Month: October 2023
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What is My Personality Type?
I recently came across a tool that could help me identify the kind of personality type that I possessed. The tool is called the Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator (MBTI), which Myers and Briggs developed based on the work of early twentieth-century Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. Personality typing refers to systems that categorize people based on their traits, tendencies, and other characteristics. Other types of personality tests include The Enneagram, The Five Love Language, The Big Five Personality Assessment, The Workplace Disc Test, Cattell’s 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, etc.
The Pursuit of Ecstatic and Eternal Happiness
Happiness has been a subject exposed to an age-long contemplation among philosophers. The most profound definition of it was from Aristotle, who described it as a state of eudaimonia - the state of the total well-being of a man. When thought about comprehensively, eudaimonia encapsulates a flourishing life and a form of true and transcendent Happiness. Therefore, in a sense, I can define Happiness as having a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment, which results from putting your best into a task with positive results or rewards to show for it. Most people are pretty familiar with this in their conceptual understanding of Happiness.
The Theory of Personhood and Your Authentic Self
Personhood is one of the most controversial concepts to discuss in determining what makes a human a person. For philosophers, a human is a biological expression, while a person is a moral expression. Therefore, philosophically speaking, persons are part of our moral community and worthy of ethical consideration. However, this can be very problematic and slippery because if humanity can perfect the basic functionalities of a humanoid artificial intelligence, would it be considered a person if it meets the moral acceptance of our community? Again, would a serial killer like Luis Garavito or a terrorist like Osama Bin Laden still be considered persons, even when they violated the laws of society in a significant way? Considering this view, a serial killer or a terrorist can surrender his personhood through these unacceptable inhuman actions, rendering him persona non grata.
Living Life with Purpose and Meaning
At the very root of mental illness is the loss of the meaning of life and one's role in experiencing a flourishing life. We are divinely created to fulfill a purpose and make sense of our existence. God created us to live a life of significance through space and time.To get started, you may ask yourself, Why is my life worth living? You may want to ask yourself this question and expect answers to well up from the innermost part of your being. How do I deal with hopelessness and loss of faith in what I am dealing with in life? What is the meaning of life? These existential questions help you probe why life is essential and your place in it.