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MAGTIWALA AT PANINIWALA: SEEING WITH THE EYES OF FAITH (First Domain of Lasallian Lived Spirituality) WE SEE THINGS ACCORDING TO THE LENS WE’RE USING EACH ONE USE DIFFERENT LENS => PERSPECTIVISM LENS OF HATRED => REVENGE INSECURITY => ENVY PRIDE => A “HOLIER & WISER T...

MAGTIWALA AT PANINIWALA: SEEING WITH THE EYES OF FAITH (First Domain of Lasallian Lived Spirituality) WE SEE THINGS ACCORDING TO THE LENS WE’RE USING EACH ONE USE DIFFERENT LENS => PERSPECTIVISM LENS OF HATRED => REVENGE INSECURITY => ENVY PRIDE => A “HOLIER & WISER THAN THOU” – LOVE ATTITUDE COMPASSION & MERCY WHAT FEELING THESE REALITIES CONVEY TO YOU? WHERE IS GOD? DOES GOD EXIST? IS GOD GOOD? A LA SALLIAN LOOKS AT HARSH REALITIES IN THE EYES OF FAITH WITH THE EYES OF FAITH => HOPE (ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPE FOR) REBOUND (CAPACITY TO BOUNCE BACK) SERENITY (ABILITY TO REFLECT & REMAIN CALM) A GRASP (THAT WHICH SOMETHING WE HOLD ON) FAITH IS A THEOLOGICAL VIRTUE WHICH ENABLES MAN TO BELIEVE GOD AND ALL RELATED TO GOD, BEYOND MATERIAL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR MANY, FAITH IS “TO SEE IS TO BELIEVE” - HUMAN SENSES = SOURCE OF BELIEVING - BUT HUMAN SENSES = FINITE & LIMITED CONTINGENT WHILE, GOD (SUBJECT OF FAITH) = INFINITE & ABSOLUTE FAITH IS A SUPERNATURAL GIFT FROM GOD AN ASSENT TO GOD A CERTAINTY OF WHAT WE BELIEVE FOLLOWING WHAT WE BELIEVE CHALLENGES OF FAITH DOUBT (SKEPTICISM). LOSS OF CERTAINTY. QUESTION OF CREDIBILITY. SCIENTIFIC POSITIVISM. METHODOLOGICAL NATURALISM. RADICAL EMPIRICISM *TRUTH IS UNDER SIEGE WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES? IS IT OK? OR SOMETHING IS WRONG? RELATIVISM: TRUTH DEPENDS ON THE PERSON’S PREFERENCE AND UNDERSTANDING POWER OF AN ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS WRECKED AND PAVES THE WAY FOR ATHEISM: THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE ULTIMATE TRUTH => GOD “GOD IS DEAD; WE KILLED GOD” – FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE HOW? MAN IS EXALTED = GOD IS MOCKED THE THEORY OF TRANSVALUATION IF GOD IS A MERE CREATION OF MAN,THEN WHY AN OMNIPOTENT GOD? AN OMNISCIENT GOD? AN IMMUTABLE GOD? AN ETERNAL GOD? DECONSTRUCTIONISM JACQUES DERRIDA. FATHER OF DECONSTRUCTIONISM. PHILOSOPHY ALWAYS ASSUMES A CENTER / CORE - THE CENTER: WHERE ALL KNOWLEDGE PRECEDES AND UNDERSTANDING ENSUES - THE CENTER: IN LOGIC (LOGOCENTRISM) IN METAPHYSICS (META-NARRATIVE) IN EPISTEMOLOGY (GRAND NARRATIVE) - THE CENTER: PRESUPPOSES PURITY, WHOLENESS, PERFECTION, TOTALITY. BUT INVESTIGATING PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES… THERE ARE DEFECTS, LACKINGS, IMPURITIES, FLAWS, & IMPERFECTIONS THUS, LOGOCENTRISM / GRAND NARRATIVES => TOTALIZING, ELITIST, EXCLUSIVE, & DISCRIMINATORY OTHERS THAT CANNOT SUIT IN ITS META-DEFINITION => OUTCAST, PARIAH, EXILE, DIASPORA SAVING ACT (SALVA LABORA): DECONSTRUCTIONISM - GOING OUT OF THE CENTER - BREAKING THE CENTER => THOSE IN PERIPHERY CAN BE PART OF THE GREAT SCHEME - AN INVITATION FOR INVENTIVENESS AND CREATIVITY AFTERMATH OF DECONSTRUCTIONISM HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS? MULTI-CULTURALISM CULTURE: SET OF BELIEFS, BEHAVIOR, ORIENTATIONS, ATTITUDES BOTH PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL OF ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE BEFORE => MONO CULTURALISM NOW => MULTI CULTURALISM (PLURICULTURE) CULTURE DYNAMICS:. TRADITION (Lt. TRADERE & Gk. PARADOSIS) - TO HAND DOWN. TRANSITION (Lt. TRANSITUS: THAT WHICH CAUSES CHANGE / CULTURE SHIFT: TERMINUS A QUO (POINT OF ORIGIN) TRANSITUS (PROCESS) TERMINUS AD QUEM (THE END – POINT) CHANGE IS NOT:. REPLACEMENT. CREATION. ANNIHILATION. PROGRESS MULTI-CULTURALISM: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN UNDERSTANDING CULTURE  CULTURE OF WAR CULTURE OF DEATH CULTURE OF EQUALITY CULTURE OF APATHY CULTURE OF THROW AWAY CULTURE OF LOVE CULTURE OF CULTURE OF DOMINATIO SACRIFICE DO NOT BE AFRAID; BELIEVE AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT ROLE DO WE – LA SALLIANS – PLAY IN THE MULTI-CULTURALISM? SHIPS AT SEA SUBMARINE LA SALLIANS: WE SUBMERGE OURSELVES IN CULTURES WE ASSIMILATE & ABSORB THE CULTURES W/O CRITIQUE WE BLEND & DISAPPEARS IN THE WATER (CULTURES) HOVERCRAFT LA SALLIANS: WE DRIFT ABOVE THE SEA OF CULTURES WE LIVE IN ANOTHER ESOTERIC REALITY WE CREATE OUR OWN CULTURAL GHETTO WE ARE IN PEOPLE IN AGREEMENT WITH US WE HAVE OUR NARROW & EXCLUSIVE PERSPECTIVE CRUISER LA SALLIANS: WE CAN ENGAGED & DISENGAGED IN THE SEA OF CULTURES WE FLOAT BUT WE CANNOT SINK WE EMBRACED OTHER CULTURES BUT WE HAVE A DISTINCTIVE CULTURE OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE WHAT IS THE DISTINCTIVE CULTURE OF A GREEN - BLOODED LA SALLIAN? WE PRAY AS ONE PEOPLE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION THE EUCHARIST: CENTER OF OUR COMMUNION WE ARE JESUS CHRIST ANIMATED BY IS OUR THE LOVE OF CONVERGING CHRIST TO POINT SERVE