Course Introduction - Need, Basic Guidelines, Content and Process for Value Education 1. Understand Understanding ing the need, need, basic basic guidelines guidelines,, content content and process process for Value Value Education. 2.Self Exploration –what –what is it?- its content and process; Natural Acceptance and Experiential 3. ValidationValidation- as the mechanism for self exploration. 4. Continuous Happiness and Prosperity- A look at basic Human Aspirations. 5. Right understanding, Relationship and Physical Facilities- the basic requirements for fulfillment of aspirations of every human being with their correct priority. 6. Understanding Happiness and Prosperity correctly- A critical appraisal of the current scenario.
7. Method to fulfill the above human aspirations: understanding and living in
HUMAN VALUES & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Understanding the need, basic guidelines, content, process for Value Education
Value education The subject which enables us to understand ‘What is valuable’ for human happiness is called ‘VALUE EDUCATION’.
Character oriented education that instills basic values and ethnic values in one‟s psyche is called value based education. Thus, Value Education enables us to understand our needs and visualize our goals correctly and also indicate the direction of their fulfillment.
Significance of value education
Improves value system of a person
Gives opportunity of performing on global stage.
Helps in understanding our needs and visualize our goals correctly Gives the right direction for goal fulfillment
Need for value education
Correct identification of our aspiration Understanding universal human values to fulfill our aspiration in continuity
Complimentary of values and skills
Evaluation of our belief
Technology and human values
Value education as an input to improved values
Family
Values
Society
E d u c a t i o n
I m p r o v e d v a l u e
Enlightened society Ethical group and organizations Sensitive individuals
•Social cohesion •Harmony and peace •Nation building •Quality of life •Character formation •Ideal humanity etc
Purpose of value education Developing values in individuals (physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, moral, aesthetic)
Fostering universal core values (integrity, discipline, justice)
Value education
Promoting values in society leading to individual and societal transformation
Creating a holistic education system
Basic Guidelines for Value Education course content
Universal
Rational
Natural and Verifiable
All Encompassing Leading to Harmony
Content of value education Scope of VE includes :
All dimensions (thought, behaviour, work and realization)
All levels (individual, family, society and nature-existence)
Content will be to understand:
Myself
My happiness
My aspirations, the goal of human life comprehensively
The other entities in nature
The innate interconnectedness
The co-existence in the nature-existence
The role of human being in this nature entirely
The Process of Value Education
Process has to be that of self-exploration. This includes two thing
Verification at the level of self acceptance
Experiential validation in living
Meaning and purpose of self-exploration
It is a process of dialogue between „What you are‟ and „What you really want to be‟. It is process of self evolution through self investigation.
It is the process of knowing oneself and through that, knowing the entire existence. It is a process of recognizing one‟s relationship with every unit in existence and fulfilling it. It is a process of knowing human conduct, human character and living accordingly. It is a process of in harmony within yourself and in harmony with everything around. It is a process of identifying our innateness and moving towards self organization and self expression. swatva
(innateness of self) extension)
swatantrata (Being self organized)
swarajya (self-expression,
self-
Process of Self Exploration -It is a proposal Don‟t assume it to be true Verify it at your own right - Not on the basis of scriptures - Not on the basis of reading from instrument - Not on the basis of others - Self verification Verify on the
Proposal
Live according to
Basis of your Natural Acceptance
Behaviour
work with rest
with human
of the nature
leads to mutual Realization
happiness
leads to mutual prosperity
Understanding
Basic Human Aspirations We desire for many things in this world, say materialistic needs, respect, recognition, love, trust etc, but in the form of all these we aspire for true and continuous happiness and prosperity.
Happiness: “ To be in a state of liking is happiness. ” “ To be in a state of harmony is happiness.” Prosperity: Feeling of having more than required physical facility. For prosperity two things are required – 1.
Identification of the quantity required for physical needs &
2.
Ensuring availability / production
List Of Wants A big car Happiness A great House Lot of Money Respect Good friends A nice music system Peace of mind Do social work Satisfaction Be loved
Take care of my parent A good laptop Not get angry Knowledge Become a politician Have a great food Get good marks A good guitar Understanding the purpose of life Be healthy Protect nature
Basic requirement for fulfillment of human aspiration
1. Right
Understanding
2. Relationship
Mutual Happiness We are in relation ship with people, other human being
Is needed in myself. I need to study myself, the human being, & the entire existence of which I am a part
3. Physical Facility
Mutual Prosperity The things we use, come from what we call as nature
Presently, as we look around, we find most of the people in the following two categories
SVDD – Sadhan Viheen Dukhi Darinda
SSDD – Sadhan Sampan Dukhi Darinda
SSSS – Sadhan Sampan Sukhi Samridha
Before we explain these we should have a clear understanding of „Desires‟. Desires are of 1.
Materialistic: Food, shelter, clothes and physical facilities which are quantifiable
2.
Non- materialistic: It is qualitative in nature like respect, trust, happiness, recognition, peace etc
Where do we stand today
At the level of Individual: rising problems of depression, psychological disorder, suicides, stress, insecurity, health problem At the level of Family: Breaking of joint family, mistrust and insecurity in relationship, divorce, legal suits
At the level of Society: Terrorism, casteism, wars between nations, fear of nuclear and genetic welfare At the level of nature: Global warming, water, soil, air, noise pollution, resource depletion of minerals and oil, loss of fertility of soil
To live with continuous happiness and prosperity, the program is ‘to understand & to live in harmony at all levels of our living / existence’ .
There are four levels of our living 1.
Self
2.
Family
3.
Society
4.
Nature Continuous happiness is being in harmony within one self, being in harmony with others and being harmony with nature.
Understanding human being as the co-existence of the sentient „Self‟ and the material „Body‟ Human =
Body I
Body
Trust, Respect
Food, Clothing
Happiness (Sukh)
Physical Facilities (Suvidha)
In time needs are
Continous
Temporary
In quantity needs are
Qualitative
Quantitative
Needs are fulfilled by
Right Understanding and right
Food, Clothing
Needs are
s d e e N
I (Self)
feelings
s e i t i v i t c A e p y T
Activities
Desiring, Thinking etc
Breathing, heart beat etc.
Knowing, assuming, recognizing,
Recognizing, fulfilling
fulfilling Is a type of
Conscious (non – material)
Physico – chemical (material)
Distinguishing Needs of the self (I) and body Needs Nice looking car Car for transport Food Tasty food Trust Happiness Knowledge
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Related to Body
Related to ‘I’
Understanding the body as an instrument of „I‟ I
Body
1 I am
My body is
2 I want to live
My body is used as an instrument (of I)
3 I want to live with happiness
4 To understand & to live in harmony at all 4 levels
For nurture of body ----> Food For protection of body ----> Clothing, Shelter etc For right utilization of body ----> Instruments/ equipments etc Are needed as physical facilities Production, protection and right utilization of physical facilities is just a part of my program.
5 I am the seer, doer, and enjoyer Body is an instrument DRASTA, KARTA, BHOKTA
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