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Values I Learned from My Ateneo Community

May 13, 2012

Ateneo (short for Ateneo de Manila University) is a premier Jesuit educational institution in the Philippines, where I had served for 34 years as faculty member and administrator, before I retired from service in 2009.
While I was reviewing my old computer files yesterday, I stumbled upon this speech I delivered to a group of newly [...]

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How to Become the True Gentleman That Everyone Admires

March 31, 2012

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E VERYBODY ADMIRES A TRUE GENTLEMAN. He is the ladies’ “knight in shining armor”, the hero and idol of teenage boys, hungry for a good role model to emulate, and the paragon and inspiration of other men, aspiring to be like him. How does a man become a true gentleman that everybody admires? Here are [...]

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Harnessing Our Spiritual Power to Bring About Wealth and Abundance

December 31, 2011

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W E ALL POSSESS SPIRITUAL POWER AND ALL LIVE IN AN ABUNDANT WORLD. These are our (each of us) birthrights, and are there so that we can live a happy, contented life. Unfortunately, not all of us experience abundance in life because of ignorance to make proper use [...]

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Discover Your Passion in Life, and Live Your Life by It

September 11, 2011

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Music is his passion in life.

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WHAT WOULD YOU BE LIKE, IF YOU DID NOT HAVE PASSION IN LIFE? Like fire without light, you would merely exist, and not radiate exuberant energy. You would resemble the living dead that walk the earth as zombies in the night.
Life is [...]

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Self-Discipline Formation: Made Simple through Meditation

August 2, 2011

Self-Discipline through Meditation

Self-Discipline through Meditation

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S ELF-DISCIPLINE IS AN IDEA THAT USUALLY CONJURES NEGATIVE IMAGES IN THE MIND. It connotes scenarios of discomfort, pain, sacrifice, and self-denial. I am not disagreeing with this … because it is true.
Despite this, self-discipline is such a positive concept, that you would do yourself [...]

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TRUE LOVE …That Is All We Came Here For – Nothing Else

February 14, 2011

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True Love

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T HE UNIVERSAL SHORTFALL IN THE MEASURE OF TRUE LOVE AMONG HUMANS has been key factor in the chronic recurrences of man’s personal and social miseries. True love conquers all. When true love exists, human miseries simply dissipate.
True Love: What It Is and What [...]

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The Four Cardinal Virtues Revisited

January 30, 2011

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THERE ARE FOUR CARDINAL VIRTUES, FROM WHICH ALL OTHER MORAL VIRTUES EMANATE. They cover every aspect of your life. Knowing and practicing them ensures you practice their derivative virtues automatically.
Cardinal Virtues: What Does This Mean?
The word “virtue” is derived from the Latin word vir, which means man. Man symbolizes strength. A [...]

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Appreciating the Value of Life as a Learning Experience

October 18, 2010

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LEARNING EXPERIENCE IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. Older people have had a lot more of these learning experiences than the younger ones. That is why they are often revered for their wisdom, and sought for their advice.
Experience is the best teacher. So goes the [...]

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Life after Death: How Do You Prepare for It?

September 20, 2010

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IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? No one has ever come back from the dead to tell the living what it is like. Nobody has yet presented verifiable facts to prove the certainty of life after death. The only scientific accounts available are testimonies [...]

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Character Formation in the Context of Life’s Circumstances

September 13, 2010

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CHARACTER FORMATION: THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE ON EARTH FOR. We are here PRIMARILY to use life’s circumstances to make a masterpiece of ourselves. Nothing else.
To serve our fellow human beings in fulfillment of our personal mission is secondary. We are to help them directly [...]

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Our Life Purpose: What Is It for All, and for Each of Us?

August 1, 2010

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ALL HUMANS HAVE A LIFE PURPOSE. But most do not know, or even bother to know, it. They spend their lifetimes eating, sleeping, making love, and working to earn a living – all of which are instinct-driven. For them, life has no meaning.
Fortunately, [...]

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Understanding Yourself As a Human Being and Treating Yourself Accordingly

June 27, 2010

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MANY OF US DO NOT UNDERSTAND OURSELVES AS HUMAN BEINGS. Most of us see ourselves as bodies. Some know we are spirits, but tend to forget, dismiss, or ignore the idea.
So, the spirit concept remains cocooned in theory, and is not being lived out as it [...]

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Set Your Life Direction with Clearly Defined Goals

August 4, 2009

MOST PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES WITHOUT PURPOSEFUL DIRECTION and as a result wonder why they are not as happy as they truly should be. They erroneously think that happiness is attained only through self-gratification, as they allow themselves to be tossed on the sea of fortuity by life’s constant vicissitudes. On the contrary, [...]

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My Favorite Form of Prayer

February 28, 2009

IN CATECHISM SCHOOL WHEN I WAS A BOY, I learned that the different forms of prayer were petition, atonement, adoration, and thanksgiving. Since then, I noticed that many of the prayers said were mostly in the form of petition. I know many people who do not pray regularly. Yet in those rare occasions [...]

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Reflection on Ash Wednesday

February 25, 2009

IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC LITURGICAL CALENDAR, today marks the beginning of Lent. Today is Ash Wednesday. This is a day that reminds us that “Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.”
In the paraliturgical service I attended this morning, the priest who gave the homily mentioned that “we are nothing, and we shall return [...]

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