Society needs transformation towards sustainability and greater harmony and progress. Education is a key source of hope and capacity as we strive towards these goals.
Harmonious Education is the primary agent of transformation towards holistic human development, increasing people’s capacities to transform their visions for society into reality.
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“Self-Leadership for Peace & Harmony for Creating a Better World”
Introduction:
Asto ma sad gamaya, Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
Mrityor ma amritam gamaya
Om Shanti! Om Shanti! Om Shanti!
Lead me from the Unreal to the Real!
Lead me from Darkness to Light!
Lead me from Death to Immortality!
Om Shanti! Om Shanti! Om Shanti
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Becoming spiritual is creating the capacity of subtle perception. Subtle perception is the attribute of relaxed mind free of stress. Patanjali’s term for stress is Klesha; according to him the summit of spiritual (self) realization is achievable only at the total uprooting of Klesas.
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Spirit is all inclusive and unitive. Matter on the other hand is all exclusive and separative. Spirit is infinitely subtle and totally imperceptible to the senses or sense related instrumentation while matter on the other hand is susceptible to sense perception and sense related instrumentation. On the surface it seems that the methods that apply to the study of science are not applicable to the study of the spirit.
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"When you come to the edge of all that you know and are about to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught to fly." ~~Anon
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On January 13, 2010 I posted on my facebook page a quote from J. Krishnamurty. I present below the quote and the ensuing responses as relevant background to the question of compassion.
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I would like to refer to Patanjali’s yoga sutra and its eight fold path to the inner world: yama (ethical behavior), niyama (personal observations), asana (stable posture), pranayama (conscious breathing as opposed to autonomic), pratyahara (inward direction of perceptive senses), dharna (settling on an object or subject), dhyana (focusing attention on it), samadhi (maintenance of uninterrupted focus).
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It is matter of common observation to note that stress makes us breathe fast and shallow. Conversely, we breathe deep and slow when we are relatively relaxed.
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World religious leaders in their summit in Winnipeg on June 21-23 adopted a joint statement calling upon the G8/G20 leaders meeting on June 25-27 “to take courageous and concrete actions” in addressing global poverty, environment, peace and security. No doubt these are grave problems facing humanity today. They beg addressing with the utmost urgency. Although calling for bold and inspired leadership in addressing global problems is noble, I wonder about its realism. Why?
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Spirituality searches for the truth and so does science. Thus, they unite in their purpose but we must admit that they differ in their scope. The tools at the disposal of humanity for the search for truth (valid knowledge) in any domain are just three: our senses, logic and testimony of other seekers within our particular scope. The problem lies in the fact that none of the available tools is perfect.