What do you mean by self exploration ? What are the basic contents of self-exploration ?
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What is self-Exploration ? Explain the process of self-exploration with a diagram.
Self Exploration :
1.Self exploration is the process to find out what is valuable to me by investigating within myself, what is right for me, true for me, has to be judged within myself.
2.Through self exploration we get the value of our self. We live with different entirety (family, friends, air, soil, water, trees, etc.) and we want to understand our relationship with all these.
3.For this we need to start observing inside. The main focus of self exploration is myself - the human being.
Basic Contents of Self Exploration : Content of self exploration is just finding answers to the following fundamental questions of all human beings :
i. The Desire/Goal : What are my (human) Desire/ Goal ? What do I really want in life, or what is the goal of human life ?
ii. Program : What is my (human) program for fulfilling the desire ? How to fulfill it ? What is the program to actualize the above ?
In short, the above two questions cover the whole domain of human aspirations and human endeavor. Thus, they form the content of self exploration
Process of Self Exploration :
The process of self exploration is as follows :
1.First of all we have to keep in mind that, whatever is being presented in a proposal.
i. Don’t assume it to be true immediately, nor reject it without proper exploration.
ii. Verify it in your own right, on the basis of it being naturally acceptable to you,
iii. Not just on the basis of scriptures.
iv. Not on the basis of equipment/instrument data.
v. Not on the basis of the assertion by other human beings.
2.Therefore, it is essential to carefully ponder over these on your own right. Neither accept these as true immediately nor reject them prematurely without proper exploration.
3.Then what to do :
i. Verify on the basis of your natural acceptance.
ii. Live accordingly to validate it experientially.
iii. If the proposal is true in behaviour with human it leads to mutual happiness.
iv. If the proposal is true in work with rest of the nature it leads to mutual prosperity.
4.The process is shown in the Fig. 1.11.1.
5.But this process is not complete. It will be completed when the verification on the basis of natural acceptance and testing in our living ultimately results in ‘realization’ and ‘understanding’ in us.
6.On having realization and understanding we get assurance, satisfaction and Universality (applies to all time, space and individual).
7.For example : A proposal ‘respect’ is a value in human relation. When I verify at the level of natural acceptance, I find that it is naturally acceptable to me. Similarly, when I behave with respect, it is mutually fulfilling to me and to the other. Thus the proposal is ‘True’. If it fails on any of the two tests, it is untrue. This verification leads to realization of the truthfulness of the proposal and it becomes part and parcel of my understanding. It is reflected in my thoughts and in my behavior.
Hope this information is useful to you.
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Human Values