
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Santa Cruzan, Fiesta,
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ito mga activities na to, they are, they
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originated from religious beliefs.
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And they are activities
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that really promote
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social interaction.
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Promote siya ng pagkakaisa
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So yun pa yung isa sigurong
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Isang purpose or isang function ng religion
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which is to talagang
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promote camaraderie,
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interaction, promote social engagement
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among people. So that's why
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also one of the most important aspects
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of a person's life.
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But again, as I've mentioned,
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hindi naman talaga
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requirement yun. But it's a plus.
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Because there are some countries
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really, walang religion.
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Yung Spain ngayon, di siya religious
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na country. But it still works.
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In fact, ang Spain
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ang nagdala sa atin ng religion.
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Pero sila, di na sila religious.
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Pero nag-work pa din sila as a nation.
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So what does that
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mean is that religion
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for all its benefits, of course,
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hindi siya talaga required
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people can choose their own religion.
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masama sa religion talaga.
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Pero sana din walang masama sa
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pagkakaroon ng walang religion.
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Because spirituality
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is not connected.
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I mean, spirituality is connected with
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religion but it doesn't need to.
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meaning in life, in religion
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and spirituality, logotherapy
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or the search for meaning in life.
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Logotherapy is the
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proposed by Viktor Frankl.
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Si Viktor Frankl ay isang
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victim ng Holocaust.
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Ang Holocaust, if you're not familiar,
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during World War II,
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millions of millions of Jews
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making them work in concentration
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camps and then randomly
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If that person or that
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functioning well, kunyari meron siyang
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sakit, meron siyang disability,
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ayun, igagas nila.
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lang talaga. So si Viktor
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Frankl is napunta siya sa mga
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concentration camps na yun. And then
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dun niya nadevelop yung basic tenets
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of logotherapy. Kasi
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just imagine the dread
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wanting to die but you cannot.
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Diba? And yun nga,
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parang pinutorture sila dun,
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pinagtatrabaho sila ng walang bayad,
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and so on. So Frankl embraced
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both the bright and dark sides of human
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existence and believed that human
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sufferings could contribute to human
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achievement and meaning in life.
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Actually, this is one of my
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own philosophy. Kaya
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lagi kong sinasabi, life is suffering.
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So isa si Viktor Frankl sa
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mga nag-propose nun. Although may
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mga nauna sa kanya like si Nietzsche
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and even, of course, si Buddha.
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Human suffering or life
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is actually suffering.
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And actually, this suffering
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is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Actually, it can help you
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achieve your own meaning in
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life. Parang, what?
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Sir, napanyab yan muna.
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Ano pinagsasabi nito? Bakit
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suffering tapos meaning in life?
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Mamaya, tingnan natin.
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Logotherapy is the pursuit
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of human existence as well as man's
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search for such a meaning. Logos
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Logo, meaning therapy. In logotherapy,
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man can discover the meaning in
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life in three different ways. By doing
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a deed, by experiencing a value,
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and by suffering.
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his stay or during his
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suffering sa kamay
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Viktor Frankl, parang
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na-observe niya kung sino yung
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mga taong magsasurvive, yung mga
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dun sa concentration camp na yun
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yung mga taong feeling niya
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hindi magtatagal. So,
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paano niya na ano yun?
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Paano niya na sabi kung
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magtatagal ba yung isang tao o hindi?
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Sabi niya, yung mga taong
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sa buhay, hindi na nila
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sineseek yung meaning nila,
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yung meaning ng suffering nila, sila
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usually daw yung unang namamatay.
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Pero yung mga taong sineseek
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pa rin yung meaning nila,
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kahit sa mga suffering na dinadanas nila,
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then sila yung mga
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nagsasurvive. So parang
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find meaning. Kasi usually,
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ang sinasabi lang, paano mo mahahanap yung meaning
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ng buhay mo? So, yung usual
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na way is actually to do something.
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When you're doing something, you find
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meaning in that something. For example,
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in teaching. So, teaching
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is a deed. And some people
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find meaning in teaching.
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by becoming a mother,
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becoming a father. Diba? Being a
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father, being a mother is a deed.
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You always do something for that.
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Or experiencing a value.
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Experiencing a value, let's say
22:16.4
for example, kailangan ka
22:18.4
ng ibang tao. Kailangan
22:20.4
ka ng ibang tao. That is the meaning in life.
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Kailangan ka ng ibang tao kasi
22:24.4
ginagawa mo ito para sa kanila.
22:26.4
Kailangan ka ng ibang tao
22:28.4
kasi they think or they
22:32.4
with you. That is meaning in life.
22:36.4
ito yung mga common ways of
22:38.4
seeking meaning in your life.
22:40.4
But also, sabi ni
22:42.4
Brankel, suffering.
22:44.4
In suffering, we can find meaning.
22:48.4
always have a choice to end our
22:50.4
suffering. I will not
22:52.4
mention how, but there's
22:54.4
a choice on how to end your suffering.
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sino-choose na i-end yung suffering natin?
23:02.4
Because in that suffering, sometimes
23:06.4
us, we know why we
23:10.4
For example, in teaching,
23:12.4
teaching is suffering. Why is it suffering?
23:16.4
give grades to people.
23:18.4
To students. And then some students
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eh bakit ganito lang po yung grade ko sir?
23:26.4
magbibigay ka ng consideration.
23:28.4
Magbibigay ka ng consideration
23:30.4
sa kanila and then sasabihin nila
23:32.4
inconsiderate ka.
23:34.4
O kaya naman, magprepare ka ng
23:36.4
syllabus. Magprepare ka ng lessons.
23:38.4
Magprepare ka ng quizzes. Magprepare
23:44.4
yan. Diba? Suffering yan.
23:48.4
not to do that. But why are you still
23:50.4
doing that? Because
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it's something that really
23:56.4
it's something na parang gusto mong gawin
23:58.4
even though it's suffering.
24:00.4
Then, in suffering,
24:02.4
you are suffering for that kind
24:04.4
of activity. You are suffering for that kind
24:08.4
because you find meaning in that
24:10.4
suffering. You want to still
24:12.4
go on because in that activity,
24:14.4
in that doing something, you experience
24:18.4
And when you experience that value,
24:20.4
when you do that something, you suffer.
24:22.4
And still, you want to do it.
24:24.4
Because that is something very important
24:26.4
to you. That is something that brings
24:28.4
meaning to your life. So,
24:30.4
in suffering, we find meaning.
24:32.4
Okay? Kasi we always have a
24:34.4
choice not to suffer. But we suffer
24:36.4
it because we find it
24:38.4
important. We find it valuable.
24:42.4
because it's valuable, we do something
24:44.4
for it. And when we do something for it,
24:46.4
we suffer from it.
24:48.4
Okay? So, that's how logotherapy
24:50.4
or that's how one can find
24:52.4
meaning in one's life.
24:54.4
Okay? So, nag-gets nyo ba?
24:56.4
Nag-make sense ba ako?
25:02.4
of course, that's not the only way to find
25:04.4
meaning in life. Some people, again,
25:06.4
as I've mentioned, they find meaning in life
25:08.4
through religion. Some people
25:10.4
find meaning in life through their suffering.
25:12.4
And some people are actually
25:14.4
giving up in finding meaning
25:16.4
and just accept how meaninglessness
25:20.4
the norm in the world.
25:22.4
So, ang tawag doon is absurdism.
25:24.4
Okay? So, kasi ako,
25:26.4
subscriber ako nung medyo
25:28.4
upunta na ako sa absurdism.
25:30.4
Kasi meaning in life, what does meaning in life
25:32.4
mean? Meaning in life means that your
25:34.4
life has a purpose. Your life
25:36.4
is significant. So, ibig sabihin,
25:38.4
meron siyang value.
25:40.4
And then, of course, it makes sense.
25:42.4
Dapat nag-make sense
25:44.4
ang buhay. Kasi, for example,
25:46.4
pag binigyan mo ng meaning yung isang word, nag-make sense
25:48.4
ng word. So, pag binigyan mo ng meaning yung
25:50.4
buhay, nag-make sense yung buhay.
25:52.4
Pero, kung nabubuhay na kayo nang medyo
25:54.4
matagal-tagal sa mundo, mapapansin nyo na
25:56.4
kung binag-make sense ang buhay.
25:58.4
Bakit maraming nangyayaring masamang bagay
26:00.4
sa mga bababait na tao? Bakit maraming
26:02.4
mababubuting o mabagagandang
26:04.4
bagay ang nangyayari sa mga masamang tao?
26:06.4
Bakit tayo nagihirap?
26:08.4
Bakit meron mga taong mayaman, meron mga taong
26:10.4
mahirap? Ba't meron mga taong masama?
26:12.4
Meron mga taong mabuti?
26:14.4
Bakit mas mayaman yung kahit
26:16.4
at bayan mo kaysa sayo, kahit mas masipag
26:18.4
ka naman sa kanya? Bakit
26:20.4
yung isa, meron siya magandang
26:22.4
trabaho, ikaw wala?
26:24.4
Doesn't make sense.
26:26.4
Life doesn't make sense.
26:28.4
And some people, those who subscribe
26:34.4
absurdity of life.
26:36.4
Bakit ako nabuhay?
26:40.4
Pwedeng wala na lang.
26:42.4
Why is there something
26:44.4
instead of nothing?
26:46.4
Kasi kung wala naman,
26:48.4
kung nothing lang, pwede di na ako magsasuffer.
26:52.4
magsasuffer ako. Para saan?
26:56.4
Some people embrace that
26:58.4
kind of thinking that
27:00.4
life is meaningless.
27:04.4
crawl with it, and then try to do
27:06.4
something that will make
27:08.4
your time worth living.
27:10.4
Iba? Ang weird ng meaning in life.
27:12.4
So, as I've mentioned,
27:16.4
or spirituality can give that
27:18.4
meaning, but not all the time.
27:20.4
Some people are very stubborn with their way of life.
27:24.4
satisfied with their religion,
27:26.4
and therefore find something more.
27:28.4
Find something else.
27:32.4
if you see some person or some people
27:34.4
who are like that,
27:36.4
huwag natin silang i-judge na
27:38.4
pag walang religion, agad-agad masamang tao.
27:40.4
Maraming mga taong religious,
27:42.4
pero masama silang tao.
27:44.4
At the same time,
27:46.4
maraming mga taong walang religion,
27:48.4
pero hindi naman silang masamang tao.
27:50.4
Pero hindi rin silang mabayit.
27:52.4
Life doesn't make sense.
27:56.4
Sometimes we just have to accept how absurd
27:58.4
life is, and in that way,
28:00.4
we find meaning in life.
28:02.4
So, yan yung mga ways
28:04.4
on how to find meaning in your life.
28:08.4
normal way, which is to
28:10.4
look for it in religion.
28:12.4
There is the suffering way,
28:14.4
look for logotherapy.
28:16.4
There is the weird way, which is yung absurdism
28:18.4
proposed by Albert Camus
28:20.4
and other existentialist people.
28:26.4
Nagbababul na ako. Sorry.
28:28.4
Nag-enjoy lang ako pag pinag-uusapan
28:30.4
yung meaning in life.
28:32.4
Next is belief in spirit.
28:34.4
Spirituality is also associated with animism.
28:36.4
Animism is a form of religion.
28:38.4
As the child embodies spiritual beliefs
28:40.4
about God and the sacred, it also includes
28:42.4
the primitive concept about animism.
28:44.4
So, this animism or the belief
28:46.4
that creatures, objects, and places
28:50.4
So, animism, this is
28:52.4
the first religion of our
28:54.4
country. It is where
28:56.4
ito ngayon sinasabi ko that
28:58.4
our indigenous or our ancestors
29:00.4
worshipped the sun, worshipped the
29:02.4
nature, worshipped mountains,
29:04.4
worshipped rivers, and so on.
29:06.4
Because they believed that everything
29:08.4
in our world has their own spirits.
29:10.4
Meron tong mga spirito
29:12.4
ang lahat ng mga bagay
29:16.4
Despite all the scientific
29:18.4
Despite all the scientific progress
29:20.4
and technological advancement, existence of
29:22.4
animism still remains.
29:24.4
Di lang animism. Pati yung mga ibang
29:26.4
religyo, di ba sasama mo dito?
29:30.4
a disclaimer lang, sinundan natin,
29:34.4
pinagkuhanan ka nito,
29:36.4
sinundan namin yung nasa book.
29:38.4
But of course, hindi naman lahat
29:40.4
kaya kailangan ko mag-agree.
29:46.4
opinions. But I'm
29:48.4
clarifying naman kung opinion ko
29:50.4
na lang ito. Medyo
29:52.4
nawi-weirdo ako dito. Despite all scientific
29:54.4
progress and technological advancement,
29:56.4
existence of animism still remains.
29:58.4
Parang sinasabi na yung
30:06.4
kung compare mo naman sa mga ibang
30:08.4
religion, parang parehas lang naman sila.
30:10.4
Wala lang masyadong pinagkaiba. Ang pinagkaiba lang
30:12.4
sa animism, yung nature yung bina-worship.
30:14.4
Sa ibang ibang religion, mga figures,
30:18.4
God. Some would even argue that
30:26.4
book. So among the sources of
30:28.4
animism is ignorance or
30:30.4
among sources of animism is
30:32.4
ignorance or lack of education, especially
30:34.4
in distant and isolated places.
30:36.4
So ang religionist,
30:39.4
yung parang sinasabi
30:41.4
na yung animism is lower
30:43.4
form of religion. No, it's not.
30:49.4
judging it? That lack of education
30:51.4
is... Andami naman
30:53.4
mga religious na may lack of
30:55.4
education. Andaming religion na gano'n.
30:59.4
nila inaaway ang animism?
31:01.4
Tapos the other source of
31:03.4
animism is the lack of faith in God.
31:05.4
They are worshipping the nature.
31:07.4
For them, nature is God.
31:13.4
Pag tinidiscuss ko talaga,
31:15.4
natitrigger ako. Bakit nila
31:17.4
inaaway ang animism?
31:19.4
It's a legitimate religion.
31:23.4
judging it? It's the same as
31:25.4
discriminating people
31:27.4
because of their religion. It's not
31:29.4
like that. Animism is actually
31:31.4
one of the oldest religion, and
31:33.4
I think one of the religion
31:35.4
that really defined our
31:39.4
other people's culture.
31:43.4
However, one must admit... Ito naman,
31:45.4
kumambi naman, however, one must admit
31:47.4
that there are forces in this world
31:49.4
that are unusual and cannot be explained by science
31:51.4
or modern technology. Kasi
31:59.4
God of the Gaps argument.
32:01.4
If there's something that science
32:03.4
cannot explain, therefore God.
32:05.4
Alam niyo yun. Pag hindi na-explain
32:07.4
ng science, hindi na-explain ng technology,
32:09.4
yan. Si God ang gumawa doon.
32:13.4
na-uubos na yung mga gaps na yun.
32:17.4
Na-ano lang ako dito sa
32:21.4
book regarding sa
32:23.4
animism. But of course,
32:25.4
animism is still a religion, and some
32:27.4
people, not only in the Philippines
32:29.4
can still practice animism, and there's
32:31.4
nothing wrong with practicing
32:33.4
your own religion.
32:37.4
I hope you get what I mean.
32:39.4
Parang medyo condescending
32:41.4
ang way ng pag-describe
32:43.4
sa animism. When in fact, animism
32:45.4
is still a religion. Animism is a
32:49.4
some people, so we
32:51.4
have no right to judge
32:55.4
or this religion is a good religion
32:57.4
or a bad religion. As I've mentioned,
32:59.4
religions are all good,
33:01.4
generally speaking. Pero siyempre,
33:03.4
it's on moderation. Kasi pag
33:05.4
sumobra yan, malalaman nyo yung
33:07.4
history ng Catholic Church nung
33:09.4
medieval century.
33:11.4
Pag sumobra ang power na ibibigay
33:13.4
mo sa isang grupo ng mga tao, especially
33:15.4
sa religion, it can wreak some havoc
33:19.4
of humankind. So,
33:21.4
religion on moderation,
33:23.4
actually it has noble causes.
33:27.4
help people develop their
33:29.4
spiritual self, their sense of meaning
33:31.4
in life, their purpose in
33:37.4
function ng religion, to give
33:39.4
people their meaning, to give
33:41.4
people something that is more
33:45.4
something more compared
33:47.4
to them, something bigger that
33:49.4
they can aspire to. So, that
33:51.4
is the purpose of religion.
33:53.4
The main purpose of religion
33:59.4
nurture the spiritual self
34:01.4
of a person. But, again,
34:05.4
usually, there are some
34:07.4
people who opt not to use
34:11.4
or to nurture their spiritual life.
34:13.4
There are some alternatives to
34:15.4
religion. So, yung alternatives
34:17.4
to the religion, it doesn't necessarily
34:19.4
mean naman na masama agad yun.
34:21.4
But, of course, there are some alternatives
34:23.4
to religion that can be harmful, like,
34:25.4
for example, drugs. Some people
34:27.4
worship drugs. So, they
34:29.4
want it, and then their drug-taking
34:31.4
is a form of worshipping that
34:35.4
that is a bad alternative. But, there are
34:37.4
some other ways, like, for example,
34:39.4
reading more about the history,
34:41.4
reading more about human
34:43.4
suffering, human behavior,
34:47.4
reading more about everything,
34:49.4
science, even. Some people find meaning
34:51.4
in science. Some people
34:53.4
find meaning in the
34:55.4
universe by studying
34:57.4
the rules of nature.
34:59.4
So, there are alternatives.
35:03.4
no one thing that will really
35:05.4
that we're really
35:07.4
that we can really
35:11.4
Wala namang isang way
35:13.4
na tama. Kasi, depende
35:15.4
talaga yan sa tao. Kasi, may mga tao
35:17.4
na hindi nagbawork para sa kanilang science.
35:19.4
May mga tao na hindi nagbawork para
35:21.4
sa kanilang religion.
35:23.4
But, it doesn't necessarily say that that person is
35:25.4
good or that person is bad.
35:27.4
So, what I'm saying here is that our spiritual
35:29.4
self is a very important part of
35:31.4
ourself, and there are a lot
35:33.4
of ways on nurturing, on
35:35.4
developing spiritual self, and we do not
35:39.4
a person on the way
35:41.4
he wants, or he or she wants
35:43.4
to develop or nurture
35:45.4
his or her spiritual self.
35:47.4
Because, after all, we're
35:49.4
all humans. We have our needs.
35:51.4
We have our wants. We have our own histories.
35:57.4
as long as hindi naman pumapatay ng tao,
36:01.4
hayaan mo siya sa religion niya.
36:03.4
Hayaan mo siya sa spiritualidad niya.
36:05.4
Hayaan mo siya sa gusto niyang gawin.
36:07.4
Okay? So, because
36:09.4
spirituality is really
36:13.4
part of ourselves.
36:15.4
Same naman sa may ibang bagay. Okay?
36:17.4
So, with that, do you have any
36:19.4
questions with regards
36:21.4
sa spiritual self,
36:23.4
finding meaning in life, and
36:29.4
Sige. So, kung wala na
36:31.4
kayong tanong, I will end the recording
