Lecture 11

Harmony of the Self with the

Body
 Human Being Self Co-existence Body

Need Happiness (e.g. Respect) Physical Facility (e.g. Food)

In Time Continuous Temporary

In Quantity Qualitative (is Feeling) Quantitative (Required in

Limited Quantity)

Fulfilled By Right Understanding & Right Physio-chemical Things

Feeling

Activity Desire, Thought, Eating, Walking…

Expectation…

In Time Continuous Temporary

Response Knowing, Assuming,

Recognising, Fulfilling Recognising, Fulfilling

Consciousness Material
Activities of Self

Power Activity Self verification

on the basis of
1. Natural
Self
Acceptance
3

Preconditioning 2.
1
3. Desire Imaging

4. Thought Analysing-Comparing

5. Expectation Selecting-Tasting Imagination

Information
Body 2 Sensation

Behaviour Work
 Self Body
Consciousness INFORMATION Material
Instruction
Sensation

Needs: Happiness, Prosperity  Continuity Physical Facility

Needs & activities are continuous in time Temporary in time

Self is central to human existence Body is

an instrument of the Self
 Self Body (Instrument)
Consciousness INFORMATION Material
Instruction
Sensation

Needs: Happiness, Prosperity  Continuity Physical Facility

Needs & activities are continuous in time Temporary in time

Self-regulation (संयम)
Feeling of responsibility toward the body – for
Nurturing, Protection and Right Utilization of
the Body

Self is central to human existence Body is

an instrument of the Self
 Self Body (Instrument)
Consciousness INFORMATION Material
Instruction
Sensation

Needs: Happiness, Prosperity  Continuity Physical Facility

Needs & activities are continuous in time Temporary in time
Self-regulation (संयम) Health
Feeling of responsibility toward the body – for 1. Body acts according to I
Nurturing, Protection and Right Utilization of 2. Parts of the body are in
the Body harmony (in order)

Physical Facility is required to fulfill the responsibility of the Self toward the Body
Self is central to human(to keep the Body in good health)
existence Body is
– for nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body
an instrument of the Self

The required physical facility can be identified

 Self Body (Instrument)
Consciousness INFORMATION Material
Instruction
Sensation

Needs: Happiness, Prosperity  Continuity Physical Facility

Needs & activities are continuous in time Temporary in time

Self-regulation (संयम) Health

Feeling of responsibility toward the body – for 1. Body acts according to I
Nurturing, Protection and Right Utilization of 2. Parts of the body are in
the Body harmony (in order)
Food… Clothes, Shelter... Instruments…

The required physical facility can be recognised

along with the required quantity
Self is central to human existence Body is
The quantity of food… required for nurturing the body –an instrument
is it of the Self
limited or unlimited?
Clothes, shelter… for protection of the body – is it limited or unlimited?
Instruments, equipments… for right utilisation of the body – is it limited or unlimited?
 Self Body (Instrument)
Consciousness INFORMATION Material
Instruction
Sensation

Needs: Happiness, Prosperity  Continuity Physical Facility

Needs & activities are continuous in time Temporary in time
Self-regulation (संयम) Health
Feeling of responsibility toward the body – for 1. Body acts according to I
Nurturing, Protection and Right Utilization of 2. Parts of the body are in
the Body harmony (in order)
Food… Clothes, Shelter... Instruments…
Physical Facility is required to to keep the body in good health,
Required Required
so that rightRequired
utilisationin
of athe body can be ensured
in limited in limited limited quantity
quantity quantity i.e. physical Facility is required only for
nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body

If we can see that, the physical facility for

nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body
is required in a limited quantity,
then we can understand the meaning of prosperity
Prosperity

Prosperity – The feeling of having / producing more than required Physical Facility
2 1
1 – Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity)
– with right understanding

2 – Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility

– with right skills

A prosperous person thinks of right utilisation, nurturing the other

“ deprived “ “ “ accumulation, exploiting “ “
In a previous session, we had seen that we can observe two categories of human beings
1. Lacking physical facility, unhappy deprived
2. Having physical facility, unhappy deprived

While we want to be –
Having physical facility, happy prosperous

Now we can see that if the identification of required physical facility is missing,
then one can only shift between category 1 & category 2

This is possible only with

a- the right identification of required physical facility and
b- availability / production of more than required physical facility
Gross Misunderstanding 1 – Human Being = Body
Human Being Self (I)
= Body

Need Respect
= Physical Facility
(Eg. Food, Clothes)

Continuous
= Unlimited

Feeling of
Deprivation
I don’t have Accumulation of Physical
Accumulation =
enough! Facility – Unlimited!
unlimited?
Loop !

Effort for
Check if you Physical Deprivation
are caught up Facility
In this loop by any
means?
Gross Misunderstanding 2 – Resources are less than our need

Data: Of the 4.2 billion tons of food produced, more than 1 billion tons of food is lost
or wasted every year, UN-backed report finds (11 May 2011)

About a third of all the food produced for human consumption each year – or roughly 1.3
billion tons – is lost or wasted, according to a new study commissioned by the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Global Food Production is 6 times requirement

Global Food Wastage is 1/3rd of production
Wastage is enough to feed 1300 crore people/year

Have we understood human needs?

Have we understood right utilisation?
Is it a question of production or distribution?
Is it a question of relationship?
Is it a question of right understanding?
It is a question of right education-sanskar
Right Utilisation of Physical Facility
Indulgence – Happiness from sensation
Renunciation
Right Utilisation – Relationship, Order
Right Utilisation of Physical Facility
Purposefulness –
Transformation to

With Right Understanding

Human
Conciousness

Right Utilisation – Relationship,

Order
Utilisation – Family
Use – Body

Without Right Understanding

Indulgence – Taste
Over Indulgence
Obsession for Indulgence
– Sensual
Pleasure
Even Small Individual Choices Add Up E.g. Choice of Food
20% of all life produced on land every year is harvested for human purposes

14-16 kg grain & 21,000 litres of water  1 kg meat

The world's cattle alone (not including other livestock) annually consume food grains enough for
8.7 billion people

Land use – 3¼ acres/person on meat diet vs 0.2 acres/person on veg diet

20% Amazon rain forest (the size of California) destroyed since 1970
80% of this land is used for cattle raising

By feeding grain to livestock, we lose 90% of the protein, 96% of the calories, 99% of its
carbohydrates, and 100% of the fiber. Animal-based diets are high in saturated fat, excessive
protein and cholesterol, leading to heart disease and stroke (nearly 50% of all deaths in the
US)

Video (1 min)
http://www.planetaryrenewal.org/ipr/vegetarian.html
Sum Up
Human being = co-existence of Self (consciousness) and Body (material)

Self is central to human existence, the Body is used as an instrument

The nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the Body is the responsibility of the Self

Physical facility is required to fulfil that responsibility towards the Body

Physical Facility is required, in a limited quantity, for Nurturing, Protection & Right Utilisation of
the Body
Prosperity = Feeling of having / producing more than required physical facility
1. Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity) – with right understanding
2. Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility – with right skills
Self Reflection
Self Reflection
1. Do you have a feeling of Self-regulation (responsibility toward your body)? – continuous?

2. Is your body healthy?

3. Find out – how much physical facility is required in your family; how much physical facility is
available. An on that basis are you prosperous or deprived?

4. Do you have a feeling of prosperity? – continuous?

5. Do you think of
- Right utilisation of physical facility and nurturing others (human beings / rest of nature)?
- Accumulating more physical facility or exploiting others?
 Key Points
Harmony of the Self with the Body
 Human Being Self Co-existence Body
Ekkuo eSa lgvfLrRo “kjhj
Need Happiness (e.g. Respect) Physical Facility (e.g. Food)
vko';drk lq[k ¼tSls lEeku½ lqfo/kk ¼tSls Hkkstu½
In Time Continuous Temporary
dky esa fujUrj lkef;d
In Quantity Qualitative (is Feeling) Quantitative (Required in
ek=k esa xq.kkRed ¼Hkko gS½ Limited Quantity)
Ekk=kRed ¼lhfer ek=k
esa½
Fulfilled By Right Understanding & Right Physio-chemical Things
iwfrZ ds Feeling lgh le>] lgh Hkko HkkSfrd&jklk;fud oLrq
fy,
Activity Desire, Thought, Eating, Walking…
fØ;k Expectation… [kkuk] pyuk---
bPNk] fopkj] vk”kk---
In Time Continuous Temporary
dky esa fujUrj lkef;d
Response Knowing, Assuming,
Recognising, Fulfilling Recognising, Fulfilling
tkuuk] ekuuk] igpkuuk] igpkuuk] fuokZg djuk
fuokZg djuk
 Self Body (Instrument)
Consciousness INFORMATION Material
Instruction
Sensation
Self Body
Needs: Happiness, Prosperity  Continuity Physical Facility
Needs & activities are continuous in time Temporary in time
Self-regulation (संयम) Health
Feeling of responsibility toward the body – for 1. Body acts according to I
Nurturing, Protection and Right Utilization of 2. Parts of the body are in
the Body harmony (in order)
Food… Clothes, Shelter... Instruments…
Physical Facility is required to to keep the body in good health,
Required Required
so that rightRequired
utilisationin
of athe body can be ensured
in limited in limited limited quantity
quantity quantity i.e. physical Facility is required only for
nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body

If we can see that, the physical facility for

nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body
is required in a limited quantity,
then we can understand the meaning of prosperity
Prosperity (le`f))

Prosperity – The feeling of having / producing more than required Physical Facility
2 1
1 – Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity)
– with right understanding

2 – Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility

– with right skills

A prosperous person thinks of right utilisation, nurturing the other

“ deprived “ “ “ accumulation, exploiting “ “
Gross Misunderstanding 1 – Human Being = Body
Human Being
Ekkuo
Self (I)
eSa = Body
“kjhj
Need
vko’;drk
Respect
lEeku = Physical Facility
(Eg. Food, Clothes)
lqfo/kk (tSls&Hkkstu]
diM+k)
Continuous
fujUrj = Unlimited
vlhfer
Feeling of
Deprivation
I don’t have Accumulation of Physical
Accumulation =
enough! Facility – Unlimited!
unlimited?
Loop Lqfo/kk laxzg &
vlhfer!
Effort for
Check if you Physical Deprivation
are caught up Facility
In this loop by any
nfjnzrk
means?
Gross Misunderstanding 2 – Resources are less than our need

Data: Of the 4.2 billion tons of food produced, more than 1 billion tons of food is lost
or wasted every year, UN-backed report finds (11 May 2011)

About a third of all the food produced for human consumption each year – or roughly 1.3
billion tons – is lost or wasted, according to a new study commissioned by the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Global Food Production is 6 times requirement

Global Food Wastage is 1/3rd of production
Wastage is enough to feed 1300 crore people/year

Have we understood human needs?

Have we understood right utilisation?
Is it a question of production or distribution?
Is it a question of relationship?
Is it a question of right understanding?
It is a question of right education-sanskar
Right Utilisation of Physical Facility
Purposefulness – Á;kstuh;rk & thou tkx`fr
Transformation

With Right Understanding

KkuiwoZd
lnqi;ksx & laca/k] O;oLFkk
Right Utilisation – Relationship, mi;ksx & ifjokj
Order
Utilisation – Family miHkksx & 'kjhj
Use – Body
Hkksx & bafæ; lq[k

vKkurko'k
Indulgence – Taste cgqHkksx
Without Right Understanding
Over Indulgence
Obsession for Indulgence vfrHkksx ¼Hkksx mUekn½
– Sensual
Pleasure
Even Small Individual Choices Add Up E.g. Choice of Food
20% of all life produced on land every year is harvested for human purposes

14-16 kg grain & 21,000 litres of water  1 kg meat

The world's cattle alone (not including other livestock) annually consume food grains enough for
8.7 billion people

Land use – 3¼ acres/person on meat diet vs 0.2 acres/person on veg diet

20% Amazon rain forest (the size of California) destroyed since 1970
80% of this land is used for cattle raising

By feeding grain to livestock, we lose 90% of the protein, 96% of the calories, 99% of its
carbohydrates, and 100% of the fiber. Animal-based diets are high in saturated fat, excessive
protein and cholesterol, leading to heart disease and stroke (nearly 50% of all deaths in the
US)

Video (1 min)
http://www.planetaryrenewal.org/ipr/vegetarian.html
Sum Up
Human being = co-existence of Self (consciousness) and Body (material)

Self is central to human existence, the Body is used as an instrument

The nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the Body is the responsibility of the Self

Physical facility is required to fulfil that responsibility towards the Body

Physical Facility is required, in a limited quantity, for Nurturing, Protection & Right
Utilisation of the Body
Prosperity = Feeling of having / producing more than required physical facility
1. Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity) –
with right understanding
2. Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility –
with right skills