Chapter 4
The program to fulfill Basic Human Aspiration
Having wealth is necessary, but not sufficient for prosperity.
The three basic requirements to ensure happiness and prosperity for
human beings are:
Right Understanding
Relationship
Physical Facility
Human needs in Sequence
Thus, wehaveto haveRIGHT Understanding of Relationshipand Physical Facilitiesto
ensure continuous happiness (the basic humandesire).
What is our state today: Money is just representation of physical facilities, and this
representation is based on our notion. We think earn and accumulate money/wealth
and rest will come of its own. We keep on working throughout our life for
money/accumulation of wealth. Problem lies somewhere else and we keep working
somewhere else. Thus, remain troubled, stressed and unhappy.
There are two kinds of people in the world:
1
.
Those who do not have physical facilities/wealth and feel unhappy and deprived.
Materially deficit, unhappy and deprived or “Sadhan Viheen Dukhi
Daridra(SVDD).”
2
.
Those who have physical facilities/wealth and feel unhappy and deprived.
Materially affluent, but unhappy and deprived or “Sadhan Sampann Dukhi
Daridra (SSDD).”
What we really want to be:
Having physical facilities and feeling happy and prosperous. Such people can be
said materially affluent, happy and prosperous or “Sadhan Sampann Sukhi
Samridh (SSSS).”
Right Understanding + Relationship = Mutual Happiness
Right Understanding + Physical Facilities = Mutual Prosperity.
Where we need the Right Understanding?
We need understanding at levels of ourliving
Living in myself
Living in family
Living in society
Living in nature/existence
Desire: What is my basic aspiration: Continuous Happiness and Prosperity
Program: What is the process of fulfilling this basic aspiration.
Understanding and being in harmony at all levels of my living.
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Understanding and being in harmony within myself
Understanding and being in harmony in family
Society Understanding and being in harmony in
Understanding and being in harmony in nature/existence
Harmony is what we all naturally and most easily accept. It is what we seekdeep
within.
Animal Consciousness: To live solely on the basis of physical facilities is called
animal consciousness.
Human Consciousness: Living with all the three: Right understanding, Relationship,
and Physical Facility is called human consciousness.
Transformation: to develop from animal consciousness to human consciousness is the
transformation. It is a quantitative development in consciousness.
Chapter 5
UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN BEING AS CO-EXISTENCE OF SELF (I) AND
BODY
Human = Self (I)
co-existence
Information
Body
UNDERSTANDING THE NEED OF SELF (I) AND BODY AND FULFILLING THEM
We have to understand Human Being as co-existence of two entity – self (I) and Body. We
mustknowtheirneeds,andthenonlywecanfulfilltheminproperway. Needs, Activitiesand
types of these two entities are given in the table below.
Self (I)
Body
Need
Avashyakta
Needs are
Trust, Respect, etc.
Happiness (Sukh)
Continuous (Nirantar)
Food, Clothing etc.
Physical Facilities
Temporary
In Time needs
are
(Samayik)
In Quantity
needs are
Qualitative
(no quantity)
Quantitative
(limited in quantity)
Needs are
fulfilled by
Right understanding and right feelings
(Sahi Samajh
Food, Clothing etc.
&
Sahi Bav)
Activities Activities are
Kriya)
Desiring, Thinking, etc.
Knowing (janna),Assuming (manna),
Recognizing, Fulfilling
Walking, talking,etc
Recognizing
(Pahchanna)
(
Fulfilling (Nirvah
karna)
Type
It is of type
Conscious (chaitaniya)
Physico-chemical
(jarh)
When we try to perpetuate (nirantarta) physical facilities, the following
pattern results.
Necessary & tasteful
Unnecessary but tasty
Unnecessary and tasteless
Intolerable
Understanding the Body as an Instrument of ‘I’ (‘I’ being the Seer (drasta), Doer
(karta) and Enjoyer (bhokta).
Self (I)
I am.
Body
My Body is.
I want to live.
Body is used as an instrument.
I want to live with continuous happiness.
Physical facility is needed for nurturing
(food), protection (clothes, shelter) and
right utilization (instruments/equipments)
of the body – all limited.
To understand and to live in harmony at all Production, protection and right utilization
levels is my program of action.
of physical facility is part of my program
4
th
(
1/4 )
I am the: seer, doer, enjoyer.
Body is used as an instrument.
Chapter 6
Harmony in the Self (‘I’) – Understanding Myself
We should know ourselves as it helps in better understanding of following:
The Self (‘I’) is the basis of everything
Happiness and unhappiness are the states in the self (‘I’)
Have more clarity about how we are within
The more we understand ourselves, the more we understand the other person as
well and our relationship with them.
It allows us to better understand our Program i.e. what is valuable to us, orwhat
do we ultimately want and how do we fulfill them.
Activities in Self (I)
Power
Activity
1
. …………….
1. Realization (Anubhav)
2. Understanding (Bodh)
2. …………….
Self ‘I’
3. Desire (Ichchha)
4. Thought (Vichara)
5. Expectation (Asa)
3. Imaging (Chitrana)
Pre-conditioning
4. Analyzing (Vislesana)
(Manyata)
5. Selection/Tasting(Chayana/Asvadana)
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Information Exchange Sensation
Body
Imagination: Desire, thought, and expectation/selection are collectively known as
imagination.
Problem we face today due to desire, thoughts, and selections set on
preconditioning & sensation:
Wavering aspirations
Lack of confidence
Unhappiness/conflict
Lack of qualitative improvement in us
Operating on the basis of our natural acceptance leads to operation on the basis of our
Realization and Understanding. So long as activities 1 & 2 are not activated, we have
conflicting desires, thoughts, and expectations, and they are in conflict with our natural
acceptance and this results in unhappiness.
Realization: Means to be able to see the reality as it is.
Understanding: Means to be able to understand the self-organization in all
entities of nature/existence and their inter-connectedness.
Chapter 7
Harmony with the Body – Understanding Sanyama And Svasthya
Human = Self (I)
Conscious
co-existence
Information
Body
Material
Sanyama (self-regulation) Svasthya (Health)
Nurturing
Food
Protection
Right Utilization of Body
Instrument/Equipment
Limited
Clothing, Shelter
Limited
Required quantity –
Limited
Sanyama (self-regulation): The feeling of responsibility in the Self (I) for nurturing,
protection and right utilization of the Body.