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    Self-exploration as the Process for

    Value Education
    RECAP
    The last lecture explained the Need, basic guidelines, content and
    process of Value Education.

    Let us now understand the process of ‘Self-exploration’ in more detail.

    Slide 2 of 15
    Topics to be covered in Lecture
    2.1 Meaning and Purpose of Self-exploration

    2.2 Content of Self-exploration

    2.3 Process of Self-exploration

    Slide 3 of 15
    Meaning and Purpose of Self-exploration, Self-investigation
    1. It is a process of Dialog… It starts with a dialog between me and you
    2. It soon becomes a dialog within your own Self…
    What I am Dialog
    What is Naturally Acceptable to Me

    Desire, Thought… Natural Acceptance

    Harmony
    Contradiction

    Relationship Relationship
    Opposition

    Slide 4 of 15
    Process of Self-exploration, Self-investigation
    1. It is a process of dialogue – between me and you, to begin with. It soon
    becomes a dialogue within your own self
    2. It is a process of dialog between what I am and my Natural
    Acceptance or what I really want to be
    3. It is a process of Self-exploration, Self-investigation  Self-evolution
    4. It is a process of knowing oneself and through the self, knowing
    Nature and the entire existence
    5. It is a process of recognizing one's relationship with every unit in
    nature/existence; and fulfilling that relationship
    6. It is a process of knowing Human Conduct and living according to it
    7. It is a process of living in harmony in oneself, living in harmony with
    others…living in harmony with entire existence

    LoRo Lrra=rk Slide 5 of 15


    Natural Acceptance Acceptance
    Given independent choice, what Under the given circumstances,
    is acceptable naturally what one ends up accepting
    Natural Acceptance Peer pressure, conditioning
    Sensation
    Acceptance
    E.g. E.g.
    Relationship Sometimes relationship,
    sometimes opposition

    Food for health Sometimes food for health,


    sometimes food for taste

    Mobile for communication Sometimes for communication,


    sometimes for respect, show-off
    Slide 6 of 15
    Natural Acceptance
    1. Intact
    2. Invariant Uncorrupted by pre-conditioning

    All Individuals Process of Investigation - Subjective


    3. Universal " Time
    " Space Results " " -
    OBJECTIVE
    Authentic Understanding of Reality
    Education
    (Absolute) Self Confidence

    Natural Acceptance about WHAT TO DO (not about how to do)


    Slide 7 of 15
    Natural Acceptance
    Natural Acceptance does not change with time.

    It does not depend on the place

    It does not depend on our beliefs or past conditionings

    This Natural Acceptance is ‘constantly there’, something we can refer to

    Natural Acceptance is the same for all of us: it is part and parcel of every
    human being, it is part of humanness.

    We can refer Natural Acceptance, access it to know what is right for us. We
    only have to start referring to it.

    Each proposal in this course needs to be evaluated on the basis of your


    Natural Acceptance.

    Slide 8 of 15
    Exploring What is Naturally Acceptable to Me
    What I am Dialog
    What is Naturally Acceptable As an Individual
    In Family
    (desire, thought)laokn to Me (Natural Acceptance) In Society
    In Nature/Existence

    Sometimes relationship Relationship


    Sometimes opposition
    Sometimes Trust Trust in Relationship
    Sometimes Mistrust
    Nurturing Nurturing the Body
    Taste & not nurturing
    … …
    My Natural Acceptance
    My Innateness

    Slide 9 of 15
    Scope of this Course

    Knowing your Natural Acceptance


    What you really want to be
    Living in accordance with your Natural Acceptance
    Living in harmony with others… with the entire existence
    SWATVA
    Living in harmony within
    SWARAJYA
    SWATANTRATA

    Slide 10 of 15
    Content of Self-exploration, Self-investigation

    1. Desire/Goal (Aim, Objective, Purpose):

    What is my (human) Desire/Goal?


    (What do I really want in life, or what is the goal of human life?)

    2. Program:

    What is my (human) program for fulfilling the Goal/ Desire?


    (How to fulfill it? What is the program to actualize the above?

    Slide 11 of 15
    Process of Self-exploration
    Whatever is said is a PROPOSAL.
    The PROPOSAL is to be EXPLORED within oneself:
    a) On the basis of one’s own Natural Acceptance (The student is
    NOT expected to ASSUME it to be true)
    b) On the basis of one’s own VERIFICATION in living

    This is a natural process of self verification and experiential


    validation that leads to understanding

    It is not a process of assuming things (Do’s & Don’ts) as given


    It is not a process of assuming things written in books
    It is not a process of assuming things said by others
    It is not a process of assuming things based on readings from
    instruments

    Slide 12 of 15
    Process of Self-verification
    Whatever is said is a Proposal (Do not accept it to be true) Verify
    it on your own right

    Proposal
    1
    Verify 2
    Experiental Validation
    on the basis
    Of Live according to it
    you 2a 2b
    r
    Natural
    Acceptance Behaviour with Work with
    Human Beings Rest of Nature

    Mutual Happiness Mutual Prosperity


    Which process is Naturally Acceptable to you?

    A process of self-exploration on your own right, leading to


    understanding in your self
    or
    A process of discourse, do’s & don’ts, in which you assume what is said
    Process of Self-verification
    Whatever is said is a Proposal
    Do not accept it just because it is – written in some book
    – a reading from some instrument
    – stated by some person
    Proposal
    Verify Experiental Validation
    on the basis
    Of Live according to it
    your
    Natural

    Acceptance Behaviour with Work with


    Human Beings the rest of Nature

    der
    Realization

    Slide 14 of 15
    Mutual Happiness Mutual Prosperity

    Slide 15 of 15
    Summary : Self-Exploration – its content and process

    Whatever is said is a Proposal


    Do not accept it just because it is – written in some book
    – a reading from some instrument
    – stated by some person
    Proposal
    Verify Experiental Validation
    on the basis
    Of Live according to it
    your
    Natural

    Acceptance Behaviour with Work with


    Human Beings the rest of Nature

    der
    Realization

    Slide 16 of 15
    Mutual Happiness Mutual Prosperity

    Slide 17 of 15

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