Lecture Outline on Research for 3CA1 and 3CA3, Ust Faculty of Arts and Letters
February 18, 2013 Monday (3CA1 3 to 6 pm ; February 22, 2013, Friday 3CA3 9 to 12)
Paaralng Bayan sa Himpapawid with Ms Mely C Tenorio, 738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 Evening Class, Monday to Friday (Phase II 2006 to present)
Living with Nature School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com]
Fallen cross on a belfry ruin, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte
It's a kids' world: bamboo poles and Palm Sunday palaspas for sale.
Quaintness of living has gone too far .
A. Ways of ResearchersQuaintness of living has gone too far .
- · Hook and Line
- · White Gown
- · “Frankenstein”
- · Entrepreneur
- · Continuing
B. Stages of a “Sageing”
- · The Age of Becoming (adventure and discovery)
- · The Age of Overcoming (mastery)
- · Age of the Forthcoming (Integrity and Harmony)
- Youth – Blunder, also Opportunity
- Middle Age – Regret, also Fulfillment
- Old Age – Curse, also Wisdom
C.The ABH (Always Busy and in a Hurry)
Person
- · He is here and he is not here; anywhere but here.
- · Often unhappy with what he has, with where he is.
- · Imagines success, happiness and contentment to be external and distant
- · Not physically, emotionally and spiritually involved.
- · He is not living fully; he is Tomorrow’s Child.
D. The Control Freak
- · He wants to be in control in everything and everyone.
- · Deep inside he does not trust himself.
- · Very organized but always worried.
E. The Cheerful Robot
- · Afraid to take the initiative, drifts with the current
- · Creature of routine
- · Contented with mediocrity
F. Cynic (Frustrated Idealist)
- · Incurable critic
- · Always complaining
- · Envious and jealous
G. The Hoarder
- · He has insatiable want, forgetting what he truly needs. (Bill Gates)
- · He is trapped in the fear of losing what he has.
- · He needs to escape from the suffocating clutches of his possession
H. The Pleaser
- · His self-image relies on public approval (KSP)
- · He can’t say, NO without feeling guilty.
- · He overburdens himself with promises he can’t fulfill
- · He wears many masks he has forgotten his real face.
- · A jack of all trades, a master of none.
J. The Addict
- · He is excessively devoted to or burdened compulsively and habitually at something or someone.
· Begging for a seat in school painting unknown
- He is obsessed with alcohol, smoking, sex, TV, computer, money, and car - even religion.
K. What a Professor Researcher should
have
- · Humility – sincerely accepting “who I am and what I am doing that I can, to become what God wants me to be.”
- · Simplicity – focusing one’s attention on what truly matters in life.
- · Integrity – (integer is whole) wholeness leads to holiness.
L. How to Live Life
1. Practice
your religion. Religion is the most profound revolution.
- · Life is a journey.
- · Life is beautiful.
(If you don’t see it, you will miss it.)
- · Life is precious
(Don’t miss the happy moments.)
- · Life is short
(If you don’t look around, you will miss it.)
- · Breath, rest, take time out
(Sabbath Day, siesta and holiday)
2. Don’t sacrifice your family on the altar of your career
3. Be prepared to experience the
Crises of Limit
- · Crucial periods and vulnerability
- · Know the boundaries, borders and confines
- · The Unfinished Business
- · The crisis of bodily change. The body never lies.
- · The crisis of effectiveness
- · The crisis of death awareness
“Everyday I am doing something
beautiful to God.” - Mother Theresa
“Totus tuus.” (Everything I
do, I do for God.) - Pope John Paul II
“Don’t judge yourself with what you
do, but the meaning of your work,” - Francis Thompson, The
Hound of Heaven.
Reference: Lecture of by Rev Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, former rector, UST in a Seminar-workshop for the Graduate School faculty, 2009.
Towards self sufficiency
Super infrastructure
Environmental conservation
Global Warming
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