THINK AND DESCRIBE

THINK AND TELL/THINK AND DO

•Describe the taste of water.
•Describe the color blue to a blind person.
•Describe how wonderful the world is to a
blind person.
•Reach your chin using the tip of your
elbow.
 “The human
person has limits.”
What makes/causes a
human persons’
limitations?
TRIVIA ABOUT THE
HUMAN BODY
Do you know that….
• The smallest bone in the human body is
found in your ear.
• You burn more calories in sleeping than
watching TV.
• The human body of a 70kg person
contains 0.2 mg of gold.
• Women blink twice as much as men.
Do you know that….
• Your foot and your forearm are the same
length.
• Your mouth produces 1 liter of saliva a day.
• If your DNA was stretched out, it would
reach to the moon 6, 000 times.
• People who work at night tend to weigh
more.
Do you know that….
• Wearing headphones for just an hour will
increase the bacteria in your ear by 700
times.
• A person will die from total lack of sleep
sooner than from starvation. Death can
occur about 10 days without a sleep while
starvation takes a few weeks.
 *IF YOU LOSE ANY
OF YOUR BODY
PART, WILL YOU
BECOME LESS OF A
HUMAN?
HOW WILL YOU DESCRIBE A
LIVING BODY AS…..
•A dignified body?
• A component part of a
person?
• AS A DIGNIFIED BODY
Inherent with it is a dignity that needs to
be respected.
Value is immeasurable
Belongs to the universal family guided by moral
principle: Do unto others what you would want
others do unto you. (Confucius)
• AS A DIGNIFIED BODY
Its body parts have unique
function through its senses.
Seeing, tasting, smelling, touching,
hearing
• AS A DIGNIFIED BODY
A body of a unique person who
was once with us (past).
It carries with him the memory of
the past.
• AS A DIGNIFIED BODY
A body of a living person who is
and will be with us in our struggle
for life.
Present and future
• AS A COMPONENT PART OF A
PERSON
The medium between self and the
world.
The self in order to reach out to the
world, a physical body plays an important
role.
• AS A COMPONENT PART OF A
PERSON
Not a mere object tagged with material
value.
Value is immeasurable and limitless.
Should not be considered as a mode of payment
of/for any business transaction
Should not be considered an object of pleasure,
or fantasy.
• AS A COMPONENT PART OF A
PERSON
There is a symbiotic relationship
between the body and the soul.
When the self or the living person acts
or reacts as an individual in the
environment, there is a noticeable effect
on his soul.
 REFLECTIONS
ABOUT THE BODY:
REFLECTIONS ABOUT
THE BODY:

1. IS YOUR BODY A
PROPERTY?
 CAN YOU SAY
“I HAVE A BODY?
When I decided to look for a job, I use my
own body. I command my body to go where I
should go only to look for a job. Now that I am
employed, here is my boss and will use my
body to do this and do that because I need this
for a deadline.
THREE CONDITIONS
TO MEET BEFORE
YOU CAN CLAIM
OWNERSHIP OF
YOUR BODY
 1. Nobody owns my
body except me alone.
It is mine and mine
alone.
2. A person should be
responsible over what
he/she owns.
 3. Ownership
presupposes full
control over what
he/she owns.
REFLECTIONS ABOUT
THE BODY:

2. IS YOUR BODY AN
INSTRUMENT?
 Our body is not an
object. It cannot be an
instrument because an
instrument is a plain
object.
 Instrument means
something being used to
enhance or reinforce
part of your body.
WHAT ARE THE PARTS
OF THE BODY THAT
NEED
REINFORCEMENTS?
 a. EYES- eyeglasses,
telescope, microscope

b. HAND-gloves or any
particular gadgets to make
job easy
 c. EAR- ear piece to
sharpen the sense of
hearing

d. FEET-shoes, slippers,
sandals, socks
THINK AND SHARE
•What are your
limitations as a
person?
THINK AND SHARE
•What are the things that you
consider as difficult or hard
for you to accomplish or
believe in?
“THE SPIRIT IS
WILLING BUT THE
BODY IS WEAK.”
TAKE HOME ACTIVITY
Age Things that I Things that I
can do cannot do
0-3
4-7
8-11
12-15
16 up
TAKE HOME ACTIVITY

In one paragraph, write your

realizations in life.