Unfolding the Biological Self

MODULE 7. UNFOLDING THE EMERGING FACETS OF THE SELF             All of us are members of the society; we are obliged to contribute in our community. As a citizen, we have our duties and responsibilities as well like the elected officials. We have the power to vote the rightful people to have a position inside the government. Politics runs with power. No one can run for politics if no one has money. Some people have high positions due to their power regardless if they are qualified to be in that position. As long as a running candidate has the power and connection, he/she may win. Active citizenship is defined as the process of sharing decisions that may affect one’s life or the life of the whole community. It is also a practice of democracy.                                    It is an action for the voices of...

MODULE 6. UNFOLDING THE SPIRITUAL SELF Having the “whole person” is more like having physical and psychological aspects. Both aspects cover human development such as growth and maturation for physical, and focusing on consciousness for psychological. Beside to these two aspects, there is another aspect that is very important just like having these two; the spiritual aspect of the self . In Spiritual self, the connection of our mind, body, and spirit is the main highlight. Also, it is the phase where we take our own life journey, contextualizing that there is a higher being, and discovering the meaning of one’s life. There was lot of researches that was formulated in order to define the meaning of spirituality. The aspect of our self is linked to an individual’s process of seeking and expressing the meaning. For Beauregaard and O’Leary, spirituality is like any experience that is thought to the experiencer in contact with the divine. Another researcher defined spirituality as ...

MODULE 5. UNFOLDING THE EMOTIONAL SELF Emotions are very important in understanding ourselves because it portrays how we acquire a given scenario. Our emotions also show how a person act and behave. There are times that emotions are really hard to control that is why sometime we tend to do things we didn’t mean to do but because of high emotional level, we do things or we say things unexpectedly. Despite having high emotional level, an individual is expected to have the ability to contain his or her emotions. Emotions are considered as the lower level of responses but it is the most critical survival function in making one aware of threats coming from the surroundings. Being this critical survival function, it actually affects the inner consciousness of a person. Emotions and feelings are different. Totally different. Emotions are the biological experiences or responses while feelings are the mental portrayal of what is going on in our surroundings. Feelings are interpretation ...

                                         MODULE 4. UNFOLDING THE MENTAL SELF             When an individual is born, there are developmental milestones that are based on the individual’s senses. As they observe during their growing up stage, they observe the surroundings and the have the capability of analyzing information. They also have the ability to make their own choices and behave appropriately especially when they are out in public places. These are somewhat called sensor-based acquisition of knowledge . As a person grows, having the sensory-based it switched to a more logical and abstract manner thinking. They are starting to be complex to tasks and challenges because maturity enters their mind. Example of this is when a child st...

MODULE 3. UNFOLDING THE SOCIAL SELF Our first social group is our FAMILY . Our primary knowledge about the things in life came from home. We first learn the basics at home. Before we got the influence from our friends and other social group, we have been influenced by our parents. They have taught us the basic moral of life. They have taught us how to act and how to show ourselves in a right way in society. Our family is the first one to open our eyes that this world is a battlefield. Parents are also considered as our first teacher. They are the ones that provide the initial impression of the world beyond our home. Family also helps an individual in shaping one’s social self. We have our second social groups which are our friends, the school and other general environment. Because of our friends or involvement of other people, our view to the world expands. We gain more knowledge and social skills from mentors. Because of these social groups, our knowledge towards the world is ...

MODULE 2. UNFOLDING THE BIOLOGICAL SELF             “ Don’t judge the book by its cover ”. It’s easy for other people to judge or define us by looking at our physical appearance. We can’t avoid that nowadays. We are defined based on the outside but not deep within. People can easily remember us by recalling of some of our features but not because of what we have inside or where we came from. For now, physical attributes are more considered by others on how they define us. As we talk about the BIOLOGICAL SELF , we realize that what we see outside doesn’t define what really in the inside or our PHYSICAL SELF. Our height, weight, skin color, and other physical characteristics did not show up in our lives randomly. Instead, it is done genetic transformation and biological development through heredity.             Heredity. If you have a brown skin color then maybe it’s you...