Lecture 11�Harmony of the Self with the Body

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Co-existence

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Self Body

The Body is

an instrument of the Self

The Self is

central to human existence

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Need of the Self Related to Need of the Body

Both needs must be satisfied for human-being to be fulfilled

RELATIONSHIP (laca/k)

with human beings

PHYSICAL FACILITY

(lqfo/kk)

with rest of nature

RIGHT UNDERSTANDING

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in the self

MUTUAL HAPPINESS

(mHk; lq[k)

MUTUAL PROSPERITY

(mHk; le`f))

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Feelings

- Trust

- Respect

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Activities of Self eSa dh fdz;k,a

Self eSa

Body 'kjhj

Behaviour O;ogkj

Work dk;Z

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Self Body

Body is

an instrument of the Self

Self is central to human existence

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Self Body (Instrument)

Body is

an instrument of the Self

Self is central to human existence

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Self Body (Instrument)

Body is

an instrument of the Self

Self is central to human existence

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Physical Facility is required to fulfill the responsibility of the Self toward the Body

(to keep the Body in good health)

– for nurturing, protection and right utilization of the body

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The required physical facility can be identified

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Self Body (Instrument)

Body is

an instrument of the Self

Self is central to human existence

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The required physical facility can be recognised

along with the required quantity

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The quantity of food… required for nurturing the body – is it limited or unlimited?

Clothes, shelter… for protection of the body – is it limited or unlimited?

Instruments, equipments… for right utilisation of the body – is it limited or unlimited?

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Self Body (Instrument)

Physical Facility is required to to keep the body in good health,

so that right utilisation of the body can be ensured

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i.e. physical Facility is required only for

nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body

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If we can see that, the physical facility for

nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body

is required in a limited quantity,

then we can understand the meaning of prosperity

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Harmony of the Self with the Body = Self-regulation (feeling of responsibility toward the body) in the Self and Health in the Body

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Other than these 3 (Nurturing, Protecting and Right Utilization of the Body), what would you need PF for?

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The outcome of putting in so much time & effort is only PF – and it has only this much utility

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Have you been able to make an assessment of your need for PF?

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Are you able to see whether you have more than what your needs are?

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Ex: Find out – how much PF is required; how much PF is available; are you prosperous or deprived?

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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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1 – Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity)

– with right understanding

vko”;d lqfo/kk dk fu/kkZj.k & lgh le> ls

2 – Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility

– with right skills

vf/kd dh miyfC/k@ mRiknu] HkkSfrd jklk;fud oLrqvksa dk & lgh gquj ls

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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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In a previous session, we had seen that we can observe two categories of human beings

blhfy, vHkh nks rjg ds euq”; fn[kkbZ nsrs gSa&

1. Lacking physical facility, unhappy deprived (lqfo/kk foghu nq[kh nfjnz )
2. Having physical facility, unhappy deprived (lqfo/kk laiUu nq[kh nfjnz )

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While we want to be – tcfd ge gksuk pkgrs gSa&

3. Having physical facility, happy prosperous (lqfo/kk laiUu lq[kh le`))

Now we can see that if the identification of required physical facility is missing, then one can only shift between category 1 & category 2

This is possible only with

a- the right identification of required physical facility and

b- availability / production of more than required physical facility

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Gross Misunderstanding 1 – Human Being = Body

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Check if you

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Gross Misunderstanding 2 – Resources are less than our need

Data: Of the 4.2 billion tons of food produced, more than 1 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year, UN-backed report finds (11 May 2011)

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About a third of all the food produced for human consumption each year – or roughly 1.3 billion tons – is lost or wasted, according to a new study commissioned by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Global Food Production is 6 times requirement

Global Food Wastage is 1/3^rd of production

Wastage is enough to feed 1300 crore people/year

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Have we understood human needs?

Have we understood right utilisation?

Is it a question of production or distribution?

Is it a question of relationship?

Is it a question of right understanding?

It is a question of right education-sanskar

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38344&Cr=fao&Cr1

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Right Utilisation of Physical Facility

Indulgence – Happiness from sensation

Renunciation

Right Utilisation – Relationship, Order

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Right Utilisation of Physical Facility

Purposefulness –

Transformation to

Human

Conciousness

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Right Utilisation – Relationship,

Order

Utilisation – Family

Use – Body

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Indulgence – Taste

Over Indulgence

Obsession for Indulgence

– Sensual

Pleasure

Á;kstuh;rk & thou tkx`fr

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lnqi;ksx & laca/k] O;oLFkk

mi;ksx & ifjokj

miHkksx & 'kjhj

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Hkksx & bafæ; lq[k

cgqHkksx

vfrHkksx ¼Hkksx mUekn½

KkuiwoZd

vKkurko'k

With Right Understanding

Without Right Understanding

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Even Small Individual Choices Add Up E.g. Choice of Food

20% of all life produced on land every year is harvested for human purposes

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14-16 kg grain & 21,000 litres of water 🡪 1 kg meat

The world's cattle alone (not including other livestock) annually consume food grains enough for 8.7 billion people

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Land use – 3¼ acres/person on meat diet vs 0.2 acres/person on veg diet

20% Amazon rain forest (the size of California) destroyed since 1970

80% of this land is used for cattle raising

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By feeding grain to livestock, we lose 90% of the protein, 96% of the calories, 99% of its carbohydrates, and 100% of the fiber. Animal-based diets are high in saturated fat, excessive protein and cholesterol, leading to heart disease and stroke (nearly 50% of all deaths in the US)

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Video (1 min)

http://www.planetaryrenewal.org/ipr/vegetarian.html

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Sum Up

Human being = co-existence of Self (consciousness) and Body (material)

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Self is central to human existence, the Body is used as an instrument

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The nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the Body is the responsibility of the Self

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Physical facility is required to fulfil that responsibility towards the Body

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Physical Facility is required, in a limited quantity, for Nurturing, Protection & Right Utilisation of the Body

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Prosperity = Feeling of having / producing more than required physical facility

• Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity) – with right understanding
• Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility – with right skills

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Self Reflection�����

Self Reflection

1. Do you have a feeling of Self-regulation (responsibility toward your body)? – continuous?

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• Is your body healthy?

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• Find out – how much physical facility is required in your family; how much physical facility is available. An on that basis are you prosperous or deprived?

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• Do you have a feeling of prosperity? – continuous?

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• Do you think of
• Right utilisation of physical facility and nurturing others (human beings / rest of nature)?
• Accumulating more physical facility or exploiting others?

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Key Points

Harmony of the Self with the Body

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Co-existence

lgvfLrRo

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Self Body (Instrument)

Physical Facility is required to to keep the body in good health,

so that right utilisation of the body can be ensured

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i.e. physical Facility is required only for

nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body

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If we can see that, the physical facility for

nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body

is required in a limited quantity,

then we can understand the meaning of prosperity

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Prosperity (le`f))

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

2 1

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

1 2

1 – Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity)

– with right understanding

vko”;d lqfo/kk dk fu/kkZj.k & lgh le> ls

2 – Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility

– with right skills

vf/kd dh miyfC/k@ mRiknu] HkkSfrd jklk;fud oLrqvksa dk & lgh gquj ls

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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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Gross Misunderstanding 1 – Human Being = Body

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Check if you

are caught up

In this loop

Loop

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Gross Misunderstanding 2 – Resources are less than our need

Data: Of the 4.2 billion tons of food produced, more than 1 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year, UN-backed report finds (11 May 2011)

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About a third of all the food produced for human consumption each year – or roughly 1.3 billion tons – is lost or wasted, according to a new study commissioned by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Global Food Production is 6 times requirement

Global Food Wastage is 1/3^rd of production

Wastage is enough to feed 1300 crore people/year

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Have we understood human needs?

Have we understood right utilisation?

Is it a question of production or distribution?

Is it a question of relationship?

Is it a question of right understanding?

It is a question of right education-sanskar

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38344&Cr=fao&Cr1

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Right Utilisation of Physical Facility

Purposefulness –

Transformation

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Right Utilisation – Relationship,

Order

Utilisation – Family

Use – Body

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Indulgence – Taste

Over Indulgence

Obsession for Indulgence

– Sensual

Pleasure

Á;kstuh;rk & thou tkx`fr

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lnqi;ksx & laca/k] O;oLFkk

mi;ksx & ifjokj

miHkksx & 'kjhj

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Hkksx & bafæ; lq[k

cgqHkksx

vfrHkksx ¼Hkksx mUekn½

KkuiwoZd

vKkurko'k

With Right Understanding

Without Right Understanding

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Even Small Individual Choices Add Up E.g. Choice of Food

20% of all life produced on land every year is harvested for human purposes

​

14-16 kg grain & 21,000 litres of water 🡪 1 kg meat

The world's cattle alone (not including other livestock) annually consume food grains enough for 8.7 billion people

​

Land use – 3¼ acres/person on meat diet vs 0.2 acres/person on veg diet

20% Amazon rain forest (the size of California) destroyed since 1970

80% of this land is used for cattle raising

​

By feeding grain to livestock, we lose 90% of the protein, 96% of the calories, 99% of its carbohydrates, and 100% of the fiber. Animal-based diets are high in saturated fat, excessive protein and cholesterol, leading to heart disease and stroke (nearly 50% of all deaths in the US)

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Video (1 min)

http://www.planetaryrenewal.org/ipr/vegetarian.html

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Sum Up

Human being = co-existence of Self (consciousness) and Body (material)

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Self is central to human existence, the Body is used as an instrument

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The nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the Body is the responsibility of the Self

​

Physical facility is required to fulfil that responsibility towards the Body

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Physical Facility is required, in a limited quantity, for Nurturing, Protection & Right Utilisation of the Body

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Prosperity = Feeling of having / producing more than required physical facility

• Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity) – with right understanding
• Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility – with right skills

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FAQs for Lecture 11

Harmony of the Self with the Body

Preamble

• Now with the clarity of human being as co-existence of Self and Body, the needs can be more precisely identified and prosperity can be discussed with more definiteness

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• While many questions regarding prosperity have been discussed in earlier lectures (particularly lectures 3, 5 and 6), we can revisit some of these questions and discuss few new questions

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Question(s): Response

• Why do we need “more than required” physical facility to feel prosperous?

To ensure Prosperity-

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 cyclic, mutually 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 Self-regulation
4. We share the rest for mutual fulfillment in relationship and for order in society – with a sense of responsibility in relationship
5. So that more is for sharing in relationship, not for indulgence or over-consumption.

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Question(s): Response

• Can we really identify our need? How much money is really required- can we determine?

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I am asking because prices keep changing and there is no guarantee that we will not have some accident or some illness where we don’t know how much the treatment will cost. We have to include insurance for all these contingencies…

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We can certainly identify the need of physical facility for nurturing, protection and right utilisation of the body as discussed in the session.

However, when we try to convert it into money or any currency, there may be problem because the terms of exchange of physical facility with respect to money (or currency) is defined by the human being, by the prevailing norms in the society. In societal setup where there is unequal terms of exchange (therefore injustice) then certain physical facility may be assigned low price and certain other facilities may be assigned very high price. Even knowledge and feeling which is the activity of consciousness can become a mode of getting money.

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Response (continued)

If value in terms of money assigned to a particular facility is not defined on the basis of labour that has been put up in producing that facility and its utility then any value can be assigned to the physical facility depending upon the prevailing norms of the society.

Example- Cost of a bread may be 1 rupee when you have to prepare it in home but it may cost 10 rupees or even 100 rupees when you are in a restaurent.

When I was studying at IIT Kanpur, Education fee was 250 rupees per semester, now it is around 1 lakh.

As far as your health problem is concerned, you will never be able to decide how much money will be required, so even insurance will not work.

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And when you talk about health, are you talking about keeping your body healthy or getting treatment

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One fundamental question regarding insurance is that whether the assurance is in accumulation of physical facility or in relationship and societal system.

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Response (continued)

Body Physical Facility Money (Currrency) Digital currency…

Terms of Exchange between

- PF … Currency

- currency 1 … currency 2

(now even Knowledge and currency)

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Possible to identify qty Difficult to identify amount of money as

In terms of PF indefinite, unequal terms of exchange…

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Existential realities Construct of human being

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Governed by Governed by

Existential laws Prevailing man-made regulations

Universal, Definite… Vary from place to place, indefinite…

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(made by human beings with right understanding, right feeling?)

(or by people with assumptions, feeling of opposition…?)

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Question(s): Response

• It is said that “desires are unlimited, resources are limited”. So how can there be prosperity?

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• Desires, if we understand properly, is definite i.e., continuity of happiness and prosperity.

The amount of physical facility required for ensuring prosperity is limited and can be identified.

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Availability of resources in nature and capacity to produce in human being is more than what is required.

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Therefore, prosperity is possible for everyone.

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Question(s): Response

• So many great inventions took place during world wars, like operations research, like radar… If we become satisfied, then there will be no motivation for development. What is your comment on it?

• We certainly need development, but, for what? For satisfaction, for fulfillment, isn’t it? How can there be a development which is against satisfaction?

The problem today is that we have not been able to define our need with definiteness, therefore, there is no completion point, it is undefined, open ended. Now, irregard if whatever we achieve, we remain dissatisfied.

As a result, development has no completion point, it is undefined, open ended; we are moving forward but, we don’t know where we want to reach- no clarity about the goal and therefore, the development today is directionless.

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Question(s): Response

• So many great inventions took place during world wars, like operations research, like radar… If we become satisfied, then there will be no motivation for development. What is your comment on it?

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We need to work out a process of development with a well defined goal and definite direction. This is what we are trying to do.

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