Harmony in the Human Being��Understanding Human being as Coexistence of � Self (I) & Body�
Self-exploration, Self-investigation, Self-study
1. Content of Self Exploration:
a. Desire (விருப்பம்) - Aim, Purpose
b. Program (செயல்) – Process of achieving the desire, action
Happiness = To be in Harmony
2. Process of Self Exploration
Self-verification
– Happiness, Prosperity 🡪 Continuous
To understand Harmony & to live in harmony at all 4 levels:
Human Being | Self (I) | Body |
Need | Happiness (e.g. Respect) | Physical Facility (e.g. Food) |
In Time | Continuous | Temporary |
In Quantity | Qualitative (is Feeling) | Quantitative (Limited in Quantity) |
Fulfilled By | Right Understanding & Right Feeling | Physio-chemical Things |
| | |
Activity | Desire, Thought, Expectation… | Eating, Walking… |
In Time | Continuous | Temporary |
Type | Knowing, Assuming, Recognising, Fulfilling | Recognising, Fulfilling |
Co-existence
Knowing & Assuming
Knowing, Assuming, Recognizing, Fulfilling
Problem
Education-Sanskar
Resolution
Knowing through self-verification
– on the basis of Natural Acceptance & – on the basis of living accordingly
Assumptions are definite (on the basis of Knowing)
Conduct is definite (Swatantrata)
Preconditioning or
Assuming without Knowing
Assumptions keep changing
Conduct is indefinite (Dependence, Partantrata)
Knowing = To see reality as it is (Right Understanding)
Definiteness, Continuity & Universality
Assuming = What am I, what is the other a) human b) rest-of-nature
Recognising = My relationship with the other a) human b) rest-of-nature
Fulfilling = Fulfillment of my relationship with a) human b) rest-of-nature
FAQ: Is Self = Ego?
Ans: When you do not understand the self, you sometimes over-evaluate the self and at other times under-evaluate the self
This over-evaluation of the self is Ego
Under-evaluation of the self is Depression
Both are caused by lack of understanding the self
FAQ : Is need for PF really limited
Ans:
PF starts with
Necessary & Tasty
Unnecessary & Tasty
Unnecessary & Tasteless
Intolerable
Evaluation of Current Situation - Gross Misunderstanding
Check if you are caught up in this loop
Human Being | Self (I) | = | Body |
Need | Respect | = | Physical Facility (Eg. Food, Clothes) |
| Continuous | = | Unlimited |
Accumulation of Physical Facility – Unlimited!
Deprivation
Activities of Self (I)
Sensation
2
| Force / Power | Activity |
1. | | Realization vuqHko |
2. | | Understanding cks/k |
3. | Desire | Imaging |
4. | Thought | Analysing |
5. | Expectation | Selecting/Tasting |
Self (I)
Body
Behaviour
Work
Partantrata
Swatantrata
Partantrata
Self verification on the basis of Natural Acceptance
3
Preconditioning
1
Imagination
Desire, Thought, Expectation
Harmony with the Body
Self (I) | | Body Body is an instrument of the Self (I) |
Conciousness | | Material |
Continuous | | Temporary |
Knowing, Assuming, Recognizing, Fulfilling | | Recognizing, Fulfilling |
Sanyam | | Health |
Feeling of responsibility for Nurturing, Protection and Right Utilization of the Body | | 1. Body acts according to I 2. Parts of the body are in harmony (in order) |
Food… Clothes, Shelter... Instruments… Limited, Limited, Limited quantity Physical Facility is required in a limited quantity | | |
Sensation
INFORMATION
Instruction
Harmony of the Self with the Body = Swasthya-sanyam )Health-control in the Self & Health in the Body
Other than these 3 (Nurturing, Protecting and Right Utilization of the Body), what would you need PF for?
The outcome of putting in so much time & effort is only PF – and it has only this much utility
Have you been able to make an assessment of your need for PF?
Are you able to see whether you have more than what your needs are?
Ex: Find out – how much PF is required; how much PF is available; are you prosperous or deprived?
Health
Health
1. Body acts according to Self(I)
2. Parts of the body are in harmony (in order)
Program for Health
1a. Ahar (Intake) 1b. Vihar (Routine)
2a. Shram (Labour) 2b. Vyayam (Exercise)
3a. Asan (Asan/Yoga) 3b. Pranayam (Breathing)
4a. Aushadhi (Medicine) 4b. Chikitsa (Treatment)
Intake includes air, water, food (ingestion, digestion, nishkashak)
Vihar includes daily routine
Shram done on rest of nature that results in produce
Prosperity
Prosperity = Feeling of having more than required physical facility
A prosperous person thinks of right utilisation, nurturing the other
“ deprived “ “ “ accumulation, exploiting “ “
Check:
Have you recognized (made an assessment of) your physical needs?
Do you have more physical facility than your needs?
Do you have a feeling of prosperity?
– continuous?
Do you think of right utilisation, nurturing others?
Or exploiting of accumulation, exploiting others?
FAQ – Why “More than Required Physical Facility”
What is Physical Facility used for?
Purposefulness –
Transformation
Right Utilisation – Relationship,
Order
Utilisation – Family
Use – Body
Indulgence – Taste
Over Indulgence
Madness for Indulgence
With Right Understanding
Without Right Understanding
Sum Up
Human Being is co-existence of Self(I) and Body
Body is an instrument of the Self
The transaction between Self(I) and Body is only in the form of information
The Self(I) and the Body are in Harmony when there is a feeling of Sanyam in the Self(I) and Health in the Body
Physical Facility is required, in a limited quantity, for Nurturing, Protection & Right Utilisation of the Body
Prosperity = Feeling of having more than required physical facility