Filipino must eventually take

consciousness of his own

particular life and his world,
his society and his gods in
the light of truth and thereby
realize his proper being.
 (Reyes 1990)
Filipino as individual looks
himself as holistic from the
interior dimension under the
principle of harmony.
 Kagandahang loob, kabutihang loob
Filipino believes in the wheel of
fortune and looks at life as a
series of ups and downs
 (Timbreza 1992)
 The originality of Filipino thought
will probably be precisely in his
personalistic view of the universe
(Timbreza 2002)
 Literally means leave everything to
God who is Bathala in the
vernacular
 One of the most outstanding
Filipino virtues.
Utang na loob
Bayanihan