Universal Human Value

1. KONGUNADU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(AUTONOMOUS)
NAMAKKAL- TRICHY MAIN ROAD, THOTTIYAM
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
20MC002 & UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES 2: UNDERSTANDING HARMONY
SAMPLE PPT- UNIT-I
Unit – I Introduction to Value
Education
Need for Value Education:
• Correct identification of our aspirations
• Understanding universal human values to fulfill
our aspirations in continuity
• Complementarity of values and skills
• Evaluation of our beliefs
• Technology and human values
• Basic Guidelines for Value Education – Universal,
Rational, Natural and Verifiable, All
encomposing, Leading to Harmony
Scope and Content
• Scope of Value Education:
• It should include all dimensions of thought, behaviour, work
and realization
• It should include all the four levels of human living namely
– individual, family, society and nature.
• Content of Value Education:
• To understand myself, my aspirations, my happiness
• To understand the goal of human life
• To understand the other entities in nature, their inter-
connectedness and co-existence and role of human being in
nature
• To understand harmony at the four levels of human living

2. • Process of Value Education:
• Value Education begins with Self-Exploration
i.e. looking inside yourself.
Process of Self-Exploration:
• The following points are to be kept in mind regarding the
process of Self-Exploration:
• Whatever is stated is a proposal
• Don’t start by assuming it to be true or false
• Verify it on your own right
• Don’t just accept or reject it on the basis of scriptures,
instruments or on the basis of others.
• The following two steps are involved in the process of Self-
Exploration:
• - Firstly, verify the proposal on the basis of your natural
acceptance
- Secondly, live according to the proposal to validate it
experientially.
Basic Human Aspiration
• Happiness
• Prosperity
• Its continuity
• Happiness may be defined as being in harmony/ synergy in
the states/ situations that we live in. Happiness is being in a
state of liking. Unhappiness is a lack of this synergy or
harmony. To be in a state of disliking is unhappiness.
• Prosperity: It is the feeling of having more physical
facilities than required. Prosperity creates a desire to share
what one possesses. However, since the need for physical
facilities is limitless, the feeling of prosperity cannot be
assured.
Basic requirements for fulfillment of
human aspirations
• Right understanding
• Relationship
• Physical facility
• Right Understanding helps us to maintain proper
relationships with other human beings and also
helps us to make a proper choice of physical
facilities. Hence the needs of all human beings
consist of the need for – Right Understanding,
Relationships and Physical Facilities in the right
order.
• Right Understanding + Relationship = Mutual
Fulfillment ( gives a feeling of satisfaction and
happiness)
• Right Understanding + Physical Facilities =
Mutual Prosperity ( leads to enrichment of
our lives as well as enrichment of Nature)

3. UNIT-II
Harmony in the Human Being
Understanding The Human Being As Co-
Existence Of Self (“I”) And Body
 Human being is more than just a Body. He is a co-
existence of both the Self(I/ Jivana) and the Body.
There is an exchange of information between the two.
Our body acts according to the suggestions given by
our “Jivana”.
 All the human feelings of happiness, sorrow, pain,
excitement etc. are all experienced by “I” and not the
“Body”.
 Having Physical Facilities ensures the fulfillment of
the needs of the body, but it does not fulfill the needs
of the “I”.
 Hence, for every human being, we need to fulfill the
needs of both:
 Of “I” = Happiness (Sukha)
 Of “Body” = Physical Facilities (Suvidha)
 One of these cannot replace the other.
Fulfillment of the needs of the self
and the body.
 Need for the food is fulfilled by rice, veg, etc
 Need for respect is fulfilled by the way your friend
listen to you, appreciate you etc.
Human Self Body
Need Happiness (Respect) Physical Facility
(Food)
Fulfilled by Right Understanding
and Right Feeling
Physio-Chemical
Things

4. Body as an instrument Instrument of “I”:
(“I” being the Seer, Doer and Enjoyer)
 1. “I” am. The “Body” is.
 “I” knows I exist. I am a conscious / sentient entity.
 The “Body” doesn’t know. It is a material entity.
 2. “I” want to live. The “Body” is my instrument.
 “I” and my “Body” co-exist with each other.
 “I” takes decisions and the “Body” acts accordingly.
Activities in Self (I):

 POWER: This is the basic capacity in the Self “I”. This
includes:
 Desire (Ichchha)
 Thought (Vichara / Vichar)
 Expectation (Asa / Asha)
 ACTIVITIES: These are the outcomes of the power of Self.
They are-
 Imaging (Chitrana / Chitran)
 Analyzing (Vishleshana)
 Selecting / Tasting ( Chayana / Asvadana)
 POWER: This is the basic capacity in the Self “I”. This
includes:
 Desire (Ichchha)
 Thought (Vichara / Vichar)
 Expectation (Asa / Asha)
 ACTIVITIES: These are the outcomes of the power of Self.
They are-
 Imaging (Chitrana / Chitran)
 Analyzing (Vishleshana)
 Selecting / Tasting ( Chayana / Asvadana)

5. UNIT - III
Harmony in the Family and Society
 “A family is a social group characterized by
common residence, economics, co-operation
and reproduction” - Mar dock
 “A family is a set of people living together
attached each other with blood relations. This
is heterogynous in nature and start with
marriage followed by reproduction of
generation, supported by economic and social
bonds.”
 Each of us is born into a family which includes
a number of relationships. These relationships
are the reality of our life. We recognize and
identify these individuals. We share our
feelings, tastes, interests and understanding
with these people and have an affinity for
them.
 1. Relationship IS and it exists between the
Self (‘I’) and the other Self (‘I’)
 2. The Self (‘I’) has feelings in a relationship.
These feelings are between (‘I’) and (‘I’)
 3. These feelings in the (‘I’) are definite. i.e.
they can be identified with definiteness
 4. Recognizing and Fulfilling these feelings
lead to Mutual Happiness in a relationship:

6. Feelings / Values in Relationships
S.No. Feeling
1 Trust / Visvasa
2 Respect / Sammana
3 Affection / Sneha
4 Care / Mamata
5 Guidance / Vatsalya
6 Reverence / Shraddha
7 Glory / Gaurava
8 Gratitude / Kritagyata
9 Love / Prema
 Education – Sanskar
 Health Self –Regulation
 Production Work
 Justice – Preservation
 Exchange - Storage
 Harmonious relationships are maintained
through healthy families. ... The society is an
extension of family and it is possible to live in
harmony with every human being, thus laying
the foundation for an undivided human race,
from family order to world family order.

7. UNIT IV
UNIT IV
HARMONY IN THE
NATURE AND
EXISTENCE
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Nature = Collection of Units
Air
Water Trees
Soil
Animal body
Birds Animals Human body
Self(I)
Human Beings
Earth Sun
Moon Metals
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Nature = Collection of Units = 4 Orders
All units can be categorised into 4 orders
Animal Order
Animals, Birds
Physical
Order
Soil, Metal
Bio Order
Plants, Trees
Human Order
Human Being
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Relationship of Mutual Fulfillment
Physical Order, Bio Order and Animal Order are enriching for Human
Order, but Human Order (without right understanding) is not fulfilling
for any of the 4 orders
Human beings have
natural acceptance
to be mutually fulfilling
Once human beings understand,
they can be fulfilling for all four orders
Animal Order
Animals, Birds
Physical
Order
Soil, Metal
Bio Order
Plants, Trees
Human Order
Human Being
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Role of Education-Sanskar
ORDERS
4
UNITS ACTIVITY INNATENESS
(Self-organisation)
INHERITANCE
Physical Soil, Metal Formation-Deformation Existence Constitution based
Bio Plants,
Trees
"-“ + Respiration " + Growth Seed based
Animal Animals,
Birds
"-“, " in Body
Selecting-Tasting in I
", " in Body
Will to live in I
Breed based
Human Human
Beings
"-“, " in Body
Imaging,
Analysing-Comparing,
Selecting-Tasting in I
Potential for
Understanding in I
", " in Body
Will to live with
continuous happiness
in I
Right Feeling
Right Understanding
Education-Sanskar
based
Human
Education-
sanskar
Next Generation
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Physical order: Soil, water, air…
Protect its innateness
(existence)
(eg. Protect constitution of
Earth)
Bio order: Plants, trees…
Protect and nurture its
innateness (existence and
growth)
(eg. Ploughing farmland)
Ensure its inheritance (seed)
(eg. Maintain seed of rice)
Animal order: Animals and birds
Protect its innateness (will to live)
(eg. Adequate forest, food, shelter)
Ensure its inheritance (breed)
(eg. Maintain breed of cow)
Human order: Human being
Protect its innateness (will to live
with continuous happiness)
(eg. Provide societal systems for
facilitating and living with right
understanding)
Ensure its inheritance (education-
sanskar)
(eg. Ensure human education-
sanskar)
Participation of Human Being in Entire Nature

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Participation of Human Being in Entire Nature
To understand the inherent harmony in nature and to live accordingly, i.e.
 To facilitate a conducive environment for the activity (at least not violate it) of all
orders
 To facilitate the innateness (or at least not violate it) of all orders
 To facilitate the inheritance (or at least not violate it) of all orders
Order Human Participation for Mutual Fulfillment
Physical
Order
Facilitate its existence by ensuring conducive environment and
maintaining / ensuring its constitution (eg. constitution of earth)
Bio
Order
Facilitate its growth by ensuring conducive environment and
maintaining / ensuring its seed (e.g. seed of rice)
Animal
Order
Facilitate care of the body by ensuring physical facility, environment
for existence & growth of body. To ensure its will to live
Maintaining / ensuring its breed (eg. breed of cow)
Human
Order
Facilitate care of the body by ensuring physical facility, environment
for existence & growth of body
Facilitate its will to live with continuous happiness by ensuring
human education-sanskar, participating in developing /
maintaining undivided society & universal human order 19
Harmony in Existence
Existence = Exist + Essence
Whatever ↓ ↓
Exists is/to be harmony (mutual fulfillment)
Existence = Co- Existence = Units submerged in Space
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Harmony in Existence
CO-EXISTENCE
Existence =
Units Submerged in Space Ever Present
Limited in Size Unlimited
(All Pervading,)
Activity, Active No Activity
1. Energised in Space
2. Self organised in Space
3. Recognises it's relationship,
Fulfills its relationship with every other Unit in Space
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3.1.2. Knowledge of Existence
Existence
Ever Present
Units Submerged in Space
Limited in Size Unlimited
All Pervading
Activity, Active No Activity
Material Consciousness
Recognising, Knowing, Assuming,
Fulfilling Recognising, Fulfilling
Ever
Temporary Continuous Unbounded in Time & Space
¾Co-existence
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+
Unlimited
No activity
Bio Order
Temporary
Recognising, Fulfilling
Continuous
Knowing, Assuming,
Recognising, Fulfilling
Consciousness
Units (Nature) Space (All-pervading)
Material
Physical Order
Molecule
Atom
Molecular Structure
Lump Fluid Human Body
Animal Body
Cell
Plant
Animal Order
Limited in size
Activity
Self-organized
Energized
Recognises the relationship and fulfills
Human Order
Existence
(= Co-existence = Units submerged in Space)
+ +
Universal
Order
(Self)
No Development
Cyclic
Development
Linear
–
Not
Cyclic

9. UNIT – V
Implication of the Holistic Understanding of
Harmony on Professional Ethics
The definitiveness of ethical human conduct
is understood in terms of definiteness
of
 values,
 policies and
 character and it is universal.
A competent professional should carry out his profession
with Right Understanding, Dexterity and Commitment. His
efforts should be conducive to human welfare, to the
happiness and prosperity of everyone and to the
enrichment of nature.
To have competence in professional ethics, one should
have:
 Clarity about the Comprehensive Human Goal
 Confidence in yourself and in harmony at all levels
 Competence of mutually fulfilling behaviour with ethical
conduct
 Competence of mutually enriching interaction with nature
 Competence of actualizing/ implementing of one’s
understanding
A competent professional should carry out his profession
with Right Understanding, Dexterity and Commitment. His
efforts should be conducive to human welfare, to the
happiness and prosperity of everyone and to the
enrichment of nature.
To have competence in professional ethics, one should
have:
 Clarity about the Comprehensive Human Goal
 Confidence in yourself and in harmony at all levels
 Competence of mutually fulfilling behaviour with ethical
conduct
 Competence of mutually enriching interaction with nature
 Competence of actualizing/ implementing of one’s
understanding
 Holistic = a belief that all parts are
interconnected to form a whole (dealing with
the whole rather than the individual units)
 Vision of Holistic Alternative = choosing to
deal with the whole rather than with
individual units
Humanistic Education
 emphasizes on self exploration
 leads to self evolution
 enables to realize innateness (svatva)
 changes the entire education systems in the long run
 to develop such education, lot of research effort is
needed to develop new models
Humanistic Constitution
 Refers to the creation of clear guidelines & policy
framework to safe guard social justice (wiping out
caste, religion. Economic bias etc) and to develop a
universal human order
 Subsides conflicts ranging from family level to global
level

10. 
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 Catering to real human needs
 Compatible with natural systems and cycles
 Facilitating effective utilization of human body,
animals, plants and materials
 Safe, user friendly and conducive to health
 Producible with local resources and expertise as
far as possible
 Promoting the use of renewable energy resources
 Low cost and energy efficient
 Enhancing human interaction and cooperation
 Promoting decentralization
 Durability and life cycle recyclability of products
 Optimal utilization of local resources and expertise
 Economic viability and sustainability
 Priority for local consumption
 Matching the pattern of production with the
availability/producibility in the local environment and the pattern
of consumption
 Decentralized systems capable of meaningful employment of
people in the community
 Facilitating production by masses and not mass production in a
centralized mode
 Promoting individual creativity and sense of accomplishment
 Using people-friendly and eco-friendly technologies
 Ensuring requisite quality of production
 Safe and conducive to health of persons involved in production
as well as to others.
 The whole unit working as a well-knit family
 Cooperative and motivational
 Ensuring correct appraisal of human labour
 Targeting employer-employee as well as
consumer satisfaction and not profit
maximization
 Sharing of responsibility and participative mode
of management
 Continuous value addition of the persons
involved
 Effectively integrating individual competencies
and complimentarity
 It is often said that the vision for holistic
alternative is idealistic and very difficult to
achieve. But it is a wrong notion. Even small
steps towards right understanding are very
soothing, mutually fulfilling and confidence
giving. The more we explore within ourselves,
the more we develop the understanding and
realization for the need of the holistic
alternatives.
 To ensure continuous happiness and prosperity
in the human order, the transition to human
consciousness is required. To bring about this
transition towards the holistic alternative, it is
necessary to create mass awareness and facilitate
wide spread humanistic education. Also,
extensive research has to be done to evolve and
implement holistic technologies and systems. It
is also necessary to make appropriate
amendments in the policies, programs and social
systems to facilitate the transition.
FACULTY INCHARGE HOD