the veneration.

forgive me for posting these stuff about Rizal. high ako eh. kahit nasasabaw na ko sa kanya. eh pawis at dugo ko rin ang pinuhunan ko para lang masulat ang lahat nang iyan. [exagge!] haha. basta. read on. kung may mali man jan, just tell me. ayt?;)


There is no doubt that Jose Rizal, coming from a well-to-do family, was a highly religious person in his own right. It can be said so from his testimony and of his Jesuit professors in the Ateneo. He was brought up to regard and hold a very deep relationship with his God and his Religion. These were his values, faith, and part of his form of nationalism. His faith and growing nationalism was friendly enough but after having gone to the West, he breathed a different kind of air—an air consitsting of liberalism and the like. He was nurtured, educated, and pampered by Spain. His views and aspirations were of the way the Spaniards think. We cannot blame Rizal for acting like such for he was brought up in such a way that is different from ours. We cannot anymore change the fact that he was the one chosen to be the hero of our nation. But I suppose we can argue. For one, he was not the person who's one with the masses. We're not saying that his perceptions and thoughts were altogether wrong, but it were unlike the beliefs of the people of the masses. He had the brains, and was a man who acquired proper education in his time. But he had this way of looking down on the people under the lower class of society. These people had the same power and conviction just like what Rizal has. In fact, they Rizal and the masa had the same dream for the Philippines. The only difference is the way they wanted to attain it. The masses resorted for a revolution, a fight for independence; which according to Rizal, should not come from below. For it to become beneficial, it must come from above. Yes, he rejected the idea of the revolution. What he wanted for the country were reforms. He didn't want bloodshed; he wanted a peaceful battle. But the question left for us to answer is, was the reforms of Rizal enough? Were the plans of his class enough to move the masses? No. Rizal and the people may have the same goal, but there also existed a conflict between his views and their views. He was, as we all know, unsuccessful in his attempt for reforms. These reformations, to be put to action, should include the people from all classes of society. That's the only way to attain the reform movement. Unity. This way how Bonifacio got the sentiments of the Filipinos. He was one with them, which made it easier for him to appeal to them.

Rizal, like the others, loved our mother country; but in his own ilustrado way. like Renato Constantino said, he was a limited Filipino whose love for his country was in an ilustrado kind of way. His way of thinking was influenced and shaped by the people within his class. His ideas were rooted to this kind of thinking. And then came his fight for the equal rights of the people. We all know how fairness and equality was lost during the time of the colonization. As a Filipino by blood and by skin, he desired to have the same respect as the people of Espanya held for themselves. But it was not a free country back then so what should we expect? From the point of view of a Spaniard, if ever there's a person fighting for equal rights and privileges, it should come from the Indios. Rizal was ignored for he wasn't within that class. He was way educated for him to appeal for rights for those people.


that's it. so long people. so i guess you now fully know who rizal is to me now?