Aspects of Spiritism: Science, Philosophy and Religion

Aspects of Spiritism: Science, Philosophy and

Religion

Aspects of Aspects of SpiritismSpiritism: : Science, Philosophy and Science, Philosophy and

ReligionReligionMarian Sabat Ramos

Centro Resurreccion (Region 7)2 May 2009

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OutlineOutline

• What is Spiritism?

• What is Science?

• The Science of Spiritism

• What is Philosophy?

• The Philosophy of Spiritism

• What is Religion?

• The Religion of Spiritism

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Anong religion mo?AnongAnong religion mo?religion mo?

Ano yon?AnoAno yon?yon?Ah… ok!AhAh…… ok!ok!

Espiritista ka pala. ☺EspiritistaEspiritista ka ka palapala. . ☺☺

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BackgroundBackground

• Three revelations of God’s Law

Mosaic LawTen CommandmentsCivil Law

Christ’s LawLove God above all things and your

neighbour as yourself

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BackgroundBackground

Third revelation of God’s Law is

Spiritism

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Sa iyong sariling salita, ano ang Espiritismo?

Sa Sa iyongiyong sarilingsariling salitasalita, , anoano angang EspiritismoEspiritismo??

Sino ang Espiritistapara sa iyo?

Sino Sino angang EspiritistaEspiritistaparapara sasa iyoiyo??

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What is What is SpiritismSpiritism??

• Is the set of laws and principles, as revealed by the Superior Spirits, contained

in the works of Allan Kardec, which

constitute the Spiritist CodificationSpirit’s BookMedium’s BookGospel According to SpiritismHeaven and HellGenesis

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What is What is SpiritismSpiritism??

• A science which deals with the nature,

origin and destiny of Spirits as well as their relationship with the corporeal world

• It realises what Jesus said about the promised Consoler

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What is What is SpiritismSpiritism??

• Karunungan nauukol sa uri, simulaat patutunguhan ng espiritu at sa

pakiki-ugnay ng daigdigang

nakikita (materia) sa daigdigang hindi

nakikita (espiritu) sa pamamagitan ng

talaytayan o medium

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What is What is SpiritismSpiritism??

• It reveals

what we are;

where we came from;

Where we are going;

What is the objective of our existence; and,

What is the reason for pain and suffering.

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What it comprises?What it comprises?

• Spiritism touches on all areas of knowledge, human activities and behavior

• Spiritism can and should be studied,

analyzed, and practiced in all the fundamental aspects of life such as

scientific, philosophical, religious, ethical, moral, educational and social.

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What is What is SpiritismSpiritism??

• Nagtuturo at nagpapaliwanagng mga karunungang

filosofia

ciencia

at moral

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What is Science?What is Science?

• the concerted human effort to

understand, or to understand better,

the history of the natural world and how the natural world works, with

observable physical evidence as the BASIS of that understanding

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What is Science?What is Science?

• It is done through observation of natural phenomena, and/or through

experimentation that tries to simulate natural processes under controlled conditions

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The Science of The Science of SpiritismSpiritism

“Spiritism goes from a Philosophy to a

Science, when it confirms, by

experimentation, the philosophic knowledge that it preaches and disseminates. " - Emmanuel, in "O Consolador

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The Science of The Science of SpiritismSpiritism

“Spiritism and Sciencecomplement one another; Science without Spiritism is unable to explain certain phenomena by the material laws

alone; Spiritism without Science, would be without support and examination."- Kardec, in "Genesis"

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The Science of The Science of SpiritismSpiritism

• Ang Espiritismo ay batayan ngAgham o ciencia

• Ito ay MAHAHAYAG sapamamagitan ng agham o siyensiya

• Anumang uri ng karunungan ay isang kasangkapan sapagpapahayag ng karunungan, filosofia at lihim ng Espiritismo

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Lemma Lemma ngng EspiritismoEspiritismo

• Patungo sa Dios sa pamamagitan ng

Karunungan at Pag-ibig• Karunungang walang pag-ibig ay

kamangmangan• Pag-ibig na walang karunungan ay

panatismo

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Scientists Investigate Scientists Investigate SpiritismSpiritism

• Particularly the existence of spirit, Creation, Evolution of Man, Reincarnation, etc.

• Denizard Hippolyte Leon Rivail aka Allan Kardec

• Carl Gustav Jung

• William Crookes

• Russel Wallace

• Elizabeth Kluber-Ross

• Ian Stevenson

• and many more…

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Science Science vsvs SpiritismSpiritism??

• Hindi nakatitigatig sa Espiritismo ang hindipagkilala ng ciencia, sapagkat walangsapat na aparato na sadyang sensible at pino upang makita ang sutil at penomeno-sikiko.

• Huwag manghinayang na hindi marating ngciencia sa labotoryo ang Espiritismo

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Scientific MethodsScientific Methods

• avoid preconceived notions

• observe attentively

• compare observations

• deduce the consequences

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Scientific Method of Scientific Method of SpiritismSpiritism

• identify the causes of the phenomena by linking the facts logically

• do not accept an explanation as valid unless it could resolve all the difficulties of the question

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What is Philosophy?What is Philosophy?

• Love of knowledge/wisdom• Philo = love

• Sophia= knowledge, wisdom

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What is Philosophy?What is Philosophy?

• An activity people undertake when

they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other

• perpetually engaged in asking,

answering, and arguing for their answers to life’s most basic questions

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

• Metaphysics

study of the nature of realityof what exists in the worldwhat it is likehow it is ordered

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

• Metaphysics

May Dios ba?Ano ang Katotohanan?Sino ang Tao?May free will ba talaga ang tao?May iba pa bang nilalang na katuladnatin sa ibang mundo?Ano kaya ang nasa isip ng tao?

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

• Epistemologystudy of knowledge Ano ang pede nating matutunantungkol at sa Espiritismo?Paano natin matutunan ito?Totoo bang may natutunan na tayo saEspiritismo?Paano natin malalaman na alam naatin ang mga karunungang espiritual?

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

• EthicsConcerns what we ought to do and what it would be best to do Ano ang mabuti at masama?Bakit may taong mabuti at masama?Bakit sila nagiging mabuti at masama?Paano ako makitungo sa akingkapwa?Ang kagandahang asal ba ay tinuturosa Espiritismo?

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

• Logicstudy the nature and structure of arguments Tama ba ang kanyangpangangatwiran?May katotohan ba sa kanyangpagpapaliwanag?Wala bang nilalabag na katwiran angaral na ibinaba ng Batlaya?

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

Ang pag-sulong tungo sa kasakdalan o kabanalan ng Espiritu ay bukas lagi na sa

lahat ng tao at bawat isa.

Reencarnacion oMuli at muling pagsapi ngespiritu sa katawan laman

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

• Studies the communications with the

spiritual world deducing with logic and

reasoning the foundations of science and of religion

• Spiritism does not impose its

principles: Spiritist Doctrines

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The Philosophy of The Philosophy of SpiritismSpiritism

• Kung Banal ang espiritu ni JesuKristo at siJesuKristo ay mapagkawanggawa at mahinahon. Samaktuwid, ang banal naespiritu ay mapagkawanggawa at mahinahon.

• Kung ang Dios ay hindi nagtatangi, may nilikha ba siyang banal na sa simula’tsimula pa?

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What is Religion?What is Religion?

• a cultural or behavioural aspect of ritual, liturgy and organized worship, often involving a priesthood, and societal norms of morality (ethos) and virtue (arete)

• a set of myths or sacred truths held in reverence or believed by adherents

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Classification of ReligionClassification of Religion

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Sikhism

• Jainism

• Taoism

• Shinto

• Chondogyo

• Caodaism

• Yiguandao

• Zoroastrianism

• Yazdanism

• Paganism

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Spiritism is not actually a separate, distinct religion

• Samaktuwid, ang Espiritismo ay

hindi relihiyon positibo• Ayon sa UECFI By-Laws 2001, ang

UECFI ay isang NON-SECTARIAN asosasyon

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Spiritism is practiced with simplicity,

without any external forms of worship, within the Christian

principle that God should be worshipped in spirit and in truth

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Has NO clergy, ministry, altars, images, candles, processions, sacraments, communion of sins, incense, amulets or any other objects, rituals or external forms of worship

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Spiritism establishes a moral tie between men, leading them in the

direction of the creator, through the

application of the moral teachings of Christ

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Kung ang relihiyon ay pakiki-ugnay sa kataas-taasangsimulaing buhay o sa Dios,

samaktuwid ang Espiritismo ay

relihiyon “per se”

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

Kung ang mga relihiyong positiba ay nagsisimula sa pananampalataya, natutupad

sa puso ang katapatan ng paninikluhod at pagpapatirapa sa kadaki-dakilang simulainng buhay, ang Espiritismo ay nagsisimula,

hindi sa paninikluhod, paghanga at pagpintuho na tutop ang puso sa katapatankundi sa pagsusuri, pag-aaral, pagkaunawaat pagkaranas sa kaugnayan ng mga bagay

na hayag sa mga bagay na lihim

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Nagtatagpo ang relihiyon at ang Espiritismosa suliranin ng kabatlayaan ng mga bagayna likas

• Kung papaanong ang ginagamit sapananampalatalaya ng relihiyong positibaay ang tibukin ng puso, ginagamit ngEspiritismo sa kanyang paniniwala sa Diyosang katutubong udyok ng pag-iisip at ngkatwiran

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Ang relihiyon at Espiritismo ay kapwadarating sa isang hangganan ngmananampalataya

• Ang dalawa ay hindi magkalaban sapagkatsa kaluwalhatian ng katotohanan, kumaliwaat kumanan ay sasapit ka sa simulaingpinanggalingan ng lahat

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

• Ang Espiritismo ay siyang simulaingkadluan ng kabatiran ng lahat ngpananampalataya

• Ito ay siyang pilosopiya o palapahaman ngrelihiyon sapagkat ang tanging relihiyon ay ang katotohanan

• Ang Espiritismo ay siyang kaluluwa nglahat ng pananampalataya, lahat ngkarunungan, lahat ng palapahaman

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The BEST of all religions is that which The BEST of all religions is that which

• Nagtuturo ng ayon lamang sa kabutihanat katarungan ng Dios

• Tumutulong na maging isang mabuti o

ng may kabutihang loob ang isang tao

• Nagtuturo na ibigin ang kapwakatulad ng sarili at parang isangkapatid

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The BEST of all religions is that whichThe BEST of all religions is that which

• Di gumagawa ng masama

• Di nagtuturo ng bagay na labag sa

batas natural

• Nagtuturo ng kababaang loob, nilalabanan ang Kataasan at

pita ng laman

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The Religion of The Religion of SpiritismSpiritism

Ang batas ng Dios ang

sumasakop sa lahat ng

bagay at sa bawatpangyayari, at ang umayon

dito ay siyang tunay na

relihiyon

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SimulainSimulain ngng EspiritismoEspiritismo

Sa Labas ng Kawanggawaay Walang Kaligtasan

=

Sin Caridad No Hay SalvacionPosible

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SpiritismSpiritism

respects all religions, values all efforts towards the practice of goodness

O

Pagkakapatirang Pandaigdig

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ConclusionConclusion

Unshakable faith is only that which can meet reason face to

face in every human epoch

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