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Curing colonial stupor


Posted on Sep 16, 2011 in controversy, history, resources

Why is the deeper meaning of baybayin important to Filipinos today? Why is decolonization and indigenization important to Filipinos today? One of the answers is that it helps Filipinos become more integrated in their own cultural identity. It also helps them become strengthened as a collective of people who are of the archipelago called the Philippines or whose ancestry hails from there. Why do Filipinos have some sort...

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“…symbols and metaphors speak for and to our deepest feelings, desires, and experiences–better than rational words can, because they address–as well as come from–the fertile unconscious or‘underworld’ realm of our psyche…“ Agnes Miclat-Cacayan   Why are the metaphorical and deeper meanings of the baybayin symbols important to Filipinos’ healing from historical imperialism, colonial...

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Bahala na is an old saying in the Philippines that means many things to Filipinos.  In the Bahala Meditations, the words of Bahala na provide many meditative points. In Sikolohiyang Pilipino, it is one of the traits of Filipinos that indicates determination. Even the baybayin of bahala na provide many points of interpretation through tacit knowledge and other subjective translations. In Kapwa*, Katrin DeGuia shares this: The...

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Rabbi Mark Sameth unveils a mystery of the Hebrew letters that spell God. I found an article written by Gary Stern, in the Journal News • july 21, 2008. Here is the online version: Rabbi unveils a secret of God. The Rabbi’s theological exploration is about the tetragrammaton of “YHWH”, the four-letter, too-holy-to-speak name of God handed down by the ancient Israelites. According to Rabbi Sameth, the Hebrew letters...

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(This is the section on Reflection on the Baybayin Symbols of Bahala taken from the Bahala Meditations. The other sections are on contemplation and the sounds) In my inquiries into other great religions of the world, indigenous spirituality of American Natives, and ancient ones of Europe and the Middle East, I have encountered Universal wisdom and truths and many names for the nameless, yet many-named Divine. One of the most resonant...

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