WEEK 10 SPIRITUAL SELF

ILO
1. Describe what the spiritual self
2. Define the supernatural, religion, ritual, magic and
witchcraft.
3. Discover the meaning of life.

TOPIC 1 THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

Objectives
1. Describe what is spiritual self?
2. Define what is supernatural, religion, ritual, magic
and witchcraft.
3. Discover the meaning of life.
4. Identify the reason for his existence.

These are the sub-topics that we are going to study in

this lesson.
A. What is Spiritual Self?
B. What is supernatural, religion, ritual, magic and
witchcraft?
C. What is life, why do we exist?

Introduction
What comes to your mind when you hear the word
“spiritual”, “spirit or God”? Most people when they hear
these words they always associate it with a religion or
connect to a religion. Is it right to connect to a religion
or not? In this lesson as you study you will know the
answer if you read all the lessons.
As we have learned in our previous topic, it
says “NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE PRODUCT LIKE THE
MANUFACTURER.” (Dr. Myles Munroe) Human being is
created by God, and he is a manufacturer. He knows us
better than anyone else because he is the Creator. Only
the Creator has the right to tell us who we are and why
he created us and what we are made of. In order to
understand we need to know the purpose why God
created human being.

Principles we should know to understand our

existence:
1. God is not just a creator but he is also a King, the
larger the territory of a king, the more powerful he is.
So as a King he wants to extend his territory.
2. He is in heaven the spiritual realm and he wants to
extend his territory in the physical realm.
3. Heaven is a spiritual realm wherein he dwells and he
wants to extend his territory in the physical realm,
that’s why he created the earth.
4. The earth is the colony of heaven. But because he is
a supernatural being or spiritual being he needs
someone who has a physical body to dominate the
physical realm called earth.
5. He created human being to dominate the earth.
6. Supernatural being or spirit being is illegal to live on
earth because they have no physical body. Spirit needs
to have a physical body in order to live on earth. That’s
why he created human being. The LORD God formed a
man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living
being. God has to breathe into the nostrils the breath of
life in order for the man to become a living being. The
soul which is the mind, emotion and will has no life until
God breathe into his nostrils. Human comes from two
words, “humus” and “man”. Humus means dirt body
and man is spirit, so human means spirit in a dirt body.
Human is 100% dirt and 100% spirit, because man
came from the Creator and he is a Spirit.
7. One of the principles in creation is you must be
attached to where you came from or made of. Since
man came from God he needs to be connected to God
if not he will die spiritually. Man must be connected to
God through his spirit in order to live spiritually, and we
call that spiritual life.

A. What is Spiritual Self?

Spiritual Self may refer to your spiritual life. Human
means spirit in a dirt body and he is created by God
who is Spirit being, therefore human can only connect
to God through his spirit. Your spirit is the one that is
conscious about God. The spirit of human possesses
the soul and lives in the body.

God’s purpose in creating man

Since the earth is the colony of heaven God wants
the earth to be filled with the culture of heaven. God
created human being with the purpose to dominate
the earth. Then God said, “Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness. And let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the
birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all
the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on
the earth.” He equips them with potentials in order to
fulfill their purpose.

Something went wrong!

1. The first man and woman were living perfectly,
dominating the earth under the kingdom of heaven,
until one day they were tempted and disobeyed the
creator.
2. They declared independence against the creator of
heaven and earth, then they were driven out from the
garden, their relationship with the creator was cut and
they were no longer under the kingdom of heaven.
3. When the relationship of human being and the
creator was cut human being lost his consciousness
about God and his purpose he also lost his dominion on
earth.
The search
1. Since human being no longer knows his purpose, his
relationship with his creator was cut, it leaves a
vacuum within him and he begins to search in order to
fill that emptiness.
Religion is man searching what he has lost in order
to fill that emptiness within him. He was searching for
power and control over his circumstances.
2. In his search man tries to involved in religion, he
performs rituals and ceremonies, he engaged in magic
and witchcraft just to fill that emptiness but that
vacuum can never be satisfied unless he understand
his purpose and he can only understand the reason for
his existence if he connects to his creator again,
because only his creator can reveal to him about his
purpose. Once he will be connected to his creator he
will become conscious of God again. No religion, no
ritual, no magic, no witchcraft, no human, nothing can
satisfy the deep longing of human. Nobody can fill the
vacuum or emptiness. The only way to fill that
emptiness, that vacuum is to connect to the Creator so
that man will understand the purpose of his existence
then the emptiness will be filled. The moment human
being will understand his purpose his emptiness will be
satisfied, the deep longing within him will be satisfied.
But he needs to connect to his creator first.

Body, soul and spirit

Body – refers to the dirt body or the physical body, the
senses
Soul – is the mind, will and emotion. The soul is the
one who decides.
spirit – is the one that is conscious about God.
(Manual of Life; Dr. Myles Munroe)
B. Supernatural, Religion, Ritual, Magic and Witchcraft
Supernatural – (a manifestation or event) attributed
to some force beyond scientific understanding or the
laws of nature.
The supernatural is defined as events or things that
cannot be explained by nature or science and that are
assumed to come from beyond or to originate from
other worldly forces.
Religion is man searching what he has lost in order to
fill that emptiness within him. Man is searching for
power and control over his circumstances.
Example of belief in some religion:
THE CONCEPT OF DUNGAN (SOUL) The term Animism is
one of the oldest beliefs which is taken from the Latin
word anima meaning breath or soul. Animism is the
belief that everything in nature-living things like trees,
plants and even non-living rocks or streams have their
own spirit or divinity. Animistic beliefs are still present,
accepted and never entirely disappeared. The Soul or
Spirit in Different Regions of the Philippines 1. Kaluluwa
by the Tagalog 2. Gimokud by the Bagobos 3. Makatu
by the Bukidnon 4. Dungan by the Ilonggos when the is
alive, "Kalag" or "detached", "free" when he is dead 5.
Ikararawa by the Ibanags 6. Kadkadduwa by the
Ilokanos when the soul is in the physical body and it is
seen as a constant companion; karuruwa when it
departs.
Ritual is always done in a particular situation and in
the same way each time. It is a religious or solemn
ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed
according to a prescribed order.
RITUALS AND CEREMONIES Rituals -
free for any person of any age, gender, religion, non-
religion or culture to practice Habitual set of actions
that are imbued with deep and personally significant
meanings Doesn’t have to be esoteric or religious

Types of Rituals -
Prescriptive – a ritual that a deity or religious authority
requires to be performed Situational – a ritual that
arises as needed, frequently in times of crisis
Calendrical – a ritual that is performed on a regular
basis as part of a religious calendar Occasional – a
ritual that is performed when a particular need arises.
Magic the power of apparently influencing the course
of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces
Witchcraft is the practice of magic, especially black
magic; the use of spells.
MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT (BOOK) Magic – Power of
apparently influencing the course of events by using
mysterious or supernatural forces. It is the ability to use
supernatural forces to make impossible things happen.
Magician – One who performs magic. Derived from the
Old French magiciien which is rooted in the Greek word
magikos or magos meaning “magical”. Sorcerer –
translated from the Greek word pharmakos, and carries
with it the idea of medicine, magic potions, drugs, and
poison. Wizard – one who is acquainted with the secrets
of the nonmaterial or unseen world. Necromancer – one
who is ‘seeking unto the dead’.
Barang – Filipino term for a sorcerer. It is used to
describe malignant sorcery or familiar spirits. Kulam –
Tagalog word for ‘voodoo’ or ‘witchcraft’.
Albulario/Mananambal – Filipino practitioner of
traditional medicine. Folklores – includes aswang,
manananggal, kapre, dwende, sirena, syokoy,
engkanto, sigbin, tikbalang, tianak and many
others. (Popcoffee)

Activity (You don't need to submit your answer)

1. What is spiritual self?
2. Do you believe that there is a God who created you
and only he can reveal the purpose for your existence?
TOPIC 2 THE MEANING OF LIFE
C. What is life?

In this lesson we will study what is the meaning of

life. Why do you exist? What is the purpose for your
existence? You will never find the meaning of life
without knowing the meaning for your existence. Why
were you born?

Dr. Myles Munroe said, “The greatest tragedy is life

is not death but life without a purpose.” Nothing is
worse than a person living without knowing the purpose
of his existence. Living a life without knowing the
purpose why you were born is trial and error. Not
knowing the reason for living is frustration.

Who has the authority to tell us what is the reason

for our existence? Is it the creator or his creation? To
whom are you going to believe the creator or his
creation? Of course only the creator knows the purpose
why he created you. How to know the reason for your
existence it is found in the Manual of Life. Manual
means manufacturer’s mind. If you want to know the
reason for your existence you must know what is in the
creator’s mind. How to know the creator’s mind, read
the Manual of Life.

The manual of life says, Then God said, “Let us

make man in our image, after our likeness. And let
them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over
the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and
over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth.” The reason why God created
human being is to have dominion over his creation. To
have dominion means to rule, to govern, to lead, to
master and to manage. It was never mentioned that
man has to dominate or rule human being.
 How will human being dominate the earth? And God
blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and
multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and
have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the
birds of the heavens and over every living thing that
moves on the earth.” The Creator enables human being
to dominate the earth. He said be fruitful he never said
be “seedfull”. Fruit is a product. Human being need to
discover the potentials that the creator has put inside
him. Human being needs to discover his gift, develop or
master it and deploy himself in order to excel in his gift.
Once you understand your purpose you will have
passion for it. Everything God has put inside you, your
gift, your passion, your dream when you were young
that until this time still in your heart, your experiences
will be used to train you in order to fulfill your purpose.
God has blessed you with everything that you need in
order to fulfill the reason for your existence. The
moment you understand the reason for your existence,
you will find the meaning for your life.

How to find the meaning for your existence?

1. You have to know who you are. (Identity)In order

to know who you are, you have to go back to your
creator.

2. You must know where you came from.

(Origin)Who created you? You came from the one who
created you.

3. You must understand why you are here on

earth. (Purpose)You must know and understand the
reason for your existence. The creator knows the
reason for your existence, connect to him that he can
reveal to you his purpose through the Manual of life.
4. You must know what you can do. (Ability) What
are the potentials that the creator has put inside you,
you have to discover and master it. The creator has
blessed you with potentials because you need it to
fulfill the reason for your existence.

5. You must believe that you were created to

succeed. (Destiny) Your success is also the success of
the creator. The creator designs you to succeed, that’s
why he blessed you with everything that you need in
order to succeed. He blessed you with potentials. He
has given you talents, abilities and gift because you
need them to fulfill the reason for your existence.

YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT

1. You were not born just make a living and die.

2. You exist because you have an assignment to fulfill.

3. You were born to solve a problem in your generation

and you are the solution.

4. The creator of heaven and earth has given you an

assignment wherein nobody can do it except you. Your
existence on earth is necessary.

We grow up in a culture wherein we were told to

study well, get good job in order to have stable income.
Once you have a stable income, you have your own
house and lot then you are successful. Life is more than
what you expect and what you think. You are here on
earth because of the creator’s will not you will. You are
here on earth not to pursue your own dream and die.
You are here on earth to fulfill the creator’s purpose,
failure to discover that purpose and fulfill it is
frustration. You will never experience the meaning for
your life if you don’t discover the reason for your
existence. You will never experience the sense of
fulfillment. But the moment you take time and discover
the reason for your existence you will experience the
sense of fulfillment, the joy that can never be bought
by money. So what is life? Life is fulfilling the reason for
your existence.Take time and study this lesson, it will
change your mindset and your life will be changed and
you will find the meaning for your existence.

You must not connect spiritual things to a

religion.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word

“spiritual”, “spirit or God”? Most people when they hear
these words they always associate it with a religion or
connect to a religion. Must we always connect to a
religion or not?

As I’ve mentioned in the introduction, “NO ONE

KNOWS ABOUT THE PRODUCT LIKE THE
MANUFACTURER.” (Dr. Myles Munroe) Human being is
created by God, and he is a manufacturer. He knows us
better than anyone else because he is the Creator. Only
the Creator has the right to tell us who we are and why
he created us and what we are made of.

Who has the authority to tell us what is the reason

for our existence? The creator or his creation? To whom
are you going to believe the creator or his creation? Of
course only the creator knows the purpose why he
created you. How to know the reason for your existence
it is found in the Manual of Life. Manual means
manufacturer’s mind. If you want to know the reason
for your existence you must know what is in the
creator’s mind. How to know the creator’s mind, read
the Manual of Life. And the Manual of Life is called the
Bible.

Once we hear the word of God we always connect it

to a Christian religion. Since the Bible is associated with
Christian religion, the Buddhist, Islam, Shintoism,
Taoism Rizalian and other religions are not willing to
read the Bible anymore. Wrong belief will result to a
wrong application. Since they don’t want to read the
Bible anymore, it will be hard for them to know the
truth about themselves. And for the Christian also since
they thought that Christianity is a religion, they thought
that Jesus Christ came to establish a religion. The
Manual of Life or the Bible never mentioned that Jesus
Christ came to establish a religion. Those who believe
in Jesus Christ and those who follow Christ are called
Christian.

So if Jesus Christ did not bring a religion, what did he

bring? So let the Manual of Life tell us what Jesus Christ
brought.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the

government will be on his shoulders. And he will be
called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father,

Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his

government and peace there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it with justice and
righteousness from that time on and forever. The
zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. Isaiah
9:6-7

What did Jesus bring?

What form of government?

Jesus confirms that when he begin his ministry.

When Jesus Christ began his ministry this is his first

message.

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for

the kingdom of heaven has come near.” Matthew
4:17

When the disciples ask him how to pray, Jesus give

them a prayer template.

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is

in heaven. Matthew 6:10

But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the

kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is
why I was sent.” Luke 4:43

What is the good news?

What is the reason why he was sent?

As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of

heaven has come near.’

Matthew 10:7

When he sent the disciple what was his instruction?

He replied, “You are permitted to understand the

secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are
not. Matthew 13:11
Jesus told his disciples not everyone was able to receive
and understand the Kingdom of God, only those for who
are willing to listen.

What will be the sign of the end of the age?

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in

the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then
the end will come. Matthew 24:14

What was his message before he ascended?

During the forty days after he suffered and died, he

appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he
proved to them in many ways that he was actually
alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of
God. Acts 1:3

Jesus Christ never mentioned about religion but

taught about the government that he brought which is
the Kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is not a
religion.

Kingdom is a governing influence of a King over is

territory, impacting it with his intent, will and desire,
producing a citizenry that reflects the values, the
moral, the standard, the lifestyle and culture of the
King.

Values, moral, standard, lifestyle are the result of a

belief system. Your belief system are the ideas and
teachings that you have believed and accepted to be
true.

But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus

Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to
return as our Savior. Philippians 3:20
 It does not say we belong to the religion that Jesus
Christ established but it says we are the citizens of the
heaven. We are citizens of the nation called heaven.
Heaven is a spiritual realm, the kingdom of God is
spiritual. If you believe in Jesus Christ you are a citizen
of heaven and the government that you are under is
the Kingdom of God and that is spiritual. So we are part
of a spiritual nation called kingdom of heaven. That is
our spiritual life. Therefore spiritual things are not
always connected to a religion.

The spiritual life that we have or the spiritual things

that we believed and accepted are manifested in our
values, moral, standard and lifestyle.

Human means spirit living in a dirt body. The spirit

possesses the soul that lives in a dirt body. Our spiritual
life is reflected in the physical.

Activity
1. What is life?
2. What is the reason for your existence?
3. Did you understand now the meaning for your
existence?