Grade: 11/12 Subject: Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

Semester: Session No.: 43 & 44 Date:

I OBJECTIVES
Content Standard: The learner understands human beings as oriented towards
their impending death
Performance Standard: The learner writes a philosophical reflection on the meaning of
his/her own life
Learning Competencies: Explain the meaning of life (where will all these lead to)
PPT11/12-IIi-8.3
Reflect on the meaning of his/her own life
PPT11/12-IIi-8.4
Knowledge: Analyze the meaning of the human person as a being towards
God
Skills Explain the meaning of life as a being in need of God
Attitude Reflect on the meaning of their own lives
II CONTENT The Human Persons as oriented towards their impending
TOPIC: death
The Human Persons Is a Being in Need of God
III LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person by
Brenda B. Corpuz, Ruben A. Corpuz, Maria Lovely C.
Paclibar, Socrates O. Paclibar. Page 142-148
B. Other Learning
resources
IV PROCEDURES
Motivational Question:
A. Preparation Classroom management
Prayer
Greetings
Checking of Attendance
A. Activity Activity #1
Listen to a song based on Psalm 63:
God You are my God and I long for You.
My whole being desires You.
My soul is thirsty for You.
Like a dry and waterless land.
Let me see You in the sanctuary,
Let me see how mighty and glorious You are.

I will give thanks to you

As long as I live.
I will raise my hands
To you in my prayer,
I will sing glad songs of praise to you.

As I lie in bed
I always remember you
And in the shadow of your wings
B. Analysis 1. What
I always sing is
forthe
joygeneral sentiment of the psalmist when he
All nightwrote
long this?
I think of you
2. Can
My Lord, myyou
God. identify with the psalmist, who wrote the
psalm?
3. Do you think this desire is related to a longing for God?

C. Abstraction Activity #2
When you are in pain, lonely, or troubled, do you experience
of longing for something or someone?

Since Stone Age, man has always been fascinated,

attracted to drawn towards that being beyond, before whose
awesome power he kneels trembling with reverence. In other
words, the human being by nature is God-oriented, a being-
toward-God. In the Old Testament, the psalmist thirsts and
yearns for God.
While it is true that we experience satisfaction and
meaning through our communion with others, or through the
fulfilment of our projects and endeavours in caring for others,
we often find ourselves still searching for that ultimate
happiness. This is also true of every intimate personal
relationships. In the beginning, young lovers or newly married
couples experience a certain bliss or joy as if nothing else
matters. After a while, however this seamless reciprocity we
have with our beloved starts to change. We find that our
lovers have their own individuality which is not always in
harmony with ours. We find ourselves yearning for something
more.
The reason why many people never seem to find this
ultimate happiness is because they have been looking for it in
the wrong places. For philosophers who reflected on this
fundamental longing, one that we all experience, this deep
desire is really a longing for God. The end of our honeymoon
 stage, blissful moment with our beloved, does not mean the
end of our relationship. It only means that our relationship in
need of God.
The longing for God does not mean, however that we
will no longer need others in our lives. On the contrary, when
we embrace this longing for God, we are able to love other
people more fully and unconditionally. It is as if we our hearts
have been rendered open to welcome this overflowing love
from God which in turn overflows into our love for persons.

Activity #3
Pass the Ball Game
What is your opinion?
1. Was Jose Rizal’s life a waste of effort?
2. What was the point of fighting for our independence if
in the end, he was killed by our enemies?

D. Application Activity #4
Group Work
Answer in groups of four. Provide a biographies of people that
you know, who lived their lives searching for something better,
and ultimately sacrificed their lives in order to make things
better, and ultimately sacrifice their lives in order to make
things better for the world. Share the story in classing by doing
role play. Show how the life they lived is a reconciliation with
the fear of death and embracing their longing for the One,
True, Good and Beautiful God.

E. Practical Activity Teamwork – 50%

Criteria: #5
Applications of Complete Application – 30%
these phrases:
concepts and skills life is short,– I 20%
Because Presentation would like to spend my life on
in daily living ________. TOTAL – 100%
Even if I am uncertain of what the future brings. I am
comforted by the truth that ________.
At the end of my life, I would like to be able to look back and
say that I _____________.
F. Generalization We are naturally beings-toward-God. We long for God and
Ultimate Happiness that we cannot experience from our
relationship with our fellow beings. Hope makes us live our
lives deliberately and meaningfully. By living a life of hope that
one day we will be with our God, we will no longer be afraid of
death, and we will be able to love other people more fully and
unconditionally.
G. Evaluation Learners are tasked to reflect on the meaning of his/her own
life by answering the question:

“Who are you?”

H. Additional activities
for application or
 remediation
(assignment)
V REMARKS

VI REFLECTION

A. No. of learners who

earned 80% in the
evaluation
B. No. of learners who
continue to require
remediation
C. Did the remedial
lesson work? No. of
learners who have
caught up the lesson
D. No. of learners who
continue to requires
remediation
E. Which of my teaching
strategies worked
well? Why did these
work?
F. What difficulties did I
encounter which
principal and
supervisor can help
or solve?
G. What innovation or
localized did I
use/discover which I
wish to share
Session 43 & 44
TOPIC: THE HUMAN PERSONS IS A BEING IN NEED OF GOD

ACTIVITY 1

Listen to a song based on Psalm 63:

God You are my God and I long for You.
My whole being desires You.
My soul is thirsty for You.
Like a dry and waterless land.
Let me see You in the sanctuary,
Let me see how mighty and glorious You are.

I will give thanks to you

As long as I live.
I will raise my hands
To you in my prayer,
I will sing glad songs of praise to you.

As I lie in bed
I always remember you
And in the shadow of your wings

1. What is the general sentiment of the psalmist when he wrote this?

2. Can you identify with the psalmist, who wrote the psalm?
3. Do you think this desire is related to a longing for God?
ACTIVITY 2

When you are in pain, lonely, or troubled, do you experience of longing for something or
someone?

Since Stone Age, man has always been fascinated, attracted to drawn towards that being
beyond, before whose awesome power he kneels trembling with reverence. In other words,
the human being by nature is God-oriented, a being-toward-God. In the Old Testament, the
psalmist thirsts and yearns for God.
While it is true that we experience satisfaction and meaning through our communion with
others, or through the fulfilment of our projects and endeavor’s in caring for others, we often
find ourselves still searching for that ultimate happiness. This is also true of every intimate
personal relationships. In the beginning, young lovers or newly married couples experience a
certain bliss or joy as if nothing else matters. After a while, however this seamless reciprocity
we have with our beloved starts to change. We find that our lovers have their own individuality
which is not always in harmony with ours. We find ourselves yearning for something more.
The reason why many people never seem to find this ultimate happiness is because
they have been looking for it in the wrong places. For philosophers who reflected on this
fundamental longing, one that we all experience, this deep desire is really a longing for God.
The end of our honeymoon stage, blissful moment with our beloved, does not mean the end
of our relationship. It only means that our relationship in need of God.
The longing for God does not mean, however that we will no longer need others in our
lives. On the contrary, when we embrace this longing for God, we are able to love other
people more fully and unconditionally. It is as if we our hearts have been rendered open to
welcome this overflowing love from God which in turn overflows into our love for persons.

ACTIVITY 3

Pass the Ball Game

What is your opinion?

3. Was Jose Rizal’s life a waste of effort?
4. What was the point of fighting for our independence if in the end, he was killed by our
enemies?

ACTIVITY 4

Group Work
Answer in groups of four. Provide biographies of people that you know, who lived their lives
searching for something better, and ultimately sacrificed their lives in order to make things
better, and ultimately sacrifice their lives in order to make things better for the world. Share
the story in classing by doing role-play. Show how the life they lived is a reconciliation with the
fear of death and embracing their longing for the One, True, Good and Beautiful God.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CONCEPTS AND SKILLS IN DAILY LIVING

ACTIVITY 5

Complete these phrases:

Because life is short, I would like to spend my life on ________.
Even if I am uncertain of what the future brings. I am comforted by the truth that ________.
At the end of my life, I would like to be able to look back and say that I _____________.

We are naturally beings-toward-God. We long for God and Ultimate Happiness that we cannot
experience from our relationship with our fellow beings. Hope makes us live our lives
deliberately and meaningfully. By living a life of hope that one day we will be with our God, we
will no longer be afraid of death, and we will be able to love other people more fully and
unconditionally.

Learners are tasked to reflect on the meaning of his/her own life by answering the question:

“Who are you?”

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR APLICATION OR REMEDIATION (ASSIGNMENT)