UHV-I�Session 4���Program for Fulfilment �of Basic Human Aspiration

Shifting from excitement to happiness…

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Interaction Before Main Session

Hear from participants about their exploration from previous day(s)

Q&A

Place some expected conclusions, find out if they also came to these/similar conclusions

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Home Assignment 3.1

Take your list of aspirations + concerns (from session 1 home assignment).

Find out what your aspiration or concern is closely related to:

– right understanding – relationship (right feeling) – physical facility (money, mobile, food, clothes…)

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To be more clear, you may evaluate the purpose, i.e., why you want to fulfil that aspiration or resolve that concern

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eg. Aspiration/Concern Purpose Right Und Relationship Physical facility

Money To buy things 

Name, fame, attention To relate to others 

Food For Body 

Latest bike For friendship 

Peace of mind For Self 

Getting rid of anger For Self 

Good health For Body 

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Note: for different people, the same aspiration/concern may have a different purpose

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Could you conclude…

There are 3 basic requirements of a human being

Right understanding, fulfilment in relationship and physical facility

and not just physical facility

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Our aspirations may be closely related to any of right understanding, fulfilment in relationship and physical facility

But to fulfil the basic aspiration (of happiness and prosperity in continuity), right understanding comes as the first priority

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e.g., the latest bike may help you make a large circle of friends for you

But mutual happiness with friends will take place only with right understanding

Without right understanding, it may lead to competition, jealousy…

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Keep exploring this for all your aspirations and concerns

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Can you see that for the fulfillment of your basic aspiration (of happiness and prosperity in continuity), right understanding is essential and comes as the first priority

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Home Assignment 3.2

Find out how much time and effort you put in every day in these 3 areas

other than for sleeping (say 8 hours)

e.g.,

Effort and Time Related to Time

Self-introspection Right understanding 1 hr

Academics Physical Facility 4 hrs

Eating, Exercise Physical Facility 2 hrs

Entertainment Physical Facility 2 hrs

Fruitful time with friends Relationship 2 hrs

Fruitful time with family Relationship 2 hrs

Any Other activity … 3 hrs

Thus: Right Understanding: 1 hrs

Relationship: 4 hrs

Physical Facility: 8 hrs

?? 3 hrs Total: 16 hours (+ 8 hours for sleeping)

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Like this, you can make an overall assessment of how you are spending time every day, and see if it is ensuring the feeling of happiness and prosperity within you or not. If not, you may need to work on your schedule.

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Recap: Basic Human Aspiration and Program for its Fulfilment

RELATIONSHIP (laca/k)

with human being

PHYSICAL FACILITY

(lqfo/kk)

with rest of nature

RIGHT UNDERSTANDING

(le>)

in the self

MUTUAL HAPPINESS

(mHk; lq[k)

MUTUAL PROSPERITY

(mHk; le`f))

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Understanding Harmony:

• Harmony in Human Being
• Harmony in Family
• Harmony in Society
• Harmony in Nature/Existence

VALUES

all 4 levels:

• Individual
• Family
• Society
• Nature/Existence

SKILLS

Living in Harmony

with human being

Living in Harmony

with rest of nature

Understanding Harmony

PROGRAM:

Living in Harmony

Education –

Understanding

Sanskar –

Living

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UHV-I�Session 4���Program for Fulfilment �of Basic Human Aspiration

Shifting from excitement to happiness…

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Process of Self-exploration

Whatever is stated is a Proposal

Verify it on your own right

(Do not assume it to be true/ false)

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Proposal

Verify

on the basis

Of

your

Natural

Acceptance

Experiential Validation

Live according to it

Behaviour with

Human Beings

Mutual Happiness

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2a

2b

RIGHT

UNDERSTANDING

Which process is Naturally Acceptable to you?

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A process of self-exploration, self-verification on your own right,

leading to understanding in yourself

or

A process of do’s & don’ts, in which you assume what is said, without verification

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Happiness

The state or situation*, in which I live,

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if there is harmony / synergy in it,

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then it is Naturally Acceptable to me to be in that state / situation

(and I want to continue to be in that state / situation)

To be in a state / situation which is Naturally Acceptable is Happiness

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To be in a state of Harmony / Synergy is Happiness

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Happiness = To be in Harmony

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* internal state, external situation

The state or situation, in which I live,

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if there is disharmony / contradiction in it,

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then it is not Naturally Acceptable to me to be in that state / situation

T(and I want to get out from that state / situation)o be forced to be in a state / situation which is not Naturally Acceptable is Unhappiness

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To be forced to be in a state of Disharmony / Contradiction is Unhappiness

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Unhappiness = Disharmony

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Unhappiness

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Happiness (Lkq[k)

Happiness = To be in a state of Harmony

Lkq[k ¾ laxhr esa] O;oLFkk esa thuk

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Unhappiness = To be forced to be in a state of Contradiction

nq[k ¾ varfoZjks/k esa] vO;oLFkk esa] thus ds fy;s ck/; g®uk

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Happiness and Excitement are not the same – they are two different things

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Excitement

Eating delicious food

Listening to favourite music

Getting appreciation for looks, voice, clothes

Watching a thriller movie

Favourite team winning a match…

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Pleasure (from favourable sensation)

Attention, appreciation… (favourable feelings) from others

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Sometimes “happiness” i.e., excitement…

Sometimes “unhappiness” i.e., depression…

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Dependence on outside, temporary, not definite, can’t be continuous

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Right understanding

Right feeling

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Happiness = To be in a state of Harmony

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Continuous

Definite

No dependence on outside

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Happiness

🥳 Excitement…

😣 Depression…

😊 State of harmony

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Excitement

Dependence on outside, temporary, not definite, can’t be continuous

Eating delicious food

Listening to favourite music

Getting appreciation for looks, voice, clothes

Watching a thriller movie

Favourite team winning a match…

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Excitement to Indulgence

Dependence on outside, temporary, not definite, can’t be continuous

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Excitement-Indulgence to Depression

Dependence on outside, temporary, not definite, can’t be continuous

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Excitement-Indulgence-Depression to Escape

Dependence on outside, temporary, not definite, can’t be continuous

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Excitement-Depression to Happiness Desired State

Continuous, definite

No fluctuations

No dependence on outside

Dependence on outside, temporary, not definite,

can’t be continuous

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Prosperity (le`f))

Prosperity – The feeling of having / producing more than required Physical Facility

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le`f) & vko”;d lqfo/kk ls vf/kd dh miyfC/k@ mRiknu dk Hkko

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Prosperity and Possession of Wealth are two different things

Do you want to be a billionaire or a prosperous person? Ask yourself

Are you sure that by becoming a billionaire, you are going to be happy in continuity??

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A prosperous person thinks of right utilisation, nurturing the other

“ deprived “ “ “ accumulation, exploiting “ “

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le`) O;fDr lnqi;ksx dk] nwljs dk iks"k.k djus dk lksprk gS

nfjnz “ laxzg “ “ “ “kks"k.k “ “ “ “

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Basic Human Aspiration and Program for its Fulfilment

RELATIONSHIP (laca/k)

with human being

PHYSICAL FACILITY

(lqfo/kk)

with rest of nature

RIGHT UNDERSTANDING

(le>)

in the self

MUTUAL HAPPINESS

(mHk; lq[k)

MUTUAL PROSPERITY

(mHk; le`f))

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2

1

Understanding Harmony:

• Harmony in Human Being
• Harmony in Family
• Harmony in Society
• Harmony in Nature/Existence

VALUES

all 4 levels:

• Individual
• Family
• Society
• Nature/Existence

SKILLS

Living in Harmony

with human being

Living in Harmony

with rest of nature

Understanding Harmony

PROGRAM:

Living in Harmony

Education –

Understanding

Sanskar –

Living

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Sum Up

Self-exploration is a process of listening to the proposal, verifying on the basis of natural acceptance and validating in one's living, leading to right understanding

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Basic Human Aspiration = Happiness and prosperity in continuity

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Happiness = To be in a state of Harmony

Unhappiness = To be forced to be in a state of Disharmony

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Happiness and Excitement are not the same – they are two different things

What we get from favourable sensation from the body or favourable feeling from others is excitement; it is temporary, indefinite, dependent on outside

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Prosperity = The feeling of having / producing more than required Physical Facility

Prosperity and accumulation of wealth are not the same

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The program for fulfilment of basic human aspiration is to understand harmony and live in harmony at all levels of being

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Home Assignment

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Home Assignment

4.1 List out all the programs you make during a day to make you happy. Find out if the happiness you derived from these programs is definite and continuous, or is it indefinite or short lived. Identify those programs that result in continuous happiness.

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4.2 Observe the frequency of the fluctuation (change) of your feelings between excitement and depression (feeling low) during the day. Find out the reason for these fluctuations. Write down your conclusion from this exercise

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Home Assignment

4.3 Take your list of aspirations and concerns.

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Classify the aspirations into four categories:

• Aspirations at the individual level. e.g., you aspire to be happy within, to be healthy
• Aspirations at the level of family. e.g., you aspire to be comfortable with everyone in your family and you want them to be assured of you
• Aspirations at the level of society. e.g., You aspire for a good job
• Aspirations at the level of nature. e.g., You aspire for natural resources to be readily available

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Classify the concerns also into these four categories:

• Concerns at the individual level. e.g., you want to get rid of confusions, tension, frustration…
• Concerns at the level of family. e.g., you want to overcome anger, peer pressure…
• Concerns at the level of society. e.g., you wish that the domination, exploitation, differentiation and terrorism is resolved
• Concerns at the level of nature. e.g., you’d like the pollution levels to reduce

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In the next session, we will discuss the aspirations and concerns at the individual level.

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Questions?

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