Lesson 2

To buy or not to buy?

Lesson Objectives:
• At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
 Explain the association of self and possession;
 Identify the role of consumer culture to self and identity;
 Aappraise one’s self based on the description of material self.
“We regard only Possessions as parts of
our selves. We are what we have and
what we Possess.”
• Belk (1988)
The Principles of Psychology
1. Constituents
2. Self-Feeling
3. Self-seeking
4. Self-Preservation
Material Self
SELF
Body
Clothes
Immediate Family
Home

 Material Self Investment Diagram

Body Clothes
• The innermost part of our • Influenced by the
body. Intentionally, we are “philosophy of dress” by
investing in our body. Herman Lotze.
• We strive hard to make sure • Clothing is an essential part
that this body function well of the self.
and good. Any ailment or
• Clothing is a form of self-
disorder directly affect us
expression.
• We choose and wear clothes
that reflect our self.
Immediate family Home
• Our parents and sibling hold • Is where our heart is.
another great important of
• Earliest nest of our selfhood.
our self.
• What they do or become
affects us.
• We place huge investment
in our immediate family
when we them as the
nearest replica of our self.
“We are what we
have”
 Activity:
Debit Card Challenge

 A very wealthy person gave you a debit card and told you
to use it as much as you want to make yourself happy.
What are you going to do with it? Make a list of what you
want to have. Write as many as you want.
 Analysis
Answer the ff. questions.

1. How do you feel as you do the debit card challenge?

2. Which among the items in your list you like the most? Why?
3. If ever you were given the chance in real life to have one among the
list, which would you choose? Why?
4. Does your choice different from what you answer in question
number 2? Why or why not?
5. Let your classmate read your list. Ask her/him to give or write a
quick impression of yourself based on the list you showed him/her.
6. Is the quick impression of your classmate has some truth about who
you are?
Lesson 3:
Supernatural: Believe it or
Not!
Lesson Objectives:
• At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
 Identify the various religions practices and beliefs;
 Understand in self in relation with religious beliefs; and
 Explain ways of finding the meaning of life.
 Religion
- is a set of cultural beliefs and practices 4.The performance of ritual activities
that usually includes some or all of basic
that involves manipulation of sacred
characteristics. (Rebecca Stein 2011)
object to communicate to supernatural
These Characteristics are: beings and/or to influence or control
1. A belief in anthropomorphic supernatural events.
being, such as spirits and Gods
5. The articulation of worldview and
2. A focus on the sacred supernatural, where moral codes through narratives and other
sacred refers to a feeling of reverence and
means.
awe.
3. The presence of supernatural power or 6.Provide the creation and maintenance
energy that is found on supernatural social bonds and mechanism of social
beings as well as physical beings and control within a community; provide
objects explanation for unknown and a sense of
control for individuals.
 Rituals
- Is the performance of ceremonial acts prescribe by a tradition or sacred law
(Britannica 2017).
- Is a specific, observable mode of behavior exhibited by all unknown societies.
3 fundamental characteristics of rituals according to Penner(Britannica
2017)
1. A feeling or emotion of respect, awe fascination or dread in relation to
the sacred.
2. Dependence upon the belief system that is usually expressed in the
language of myths.
3. Is symbolic in relation to its reference.
World Religious Beliefs & Practices

 Buddhism
 Christianity  Islam
 Hinduism  Judaism
 Buddhism

Buddhist Monks Image of Buddha Buddhist Temple

 Beliefs
• They believes that life is not bed of roses. Instead there are
suffering, pain, & frustrations. When people suffer, they want to
experience the goodness of life and avoid disappointments.

• It becomes habit known as the Reactive Cycle of wanting &

hating, like & dislike, and craving & aversion.

This reactive deeper understanding & acceptance of things as they

are.
 Costumes & Practices

Two types of Meditation Practices

• Samatha
• Vipassana
 Samatha
practices as
mindfulness of
breathing and
development of
loving kindness.
(Melta Bhavana)
 • Aim at developing insight into reality.
Vipassana Acquiring wisdom is by studying Buddha’s
teaching, the Dharma.
• Through Reflection of Dharma, Buddhists
can achieve a deeper understanding life.
 Celebrations
(Parinirvana Day) – February
Buddha Day (Wesak) – May
(Dharma Day) – Jul
 (Padmasamhava Day) – October
 Sangha Day – November
 Christianity

Catholic Church Portrait of Jesus Christ Protestant Church

 Beliefs
Believe in Trinitarian God. One God in Three personas: God the Father
(creator), God the Son (savior) and God the Holy Spirit (sustainer).

Eternal life after death will be achieved through Faith in Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ – God the Son, who come into flesh, to spread the Good
News of Salvation. He died on the cross for the sin of the humanity but
resurrected from death, so that anyone who believes in Him will be saved
and have Eternal Life.

HOLY BIBLE
Old Testament
New testament
 Customs & Practices
Sacraments

•Baptism – symbolizes the Birth in Christian World.

•Communion – an act of remembrance of Jesus Christ’s sacrificial love

that is expressed in loving the poor, oppressed, and outcast the society.
 Celebrations
Two Major celebration in Christianity.

Christmas – December 25, commemorates the Birth of Jesus

Christ.

Resurrection Sunday – (March or April), Celebrates the

resurrection of Jesus Christ from death.
Hinduism
 Beliefs
. Cycle of birth
. Death
. Rebirth

Karma is a concept where the reincarnated life will depend on

how the past life was spent.

Vedas – sacred scriptures of Hindu's

 Celebrities & Practices

Two important text of the Hindu's Customs and practices

1. Mahabharata Two most celebrated festivals

2. Ramayana 1. Diwali

2. Navrati
Islam
 Beliefs

Mohammed – the last and final prophet by God.

Holy book of Islam “ QURAN”

Customs & Practices Festivals

1. Shahadah 1. Eidul- Fitr

2. Salat 2. Eidul- Adha

3. Zakat
4. Hajj
5. Sawm
Judaism
 BELIEFS
• The Jews believe in God of Abraham, the same God that
liberated the Hebrews slaves from Egypt to Canaan, the
Promised Land through the leadership of Moses and later,
Joshua.
• The Jews believe in the coming of Messiah, the Savior. The
sacred scripture of Jews is called the Torah or The Law. The
Torah is the guide of the Jewish of living.
 CUSTOMS and PRACTICES

• Rosh Hashanah – the New Year

• Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement
• Pesach – Passover
• Shavuot - Pentecost Five major festivals
observed by the Jews
Finding and Creating Meaning of Life
• Man’s search for meaning

Components of Franklian Philosophy

1. Each person has a healthy core.

2. The primary focus is to enlighten a person to
their own internal resources and provide them
with the tools to use their inner core.
3. Life offers you purpose and meaning; it does
not owe you a sense of fulfillment or happiness.
• The Psychiatrist
• Dr. Victor E. Frankl
 father of logotherapy
 Born March 26, 1905 in Vienna Austria
 Graduate with a medical degree from university of Vienna in 1930
 died in 1997
• Book of Dr. Frankl about Logotherapy
1959
1. The Doctor and the soul: An introduction to
logotherapy.
2. Man’s search for meaning
• Logotherapy
 is a psychotherapy introduced by Dr. Victor Frankl

Basic concepts of franklin psychology

1. .Life has meaning under all circumstances
2. main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life.
3. Freedom to find the meaning
 Aims of Franklian psychology

1. Become aware of spiritual resources

2. Make conscious spiritual resources
3. Use “defiant power of the human spirit and stand up
against adversity”
 Logotherapy assumptions
1. The human being is an entity consisting of body, mind and spirit.
2. Life has meaning under all circumstances, even the most
miserable
3. People have a will to meaning
4. People have the freedom under all circumstances to activate the
will to find the meaning
5. Life has demand quality to which people must respond if decisions
are to be meaningful
6. The individual is unique
 Frankl’s sources of meaning

1. Purposeful work
2. Courage in the face of difficulty
3. Love
THANK YOU! 
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