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Embodied Spirit
Inseparable which also means the body and soul
work together at all times.
Hence, we can safely say that “embodied spirit”
that the body is not separate from the soul, just as
the soul is not separate from the body.
Human Person as an Embodied Spirit
This awareness gives rise to the notion of the “self,” which the
philosophers describe as the person who is actively aware that he or she
is perceiving and experiencing reality.
We experience interiority, that is, the quality of being focused on one’s
inner life and identity.
Human Person as an Embodied Spirit
2. EXTERNALITY- It is the capability of a
person to reach out and interact with others
and the world. The realization that we are not
alone and that there are indeed other people
around us enables us to reach out and
establish meaningful relationships with
others.
Philosophers consider man as a social being
and that a person never exist in isolation.
Human Person as an Embodied Spirit
❑ The body limits us. Unlike birds that can fly, we have no wings to make
us fly. But with creative minds, we invented jets and planes to make us
fly even farther than any bird.
KEY POINTS: Transcendence is a
state of existence or
As an embodied spirit , experience above and
Embodied spirit is beyond the normal or
the driving force of the human person
demonstrates self- physical level within
what we think, do, ourselves.
and say. awareness, externality,
self-determination, and
dignity. Our capacity for
In an embodied spirit, transcendence gives
the body is not us the opportunity to
As human beings we work toward
separated from the have the unique
soul, just as the soul becoming better
power to change our versions of ourselves.
is not separated from selves and things for
the body. the better.