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Being Human means Being-in-Relationship

1. The human being is not an isolated being but a being-in-relationship and communication is possible (and necessary..) because we always live--and die--in relationship.

1.1. One of the main obstacles in human communication is the (unconscious) belief that we are not beings-in-relation but individuals. We do not know our partners as somebody in relation to us but as somebody "there". Hence our tendency to blame (or praise) the other as somebody unrelated to us, and also our tendency to blame (or praise) ourselves as independent from others.

1 .2. Generally speaking it might be said that western thought tends to emphasize the human being as independent from others while eastern thought puts more emphasis on group relations. However, it must also be said that the western concept of PERSON (being-in-relationship) is similar, for example, to the japanese concept of NINGEN ("nin" meaning "human being") and GEN (meaning "between").

1.3. It follows that what is distinctive of the human being is not having an "I" but being a "We". To know oneself means to know oneself in relation to Nature, other people, and God.

1.4. Consequently to talk of "others" simultaneously means to talk of oneself since we can only talk of 110thers" as they relate to "myself" and my-self is, obviously, my-self-in-relation-to-the-other.

1.5. The "in-between" is the basis of Christianity. "The Kingdom of Heaven is between you" means that to we find or lose ourselves in relation to others.

1.6. It might be said that "human growth" (anthropological dimension) and "salvation" (theological dimension) point at the integration of human beings in the totality of what exists. Notice that we say 11integration" and not "loss" or "absorption".

The St. Camillus Hospital of Mati Foundation - Community Based Health Care Program (CBHCP) of Mati, Davao Oriental is now continuing its alternative traditional treatment services such as acupuncture, acupressure, reflexology, ventusa, orthopedic massage and herbal products/preparations. The bananas planted by the Community Health Volunteers and the herbal plants are growing with other new plants added and are feeding people and the animals cared within the compound. A farm plan is prepared for the adjacent hectare to grow diverse vegetables and some fruit trees to provide healthy food for the patients and people in general.

The community Based Health Care Program continues to facilitate trainings to different groups in Mati.  They are the following:
 

1. Healing Education to Daycare Teachers of Mati of the Department of Social work Office (DSWO) - Mati. 
   
   It was facilitated by Dr. Rosalinda “Moon” Maglana, Chairman of Alternatibong Kalamboan Katilingbanong Panglawas (AKKAP) which means Alternative Community Health Development, Kidapawan, Cotabato. It was attended by fifty seven (57) participants, all of them satisfied by the anthroposophic medicine background on child’s natural development in both body and soul. They also desired to learn how to prepare herbal medicine preparation to augment their care to the children entrusted to them and to teach the mothers how to do it and practice healing process at home.
   
   It was held on March 21, 2009 at CBHCP kiosk, the venue of the training.  It usually accommodates 25 persons but on this day 57 persons were gathered around, were served well, and were satisfied for it had been long time that they have had a seminar of this kind.