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34 | A Roundation Course in Human Values and Professional Ethics
extending the harmony.
wutual prosperity. This is referred to as self-extension,
eda weld aml Being in harmony within and being in harmony with the o
world is living with continuous happiness which
Por this, elf-exploration is the essential starting point.
Test Your Understanding
Part 1: Questions for Self-evaluation
(Have we grasped the basic proposals made in this chapter?)
1. The process of value education has been. proposed as ‘self-exploration’. Whar
could be some other possibilities for the process of value education?
2. Explain the process of self-exploration. What is the expected result of self.
exploration? Please explain the process, content and natural outcome of self-
exploration with a neat diagram and two examples from your life.
3. What exactly are the following realities:
a “What lam”
b. “What is naturally acceptable to me”
Prosperity iy assumed! to be accumulation of physical facility,
When ehese do not fulfil, and the unhappiness ie still there, people try to excayy
from unhanpiness by way of taking to aleohol, drags, ete,
These notions have led to exploitation of human being as well as the rest of nature,
There are visible dnpancts in the form of struggle and war with human being and
resource depletion and environmental pollution with rest of nature,
ding
Test Your Under:
Part 1: Questions for Self-evaluation
(Have we grasped the basie proposals made in this chapter?)
1. Define happiness as proposed in the chapter, Explain with two examples from
your day-to-day life to support your answer,
Four levels of living have been proposed in this chapter, What are these levels?
Can you see that you are living at all these levels? Explain with examples from
your life,
Discuss the programme for continuity of happiness.
Define prosperity as proposed in the chapter, Explain with two examples from
your day-to-day life to support your answer,
5. Is there any difference between Prosperity and accumulation of wealth? Explain
with few examples of both, Preferably from your own experience,
6, Is excitement and happiness the same thin; or different?
examples of both, preferably from your own serie el
7. Critically examine the Prevailing notions of happin.
es:
society, What are the consequences of these hata aes =
rt 2: Practice Exercises for Self-exploration
(To help connect the content to one’s life, at least at th thoug!
may be done individually or ina group, particularly sete SS ela
1, It was mentioned that for any physical facility, the following Sequence applies:
Tasty-Necessary — Tasty-Unnecessary + Tasteless-Unnecessary —> Intolerable
Sw i
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observe this sequence for at least five types of physical facility
TV programs, your favourite music, etc. and note your conclu
the other options for continuity of happiness?
Say a tasty food,
sions. What are
2, Take your list of desires. Revise it if you need to. Now, if a desire is fulfilled, find
‘out what it will result into ~ harmony (happiness), prosperi .
nei 4 » Prosperi
4 (ce table, below). Ifitis something else try to Siege ohne Se ese
into. It may be excitement; it may be a temporary relief from unhappiness. a
Desire When this desire is fulfilled, I expect that it will
result in
&. Harmony | Prosperity Other
[Good healt Iwill look good
Lots of friends Tlike to be with
friends
Tasty food Llike the taste of it
Lots of money This should lead | But I don’t know how
toprosperity | much money
Understanding my This may
natural acceptance lead to
harmony,
This is just a sample list.
Please make your own list
Articulate the key conclusions that you draw from this exercise.
3. Observe yourself for a day.
a. Find two examples when you can notice that you are living as an individ
as a member of the family, as a member of society and as a unit in
Write down what you are taking or giving in each of these example:
there any other levels at which you live? What do you conclude fr
exploration?
List three instances when you are happy and three instances:
unhappy. Are the happy instances related to harmony at som
the unhappy instances related to disharmony at some level? |
reason for continuing to be in disharmony (even for a mon
you conclude from this exploration?
Do this exercise in a group too, and share your
4, Inthe analysis of your list of desires (question 1, above),
or what part of each desire are continuous (that y
moment). E.g. you may want to continue to have lo
really look into it, you want to have a feeling of ac
not want your friends to be physically around you 24
good friends can be split into 2 desires: — Chapter 81
om ONY I thy
(a A the Sait. Uniderstaniting Mynelt’ | yy
imagination fo) ib
1. Observe your SF about 15 min
4 ity,
rarities Mom at he ho yg
i , i MM (ana rectly observin,
4 Wn below), .
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ae
Now write down your observations:
a. Areyouable to see your imagination
b. Ifyouare able to see
(be aware of)
what do you think is
your ima, Natio
tle reanne Bi n Only some of the time,
¢ Are all your imaginations
well connected
to another imagination) o;
(one imagination leads
logically
7 Fare there sudden ¢ ges from one subject to
another subject or there are Baps in between one imagination and another
imagination? What is the reason for this state of imagination?
d. What are your observations from this exercise?
2. Reflect on the times when your Body was healthy, when your Body was sick,
when your Body was resting, when your Body was
was fatigued, etc. (ic. your
refreshed, when your Body
observations;
Body was in different states), Write down your
a. Is the activity of imagination conti
state of your Body? (OF, course,
imagination],
inuous in time and not dependent on the
we are not asking about the content of your
Do youalways decide your behaviour and work, or does your Body decide it? |
Does the state of your Bod)
ly have any impact on your behaviour or ‘on your |
work?
What did you understand about yourself from this exercise?
‘ake your list of desires. Revise it if you need oy For each desire, identify the:
Primary source of motivation (sensation, SE tac al
If there is any desire which has more than ‘one source of motivat ie, ae
two or more desires. E.g. a desire for good clothes ho ee :
natural acceptance (to protect the Body from excessive heat o1 Values and Professional Ethics
mnetivaerd By ad onditioning for the clothes of the latest fash,
i?
plit the desire into two desires. You may be already doing
hion)
s
such ac 2
innerwear (to protect your Body, for ¢
comfort) and outerwear (for fas
"Motivated by
| = Preconditioning
| aes |__| aceerean
5 = To look good
Good health =
Good health like
Good health
Feeling of acceptance for me in my
friends
Being physically in the company of
my friends Si
Food for nutrition Nutrition
Food for taste Taste |
Lots of money ~ for needs of Body |
Lots of money - for respect in the 7
society
Understanding my —_ natural =
acceptance
This is just a sample list. Please
| make your own list
Now, write down your observations:
a, What percentage (approximately) of your desires are motivated by your
natural acceptance? This will give you an idea of the percentage that you
are self-organised or autonomous. Keep in mind that natural acceptance is
about purpose and it does not change with time, place or person.
b. What percentage (approximatel
or preconditioning? Now
dependent or enslaved.
y) of your desires are motivated by sensation
you can get an idea of the percentage that you are
What effort is necessa:
that is your goal)?
4. The basic desire (D) of a human b
multiple sub-desires. For each de:
For each thought, there may be
imagination, In this exercise, we
iry to be completely self-organised or autonomous (if
eing is continuous happiness. For it, there are
sire or sub-desire, there are multiple thoughts.
many expectations. All this is together called
are trying to specifically identify the desires /
Cont
