Understanding

Harmony in the Society

Society
We saw that the family is the basic unit or building block of human
organisation

The society is the next larger order

Society is composed of many families living together making collective

effort for a common goal

We will explore:
1. Goal of human being living in society (human goal)
2. The dimensions or systems required to achieve the human goal
3. Scope of the systems

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What is Desirable and Where are we today?
Families living together, in a relationship of mutual fulfillment
(common goal)
Society

People living together, but not in relationship of mutual fulfillment

(differing goals)
Crowd

People living separately, in opposition / struggle

(conflicting goals)
Battlefield

We will explore harmony in society – The base of harmony in society

is harmony in family for which the base is harmony in human being
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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal (ekuo y{;)
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4

Are all 4 required, desirable or we can leave something out?

If all 4 are achieved, would anything else be required?

Are we working for all 4? In the family? In the society?

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Current State – Have we understood our Goal?

Human Goal (ekuo y{;)

Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)

Happiness
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence

Gross Misunderstanding (vk/kkjHkwr Hkze)

Assumptions (eg. Accumulation Domination , Mastery &
Money is everything) By Any Means Exploitation, Fear Exploitation

In Every Individual In few Individuals In Society Over Nature

Obsession for Consumption Hkksx mUekn Terrorism Resource Depletion

“ for Profit ykHk mUekn War Pollution
“ for Sensual Pleasure dke mUekn

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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal (ekuo y{;)
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4

Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½

Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½
1. Education – Sanskar - f”k{kk laLdkj
2. Health – Self-regulation - LokLF; la;e
3. Production – Work - mRiknu dk;Z
4. Justice – Preservation - U;k; lqj{kk
5. Exchange – Storage - fofue; dks’k

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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal (ekuo y{;)
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
1 Happiness 2 3 4
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4

Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½

Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½
1. Education – Sanskar 1
2. Health – Self-regulation 2 4
3. Production – Work
4. Justice 3 – Preservation 4
5. Exchange – Storage 2 3

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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
1 Happiness
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4
1a. Education – To develop the right
Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½ understanding of the harmony at all levels of
our being – from self to the entire existence
Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½ (individual, family, society, nature/existence)
1. Education – Sanskar 1
2. Health – Self-regulation 1b. Sanskar – The commitment, preparation
3. Production – Work and practice of living in harmony.
Preparation includes learning the skills and
4. Justice – Preservation
technology for living in harmony at all levels
5. Exchange – Storage – from self to the entire existence
(individual, family, society, nature/existence)
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Education-Sanskar
Education = Developing Right Understanding
Sanskar = Commitment/ Preparation/ Practice for Right Living
Preparation includes Learning Right Skills & Technology

Development of the competence to live with Definite Human Conduct

Discipline to Self Discipline

1. Right understanding, i.e. wisdom or clarity about what to do as a human

being – in oneself, family, society, nature…

2. Right feeling – the capacity to live in relationship with the other human
beings – in family, society…

3. Right skills for prosperity, i.e.

− The capacity to identify the need of physical facility
− The skills & practice for sustainable production of more than what is required (by
way of labour using cyclic, mutually enriching process)
− The feeling of prosperity

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Human Education

Next generation has improved

- Understanding
- Feeling

Human Education

Personal
Transformation

Societal
Transformation
Harmony in Society – Universal Human Order
Human Goal (ekuo y{;)
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
Systems / Dimensions of Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk& vk;ke½
1. Education – Sanskar - f”k{kk
laLdkj
2. Health – Self-regulation - LokLF; la;e
3. Production – Work - mRiknu dk;Z
4. Justice – Preservation - U;k; lqj{kk
5. Exchange – Storage - fofue; dks’k

Scope –From Family Order to World Family Order (Universal Human Order)
Family – Family cluster – Village – Village cluster ... Nation ... World Family
Order Order Order Order Order Order
~101 ~102 ~1010
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Sum Up
A society is composed of families living together, in a relationship of mutual
fulfillment. They have a common goal, which is:
1. Right understanding & right feeling (happiness) in every individual
2. Prosperity in every family
3. Fearlessness (Trust) in society
4. Co-existence in nature/existence

The family is the basic unit in society, i.e. society is composed of family, group
of families, village family, group of village families, town family… and so on,
where every individual is responsible or self-disciplined and self motivated by
common values, participating in the larger order toward a common human
goal
Through the participation of every family in the society, in the 5 dimensions or
social systems, the common human goal is fulfilled for all 1. Education – Sanskar
– from family order to world family order 2. Health – Self-regulation
– generation after generation 3. Production – Work
4. Justice – Preservation
5. Exchange – Storage

[the current civilization is largely based on the assumption that human being =
body, happiness is derived primarily from sensual pleasure & feeling from
other; and hence accumulation of physical facility, domination and exploitation
is at the core of the socio-economic systems]
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Self Reflection
Self Reflection
1. What is your common family goal?

2. In your family, sit together and discuss

▪ the family goal
▪ the program for its fulfillment
▪ the role / participation of each of the family members in its fulfillment
▪ the state of the fulfillment of the goal (evaluation)

3. What is the common societal goal?

4. How are you & your family participating in the fulfillment of the social
goal?

5. How is your organisation (college etc.) participating in the fulfillment

of the social goal?
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 Details
These may be discussed
(time permitting)
Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness 2 4
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4
2b. Self-regulation – Feeling of
Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½ responsibility for Nurturing, Protection
and Right Utilization of the Body
Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½
1. Education – Sanskar 2a. Health (Swasthya) –
2. Health – Self-regulation Body acts according to Self (I)
2 4 Parts of the body are in harmony
3. Production – Work
4. Justice – Preservation
(in order)
5. Exchange – Storage → Recognising What is Needed as
Physical Facility
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Program for Health-Self Regulation (Self-regulation)
There is a feeling of responsibility in the self(I) toward the body
– for nurturing, protection and right utilization of the body

Program for harmony in the body

(A) Staying Healthy

1 Intake and Daily Routine (Lifestyle)

2 Labour and Exercise

3 Postures for regulating internal & external body organs

and Regulated Breathing

(B) Bringing body (C) Dependence on

back to harmony drug / machine to
from temporary perform a body
disharmony function

4 Medicine and Treatment

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Program for Health-Sanyam
Self-regulation in the Self (I): Feeling of responsibility toward the body
– for Nurturing, Protection and Right Utilization of the Body

Program for Self-regulation

1a. Intake 1b. Daily routine
2a. Labour 2b. Exercise
3a. Balancing internal & 3b. Balancing breathing of body
external organs
of body
4a. Medicine 4b. Treatment

Health in the Body

1. Body acts according to Self (I)
2. Parts of the body are in harmony (in order)

1a. Intake includes air, water, sunlight, food (food is nutritious, digestible & tasty and waste is excretable)…
1b. Rising time, sleeping time, eating time…
2a. Outcome of labour is production of physical facility
2b. No physical facility is produced by exercise

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System for Health-Sanyam
Individual Lifestyle, exercise
Family Intake, daily routine
Family cluster Asan, pranayam
Village Medicine
Village cluster / city Health education, environment, labour, treatment
…
Nation Proliferation of good practices
…
World Humane culture, civilisation, tradition

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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness 2 4
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4

Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½

Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½
1. Education – Sanskar
2. Health – Self-regulation
2 4 3b. Work: The labour a human
3. Production – Work being does on the rest of nature
4. Justice – Preservation
5. Exchange – Storage 3a. Production: The physical facility
obtained out of work
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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness 2 4
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4
1. What to Produce?
Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½
Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½ Required Physical Facility (necessary for
nurturing, Protection & right utilisation of
1. Education – Sanskar
body)
2. Health – Self-regulation
2 4 2. How to Produce?
3. Production – Work
4. Justice – Preservation a) Mutually Enriching, Cyclic Process
5. Exchange – Storage (Eco-Friendly)
b) Ensuring Justice (People-Friendly)

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Mutually Enriching, Cyclic Process (Avartansheel Process)
1. Cyclic
2. Every Unit in the Process is Enriched

Plants...

Soil, Water,
Air...

This mutually enriching, cyclic process is already going on in Nature.

We do not have to create it
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Mutually Enriching, Cyclic Process (Avartansheel Process)
1. Cyclic
2. Every Unit in the Process is Enriched

Plants...

Soil, Water, Animals,

Air... Birds

This mutually enriching, cyclic process is already going on in Nature.

We do not have to create it
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Mutually Enriching, Cyclic Process (Avartansheel Process)
1. Cyclic
2. Every Unit in the Process is Enriched

Plants...

Soil, Water, Animals &

Air... Birds
√? √?
√?
Human
Beings

We, human beings, have to understand the mutual fulfilment in nature &
to live accordingly
i.e. To update the man-made processes to be cyclic and mutually
enriching
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Self Sufficiency, Prosperity in the Family
Family of 10 In India, land availability
2 acres of land 2.73 acres of agricultural land for
40 man hrs or work / day every 10 persons
Sufficient to produce what is
required for nurturing (food…), Total land = 32,87,590 sq km
protection of body (clothes, Forest 21.6%
shelter, medicine…) = some of Agricultural 46.2%
what is required for right utilisation
of body (instruments, Fallow 8.6%
equipments…) Built-up/Other 23.6%
4 full grown trees – wood for 1
person Total population = 137 cr

90% production in family 1 sq km = 247.105 acre

10% by exchange / shared by
larger order
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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness 3
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4

Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½ 4a. Justice – Recognition of

Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½ Human-Human Relationship, its
Fulfillment & Evaluation leading to
1. Education – Sanskar
Mutual Happiness
2. Health – Self-regulation
3. Production – Work
4. Justice 3 – Preservation
5. Exchange – Storage

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Harmony in Family – Justice, From Family to World Family (Undivided Society)

1. Relationship is – between one self (I1) and other self (I2)

2. There are feelings in relationship – in one self (I1) for other self (I2)
3. These feelings can be recognized – they are definite (9 Feeling)
4. Their fulfilment, evaluation leads to mutual happiness
Feeling in relationship:
1- Trust fo”okl FOUNDATION VALUE 6- Reverence J)k
2- Respect lEeku 7- Glory xkSjo
3- Affection Lusg 8- Gratitude —rKrk
4- Care eerk 9- Love izse COMPLETE VALUE
5- Guidance okRlY;

Justice = Recognition, Fulfillment & Evaluation of Human-Human

Relationship, leading to Mutual Happiness

Justice → from Family to World Family → Undivided Society ¼v[k.M

lekt½
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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness 4
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4

Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½ 4b. Preservation – Recognition of

Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½ Human-Rest of Nature
Relationship, its Fulfillment &
1. Education – Sanskar
Evaluation leading to Mutual
2. Health – Self-regulation
Prosperity or Mutual Enrichment
3. Production – Work 1. Prosperity of Human Being
4. Justice – Preservation 4 2. Enrichment, Protection & Right
5. Exchange – Storage Utilisation of rest of Nature

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Harmony in the Society (lekt esa O;oLFkk)
Human Goal
Right Understanding Prosperity Fearlessness Co-Existence
& Right Feeling (Trust) (mutual fulfilment)
Happiness 2 3
In Every Individual In Every Family In Society In Nature/
Existence
1 2 3 4

Human Order ¼ekuoh; O;oLFkk½ 5a. Exchange – of physical facility

Systems / Dimensions ¼vk;ke½ with a view of mutual fulfillment
(not with obsession for profit / of
1. Education – Sanskar
exploitation)
2. Health – Self-regulation
3. Production – Work 5b. Storage – of physical facility
4. Justice – Preservation with a view of mutual fulfillment
5. Exchange – Storage 2 3 (not with obsession for profit / of
accumulation)
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Questions?
FAQ
1. What is the right age to start value education? I am asking because
children don't have the capacity to think so deeply and evaluate all these
proposals. Is there a different process of learning for adults and a different
process for children?

2. Are we talking about having the same physical facility for all? Or is it that I
can have a different need and someone else can have a different need?
After all, we have to calculate the amount of money required for living and
all kinds of emergencies

3. What exactly is the meaning of preservation. E.g. Govt. has made

regulations to save the environment by banning use of wood in Govt.
buildings, we are saving water by using less… is this not preservation?

4. What is the role of currency in exchange of physical facility?

5. For the victim of crime, justice is to punish the culprit. Why don’t you talk
about punishment in the society?

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Why “More than Required Physical Facility”
If my family is prosperous, then:

1. We identify the required physical facility for the family (including the
required quantity) – with right understanding

2. We produce more than the required physical facility using cyclically

enriching process – with right skills

3. We consume as much as is required (for nurturing, protection & right

utilisation of the body), and not more – with a feeling of sanyam

4. We share the rest for mutual fulfillment in relationship & for order in
society – with a sense of responsibility in relationship

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Domination (shasan) Self Organization (vyavastha)
Units are selfish. Individual aims are Units are self organized, responsible.
dissonant with others & with Individual aims are complementary
collective to others & to collective

For indulgence of few (I compete for Each unit is responsible, self

maximum physical facility), motivated with wellbeing of all (I
domination (central control) by way work to be happy & make other
of fear (force), incentive, faith used happy)
to motivate

Unequal terms of exchange Equal terms of exchange

Power, energy is centralized. Every unit is self energized & self

Externally, centrally regulated, flows regulated (~1:10 Dialog)
top down (~1:1L Prayer)

Human being is a resource Human being is co-existence of Self(I)

& Body
Body is a resource of the Self(I)
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Role of Education-Sanskar: Enable Transformation
Holistic development is transformation to Human Consciousness.
The role of education-sanskar is to enable this transformation by way of
ensuring the development of the competence to live with Definite
Human Conduct
For this, the education-sanskar has to ensure
1. Right understanding in the self of every child
2. The capacity to live in relationship with the other human being
3. The capacity to identify the need of physical facility and the skills &
practice for sustainable production of more than what is required leading
to the feeling of prosperity
These are the 3 components of human eduction-sanskar, if it has to
ensure development of definite human conduct
If we look at the education we are giving today…
1. First one is missing
2. The second one is missing
3. In the third one, identification of physical facility, is also missing. The
willingness to produce by way of labour is also missing. The core feeling
that is generated is to accumulate more & more and to consume more &
more, rather than to produce more & more
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Child’s Desire / Expectation Fulfillment / Satisfaction Point
1. Expectation for justice Ability to do justice
(न्याय का याचक) (न्यायप्रदाई क्षमता)
• In every interaction

2. Desire for right work & behaviour Competence for right work &
(सही कायय व्यवहार का इच्छुक) behaviour
• The child naturally wants to (सही कायय व्यवहार करने कक
participate, makes effort to योग्यता)
learn & can learn

3. Speaks the truth Understanding the truth

(सत्यवक्ता) (सत्यबोध)
• The child naturally speaks • from self to entire existence
whatever truth it knows
• It willingly makes effort to
understand, asks lots of The child expects parents, elders,
questions teachers, society… to facilitate it
• It can understand to attain the satisfaction point
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Self-Discipline, Self-Confidence Lovuq'kklu] vkRefo”okl
Assuming Imitate vuqlj.k (0-3) Family
ekuuk ifjokj
Next
Follow vuqdj.k (3-6)
Generation Obedience/Discipline
Relationship vkKkikyu@vuq'kklu (5-9) School
laca/k fo|ky;
Right Self-expl
lgh Tkk¡p University
fo”o&fo|ky;
Self Discipline (10…)
Every next generation is more
Lo&vuq'kklu Society
developed
Self-confidence
lekt
vkRefo”okl In harmony within
Knowing
In harmony with family
tkuuk In harmony with society
In harmony with nature/existence
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Arbitrariness euekuh
Assuming Imitate vuqlj.k (0-3) Family
ekuuk Next ifjokj
Follow vuqdj.k (3-6) Generation
Obedience/Discipline
School
vkKkikyu@vuq'kklu (5-9)
fo|ky;
Self-expl Wrong Domination
Tkk¡p xyr 'kklu University

Arbitrariness euekuh fo”o&fo|ky;

Every next generation is less
developed Opposition nz®g (8-12)
Society
In more contradiction within Revolt fonz®g (by other) lekt
In more opposition with family
Struggle lađkZ (13-30)
More struggle in society
More conflict with nature/ War ;q) (30…)
existence
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Which type of Economics can be called Developmental Economics
Take-Take Economics (dominate/exploit HB, exploit rest of nature)
Feeling: opposition
Result: both try to maximise their share (profit maximisation)
Needs are undefined / unlimited + resources are limited → Everyone is bound
to be deprived
Give-Take Economics
Feeling: indifferent or opposition
Give-Give Economics (both work for mutual enrichment)
Feeling: Relationship
1. Identify the needs → Needs are definite
2. Produce more than what is required
by cyclic, mutually enriching process
(more is for sharing in relationship) → Resources are more than what
is required

Everyone (all) can be prosperous

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