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Basic Human Aspirations

The document discusses basic human aspirations and how current societal development may be missing the mark. It argues that true happiness and prosperity require: 1. Right understanding of oneself and one's place in existence. 2. Fulfillment in relationships and living in harmony with others at individual, family, societal and natural levels. 3. Physical facilities, but these are necessary rather than sufficient for happiness. True development should shift the focus from accumulating more physical things to cultivating right understanding and relationships. Education has an important role in developing human consciousness to enable undivided societies and universal human order.

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Basic Human Aspirations

The document discusses basic human aspirations and how current societal development may be missing the mark. It argues that true happiness and prosperity require: 1. Right understanding of oneself and one's place in existence. 2. Fulfillment in relationships and living in harmony with others at individual, family, societal and natural levels. 3. Physical facilities, but these are necessary rather than sufficient for happiness. True development should shift the focus from accumulating more physical things to cultivating right understanding and relationships. Education has an important role in developing human consciousness to enable undivided societies and universal human order.

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Basic Human Aspirations

Paresh Prajapati
What do we want ???
• Please enlist 3 most imp. things you want to
have/ do/ achieve in your life???
Why do we want to get it??
• Everyone wants the same things in his/her life??
• So, ultimately almost all of us are moving in the
same direction!!!
• What is Progress/ development?
• Progress/development- its aim to make our life
easier, happier !!!
Have we achieved the goals???
• Let’s see…
• At individual level: anxiety/stress/ depression/ suicide/ homicide
etc… Increased or decreased??
• At family level: clashes/divorces/ broken families… Going up or
down?
• Society level: terrorism/ war/ naxalism/ mob lynching… Going up or
down??
• Nature level: pollution of water, air, soil… Rising or falling??
What is the cause of it??
•Should we think….
• About our goals/ aspirations??
• About our reasons to achieve them??
• About our methods to achieve them??
Photos of successful people??

And many more are not listed here!!!


Topics for discussion
• What is meant by basic aspiration?
• Which are the basic human aspirations?
• Requirements to fulfil the same
• Current status v/s desired status
• Holistic development
• Role of education- Sanskar
• Summary
What is meant by basic aspiration?
• Learning at school/ college, job, salary/money, shopping, dining at
hotel, international vacations, etc.
• What is the end state we want to reach??
Which are the basic human aspirations?
• Do I/you want to be happy?
• Do I/you want to be prosperous?
• Do I/you want continuity of happiness & prosperity?
Desire –Basic aspirations State of being
(What we want?) (what we are?)

Do I/you want to be happy? Are we happy?


Do I/you want to be prosperity? Are we prosperous?
Do I/you want continuity of Is there continuity of happiness &
happiness & prosperity? prosperity?

Why is the Gap?


What are we doing to fill the gap? Is it getting narrower or wider?
Which direction are we working?
• Continuity of happiness and prosperity?
OR
• Accumulation of physical facilities?
• Assumption: when I will have lot of money, everything will be alright
in my life?
• We have been trained for the same: study for it, work harder & harder to get
more & more physical facilities.
Wait and think…
• Is there unhappiness in my life ? (Individual/ family/ society level)
• Due to insufficient physical facility?
• Lack of fulfilment in relationship?
• Current situation:
• How much time and effort for Physical facility v/s Relationship?

• Example of hungry cow; person in 5 star hotel/ cast away- movie


• For animals: Physical Facility is necessary & adequate
• For humans: Physical Facility is necessary but, NOT adequate
Relationship
• Example: hot & humid - AC room – entry of opponent
• Example: quarrel with friend/wife – internal state – after few days –
internal state (what is naturally acceptable to us?)

• Lack of Ph. Facility makes me/us unhappy; but availability of the same
does NOT ensure the happiness & prosperity (example of Marylin
Munro & Sushant Singh Rajput)
• What is naturally acceptable to us….?
• We want to live in harmony/relationship with others?
• We want to live in Opposition?
• “Struggle for survival/ Survival of the fittest”– opposition is necessary
Still, something is missing??
• I accept that…
• I should live in harmony with myself and others (relationship)
• I should define /limit the physical facilities required for me
• BUT, am I able to do so (Do I live accordingly)???
• Right understanding--- it was missing
• Now, it is clear that, we need all 3 things for continuous happiness &
prosperity
• Right understanding – about my self & entire existence; so, I can live in
harmony at all 4 levels (individual, family, society, nature/ existence)
• Relationship – feelings for other humans
• Physical facilities
Set Priority
3 items are required for continuity of happiness & prosperity…
• Physical facility
• Relationship /harmony with others
• Right understanding

• Where is our focus?


• Example-
• Tea in cup without bottom
• How much do I have? How much I need? (no. of clothes- visit to mall, FK, Amazon)
Current status
• 2 types of people:
1. Those lacking Physical facility Unhappy & Deprived
2. Those having Physical facility Unhappy & Deprived
• Harder and harder study, work, stress, etc. for development from
stage -1 to stage-2
Transformation=
Holistic Development

Undivided Society Univ. Human Order

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What do I want?
• What is naturally acceptable to me: to live with Inhuman(animal) or
human consciousness?
• Where do I stand now?
• Whether this transformation from Inhuman to Human consciousness
is desirable?

• Why I can NOT do so, because Predominant perception regarding the


Progress/ development/ success: accumulation of more & more
physical facility
Role of Education- Sanskar…
• Child gets inputs/ learning from: parents/ family; formal education;
society with other people & media

• Role of education: to develop the competence to live with human


consciousness, with definite Human conduct.
• Education sanskar has to ensure:
• Right understanding in every child (At present- largely missing)
• Capacity to live in harmony with others (At present- largely missing)
• Capacity to identify the need for Physical Facility; skills & practice for
sustainable production feeling of prosperity (At present: More &
more production  more & more accumulation)
Role of Education- Sanskar…
• If Education-sanskar can ensure:
• Right understanding in every child lead to living with Human
Consciousness
• Capacity to live in harmony/relationship with others  Harmony
at one’s own family, harmony at larger family; leading to
Undivided society
• Capacity to identify the need for Ph. Facility, skills & practice for
sustainable production feeling of prosperity; production through
labour and right utilization of Physical facility fulfilment of
human goal leading to Universal human Order
Summary
• Basic human aspirations: Continuity of Happiness and prosperity
• Fulfilment of them requires: (with priority in following order)
1. Right understanding
2. Fulfilment in Relationship (harmony with others)
3. Physical facility (necessary, but NOT adequate)
• Right Understanding + Fulfilment in Relationship = Mutual Happiness
• Right Understanding + Fulfilment of Physical facility = Mutual Prosperity
• Holistic development/ Transformation: from Inhuman(animal) consciousness to
Human consciousness (shift the focus from Physical facility to Right
Understanding & Relationship)
• Education-sanskar: to develop Human consciousness in every child
• Develop competence in every child to be in harmony within, harmony with family, society
& nature/existence leading to Undivided society & Univ. Human Order
Transformation=
Holistic Development

Undivided Society Univ. Human Order

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Please save FEW* things for
YOU & the Next generation:
*Fuel, Electricity & water….

Thanks!!!

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