ALL ABOUT

HUMAN PERSON
AS AN EMBODIED
SPIRIT
INTRODUCTION
The body can be evaluated through the proses
of meditations, reflections and praying and also the
sense of responsibility and its limitations of the
body and soul by knowing the limitation of our
own knowledge and capacity in life.
 HUMAN
TRANSCENDE
NCE
 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, A
PHILOSOPHER AND ONE OF
THE GREATEST THEOLOGIANS
IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
THE 13TH CENTURY, SAID
THAT “OF ALL CREATURES,
HUMAN BEINGS HAVE THE
 (RAMOS, 2016). WE HAVE
ENCOUNTERED PERSONS
WHO COMPLAIN OF ANY
GIVEN SITUATIONS OR
ACCEPT THE REALITY OR
STATUS IN LIFE AS GOD-
GIVEN THING. WE HEARD A
 “MAHIRAP MAGING MAHIRAP.”
THOUGH IT IS TRUE THAT POVERTY
IS NOT JUST PERSONAL BUT ALSO
STRUCTURAL, AS AN INDIVIDUAL
PERSON YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN
DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE
SITUATION. THIS POWER IS YOUR
ABILITY TO SURPASS YOUR LIMITS.
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF
 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
TEACHES HUMAN BEINGS TO
OVERCOME OUR LIMITS. IN
TECHNOLOGICAL PARLANCE,
HUMANS CAN UPGRADE
THEMSELVES. TAKE FOR
EXAMPLE, BUDDHISM. BUDDHA
REALIZED THAT ALL PEOPLE
 THIS REALITY IGNITED HIS
CURIOSITY TO EXAMINE AND
UNDERSTAND THE WORD
SUFFERING. HE LEFT HIS ROYAL
LIFE IN THE PALACE AND SPENT
HIS LIFE FOR 6 YEARS IN THE
WILDERNESS TO FIND ANSWERS
FOR HIS QUESTIONS. AND WHEN
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
AND EIGHTFOLD PATHS.
FOR EXAMPLE, “THE
EIGHTFOLD PATH” OF
BUDDHISM SHOWN
BELOW:
• RIGHT VIEW- A CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING OF
THE NATURE OF THINGS,
SPECIFICALLY THE FOUR
NOBLE TRUTHS;
 2. RIGHT INTENTION,
ELIMINATING THOUGHTS OF
ATTACHMENT,
DETESTATION, AND
HARMFUL INTENT,
 3. RIGHT SPEECH,
ABSTAINING FROM VERBAL
OFFENSES SUCH AS LYING,
DIVISIVE SPEECH,
UNFORGIVING SPEECH, AND
IRRATIONAL SPEECH,
 4. RIGHT ACTION,
REFRAINING FROM
PHYSICAL OFFENSES SUCH
AS MURDERING, THIEVING,
AND SEXUAL MISBEHAVIOR,
 5. RIGHT LIVELIHOOD,
EVADING TRADES THAT
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
DAMAGE OTHERS, SUCH AS
TRADING SLAVES,
WEAPONS, ANIMALS FOR
 6. RIGHT EFFORT,
FORSAKING UNDESIRABLE
STATES OF MIND THAT HAVE
ALREADY ARISEN,
PREVENTING UNDESIRABLE
STATES THAT HAVE YET TO
ARISE, AND SUSTAINING
7. RIGHT CONCENTRATION,
SINGLE-MINDEDNESS.
 8. RIGHT MINDFULNESS,
CONSCIOUSNESS OF BODY,
FEELINGS, THOUGHT, AND
PHENOMENA.
 IF YOU NOTICE THIS IS A
UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE BEING
TAUGHT NOT JUST BY
BUDDHISM? THESE ARE THE
VALUES WHAT HUMAN PERSON
NEEDS TO SUCCEED. THESE
ARE EXAMPLES OF THE POWER
 IF YOU CAN DO THE
EIGHTFOLD PATH EVEN IF YOU
ARE NOT A BUDDHIST, YOU
CAN TRANSFORM YOURSELVES
FROM YOUR PRESENT
SITUATION AND TRANSCEND
TO WHAT YOU DESIRE YOU
WOULD BE. JUST BELIEVE IN