4: Continuous Happiness and Prosperity-

the Basic Human Aspirations &

Right Understanding, Relationship and
Physical Facilities
RECAP
 In the Last Lecture-2, it was pointed out that ‘Natural Acceptance’ and
‘Experiential Validation’ are two important mechanisms for self-
exploration.

 Through examples, let us draw attention to our ‘Natural Acceptance’.

 E.g:- What is Naturally acceptable to me: Relationship or

Opposition?

 What is Naturally acceptable to me: Respect or Disrespect?

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Process of Self-verification
Whatever is said is a Proposal (Do not accept it to be true)
Verify it on your own right

Proposal
1 Verify 2 Experiental Validation
on the basis Live according to it
Of
your 2a 2b
Natural
Behaviour with Work with
Acceptance
Human Beings Rest of Nature

Mutual Happiness Mutual Prosperity

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Topics to be covered
 3.1 Desire – Continuous Happiness and Prosperity

 3.2 Happiness

 3.3 Prosperity

 4.1 Basic Requirements for Fulfillment of Human Aspirations

 4.2 The Correct Priority

 4.3 Animal Consciousness versus Human Consciousness

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Content of Self-exploration, Self-investigation
(from Lecture-2)

1. Desire/Goal (Aim, Objective, Purpose):

What is my (human) Desire/Goal?

(What do I really want in life, or what is the goal of human life?)

2.Program:

What is my (human) program for fulfilling the Goal/ Desire?

(How to fulfill it? What is the program to actualize the above?)
 

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Desire (pkguk) – Aim, Objective, Purpose
Desire (pkguk) – Aim, Objective, Purpose

To Become To Do/Get To Be
Banana Karna/Paana Hona

Doctor Service/ Money, Respect… Happy & Prosperous

Engineer Make Things/ Money, Respect … Happy & Prosperous
IIT Engineer Make Things/ Money++, Respect++… Happy & Prosperous
Mother Take Care, Trust, Respect, Guidance… Happy & Prosperous
Farmer Grow Things, Money, Respect… Happy & Prosperous
Thief Get Things, Money, Respect… Happy & Prosperous
….. Steps toward Goal Basic Human Goal
Not the Basic Human Goal Desire, Aim, Objective, Purpose

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Happiness
The state or situation, in which I
live,
if there is harmony / synergy in it,
then it is Naturally Acceptable to
me to be in that state / situation
To be in a state / situation which is
Naturally Acceptable is
Happiness
To be in a state of Harmony /
Synergy is Happiness
Happiness = Harmony
Unhappiness
The state or situation, in which I
live,
if there is disharmony /
contradiction in it,
then it is not Naturally Acceptable
to me to be in that state /
situation
To be forced to be in a state /
situation which is not Naturally
Acceptable is Unhappiness
To be forced to be in a state of
Disharmony / Contradiction is
Unhappiness
Unhappiness = Disharmony
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Prosperity (le`f))
Prosperity – The feeling of having more than required Physical Facility
2 1

1 – Identification of required physical facility (including the required quantity)

– with right understanding

2 – Ensuring availability/ production of more than required physical facility

– with right skills

A prosperous person thinks of right utilisation, nurturing the other

A deprived person thinks of accumulation, exploiting the other

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Whatever is said is a Proposal (Do not assume it to be true)
Verify it on Your Own Right – on the basis of your Natural Acceptance

It is a process of Dialogue
A dialogue between me and you, to start with
It soon becomes a dialogue within your own self

izLrko gS ¼ekuas ugha½

tk¡pas & Lo;a ds vkf/kdkj ijA
viuh lgt LohÑfr ds vk/kkj ijA

;g laokn dh izfØ;k gSA

;g laokn vkids vkSj esjs chp 'kq: gksrk gS] fQj vki eas pyus yxrk
gSA
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Is Human Relationship Important?
D;k ekuoh; lacaa/k egRoiw.kZ gS\

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Check within Yourself! vius esa tkap dj ns[ksa!
What do we all want?
ge lc dh pkguk D;k gS\

We can examine this within ourselves

bls ge vius esa tkap dj ns[k ldrs gSaA

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Desire pkguk
Do we want to be happy?
D;k ge lq[kh gksuk pkgrs gSa\

Do we want to be prosperous?
D;k ge le`) gksuk pkgrs gSa\

Do we want the continuity of

happiness and prosperity?
D;k ge lq[k] le`f) dh fujarjrk
pkgrs gSa\

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Desire pkguk State of Being gksuk
Do we want to be happy? Are we happy?
D;k ge lq[kh gksuk pkgrs gSa\ D;k ge lq[kh gSa\

Do we want to be prosperous? Are we prosperous?

D;k ge le`) gksuk pkgrs gSa\ D;k ge le`) gSa\

Do we want the continuity of Is there continuity of our

happiness and prosperity? happiness and prosperity?
D;k ge lq[k] le`f) dh fujarjrk D;k gekjs lq[k] le`f) dh fujarjrk
pkgrs gSa\ gS\

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Desire pkguk Effort djuk
Do we want to be happy? Is our effort (gekjk iz;kl):
D;k ge lq[kh gksuk pkgrs gSa\ – For continuity of happiness and
prosperity?

Do we want to be prosperous? lq[k] le`f) dh fujarjrk ds vFkZ

esa gS or ;k
D;k ge le`) gksuk pkgrs gSa\
– Just for accumulation of physical
facility?
Do we want the continuity of dsoy lqfo/kk&laxzg ds vFkZ
happiness and prosperity? esa\
D;k ge lq[k] le`f) dh fujarjrk
Have you assumed that happiness and
pkgrs gSa\ prosperity will automatically come
when you have enough physical
facility?
What effort are you making for continuity
We will explore this further of happiness and prosperity, other
than accumulation of physical facility?
bl ckr ij ge vkxs v/;;u djsaxsA
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Check within Yourself! vius esa tkap dj ns[ksa!
The unhappiness in your family is
 More due to lack of physical facility or
 More due to lack of fulfillment in relationship?

How much time and effort are you investing:

 For physical facility
 For fulfillment in relationship

The unhappiness is more due to lack of fulfillment in relationship

Most of the time and effort is spent for physical facility

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Check within Yourself! vius esa tkap dj ns[ksa!
For human beings physical facility is necessary but relationship is also
necessary

On examining carefully, we find that this is a fundamental difference

between animals and human beings

Physical facility is necessary for animals and necessary for human

beings also
However,
For animals physical facility is necessary as well as adequate
For human beings physical facility is necessary but not adequate

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When an animal has lack of physical facility it becomes uncomfortable,
when it gets physical facility it becomes comfortable
Eg. When a cow gets a stomach-full of grass, it becomes comfortable,
sits and chews the cud

When a human being has lack of physical facility, he becomes

uncomfortable and unhappy
But once he gets the physical facility, he forgets about it and starts
thinking about hundred other things

(Check for yourself if you feel happy every day that you are getting
enough to eat?)

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For human beings, physical facility is necessary but relationship is also
necessary

For animals:
necessary &
adequate
RELATIONSHIP
PHYSICAL FACILITY i’kq ds fy,
laca/k lqfo/kk
vko’;d
,oa iw.kZ
with human
With nature For human beings:
beings necessary but
not adequate
ekuo ds fy,
vko’;d
ijarq iw.kZ ugha

For animals, physical facility is necessary as well as adequate

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For Human Being, both Physical Facility and Relationship are Necessary

For animals:
necessary &
adequate
RELATIONSHIP
PHYSICAL FACILITY i’kq ds fy,
laca/k lqfo/kk
vko’;d
,oa iw.kZ
with human
With nature For human beings:
beings necessary but
not adequate
ekuo ds fy,
vko’;d
ijarq iw.kZ ugha

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On further examination, we find that we all do want to live in relationship
with others

Every day/night when there is a argument/fight, we want to resolve it.

We start the next day with the thought that we don’t want to argue/fight
today, but due to lack of right understanding about fulfillment of
relationship, an argument/fight takes place by day/night

For fulfillment in relationship, it is necessary to have right understanding

about relationship. i.e. Right understanding is also necessary for
human beings

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Right Understanding is also Necessary for Human Being

RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
(le>)
in the self

For animals:
RELATIONSHIP PHYSICAL FACILITY necessary &
(laca/k) adequate
(lqfo/kk)
with human For human beings:
beings with rest of nature necessary but
not adequate
Are all 3 required? Is something redundant? Is anything more required?
Are we working on all 3?
If all 3 are required, what would be the priority?

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Priority: Right Understanding, Relationship & Physical Facility

1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
(le>)
in the self

2 3 For animals:
RELATIONSHIP PHYSICAL FACILITY necessary &
(laca/k)
Feelings
adequate
(lqfo/kk)
- Trust
- Respect
-… with human For human beings:
beings with rest of nature necessary but
not adequate

MUTUAL HAPPINESS MUTUAL PROSPERITY

(mHk; lq[k) (mHk; le`f)) Slide 28 of 41
Priority: Physical Facility

? RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
(le>)
in the self

? 1 For animals:
RELATIONSHIP PHYSICAL FACILITY necessary &
(laca/k) adequate
(lqfo/kk)
with human For human beings:
beings with rest of nature necessary but
not adequate

UNHAPPINESS (Mutual) DEPRIVATION (Mutual)

nq[k (mHk; ) nfjnzrk (mHk; )
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Therefore we can observe two categories of human beings
1.Lacking physical facility, unhappy deprived (lqfo/kk foghu nq[kh
nfjnz )
2.Having physical facility, unhappy deprived (lqfo/kk laiUu nq[kh nfjn)

While we want to be – tcfd ge gksuk pkgrs gSa&

3.Having physical facility, happy prosperous (lqfo/kk laiUu lq[kh le`))

Check within yourself

 Where are you now – at 1, 2 or 3 and
 Where do you want to be?

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If our living is only for physical facility, then we are living with animal
consciousness, because animals live only for physical facility and are
fulfilled by that, not human beings

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Animal Consciousness, Indefinite Conduct

? RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
(le>)
in the self

? 1
RELATIONSHIP PHYSICAL FACILITY
(laca/k)
(lqfo/kk)
with human
beings with rest of nature
Animal
Conciousness
tho psruk
UNHAPPINESS (Mutual) DEPRIVATION (Mutual)
nq[k (mHk; ) nfjnzrk (mHk; )
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If we are living for all three (right understanding, relationship and
physical facility) then we are living with human consciousness

Human beings can be fulfilled by being happy and prosperous on the

basis of these three

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Human Consciousness, Definite Human Conduct
Human
Conciousness
1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING ekuo psruk
(le>)
in the self

2 RELATIONSHIP 3
PHYSICAL FACILITY
Feelings
(laca/k)
(lqfo/kk)
- Trust
- Respect
-… with human
beings with rest of nature

MUTUAL HAPPINESS MUTUAL PROSPERITY

(mHk; lq[k) (mHk; le`f)) Slide 35 of 41
Transformation (ladze.k) = Development (fodkl)

kl s s
fod ogre
Pr
ze tion&
.k&
ma
r
sfo
lad
an
Tr

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Transformation (ladze.k) = Development (fodkl)
Human
Conciousness
1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING ekuo psruk
(le>)
in the self

2 RELATIONSHIP 3
PHYSICAL FACILITY
(laca/k)
with human (lqfo/kk)
beings with rest of nature
Animal
Conciousness
tho psruk
MUTUAL HAPPINESS MUTUAL PROSPERITY
(mHk; lq[k) (mHk; le`f)) Slide 37 of 41
Role of Education-Sanskar: Enable Transformation

kl s s
fod ogre
Pr
ze tion&
.k&
ma
r
sfo
lad
an
Tr

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Role of Education-Sanskar: Enable Transformation
Human
Conciousness
1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING ekuo psruk
(le>)
in the self

2 RELATIONSHIP 3
PHYSICAL FACILITY
(laca/k)
with human (lqfo/kk)
beings with rest of nature
Animal
Conciousness
tho psruk
MUTUAL HAPPINESS MUTUAL PROSPERITY
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Summary
 I want Happiness

 I want Prosperity and

 I want Continuity of both

 Correct appraisal of Happiness and Prosperity is essential to actualize

these.

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Summary
 The basic requirements for fulfillment of the basic aspirations of every
Human being are (with Correct priority):

 1. Right Understanding in the Self.

 2. Relationships with Human Beings leads to Mutual Happiness
 3. Physical Facilities with Rest of the Nature leads to Mutual
Prosperity

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