Unfolding the Biological Self

MODULE 8. UNFOLDING THE FUTURE SELF             As we understand ourselves, there are times we look forward on the different factors in our life. We look unto our past, in our present and we look forward to our future. As said by Soren Kierkegard, “ life that can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward ”. According to this quote, we can move forward even if we look back in our past. We should move forward because our past is life lessons or experiences that we should keep. Zimbardo made a theory that explains how human likely to sort or categorize their experience. These are five (5) time perspective: Present-hedonistic, present-fatalistic, past-positive, past-negative, and future-oriented. As per Zimbardo, a healthy perspective is one that combines their past, present, and future.             As we grow old, we look forward to future because we saw th...

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...