21-04-2025

MODULE : 1
LECTURE : 2

Self -
Exploration
Lecture Outcome
Student can able to understand the Process of Self
– Exploration and also differentiate the “What you
are? and What do you really want to be?”

Lecture Content
– Meaning of Self – Exploration
– Purpose of Self – Exploration
– Content of Self – Exploration
– Process of Self – Exploration
– Steps involve in Self – Exploration
– Mechanism of Self – Exploration
– Natural Acceptance
– Experiential Validation

– Benefits of Self – Exploration

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Meaning of Self - Exploration

– Exploration means Knowing about Unknowing things.
– Self – Exploration means “To be aware of Oneself”.
– A Sanskrit term to describe this empirical practice of Self – Exploration is “Atma-Mannan” or “Atma-
Vichar”.
– Self – Exploration is the process to find out “What is Valuable to me, What is right for me, what is true
for me” by investigating within myself.
– It is a process of dialogue – between me and you, to begin with
– It soon becomes a dialog within your own Self…

What I am What is Naturally Acceptable to Me

Dialog
tSlk eSa g¡w tSlk gksuk eq>s lgt Lohdk;Z gS
Desire, Thought, Expectation…
laokn Natural Acceptance

Acceptance, What I Am? Natural Acceptance, What do I want to be?

Under the given circumstances, what one ends Given all the choice, what is acceptable
up accepting naturally

Natural Acceptance (Swabhav)

Preconditioning, Peer pressure, Sensation Natural Acceptance (Swabhav)
(Dabav, Prabhav)

E.g. E.g.
Relationship,
Relationship
Opposition, Compromise
Food for nurturing,
Food for nurturing
Sometimes only for taste
Mobile for communication/sharing,
Mobile for communication/sharing
Sometimes for respect, show-off

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Purpose of Self – Exploration

– Self – Exploration is a process of dialogue between “What you are” and “What do you really want to
be”.
– It is a process if identification our innateness and moving toward self – organization and self –
expression.
– This process of self – exploration helps us to identify our Swatva ( ) and through that acquiring
Swantantrata ( तं ता) and Swarajya ( रा ).
 Swatva ( ) – Innateness of Self – the Natural Acceptance of Harmony.
 Swantantrata ( तं ता) – Being Self – organized – Being in Harmony with oneself.
 Swarajya ( रा ) – Self – expression, Self – Extension – Living in Harmony with other.

Knowing your Natural Acceptance

What you really want to be
LoRo

Living in accordance with your Natural Acceptance

Living in harmony within
Lora=rk

Living in harmony with others… with the entire existence

LojkT;

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Discussion
between “What
we are” & “What
we really want to
Identifying one’s be”. Recognizing our
relationship with innateness and
relationship with forwarding
every unit in towards self
existence and organizing and self
fulfilling it. expression.

Self-
Exploration Knowing “oneself”
Self – evolution &
and through that
Self –
“knowing the
Investigation.
entire existence”.

Establishing Knowing human

harmony with conduct &
oneself and character and
harmony with “Living
entire existence. Accordingly”.

Content of Self – Exploration

Desire (pkguk)
Aim, Objective, Purpose
What do I want to achieve?

Program (djuk)
Process of achieving the desire, action
How do I achieve it ?

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Process of Self – Exploration

Whatever is stated is a Proposal (Do not assume it to be true) Verify it on your own right

Proposal
Experiential Validation
Live according to it
1 2
Verify
on the basis
of Behavior with Work with
your Human Beings Rest of Nature
Natural 2a 2b
Acceptance Right
Understanding Mutual Happiness Mutual Prosperity

Which process is Naturally Acceptable to you?

A process of self-exploration on your own right, leading to understanding in your self
or
A process of discourse, do’s & don’ts, in which you assume what is said

Process of Self – Exploration

It is a PROPOSAL
Do not assume to be true immediately nor reject it without proper exploration.
Verify it in your OWN RIGHT
On the basis of your NATURAL ACCEPTANCE
Live accordingly to validate it EXPERIENTIALLY.
If PROPOSAL is true in behaviour with human, it leads to MUTUAL HAPPINESS.
If PROPOSAL is true in work with rest of Nature, it leads to MUTUAL PROSPERITY.

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Steps involve in Self – Exploration

– PROPOSAL :- The dialogue which can be verify is a Proposal.
– VERIFY :- The person should ask himself whether the proposal is naturally acceptable to him or not. If
yes, follow the next step.
– EXPERIENTIAL VALIDATION :- The proposal once verified should be put into practice. One should live accordingly
to that proposal in his behaviour and in his work. The outcome of his experience should be Mutually Fulfillment
in behaviour and Mutual Prosperity in work.
– REALIZATION :- The Experiential Validation leads to the Realization that the proposal before us is true. It is
proposal which will make us bloom and spread fragrance as flowers do.
– UNDERSTANDING :- This Realization leads to Understanding that adopting this proposal is beneficial to us. It
then reflects in our behaviour, thought and action.

Mechanism of Self – Exploration

– Two mechanism for Self – Exploration may be identified as
– Natural Acceptance
– Experiential Validation

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Natural Acceptance
– Natural Acceptance implies unconditional and total acceptance of the self, people and environment.
– It also refer to the absence of any expectation from the other.
– In other words natural acceptance is process understand our self first. Try to find out the ego stage and
try to reduce that, open our eyes and look around the world.
– Some characteristics of Natural Acceptance are as follows:-
– NA is not dependable on place.
– NA does not depend on our faith or precedent conditioning.
– NA is not changing with change in time.
– NA is continuously there.
– NA is the same for all of us.

Experiential Validation
– Experiential Validation is a process that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and
content.
– It may be regarded as a philosophy and methodology in which the direct experience and focused
reflection of the individual helps to increase knowledge, develop skills and clarify values.
– When what we already believe to be true of us is validated by some situations, phenomena or
outcome, we may term it as Experiential Validation.

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Benefits of Self – Exploration

– The process of Self – Exploration may seem a bit lengthy but it builds up a strong foundation for one’s
life.
– It leads to innate happiness.
– Clarifies our goals.
– Makes us reflect our ideas through our actions.
– Develops better understanding and personality.
– Help in management of self – time management, stress management and life management.
– Leads to value based conduct and order in society.