Perspectives

 

Money, wealth, things, products everything we see from human and humane perspective and evaluation.

 

Though these may not be good enough because from a larger perspective universe is not earth centric and earth is not human centric (every species and creature has its own right and space) and human life is not any specific identity or ideology centric.

 

However, even from human perspective everything gets prioritised by ' value' hidden in the term ' evaluation' in terms of any one or some of these:-

 

Utility,

Trade off,

Transactional acceptance,

Inherent values,

Intrinsic values,

Contextual relevance or importance based value,

Environmental impact based (posterity needs an environment),

Momentary value/utility,

Long-lasting value/utility,

Micro level utility/value,

Macro level utility/value,

Regional values/acceptance,

Economic priorities,

Political, cultural, traditional, religious acceptances,

Global acceptance etc.

Real values of life must value life in its totality devoid of any extraneous identity is that possible?

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Techie-Couple-Abandons-Baby-Daughter-With-Down-Syndrome/2016/03/07/article3313973.ece

It is really very sad and as you rightly said 'this brings out several dimensions and layers out for public debate’.

I feel more than that it also questions all the so called morals, values, ethics of the society, culture, religion, upbringing, education and all those things which are extolled without paying attention to intrinsic humane values which are the same to all religions, cultures, societies etc.

Real values of life must value life in its totality devoid of any extraneous identity is that possible?

Therefore, it cannot be or preferably must not be confined by religious affiliations or regional cultural practices.

We must preferably look at the intrinsic value and /or inherent attributes of everything and everyone and also find out the meaning and purpose of whatever we do in life.

Each life i.e. my life, your life and the lives of all great saints are really speaking very insignificant transient events of a few years-mostly less than 100 in flesh and blood with conscious awareness- compared to LIFE as a whole which has happened some four million years before and may continue for another few millions years hence in various forms, shapes in multiple species expressing its own attributes some of which we have understood, some we are not even aware of.

The distance between heart to head and heart to sexual organs is the same but when the movement is uni- directional then things do not work that properly.

In fact the whole of Bhagawad Gita, one of the reasons why it became more popular among the 28 Gitas, is that all its 700 stanzas are sand- witched between two words the starting word 'Dharma' and the last word ‘Mama’.

It must be actually read as ‘Mama Dharma’= my dharma- does not mean either Krishna’s or Arjuna’s Dharma, rather  when everyone reads it becomes ‘his Dhrama’ and all these 700 verses [ subjected to all sorts of excellent, enlightening as well as, often used as tool to justifying traditional practices, explanations by many] primarily are about attitudes to be adopted, actions to be executed and reactions to show at different situations taking into consideration the overall welfare of all [humanism].

This manual is more about balancing the intellect and emotions and most importantly through both emotions and intellect, or to be precise in short it talks about the dynamics of synthesis of human nature and nature of Truth [ define as you may- it is the inevitable and intellectual perception and sometimes all logic eluding factor].

Life is all about movements, actions and reactions which broadly could be defined as i.e. Karma but then the Laws [Dharma ] of motions [Karma] of life are very important and therefore prioritized.

Personal grief, sorrows and miseries are difficult to handle even for some of the most advanced intellectual giants or highly sane and even balanced souls.

It is easier to sit and sermonize or pontificate dispassionately as an outsider.

It is difficult to prescribe rules for any type of crisis in any aspect of life.

However, if the mind, especially , that of a grown up individual, is equipped with certain qualities then encountering the crisis becomes a shade more simple and sane.

However, the balanced mind, calm soul, caring heart, clever mind will wait and work on multiple options before resorting to impulsive actions which may more often result in regret.

Life is the sum total of many choices and decisions we make/take at every moment and the concomitant actions and reactions based on them.

But, does life or our cultures or social systems or religions or education systems offer us ready made templates to make/to take relevant or correct choices and decisions with multiple options at every moment?

Or   even if they offer and are ready, are we willing or capable of understanding and making use of those templates?

Do you think those parents can ever live in peace as human beings, not at all?

So, now the next most practical action, if the parents of the abandoned baby, are known is to subject them to proper psychiatric counseling to prevent them from becoming criminals or mental wrecks.

One of the most emotionally moving books on really encountering this type of situation or crisis with maximum possible attempt to grasp and grapple with the reality of a highly emotionally charged dilemma with the highly incisive intellect is written by a very great and serious intellect Arun Shourieji and I happen to write a review read here.

http://contentwriteups.blogspot.in/2015/05/life-unending-puzzle-lessons-of-life.html

Question of balance of mind

http://contentwriteups.blogspot.in/2015/09/composed-mind-is-all-about-balance.html

Recently I wrote this for an online magazine recently

http://contentwriteups.blogspot.in/2015/05/life-unending-puzzle-lessons-of-life.html

Value Based Education as an Enabler for Positive Change

‘Value Based Education as an Enabler for Positive Change’-

A great message to the Parliament of World's Religions 2015 conducted at Salt Lake, U.S.A (Oct 15 – 19)

Prof. S.A.R.P.V Chaturvedi’s grasp of any subject and his presentation of it in its entirety both are at express speed.

The range and depth of knowledge that he unearths and unleashes along with the bandwidth of macro view and broader perspective along with micro details and modifications required to effect a change enable his listeners to learn and come out enlightened or at least little more educated even if one chooses not to agree with all that he says.

Prof. S.A.R.P.V Chaturvedi is an extraordinary personality with enormous inner power, with a marvelous and unbelievable versatility in various subjects.His capabilities and clarity to do many things are amazing he has addressed many scientific conferences on many subjects.

I have been personally following all his lectures, speeches and was also fortunate to spend two full days with him staying for many hours enclosed with him in his personal room way back in 1997 at Coimbatore where he used to stay.

Here is one of his speeches to the Parliament of World's Religions 2015 conducted at Salt Lake, U.S.A (Oct 15 - 19) on ‘Value Based Education as an Enabler for Positive Change’

Listen carefully, if necessary using pause and rewind buttons often to learn the meaning of everything he says.

Almost all his talks in many languages that he speaks are always at jet speed but every word exquisitely expressing and expounding something very important and relevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCeDQk_EJiw&list=PL6p-Re1DX7F4CLdL_8DyquHZdsu9_ehSo&index=1

The Ground Rules

The Ground Rules

1. Everything you own should have value, either because it's functional or beautiful or you just love it. Remember the question of what you'd grab if your house were on fire; that's your baseline for determining an object's worth.

2. Every item needs a place where it "lives." Setting things down on the coffee table or kitchen counter creates piles and confusion. My clients mock me when I say, "Where do your keys live? They live in a bowl or on a hook by the front door"—but you never lose anything when you put it where it lives.

3. Focus on one thing at a time. Multitasking is supposed to help you get more things done quickly, but when you try to do 19 things at once, everything ends up incomplete. You're trying to simplify your life, so simplify your approach to getting organized. Now let's get started