Universal Human Values

Basic Human Aspiration of every human being is to have Happiness and prosperity, and its continuity. But, there's always a gap between what we really want to be and what we are. Physical facility is necessary but not adequate for human being. Relationship and right understanding are equally essential. Most of the unhappiness is due to lack of fulfilment in relationships, and not material scarcity.

Role of Education

Education is to develop right understanding in every human being, build capacity for harmonious relationships and to know sustainable use and production of physical facilities. Through this knowledge, a Transformation; which is Holistic Development of human being is expected. i.e., Moving from animal consciousness to human consciousness. It requires effort in all three domains: right understanding, relationships, and Physical facilities (material needs) in its correct priority order. -

Societal Impact

It is to live with human consciousness, which leads to Justice in relationships, Participation in a universal human order, Undivided society, and Sustainable living.

Self-Exploration, Happiness, and Prosperity

Self-Exploration is a process of self-verification or self-evolution or self-discovery. The purpose is to understand human values through personal verification. The steps involves a method beginning with a proposal, verify using our own natural acceptance (innate potential which is same for all human being), Validate through living experience, behaviour with other human beings (leads to mutual happiness), work with rest of nature (leads to mutual prosperity).

Happiness

Happiness is a state of harmony or synergy within oneself and surroundings and Unhappiness is a state of contradiction or disharmony within. Happiness is continuous and internal; excitement is temporary and external.

Prosperity

Prosperity is the feeling of having or producing more than required physical facilities. Prosperity and wealth are entirely different. Wealth is accumulation of more and more physical facilities. Prosperous mindset focuses on right utilization of physical facilities and nurturing others.

Basic Human Aspiration

Basic human goal/aspiration is to have continuous happiness and prosperity and can be fulfilled with right understanding and harmonious living. The prevailing misconceptions are wealth = prosperity; Sensation or external validation is equal to Happiness; These lead to temporary pleasure, not lasting (continuous) fulfilment.

Harmony in the Human Being

The proposal is human being is a Co-existence of Self and Body. Need of the self is continuous happiness, which is qualitative. Whereas need of the body is temporary, which is required in limited quantity. Need of the self can be fulfilled with right understanding and right feeling. Need of the body can be fulfilled with physio chemical things. self is a consciousness unit, which is responsible for thoughts, feelings, and understanding. body is a material entity, which requires physical facilities for survival.

Evaluation of Priorities

Most desires relate to the Self, but effort is mostly focused on fulfilling the body needs. This imbalance leads to deprivation and a cycle of accumulation without satisfaction.

Harmony in the Self

Understanding Imagination and its Sources

Basic human aspiration is to have continuous happiness and prosperity. It means living in harmony at all levels; i.e., Self, Family, Society, and Nature. Also, Human Being is the coexistence of Self (which is a consciousness unit, source of imagination) and the Body (a material unit, which requires physical facilities).

Activities of the Self

Activities of the self is Imagination, which includes, Desire, Thought and Expectation. These shape our behaviour and work with rest of nature.

Sources of Imagination

Different sources of imagination are, Natural Acceptance (which is innate sense of what feels right), Preconditioning (beliefs and assumptions shaped by external influences) and Sensation (depending on our physical experiences and stimuli through our sense organs). If our imagination is guided by natural acceptation, we will be in harmony leading to happiness and definite conduct. Whereas, if our imagination is driven by preconditioning or sensation we will be in disharmony leading to confusion and indefinite conduct. Harmony in the Self is achieved when desires, thoughts, and expectations are guided by natural acceptance. This leads to clarity, happiness, and fulfilling relationships and actions.

Harmony of the Self with the Body

Understanding Prosperity and Health

We have seen that Human Being is a coexistence of self and body. Self is a consciousness unit and is central to human existence. Body is a material unit, which an instrument of the Self. Interaction between Self and Body is through reading information from the body and instruction given to the body.

Prosperity

Prosperity is a feeling of having or producing more than required physical facility. The program for prosperity are identification of required physical facility (with right understanding) and ensuring the availability or production (with right skills). A prosperous person focuses on nurturing and right utilization, and not accumulation or exploitation.

Health

Body of a human being acts according to the Self and its parts are in harmony. Self-regulation is the feeling of responsibility of the self towards the body for nurturing, protection, and right utilization.

Program for Health:

Intake of body are air, water, food, sunlight, sensory inputs. We are doing regularly, Labour, exercise, regulated postures and breathing for keeping our body healthy. Also, we take Treatments like medicine and therapy for restoring harmony in the body. So, we have to avoid the dependence on drugs/machines unless necessary. Harmony between Self and Body leads to self-regulation in the self and health in the body. Physical facilities are required in limited quantity for maintaining health and enabling right utilization of the body.

Harmony in the Family

Relationship is between one-self (I1) and another self (I2). There are feelings in relationship – in one self (I1) for the other self (I2). These feelings can be recognized – they are definite. Their fulfilment, evaluation leads to mutual happiness. There are nine definite feelings, which are Trust, Respect, Affection, Care, Guidance, Reverence, Glory, Gratitude, and Love. Trust is the foundation value and love is the complete value.

Trust

Trust is to have the clarity that the other person wants or intends to make me happy and prosperous. It is based on natural acceptance (intention), but not competence. Trust is unconditional and continuous, not limited to a few people or situations. We often judge ourselves by intention and others by competence, leading to mistrust and conflict. Common mistakes are, Doubting others' intention due to their lack of competence, Assuming mistakes are intentional, Reacting with irritation, anger, or opposition, losing valuable relationships due to misunderstanding.

Trust leads to harmony. When trust is present, we feel related and accept the relationship. We support each other’s growth and we evaluate and improve mutual competence without judgment.

Respect

Respect is Right Evaluation of the other as a human being. It means recognizing the Self and Body nature of every person and evaluating based on the Self, not just physical traits or actions. There are four types of evaluations, such as Over evaluation, under evaluation, otherwise evaluation and right evaluation. Evaluations other than right evaluation leads to disharmony, emotional distress, and broken relationships. We usually evaluate others by competence, but ourselves by intention.

The minimum content of respect is “other is similar to me”. Respect is right evaluation of the other as a human being based on the Self, not the body, physical possessions, or beliefs. Every human being has the same Purpose (happiness and prosperity), Program (living in harmony) and Potential (desire, thought, and expectation guided by natural acceptance). Any differentiation is disrespect, which leads to over-evaluation, under-evaluation, or otherwise-evaluation.

The complete content of respect is “the other is similar to me and we are complementary to each other”. If someone has more understanding, I learn from them and if we have more understanding, live responsibly and help others.

Other Feelings in Relationships

Affection

It is the feeling of being related to the other. That is acceptance of the other as one’s relative, the other is like me. One has the responsibility and commitment for mutual fulfilment in the relationship. Opposition, jealousy etc. are an indication of the absence of affection.

Care

It is the feeling of responsibility towards the body of my relative for nurturing and protection.

Guidance

It is the feeling of responsibility towards the self of my relative for ensuring right understanding and right feeling. Care & Guidance are a natural outcome of affection.

Reverence

It is the feeling of acceptance for excellence. It is the completeness of right understanding. Working for excellence and competing with each other is not the same thing. In excellence, one helps to bring the other to his level. But, in competition, he hinders the other from reaching to his level.

Glory

Glory is the feeling for those who have made effort for excellence.

Gratitude

Gratitude is the feeling for those who have made effort for my excellence. Gratitude is significant in the development of relationship.

Love

Love is the feeling of being related to all (Complete Value). It is expressed through kindness, compassion, and beneficence and not based on sensation or preconditioning (e.g., infatuation or lust). Love is the foundation of an undivided society.

Justice

Justice is recognition, fulfilment, and evaluation of relationships leading to mutual happiness. Justice begins in the family and expands to the world family.

Harmony in Society

A universally desirable and achievable goal for all is Right Understanding & Right Feeling leading to Happiness in every individual, Prosperity in every family, Fearlessness (Trust) in society and Co-existence (Mutual Fulfilment) in nature/existence. Family is the basic unit of society, that is families living together with a common goal and mutual fulfilment. It progresses from Family → Cluster → Village → City → Nation → World Family.

Justice and Relationships.

Justice is recognition, fulfilment, and evaluation of human-human relationships. This leads to mutual happiness and forms the basis of an Undivided Society.

Developmental Economics

Give-Give Economics is based on relationship and mutual enrichment. Whereas, opposition i.e., Take-Take Economics (exploitation) and Give-Take Economics (indifference). Prosperity is achieved by producing more than required and sharing responsibly.

Transformation Path

It starts with personal transformation leading to societal transformation. It requires shifting from domination and accumulation to understanding and harmony.