So if we can bring about value
additions to the existing educational system, then we do not have to re-invent new
technologies, new methodologies, new ways of schooling.
What they offered in fact, in the gurukula system (residential schooling at the teacher’s home), it can be
offered in a better way with the modern educational system
Daaji: I think going back to the Gurukula system will be counter-productive in today’s world.
What Gurukula system (residential schooling at the teacher’s home) did was to inculcate certain values.
I think that will have to be done while doing this also,
whatever school they are going to – whether they are going to Montessori school, they are going to Public school,
they are going to private school, it does not matter.
Some people are offering home-schooling.
See, every system has a plus and a minus.
Suppose you adopt only the Gurukula system (residential schooling at the teacher’s home), then what will happen?
Modern education will fall flat,
which is to support and earn ‘livings’ for the family members.
Material life is also very important.
So if we can bring about value additions
to the existing educational system, then we do not have to re-invent
new technologies, new methodologies, new ways of schooling. What they offered
in fact, in the Gurukula system (residential schooling at the teacher’s home), it can be offered in a better way with the modern
educational system. Because, the way today’s educational system is there,
if you make use of that basis, the support system that they have, and
offer what gurukula system (residential schooling at the teacher’s home) offered while retaining the same school system that we have
- what we need is an hour every day, or half-an-hour every day,
that is all
Let them learn what they are learning, without being competitive.
Even in the gurukula system (residential schooling at the teacher’s home), our rishis (sages)
could not prevent the competitive nature between shishyas (disciples).
In fact, even Gurus of gurukulas were competing against each other.
So, we should not admire gurukulas (residential schooling at the teacher’s home) also.
Daaji: So, you guys should try to forget the problems children face.
Always try to teach new things.
Do not hold on to your mind that, “He did something yesterday”.
Always, a new day, a new fresh day.
Daaji: In a spiritual realm where expectations
are considered to be a bad thing, we need to have some goal.
Can we call this goal an expectation? Certainly.
Goal is an expectation in some way.
When a child becomes happy, when a child becomes self-dependent,
when a child excels in some way,
is it not in some fashion an achievement of the goal or fulfillment of your expectation?
So we need to have smaller goals set already that,
“Yes, children would be achieving such and such an understanding out of this lesson.”
If they do not, you make sure that they understand properly.
So we need to have some level of the need to establish smaller goals.
Daaji : The genetic mutation in our system, which we generally talk about, is
for the evolution of the human race.
And what is evolution as per Sahaj Marg philosophy?
It is to bring a shift in our Consciousness.
Whatever Consciousness we have, it must be refined to the next level,
our perception, our abilities to perceive things, and reach the ‘Superconscious’ state
and also dive deeper into our ‘Subconscious’ state
that flexibility. And that is possible only through meditation.
How are we to reach ‘Super- Conscious state unless we meditate?
How are we to reach the deepest levels of ‘Subconscious state
unless we meditate?
Both are possible only if we meditate. And by changing the level of Consciousness
we are somehow supporting
His plan, consciousness, we are somehow supporting his plan. Babuji’s plan of changing
the genetic pattern of the human race. By a shift in Consciousness,
a lot of things can be done.
If you guys are so interested, you can read the book
‘Biology of Belief’ by Dr. Bruce Lipton,
where he says how the environment affects the genetic pattern.