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...individual social natures fuse. this domain of kalooban, the sense of right and wrong, budhi (conscience) plants its seeds, growing with tacit knowledge of stories, sentiments and dreams. This is the locus of the identity of Filipinos which should be shared as humanity, kapwatao. People describe the openness and inclusivity of one's identity in sharing ones' resources, as in the value of kagandahang-loob (good inner-self).
The act of receiving the will of God is eloquently sung, chanted and danced by babaylans. When all are in tune with the will of the Divine Creator, nasa atin ang Kalooban ng Diyos (the inner being of God is in us), the problems of life are worth bearing, and becomes the wellspring of knowledge, crossing into pagpatotoo na pagkatao, realizing one's true self and becoming a human being.
In modern sense, these intelligences were the attributes of the babaylan because they could understand their own personal mission, understand other people's psychology, and bring it to the attention of a divine Being.
If we are able to catch a glimpse of God in our genetic make-up, we are divine and all that we are should observe the sacred and moral nature. The bahaylans knew this when they claimed that God is in all of us as practiced in Cagayan Ibanag's daily greeting that gives thanks to God: Mabbalo ta Dios.
Howard Gardner presents this as spiritual intelligence--a general regard and respect for the Divine Creator. Developing our spiritual intelligence will move us towards ginhawa (comfort) whose daily operative meaning...
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