MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy in understanding myself is that the <self= is initially

constituted through the norms of our religion. We rely on God’s teaching of doing what
is right. The virtue that I know is primarily adapted from what the church has taught me.
Moreover, this is also probably where my parents relied on teaching their children how to
behave. When I was young, I take my parent’s teachings as a guide on how I should
behave towards others. Like plants, sprouts need a stick in able for them to grow in the
desired form. This stick supports the sprout not to bend and also to guide its stem into
how it could successfully arise.

However, as I grow older, my consciousness develops. The <self= is now able to

identify what would be the best for it. I can analyze things that I think suit me best even if
it’s inclined to the ideals of my parents or my religion. I think that the self is dominated
by the mind, just like Plato said. The mind is the one that tasks the <self= based on its
reasoning and rational intellect. But, it can deform due to the so-called desire. Whereas,
individuals struggle to either immerse their selves into it or behave following
conscientiousness.

Once, my professor in social studies said that we are not able to distinguish what
is wrong from right unless society told us. With this, I think that the self also relies upon
the culture. Thus <the self= can nourish its established own rational thinking from the
ideals of the specific place where a person was born. We follow the law of our society
because we know that the legislation of the law promotes the preservation of life and
liberty which we all want. The law for the common good of society affects the self in a
way that we ought to behave in the way it is written in the constitution. But it does not
disregard religion, for it was the prime source of the notion of the law.

My philosophy is slightly similar to George Herbert Mead’s theory of the self. My

personal perspective about understanding myself is that it relies primarily on how we
interact and co-exist in society. I believe that whatever intelligence, knowledge, and
perceptions we have are initially from the teachings of society which includes our friends,
relatives, and even our family. In connection with this, how we behave in society is the
application of these learnings. As we interact with society, we can present the <self=.
However, we still seek guidance from God because we often feel cravings that make us
doubt ourselves for being upright.