This document discusses the principles and process of development at various levels - individual, organizational, and societal. It states that development is not the result of specific policies or programs, but rather an ongoing process by which a society progresses to greater levels of productivity, complexity, and achievement through the organization of knowledge, resources, and human energy. Key aspects that enable development include surplus energy, awareness of new opportunities, and the collective will to pursue them. Development occurs in overlapping physical, vital, and mental stages, and can be accelerated through education and conscious application of knowledge. Pioneering individuals play a role in creatively expressing and furthering a society's development, depending on its level of preparedness for new initiatives.

1. Compiled by:
Ramesh Adhikari

2. 1. Development is a process not a program.
Development is not the result of a set of policies or
programs. It is the result of a process by which
society moves from lesser to greater levels of
energy, efficiency, quality, productivity, complexity,
comprehension, creativity, enjoyment and
accomplishment.

3. 2. The process of development occurs by the
creation of higher levels of organization in society
capable of accomplishing greater acts with more
efficient use of social energies. Society develops
by organizing all the knowledge, human energies
and material resources at its disposal to fulfill its
aspirations. Organization is the practical
application of knowledge in action. It is the
technology or know-how for social
accomplishment.

4. 3. Political, social, economic and technological
development are various expressions and
dimensions of the development of the human
collective. The same principles of development are
application to all fields of social existence.

5. 4. The same principles are applicable to development
at the level of the individual, the organization and
the society.

6. 5. A society is prepared for development when it
possesses the requisite surplus energy, awareness
and aspiration.

7. 6. Surplus energy is the fuel for development. Each
developmental achievement requires an enormous
investment of energy in new and higher forms of
behavior. Surplus energy is generated when society
has fully organized and mastered activities at its
current level of development. The development and
application of mind energize society by
technological and organizational innovation,
spread of education, acceptance of new ideas and
higher values.

8. 7. Energy is released when society becomes aware of
new opportunities and has the collective will to
exploit them. The driving force for development is
the progressive growth of the social collectives’
knowledge and awareness of opportunities and the
social aspiration or will for higher accomplishment.

9. 8. The social organization consists of a single
interconnected fabric. The threads and the weave
of the fabric are formed by the multidimensional
interaction of social activities, organizations,
institutions and values. The fabric varies in
thickness and density of weave, being most
concentrated in large, highly developed urban
centers. Development is the process by which the
fabric of the social organization increases in
density, quality, complexity, and geographic
extension.

10. 9. Society develops through the three overlapping
stages – physical, vital, and mental. Each stage is
characterized by the predominance of one of the
three attributes of human consciousness. The
progression from one stage to the next stimulates
an exponential increase in the productivity and
accomplishments of society.

11. 10. The natural process of development is
unconscious. It proceeds by a slow, cumbersome,
trial and error process from experience to
knowledge. Conscious development moves in the
other direction from knowledge to experience. The
more conscious the process, the more rapid the
progress. Education is an essential prerequisite for
conscious development.

12. 11. The society gives formed creative expression to its
collective subconscious urge for development
through the initiative of pioneering individuals.

13. 12. The response of society to the initiative of the
pioneer depends on its prior preparedness.
Initiatives that are too far beyond the society’s
preparedness are opposed, rejected or ignored.
These pioneers are considered rebels. Those that
embody the next step in the collective march are
embraced, often after initial resistance, imitated
and eventually accepted by the collective. These
pioneers are accepted as leaders.

14. 13. Once a new activity is accepted, society
established new organizations, policies and laws to
support it. When social acceptance of the activity
becomes complete, the activity matures into an
institution that no longer requires the support of
specialized organizations, policies and laws to
promote it. At a further stage the activity is
transmitted to future generations through the
family and becomes part of the culture of the
society.

15. 14. When society seeks to move to the next higher
stage of development, existing beliefs, attitudes,
behaviors and forms of organization become
obstacles that have to be overcome in order for the
transition to take place. Progression to each further
stage involves a change in attitude and life style.

16. 15. The speed of social development increases as
awareness of opportunities spreads, aspiration
increases, conscious knowledge of organization
grows, attitudes become more progressive, and
infrastructure is put in place.

17. 16. Development takes place on the foundation of
four types of infrastructure – physical, social,
mental and psychological. Only the first of these is
subject to any inherent limits. As development
progresses, it relies more and more on non-
material resources.

18. 17. Resources also are of four types – physical, social,
mental and psychological.

19. 18. Mind is the creator of all resources. The
application of human intelligence and
inventiveness converts a substance into a
resource. Increasing knowledge increases the
productivity of resources, even physical resources.
Therefore, mind is the ultimate resource that gives
value to all the others.

20. All development reduces to the development of human
beings. The continued growth in the capacity of human
beings to conceive, design, plan, allocate, systematize,
standardize, coordinate and integrate actions, systems,
organizations and knowledge into larger, more complex
and productive arrangements is responsible for the
process of social development.

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