Sunil Kumar/RKMBecoming Better1 How can we guide ourselves & our children towards the higher...

Sunil Kumar/RKM Becoming Better 1

How can we guide ourselves & our children towards the higher dimensions

of Education, Work and Life?How do I Guarantee Success

with Peace & Joy?

How to inculcate Commitment to: Fundamental Duties

Quality & ExcellenceLove, care & concern for people &

society


UNESCO: Learning the Treasure within

• Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

• The very essence of education is concentration of mind, not the collecting of facts.

• Education is the training by which the current and the expression of WILL are brought under control and becomes fruitful in life.

• The mind is crammed with facts before it knows how to think; Control of mind must be taught first


Higher Dimensions; Walking the Talk; Life Skills; Becoming better

1. Higher Dimensions:Education, Work, Life2. Thoughts are the building blocks of life3. Partnership between School & Parents4. Strategy to inculcate higher values5. Mind & its control6. How “Work” can take us Higher7. Becoming Better to BEST: Each soul is

potentially divine, has infinite potential


Higher Dimensions

Education, Work, Life


Higher Dimensions in Education

Issues raised by UNESCO *Are we giving adequate attention to teach ‘peace’? Are our schools really interested in producing a ‘peaceful’ young generation?

*Those who want ‘war’ (consumerism, sex, violence, drugs, lower pleasures and

entertainment) prepare the young for war; but those who want peace have neglected training

the young for peace


Inculcate Habit of daily self-development to purify mind to be on path to higher

• UNESCO: Wars begin in the minds of men and peace can be installed by ‘cleansing’ of the minds of men.

• How? UNESCO: By ‘Training the mind to control desire, balancing between deserving and desiring, developing tolerance and respect for differences, concern and love for others, and moving from competition to cooperation’


Higher Dimensions IQ+EQ+SQ,Imagination (Right Brain) is more important than

knowledge (Left Brain) - Albert Einstein

UNESCO: Learning ‘to be’

Learning to ‘Live Together’ Learning the ‘Treasure

within’ What is this treasure within?

How can it help to be & live together in peace?


Know the truth and the truth shall make you free

1. Vision: Awareness of Higher Dimensions in education, work & life.

2. Goals: Awareness of Need to Harmonize Goals, Desires & Thoughts towards higher

3. Actions: Awareness of strategies to develop Quality Mind-set: Creativity, Vivek, Will,

Concentration


What do we understand by Higher: EDUCATION

• Education: IQ + EQ + SQ• IQ is something which we are born with, it

can certainly be developed to some extent, for some initial years, but not life long.

• EQ & SQ are more important in life and can be developed throughout life: Life Skills

• EQ: Relationships, Emotional maturity, Ability to handle negative emotions


What do we understand by Higher: WORK (choices, thought, words, action)

• WORK: Not just 9am to 5pm; each thought, word, action is an outgo of energy & hence is Work & leaves a permanent impression on our Mind & we are ‘slaves’ of these.

• Each TWA can take us Higher or Lower • Daily ‘Work’ becomes an opportunity to

manifest our full potential if we develop Holistic Vision of Reality SQ & Emotional Stability EQ


How “WORK” can take us higher

• Fulfillment of all our duties• Quality and Excellence in whatever we do• Continuous improvement in our

relationships and work• Working for the good and well being of all • Accepting fruits of our work as ‘prasad’ • Continuous Awareness of Divinity within

every being so that all duties and work is done in a spirit of service and worship


What do we understand by Higher: LIFE

• What is the Aim & Purpose of Life?• Is there a common goal where we can be all

united and help each other towards it?• Who can be our guides?• Are we aware of these fundamental issues

academically?• Who & How do we guide people towards

this higher vision?


Guide towards Higher: VIVEKA

• SQ: Ability to think, plan and act on the basis of Long-term good not just short-term pleasant & for the good of more & more

• Ram/Yuddhishtar Vs Ravan/Duryodhan; Hero/Villain - all have equally good IQ & EQ, but not SQ

• As Parents do we ‘Walk the Talk & Follow self-development processes to awaken Viveka


Thoughts are the building blocks of life

Making Right Choices


ALICE: Which road should I take ?

Mad Hatter: Where do you want to go?

?

Perpetual purposelessnessAlvin Toffler

Decisions between right& right are Defining

Moments, which test, reveal & form us


Every moment I have a Choice. What do I choose?Be Aware of

‘moment’

Short Term Pleasure

Artha & Kaama

Acquiring ‘money’ to

Fulfill various Desires

?

Each each choice/thought,actionLeaves permanent RECORD in Mind

Vision:Our Goals & desires must give

Long term Ananda


VISION-Self-realization: Universal VISION-Self-realization: Universal Needs: Peace & BlissNeeds: Peace & Bliss

My Values, beliefs Vs My Values, beliefs Vs Universal PrinciplesUniversal Principles

Long Term GoalsLong Term Goals

Short Term GoalsShort Term Goals

Daily Daily

T-W-Action T-W-Action

Harmonizing Harmonizing my desires, my desires,

values,beliefs values,beliefs towards Aim towards Aim

of life:Anandaof life:Ananda

Win/Win Win/Win choiceschoices

Work-Life is series of events & our responses to them

Can be controlled


Partnership between School & Parents


Thoughts are the building blocks of lifeWe must find time to pour higher

thoughts in our mind. HOW?

Provide TIME, SPACE, ENVIRONMENT & INSPIRATION for

DAILY Introspection & ReflectionReflect & Determine your Goals & Governing Values; Harmonize your Thoughts-Words-Actions

towards your Vision


What we can doPartnership between School &

Parents & Experts in Life Skills• Daily reflection on: Vision>Goal>Action• Study Circle meeting 1 hour/week at School

& Homes facilitated by Parents/Teachers• Select/Train Parents & Teachers so they can

conduct VEP in their schools & be Mentors• Be available on fixed days/hours as

Mentors/counsel in Schools. • Take help of HRD of corporate sectors


Strategy to inculcate higher values


Request Teachers to give 30 minutes everyday for ‘Rewriting’ Mind-set

• i) Study of selected inspiring passages & reflection on them

• ii) Habit of SILENCE/ Prayers & Meditation • iii) Self-introspection to think, plan, review daily

Time-table/Weekly Plans to go towards higher• iv) SI to harmonize their immediate/short/ long term

Goals, values, beliefs so that they remain on path to the higher

• v) Respect of elders; Commitment to Duties & Work as Worship; helping juniors; mentoring


MIND & ITS CONTROL

Imagination (Right Brain) is more important than knowledge

(Left Brain) - Albert Einstein

Right Brain, the door to ‘Self’, the Infinite Potential within


Improving powers of concentration: I am not the mind

Mind is the flow of, and repository of thoughts.

Both Wanted and unwanted thoughts flow through the mind. Source of Thought? Sense organs

We can observe/perceive the thoughts; we are thus the subject, the observer of the mind.

We are not the thoughts. We are the knower.

We forget this and get identified with our thoughts and flow with them. All stress, worry is in mind!


Concentration of mind is directly proportional to purity of mind

Who are its Enemies • Watch your breath / Watch your thoughts• Mind is a continuous Flow of Thoughts• Wanted & Unwanted flow of Thoughts• We are not the thoughts, we are the witness,

observers, we have the choice to act or not• We forget this & flow with the thoughts• Unwanted thoughts are our enemies:

Practice & Focus: Shama, Dama, 3 Monkey


Managing Thoughts towards Higher HOW?

• Develop the habit of being aware of the flow of thoughts. Reduce Quantity of Thoughts, Improve Quality & control Direction of Thoughts

QUANTITY: Higher the frequency and number of thoughts – Quantity, the more is the mind disturbed. Thoughts are a load on the mind. Do not carry the load of unwanted thoughts.

Learn how to stop creating unwanted thoughts. Following a time-table, keeping busy with

‘Planned Activities’ keeps quantity under check.


OUR ENEMIES ‘UWT’

Mind wants enjoyment. You want success. Mind will not give up easily. Only repeated better thoughts, repeated better habits can overcome past tendencies and impressions.

There is no short cut – “Practice & Detachment”; Manage rebel mind like: Mother, Father, Teacher, Police, Unwanted Guest

Continuous exposure to good thoughts is the best method of giving a new direction to flow of thoughts


Discipline, Timetable/Weekly Plan, Long term Goals & Vision, force the

mind to become our slaveMind is one track in nature. It is very difficult to

change the Direction of thoughts. Pour opposite thoughts to change track.

When angry or hateful, think of love and goodwill, think of the divinity.

How much time we give for D&M as compared to Wealth & Desire fulfillment?

• What is freedom? Doing what you want to do is slavery, not freedom. Freedom is NOT having to do, what the mind wants to do


WHERE DOES MIND GO?

• i) Towards things which ‘attract’ our attention – likes/dislikes ii) Towards Trivialities

• For developing powers of concentration we have to continuously PRACTICE, PRACTICE:

• i) Detaching from unwanted things, which attract our attention; keeping it on PRESENT job. Focus

• ii) Practise bringing back the mind each time it goes away to trivialities; keeping it in PRESENT

• Mind travels in Time –past, future; Space; to Temptations. It needs training to go to ‘good’!


How “Work” can take us Higher

WORK: Not just 9am to 5pm

But, Every Choice, Thought, Work, Action is Work


Positive “Work” Attitudes

Know that everyone has the potential for perfection and happiness - and the goal of education, work, and life is to manifest this perfection.

• Know that our duties, problems we face, and our work is our opportunity to manifest the perfection within, provided we work with ‘Seva, and Tyaga Bhava’, treating our work as Yagna, tapas and daana.


Vivekmanagement

• I will treat all my duties at home, in society and at work as worship.

• I shall strive to fulfill all my duties, and I am willing to take responsibility for results.

• I shall work for the good of society. I shall respect everyone.

• I shall strive to concentrate totally on the work at hand.


Am I a ‘problem solver’, a ‘useful person’ or just a Job doer/seeker?

• I will develop an Entrepreneurship spirit:• What is the problem, bottleneck, crisis? • How can I be of help? Can I give a better

solution? How can I reduce costs? How can I eliminate wasteful practices?

• With a calm, controlled mind I will strive to evolve Strategy to solve the problem to help society Sama+aja.


Becoming Better to BEST


Each soul is potentially divine…. Vivekananda:

• “I have found a new light today. This ecstatic utterance of the Master has shown me that Vedanta need not be a dry, other worldly – affair. Vedanta of the forest can be brought to the homes of ordinary people and it can be applied in day-to-

day life. • Teach yourselves, teach everyone, his real nature;

call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes.


Understanding our Real Nature

• Body+Mind=Matter. Atman is “Life” “Sat”

• Shareer & Jagat are ever changing, “Asat”

• Waking: B+M+(A which gives ‘life’)

• Dream: (B)+M-Buddhi+(A gives ‘light’)

• Deep sleep:(B)+(M)+A gives pure bliss

• We feel our Real SELF everyday,‘Oneness’

• Growth is feeling of ONENESS with all


Life is covered by 5 Sheaths:Body, Prana, Mind, Buddhi & Sheath of Bliss-innermost

Waking=B+M+(L) >Deep Sleep(B)+(M)+L

PranaMind

BuddhiAnandaKosha

LIFEMyRealSELF

My SwaroopaMy potential

AtmanSpirit, Rooha

Kingdom of GodInfiniteBlissAna-al-Haqq

T&D>Identify more & more with Life


Self Awareness Exercise: living in the Present; I am not thoughts &

Pouring holy thoughts• Pray for welfare of all to purify the mind• Be aware of the Sound. Be aware of body• Be aware of breathing. Be aware of thoughts.

Repetition of holy name/prayer• Visualization of form, symbol, qualities of holy

saint, God, life & teachings• Mind imbibes that on which it dwells. Pour Good • I am separate from body/mind. I am the witness,

knower. Thus I can control my mind

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