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WELCOME
LIFE SKILL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
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LOOKING AT LIFE AFRESH
OBJECTIVES OF THE SESSION
Self discovery and Awareness
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Dusting off deep-rooted beliefs creating road blocks in our path
Taking a Flight
OBJECTIVES
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Looking at the whole scene from Aboveto find out the truth
OBJECTIVES
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Getting to know ourselves
OBJECTIVES
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SUCCESS?
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WHAT , ACTUALLY , BR INGS US SUCCESS ? ?
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QUESTION TIME
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WHAT IS THE MOST BASIC ASPIRATION OF HUMAN BEINGS??
If it is achieved, success is achieved!!??
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Free wheeling session>>>>>>>
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Wewillexploreaboutourselves,andwewill
exploreaboutthethingsaroundus,
thethingswelivewitheveryday.
Whenwelookintoourselves,itturnsoutthat
weultimatelywantissomethingobvious:
Wewant
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Happiness,ProsperityandtheirContinuity.
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SO MOST BASIC ASPIRATIONS OF
HUMAN BEINGS ARE:
HAPPINESS
PROSPERITY (is it wealth?)
AND THEIR CONTINUITY
SUCCESS = HAPPINESS + PROSPERITY+ (THEIR CONTINUITY)
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N O W L E T U S F I N D O U T W H AT I S H A P P I N E S S ? ?
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Wemadetremendousprogressandadvancementsin
Science&Technology,Convenience,andComforts..
Let us raise a question!!!
Are we satisfied (Happy) with the state of affairs today?
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Referringtofollowinglevels:
Atthehumanlevel
Atthehumanrelationshipsinthefamily
AtthehumanrelationshipsinthesocietyAtthelevelofnature
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At the level of human being
At human level, therere issues in
individuals w.r.t. lack of clarity onLife goals, contradictions & stress
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@ the level of human being
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Allwell-plannedhumanactivity(carriedinthenameofprogress)
Alltheseproblems
Led to
Where,then,liesthesolution?Whatexactlyisamiss?
Thisisanimportantquestionintriguingthehumanmindtoday?
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To get down to the root cause of this
Problems, Let us take a backward journey
From school level till college level
to have a closer look at our lives
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Life in School and College
Through our educational subjects, we have explored
our world in certain ways & these have opened our
eyes to many dimensions of our lives and of theworld we live in.
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Whataremygoals?
HowdoIunderstandwhatisimportantforme?
HowdoIusemyeducation?
WhatamIgoingtodoaftermyeducation?
WhatisSuccess?WhatsitmeantobeSuccessful?
DoIknowwhatIreallywant?MyTrueCalling?
Havingstudiedatschoolandcollegelevels,CanIanswerthesequestions?
InwhateverIhavedonesofar,didIdecidethesethingsformyself,orwasImerelyactingunderexternalinfluences?
Do I understand lifes true meaning?
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Assumed learning to merely be an aid towards finding a job.Making a career, getting a job,summarizes
total purpose of all our education so far!!
Is this why we have been studying??
Is the education of children just about rote, memorization and eventually
Getting plum jobs,
OR. is it possible to have an educational alternative that not only helps
children become thinking individuals but also better human beings
d h h d d
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"The PROBLEM that faces US is the problem of AWAKENING. What we LACK is not an ...ideology
or doctrine that will SAVE the world. What we lack is MINDFULNESS of what we ARE, of what our
situation REALLY is. We need to WAKE UP in order to rediscover our human sovereignty. We are
riding a horse that is running OUT of CONTROL. The way of salvation is a NEW culture in which
human beings are encouraged to REDISCOVER their DEEPEST nature.
~ Thich Nhat Hahn ~
Decode this picture, what does it indicate?
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This basic contradiction has to be resolved
which is the basic cause for our unhappiness.
Let us start a process of dialogue between
What you are and What you really want to be !!!!
What we are today is the result of our pre-conditionings,our predispositions, our impressions and our beliefs.
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Life with family and Friends
Atthesametime,besidesspendingalotoftimeinschool,studying,andpreparingforexaminations-wehavebeenlivingagoodpartofourlivesatourhomeinrelationshipwithourfamilyandourfriends.
Thisnetworkofrelationshipwithourparents,grandparents,oursiblingsandourfriendsisanimportantaspectofourlivesandbringstousalotofSupportandJoy.
Each one of us value the Beauty and Joy of growing up together
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Butmanyatime,theserelationshipsturnunpleasantandwefindourselvesinconflict
withtheotherperson.Atthatpointwebecomeunsureandbegintoblame,criticizethe
otherandsometimesevenourselves.
Sometimes,wearefrustratedatthebehaviorofotherhumanbeingsandevenour
behaviorwithothers.Manyatime,weareatalosstoknowhowtohandlethese
relationshipissuesproperlyanditendsupdisturbingus.
Why does such contradiction happen amongst us
leading to disharmony in our Relationship?
How do we understand relationships?
Is it important to to understand Relationships?
Life with family and Friendscontd.
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Wealsoliveinthemidstofawidevarietyofanimalsandplants.
Thesoilwewalkon,thewaterwedailyconsume,theairwebreathe.
Wemaynotpayattentiontothesethingsaroundallthetime
buttheyneverthelessformanintegralpartofourlives,and
wearerelatedto,anddependentonthem.
Wekeephearingofissuesintheenvironment
andwordslikepollution,deforestation,globaletc.nowadays.
Howdoweinterprettheseissues?Whatroledoweseeourselvesinhelpingtoresolvetheseissues?
LifearoundUs...contd.
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Our relationship with Nature
We have increasing problems of environment degradation, extinctionof various species due to our apathy and callousness, global warming,Deforestation, floods, irregular rain Pattern, and so on.
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The Earth Song
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What I am What I really want to be
Thisisaseriousmatterworthyofourattention.
Whatwehaveassumedarereallytrue
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To enable Human being
To Live A Healthy life..
in Harmony with
Self, Family, Society and Nature
Role of Education:
To Create an Enduring value
To Work for Excellence and not unhealthy competition
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Let us investigate which factors are responsible for our present state
Which does not let us coincide What I am and What I want to be
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We never used education to be empowered to Think Beyond
And
Develop understanding to differentiate between Right and Wrong.
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Beliefs::
1. A corporate job is the best job in the world 2. Money can bring happiness
3. Success is the ultimate thing by hook or by crook
4.If we have enough money, all relatives and friends will respect us
wrong beliefs/ad-hoc values.
Absence of correct understanding of universal value set
leads into
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In the absence of correct understanding of universal human values, we are
Driven by our ad-hoc values and beliefs.
If we look deep into ourselves, we find that each one of us believes in something,and we base our Values on these beliefs, be they false or true which may or maynot be true in reality. For example some one may believe that:
Infinite Money can bring Infinite happiness ???????
Success, Money, is the ultimate thing by hook or by crook ????
If we have enough money, all relatives and friends will respect us ?????
Our life is insignificant and we should remain self-focussed????
It is the world of competition????
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BeliefsHear
See
Parents tell us
Friends talk about
Media says
A whole body of belief-system constitutes our world-view.
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Living our lives based only on beliefs can not ensure Happiness .
Value of one belief system Value of second belief systemcontradi
ction
Conditioned beliefs are not based on
Right understanding and Universal values
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What we really want to be What we actually are
Why are We in this state?---Living with Wrong Assumptions
In Relationships: Wrong assumptions
Living on the basis of that wrong assumption leads to contradictions and disharmony.
Assumptions:
We can become close to someone by being authoritative with them
or taking decisions for them.
By shouting/aggression we can get others round to our point of view.
Respectcanbeelicitedbyspeakinginderogatorymannerwithlowerstaff.
"When we were born, we were programmed PERFECTLY. We had a natural tendency to focus on LOVE. Our
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imaginations were CREATIVE and flourishing, and we KNEW how to use them. We were CONNECTED to a world
much richer than the one we connect to now, a world full of ENCHANTMENT and a sense of the miraculous.
So what happened? Why is it that we reached a certain age, looked around, and the enchantment was GONE?
Because we were TAUGHT to focus elsewhere. We were taught to think UNNATURALLY. We were taught a very BADphilosophy, a way of looking at the world that CONTRADICTS who we are.
We were taught to think thoughts like competition, STRUGGLE, sickness, finite resources, limitation, GUILT, bad,
death, SCARCITY, and loss. We began to think these things, and so we began to KNOW them. We were taught that
things like grades, being good enough, MONEY, and doing things the RIGHT way, are more important than love. We
were taught that we're SEPARATE from other people, that we have to COMPETE to get ahead, that we're not quite
GOOD enough the way we ARE. We were taught to see the WORLD the way that others had come to see it. It's asthough, as soon as we got here, we were given a SLEEPING pill. The THINKING of the world, which is not based on
love, began POUNDING in our ears the moment we hit shore.
LOVE is what we were BORN with. FEAR is what we LEARNED here. The spiritual journey is the relinquishment, or
UNLEARNING, of fear and the ACCEPTANCE of love back into our HEARTS. Love is the ESSENTIAL existential fact. It is
our ultimate reality and our PURPOSE on earth. To be consciously AWARE of it, to experience love in ourselves and
others, is the MEANING of life.
MEANING doesn't lie in things. Meaning lies in US."
~ Marianne Williamson ~
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On daily basis, we are bombarded with hundreds of ads
which mislead us into believing and misconstruing many fakes
Role of media is under scanner for such Mass Brain Wash
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The Question is is it Aloo patty which is going to ensure happiness everyday??
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Catching them young
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Khatey Raho
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OPEN HAPPINESS
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Myths
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E V E N S E E I N G I S N O T B E L I E V I N G
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We have to look at the whole picture from outside the box to find the truth, if we
only concentrate on what we are told and taught then we are blinded by
ignorance.
Buddha
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Existing Assumptions:
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1. Money is central to all human pursuit (Greed is Good)
2. Competition is necessary
3. Unlimited wants- limited resources ( freedom to consume)
4. Time is money
5. Networking, not family, friends
6. Caring and sharing only with a few
7. Survival of the fittest ('Winner Takes All' )
8. Nature to be Conquered
9. Success is a measure of excellence
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Towards a New World View (Paradigmatic Shift) Proposed
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1. Needbased conscious consumption
2. Realization & Understanding are the point of departure
3. Existence = Co existence = Relationship of mutual fulfilment
4. Self knowledge (human Being = Self + Body)
5. Primacy of continuity of happiness (Harmony = Happiness)
6. Clarity of goals at every level of existence
7. Relationship ... in mutual fulfillment with all
8. 'Excellence' is understanding harmony in existence and living accordingly
9. Education: Selfexploration of the harmony in existence
10. Relationship with nature : Mutual fulfillment
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Life is Need-basednot Want-based.
Desires have no ends. Simplicity is way of life.
'Legs down to the Earth and Eyes looking beyond the Sky'
Life is Need-basednot Want-based.
Legs down to the Earth
&
Eyes looking beyond the Sky
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PREVAILING NOTIONS OF HAPPINESS & PROSPERITY
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1. By maximizing accumulation and consumption of physical facilities.
accumulation
This is an attempt to achieve happiness through pleasant sensory interactions
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This has resulted in wrong assessment of want for Physical facilities as
being unlimited>>>>>
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being unlimited>>>>>
This pursuit is self-defeating. Neither
can we hope to achieve continuous
happiness through sensory interactions
nor can we have prosperity. This effort
is engendering problems at all thelevels:
It is becoming anti-ecological and anti-
people, and threatening the human
survival itself.
Some of the consequences of such a
trend are summarized: >>>>
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1. At the level of individual ----
Rising problems of depression, psychological disorders,
suicides, stress, insecurity, psychometric diseases, loneliness
.
h l l f l
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2. At the level of Family ------
Breaking of joint families, mistrust, conflict between older and younger
generations, insecurity in relationships, divorce, dowry tortures, family feuds,wasteful expenditures in family functions
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3. At the level of society ---
Growing incidences of terrorism, naxalism and communalism
racial & ethnic struggle, genocide, fear of nuclear and generic warfare, etc.
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4. At the level of nature ---
Global warming, water, soil, noise etc. pollution, Resource depletion of
minerals, and mineral oils, sizeable deforestations, loss of fertility of soil.
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It is therefore, calls for an urgent need for human beings
to correctly understand Happiness and Prosperity as well
as the sustainable way to achieve these.
U n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e H u m a n
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B e i n g a s C o - e x i s t e n c e
o f
S e l f ( I )
a n d
B o d y
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Human Being is more than just the Body
Human Being
Body Alive-ness( I )
In co-existence with
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RELATIONSHIPS
with human beings
and Nature
PHYSICAL FACILITIES
with rest of nature
RIGHT UNDERSTANDINGin the self
MUTUAL HAPPINESS MUTUAL PROSPERITY
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For human beings:
necessary but
not complete
For animals:necessary &
complete
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RELATIONSHIPS
with human beingsPHYSICAL FACILITIES
with rest of nature
RIGHT UNDERSTANDINGin the self
MUTUAL HAPPINESS MUTUAL PROSPERITY
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Human Consciousness
Animal Consciousness
Transfo
rmation
Pro
gress
1
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2nd Basic Aspiration: Prosperity
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Myth: It is related to material things or physical facilities only (physical concept).
When we are able to cater to our physical needs infinitely, we feel prosperous.
Difference between ..Wealthiness and Prosperity???
Basic needs (line)
prosperity
Shirts in cup borad
Prosper
Wealthy
butNot prosper
Prosperity is a mental concept
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Purpose of education:
Afulfillinglife,inharmonywithoneself,withfamily,societyandnature.
Henceitbecomestheprimaryresponsibility
oftheteachingcommunity/educatorstoenable
theresolutionoftheseissues,sothathumansociety
canachievethecherishedgoalsofpeaceandharmony.
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What do you want to be?
Wealthy or Prosperous
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Life is Need-basednot Want-based.
Desires have no ends. Simplicity is way of life.
'Legs down to the Earth and Eyes looking beyond the Sky'
Life is Need-basednot Want-based.
Legs down to the Earth
&
Eyes looking beyond the Sky
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Lost ring/keeping tigers away LIFE SKILL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Proper connectivity at following levels will ensure happiness
Atthehuman(Self)level
Atthehumanrelationshipsinthefamily
Atthehumanrelationshipsinthesociety
Atthelevelofnature
And Prosperitywhich will be ensured by taking the steps in the right direction
Towards achievement of worthy goals and inculcating feeling of richness.
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EXISTENCE ALONE IS NOT SUCCESS!
PROSPERITY
HEALTHINNER HAPPINESSRELATIONSHIP
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