Moloboco, Von Greggy P.

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1st Activity

1. How would you characterize yourself?

I view myself differently from the rest because I try to be someone who has a character
and personality separating from everyone I know. I am a conscious and an awakened self-
described highly positive and artistic individual who generates energy from solitude and
serenity. I am goofy and sometimes crazy to the people I'm close with.
I empathize and connect to people solemnly and discuss emotions if overwhelmed. I am
not hard to talk to but it's hard for me to talk to people; it's difficult for me to initiate a
conversation with non-close people, I have a high level of social anxiety. I am just a normal
individual trying hard to be different to stand up among the rest and change the world as I want
to.

2. What makes you stand out from the rest?

The most special trait that I consider rare and lucky is my level of "consciousness" of
everything. I feel like a philosopher asking questions about reality and seek further answers. I
ask any questions I could possibly think of and find solutions to it. I also think of myself as a
perfectionist, not a regular common perfectionist but an organized perfectionist who organize
things until I am satisfied; if I am left curious, I won't stop until I learn that specific knowledge
and satisfy what my mental needs are, I organize the knowledge until I stop asking questions.
Becoming this curious made my life firm and concrete and it acts as my guidance
throughout hardships and downfalls because, from my curious self, I found reasons what to
avoid, what makes me happy, what makes me anxious, what are the next supposed actions,
etc. I can confidently say, I and Socrates have the same view of the self but I view the self as
Socrates way before I learnt how Socrates views thyself.

3. How did you develop through a period of time?

I developed to my contemporary self through this one challenge: gaining knowledge

each day and see the difference it could make. I have read and finished various non-fiction
books and take what I could possibly carry. Little do I know everything I learned slowly changes
me; from the way I talk, act, breathe, and think. I have consumed the contents of top personal
development books, psychological books, and useful concepts in books which unlocks my
deeper contemplation ability to the point where I seem to realize similarities to philosophers.
Knowing something makes a huge difference; one information has a power that could
change the world. Whatever the brain is told and if convinced, the whole body and behaviour
follow and that is how I believe knowledge could potentially change a life, as a rule of thumb.
4. How is your self related to other selves? How do you relate to others?

We all are no different from one another; in fact, we (humans) are the same
multicellular organisms that exist on this planet. We are no different human beings. We have
consciousness, we breathe the same element, we have the same chemicals, we have the same
sentiments, and we have the same intelligence. What makes us different is how we assess and
control our thinking, but with regards to physicality, emotionality, sociality, and spirituality, we
all are a-like.

5. What will happen to the self after you die? How does your religion view afterlife?

In different religions, afterlives are different. Some believe there is an afterlife and some
believe there isn't. In my own perspective, the concept of an afterlife is flawed and I wonder
which of each religion is the right and true afterlife. But one known concept of the afterlife is
with Christianity's concept: Heaven and Hell. If you do well and believe in God, you go to
heaven and if you do the opposite, you go to the Hell which is eternal suffering. The self in
heaven would meet with other people who passed away also; their families & relatives. My
opinion is way different from how is afterlife viewed by our religion but in our religion, the
afterlife is what gives existential dread to people, they aren't free to do everything because
they might end up in hell. Doing bad for the good is an ideal option but some who are afraid to
sin, in some severe case scenario, could let people die for staying good.
Most people have committed unlawful acts and just by seeking salvation from God, all
of their sins washed away like that and now they're able to go to heaven for it which gives me a
conclusion that maybe heaven is full of sinners. But religions enforce us to believe it as good
and good only. I believe the afterlife with the concept of Heaven and Hell is good, but my
consciousness and perspective says otherwise. I believe in good but I believe better that there is
no absolute goodness.