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AHol
ist
icAppr
oachi
nUnder
standi
ngt
heSel
f

Bi
gPi
ctur
eA

Week1-
3:Uni
tLear
ningOut
comes(
ULO)
:Att
heendoft
heuni
t,y
ouar
eexpect
edt
o:

a. Expl
aint
hedi
ff
erentr
epr
esent
ati
onsandconcept
ual
i
zat
ionsoft
hesel
f
f
rom v
ari
ousdi
sci
pli
nal
per
spect
ives;
b. Compar
e and cont
rasthow t
he sel
fhas been r
epr
esent
ed acr
oss
di
sci
pli
nesandper
spect
ives;
and
c. Expl
ainwhyi
tisi
mpor
tantt
ounder
standt
hesel
f.

Bi gPict
ureinFocus:
ULOa.Explai
nt hedif
ferentrepresentati
onsandconceptuali
zati
onsoft
hesel
f
fr
om vari
ousdi sci
pli
nalperspectives.
ULOb.Compar eandcont rasthowt hesel
fhasbeenr epr
esented
acrossdi
scipl
inesandper spectives.
ULOc.Explai
nwhyi tisimpor t
antt ounderstandt
heself.

Met
alanguage

Int hi
ssecti
on,themostessent ialtermsr elevantt othest udyofGE1andt o
demonstrateULOaandULObwi llbeoperati
onallydefi
nedt oestabli
shacommonf rame
ofrefer
enceast ohowt hetext
swor kiny ourchosenf ieldorcareer.Youwillencounter
thesetermsaswegot hroughthestudyandunder standingoft heSelf.Pl
easer ef
ert o
thesedefini
ti
onsincaseyouwi l
lencounterdiff
icul
tyinunder st
andingthephilosophical
,
sociol
ogical
,ant
hropol
ogical
,andpsychologicalconcept s.

Pleaseproceedimmedi at
elytothe“Essent
ialKnowl
edge”par
tsi
ncet
hef
ir
st
l
essonisalsodefi
nit
ionofessent
ialt
erms.

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ialKnowl
edge

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ert otheser esources.Thus,youar eexpectedt out i
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 The persi
stentquesti
on,“ Who am I ?
”i sr ooted i
nthe human need to
under
standt hebasi
soft heexperi
encesofthe“ sel
f.
”Whenpeopleareasked
toexpl
aintheirunder
standingofthewor d,t
heusualanswersare:“I
t’
swhoI
am.”“I
t’
sme,myessence. ”“I
t’
swhatmakesmeuni queanddiff
erentfr
om
ever
yoneelse.”

 Foramor emeani ngfulunderst

andingofthe“sel
f,
”numerousst udi
eshave
beenconductedandv ari
ousapproacheshavebeendevel
opedfrom concept
s
aboutit
.Importantphil
osophersfr
om anci
enttocontemporar
yt i
messought
todescr
ibetheessenti
alquali
ti
esthatcomposeaperson’
suniqueness.

 Ontheotherhand,soci
ologyseest
he“self
”asaproductofsocial
int
eract
ions,
dev
elopedoverti
met hr
oughsocialact
ivi
ti
esandexper
iences.

 Ant
hropol
ogy views t
he “self
”as a cul
tur
all
yshaped const
ructoridea.
Ant
hropol
ogist
sassertthatiti
sanautonomouspar
ti
cipanti
nthesoci
etyas
muchasitissubmergedinthecommunit
y.

 Meanwhile,rathert han giv

ing a defi
nit
ion,psychol
ogyseest he“sel
f”as
hav
ingchar acteri
sti
csorpr oper
ti
est hatcanbeusedt odescr i
beit.Pi
oneer
s
i
nthest udypoi ntedoutt hatthe“ sel
f”isrel
atedtoitsphy si
calandsocial
env
ironment ,
itisunique,anditi
snecessar yt
oitsexperi
ences.

 EasternandWest ernciv
il
izat
ionshav ealwayssoughttounderstandthe“ sel
f.
”
Theirviews,however,st
andondi ff
erentperspecti
ves.Br
it
ishphilosopherAlan
Wat t
st al
kedaboutt hegreatmy t
hsoft he“self
.”However,i
tshoul dbenot ed
thattheterm“ myt
h”hereisnotusedt odescri
beaf al
sestory
,ratheriti
sused
asameanst oint
erpretareali
ty.

 AccordingtoWat ts,thepervadi ngmy thintheWesti st hat“theworldisan

artef
act.”Thi
smeanst hereisacl eardisti
nct
ionbetweent hecreat
orandthe
creati
on.Thisperspecti
veindicatesthattheWesterninterpret
ati
onofthe“sel
f”
possessesani nternaldisti
nctionfrom itsexternalenvironment.Thateven
thought he“sel
f”functi
onsi nthewor ld,the“sel
f”isstil
litsown.IntheEast
howev er,t
hemy thisthat“thewor ldisadr amaandal lthingsareactorswit
h

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specif
icpart
st oplay.
”Ther eisnodi st
incti
onbet weent hecr
eatorandthe
creati
onasallthatexist
sisi mmersedinoneandt hesameexi st
ence.Thi
s
perspect
ivesuggeststhattheselfinEast er
nt radi
ti
onsisseent hr
oughthe
eyesofacommuni ty,r
atherthanadetached,singleenti
ty.

 Learni
ngthevari
ousfundamentalconceptsofthe“ sel
f”issi
gnif
icantbecause
theseideaslaythefoundati
ont hatwillfosteriny ou,thelearner,adeep
refl
ect
ionandinsi
ghti
ntotheconti
nuouspur suitofsel
f-di
scover
y .

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ntr
oduct
oryDi
scussi
on

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Lesson1-TheSel
ffr
om Var
iousPhi
losophi
calPer
spect
ives

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 How didancientthi
nkersv i
ew ahumanbei ng?Whower ethosecur ious
enoughtostudyhowhumanbei ngsperceivethemselves?Oneaspectt hat
makes us humans differ
entfrom allot hercreatures on earthis our
capaci
tytobuildonknowledge.Wel earn,weappl yitinourlives,andwe
useacqui
redideastocreate.

 Theneedt ounderst
andt he“self
”isf oundedont hev i
ewsoft heear l
y
thi
nkers.Butwhatisphi
losophy?Atitssimplest,phil
osophymeans“ l
oving
knowledge”or“l
ovingwisdom.”Itisderiv
edf r
om t heGreekwords,phil
eo-
(l
oving) and Sophia(knowledge,wi sdom) .The t erm phi
losophy as
ori
ginal
lyusedbytheGr eeksmeant“ thepursuitofknowledgeforit
sown
sake.”

 Letusfindoutthedi
ffer
entphil
osophi
calv
iewsi ntheexpl
anationofself
.
Butbefor egoi
ngint
ot hedetai
lsofthesignif
icantcontr
ibut
ionsoft he
phil
osophersduri
ngtheearl
yandmoder nt i
mesi ntheunderstandi
ngof
thesel
f,letushav
eanexerci
sefir
st.

Di
agnost
icExer
cise:
Howdoy
ouv
iewy
our
sel
f?

Wr
it
e5adj
ect
ivest
hatdescr
ibey
our
sel
fandmakesent
encesusi
ngt
heseadj
ect
ives.

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LOYAL PATIENT

INTROVERTED CONSIDERATE

FRIENDLY

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I wasn't very aware of myself being loyal to others

until one of the people I know pointed it out to me.

Having a little brother within our family is fun, but not

until my brother levels up my patient tolerance every
second.

I'd always pretended to be an extrovert, even

though I knew deep down that I preferred to indulge
my introverted side.

They did say I'm a considerate person even if all I did

was consciously listen to their plan and agree while
subconsciously thinking of what kind of food I should
make dinner later.

It's kind of weird of me as I was one of those shy

people and at the same time a friendly person.

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Let
’sCheck

Acti
vit
y1.Listdownyoursal
i
entcharact
eri
sti
cs wheny
ouwer
einel
ement
ary
,inhi
gh
school
,andnowthaty
ouareincol
lege.

MyEl
ement
arySel
f MyHi
ghSchoolSel
f MyCol
legeSel
f
-kind -kind -kind
-playful -loyal -friendly
-friendly -patient
-friendly -patient
-love to draw
-generous -introvert
-too fragrile -has a trust issue
-fragile child -has a trust issue -always listen and keep
-easily trust -love to draw the secret
someone -cracks corny and pun
-emotionally but always
jokes with my brother
-helping someone -kind of shy but when I'm kept it to myself
and not expecting with those people I treasure -cracks corny and pun
most,the shyness in me jokes with my brother
them to pay back disappear -kind of shy but when I'm
-very talkative to -love reading books and
with those people I
research the one word for
my brother and me to understand the treasure most,the
teaching him to storyline shyness in me disappear
-acted like a Mother figure -content of what I have
draw ( one of my classmate at
-love reading books and
-love reading grade 12 pointed it out and
called me 'Mama' ) research the one word
books even the -emotionally but always for me to understand the
word are kept it to myself storyline
complicated to -always listen and keep the -helping someone and
secret
understand -helping someone and not
not expecting them to
expecting them to pay back pay back

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Acti
vit
y2.Af
tery
ouhav
eexami
nedy
our
sel
fini
tsdi
ff
erentst
ages,
fil
loutt
hef
oll
owi
ng
tabl
e:

Si
mil
ari
ti
esi
nAllSt
agesof Dif
fer
encesi
nMy“ Sel
f” Possi
bleReasonsfort
he
My“Sel
f” acr
osstheThr
eeStages Di
ff
erencesinMe
ofMyLife

Doesn't have
any good
Kind Playful memories of
elementary
days

Friendly Loyal Betrayal

Helping
someone and Has a
not expecting Introvert trust
them to pay issue
back

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Let
’sAnal
yze

Acti
vi
ty1.Doyout
rul
yknowy our
sel
f?
Answerthef
oll
owi
ngquest
ionsaboutyour“
sel
f”asf
ull
yandpr
eci
sel
yasy
oucan.

1.Howwoul
dyouchar
act
eri
zey
our“
sel
f”
?

How would I describe myself? Then there's the one underrated story that everyone
has experienced, but it still affects the simple and innocent girl at a young age. She
knew that bullying wasn't the right thing to do. Lying is a sin,even if it's just to cover
the person's mistake. But she wonders why those people around here do it so. Why
would those kids, at the same age as her, bully her? They fabricate a story about her
being a liar, even if the truth is that the girl is only being herself and an honest one. I
describe myself as a fragile child behind my mask. Till now,I'm still a crying baby.

2.Whatmakesy
oust
andoutf
rom t
her
est
?Whatmakesy
our“
sel
f”
?

I can't say that I stand out from the rest,knowing the characteristics of mine. But if we
are talking about what makes apart of me a "self," it is knowing my flaws ,being
content with what I have, and the great things I have experienced till now. Like when I
was at high school and preferred playing badminton, dama, and reading books with
twisted plots.

3.Howi
syour“
sel
f”connect
edt
oyourbody
?

The "self" in me is connected through spiritual, physical, emotional, and mentality.

These four components are connected to each other in order to function well. And
5.Howi sy
whateverourI've
“self
”rel
beenatedtoothers
suppressing el
in ves? will translate and be reflected in my own
myself
actions.Just like when I promised myself I'd never be afraid of anything and would
always be calm, until one person yelled at me; they knew it was an accident, but they
still labeled me a bad teenager, so I'll just cry in silence while I try to compose myself.

4.Whatwi
l
lhappent
oyour“
sel
f”af
tery
oudi
e?

Can I base it on one of the stories I've been reading lately? Okay,what will happen
to the "self" within me after I die? I think the spirit inside of my physical appearance
will separate itself from the vassal. From what I read, based on the story I know
of,the spirit will likely be guided by Death itself,leading it to the path of heaven or
hell. Depending on what the spirit did during its previous time on earth,meanwhile,
the spirit's vassal will most likely change its shape and be one with the soil of the
earth after decades.

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5.Canonet
rul
yknowt
he“
sel
f”
?Doy
ouwantt
oknowmor
eaboutt
hesel
f?WhyorWhy
not?

Can one truly know the "self"? It depends on one person.Do I want to
know more about the self?The inner me? Yes. I wanted to know more
about myself, not the reason why I needed to know. It's because I'm
curious about the things and characteristics that exist within me.

Analy
sis.Wereyou abl
et o answert
he quest
ions abov
e with ease?Why
?Whi
ch
quest
ionsdi
dyoufi
ndeasiestt
oanswer
?Whichonesar edi
ffi
cul
t?Why ?

Were you able to answer the questions above with ease? Yes. Why? Because I'm just
basically typing those words that have been running in my mind lately and rechecking
the word if I spelled it right.Which questions did you find the easiest to answer? The
easiest question to give an answer to is number 3. Let's analyze Activity 1 Part. Which
ones are difficult? "Possible Reason of Difference in Me" and the first question of the
Let's Analyze Activity 1 section. Why? I'm specifically referring to the issues of bullying,
betrayal, and trust issues at a young age. And for the first question of the Let's Analyze
Activity 1,its because I'm too fragile inside but can't show it. The other people will say
I'm just too dramatic when I've clearly shown the sign. I'm still doing fine. Both my mom
and dad, and even my brother, didn't know about this issue. Well,I didn't want them to
know about it and I'm not ready to share it with them. Friend? I wish I had one true
friend. I did consider other people I know as friends, but I do see it clearly from them
that I'm not one of their circle of friends. I'm just their option, not a friend.

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