Lecture 2
Self-exploration as the Process
for Value Education
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What is this Workshop / Course ;g f'kfOkj D;k gS
1. It is a process of dialogue – between me and you, to begin with
;g laokn dh izfØ;k gSA ;g laokn vkids vkSj esjs chp 'kq: gksrk gSA
2. It soon becomes a dialogue within your own Self…
“kh?kz gh ;g laokn vkids Lo;a eas pyus yxrk gSA
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The Dialogue Within
What I Really Want to Be
Always
My Natural Acceptance
Relationship
My Intention
These are in These are in
Contradiction Harmony
Dialogue Unhappiness Happiness
What I am
My Desire, Thought, Sometimes Sometimes
Expectation… Opposition Relationship
My Competence
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Self-exploration, Self-investigation
1. Content of Self Exploration:
a. Desire (pkguk) - Aim, Objective, Purpose Happiness, Prosperity
What do I want to achieve? Continuity
b. Program (djuk) – Process of achieving the desire, action
How do I achieve it ?
2. Process of Self Exploration
a. Whatever is stated is a Proposal
Do not assume it to be true/ false
Verify it on your own right
b. Self-verification
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Content of Self-exploration
Desire-
1. Happiness
2. Prosperity
3. The continuity of Happiness and Prosperity
Let us find out:
1. Do we desire for Happiness?
2. Do we desire for Prosperity?
3. Do we desire for the continuity of both (happiness & prosperity)?
4. If continuity of happiness and prosperity is ensured then what else would you desire?
Our desires are not unlimited or indefinite
Our basic aspiration is for happiness, prosperity and its continuity
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Process of Self-verification
Whatever is stated is a Proposal (Do not assume it to be true/ false)
Verify it on your own right
Proposal
1 Verify 2 Experiential Validation
on the basis
Of Live according to it
your 2a 2b
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, self-verification on your own right, leading to understanding in yourself
RIGHT or
UNDERSTANDING
A process of do’s & don’ts, in which you assume what is said, without verification
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Sum Up- Self-exploration
Content of self-exploration = Basic human desire
= Happiness, prosperity continuity
Process of self-exploration
= Self-investigation, self-verification
It is a process of
living in harmony within,
living in harmony with others…
and ultimately,
living in harmony with the entire existence
The Purpose of this workshop/course is to initiate/strengthen self-exploration in you
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1. The Monk and the Mirror (Self-Realization)
A young man, feeling lost, traveled to a monastery and asked a wise monk, “How do I find my
true self?”
The monk handed him a mirror and said, “Look.”
The man saw his reflection and said, “I see myself.”
The monk smiled, “Now wipe the dust off.”
As the man cleaned the mirror, his reflection became clearer.
“The dust,” the monk explained, “is fear, doubt, and ego. Remove them, and your true self will
shine.”
Value: Self-exploration begins with clearing away illusions and embracing who you truly are.
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Key Points
Self-exploration as the Process for Value Education
