Svetlana Kiseleva
Essay "Love, beauty and harmony"

What mark will you leave in life?

A trace to wipe the parquet?

And looked askance in the trail?

Or an invisible solid trace,

In someone else's soul for many years?

Thinking about why I chose the profession of an educator, I mentally return to my childhood. My grandmother Maria Nikolaevna Zvezdina worked all her life as a librarian in the village of Verkhne-Filotovo. The world of books, the world of readers, the world is big families:: children, grandchildren, and then great-grandchildren - the environment in which I grew up, I learned to love the book, to love my big relatives.

Therefore, in school years my thoughts were connected with pedagogical activity. Already, after graduating from school, I thought about how my class teacher managed to prepare us for the evening of poetry, for the competition of readers, for the New Year's ball. In a concert for mothers on March 8 and for fathers by February 23, they sang, read poetry, and acted out skits.

And in the tenth and eleventh grades, we knew how to organize everything ourselves. That's what it means to be a talented teacher. She passed on her abilities to us.

Later I became a wife and mother. I have a big and friendly family. Graduated from the Pedagogical College. I was offered the position of teacher. I am grateful to the people who were there at that moment for believing in me and supporting me in my endeavors.

Immersed in work and life kindergarten, I understood more and more that this is my place, and I want to connect my life with raising children.

In my opinion, the educator is a magician who can perform a miracle.

I really want the qualities that a person needs in life ( curiosity, respect for elders, attention, accuracy, honesty, respect for neighbors) have become inherent in my current and future pupils.

My teachers talentedly managed the class in which they studied, oh, what difficult children!

We went hiking, fell in love with the nature around us. The view from the mountain was breathtaking. The endless ribbon of the Irtysh, endless forest expanses, amazing trees, herbs, flowers, birds singing in the forests!

Thanks to my excellent teachers, I learned to feel and love nature, to be with it in harmony. And now the main goal in my life and pedagogical activity to teach my children and my pupils to love their family and their motherland, because I think that the great mission of a woman, mother and teacher is to bring into the world love, beauty and harmony.

What am I aiming for.

Have in mind beautiful ideal, high dream and strive for it. Be better, remembering that there is no limit to improvement.

Grow professionally, keep abreast of the latest achievements of pedagogical science, do not stop there.

Be always in balance, restrain negative emotions.

Get out of conflict situations with dignity and rum.

Forgive, sympathize, empathize, be generous and indulgent.

Life is easy, simple and joyful. See the positive in everything.

Always be kind. Friendliness is the foundation of your health.

Be kind and honest. Remember that the good you have done will always come back to you multiplied.

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Beauty will save the world, everything in a person should be beautiful .... At the age of 16, this truth had a magical effect on me. Enough generously endowed by nature with the beauty of the face and body, I deliberately went in for gymnastics, acrobatics, dancing, so as not to lose, but to increase what was given from birth. As an adult, I strove to surround myself with beautiful things, taking care of the beauty of my soul and my appearance.

But one day I realized that, in addition to beauty, the world should be harmonious, and it is important for a person to be in harmony with this world. It so happened that I wanted to buy new chairs so as not to be engaged in the restoration of old ones. In a furniture store, I saw a large chair that I wanted to climb into with my legs and feel comfortable. Without hesitation, I placed an order for two chairs. They were supposed to be delivered to me in a week. Joyful, I came home and immediately realized my mistake: all the furniture in the room was small-sized, and two old German "shell" chairs fit well into the interior. I mentally replaced the chairs with new ones and was horrified. All week I was worried: what will I do with the new big chairs?

When a week later the movers brought the ordered furniture to the house, I almost sobbed. The disharmony was monstrous, although things were certainly beautiful. But suddenly I realized that they did not bring the chairs that I saw in the store. Instead of ordinary ones, there were two sliding armchairs in the room. The movers could not understand how they made such a mistake. This has never happened in their practice. The men stood upset and explained to me that, unfortunately, they would have to place an order again. And I was so happy! And I realized - Harmony is above Beauty. Life continued to teach me wisdom...

One day, by the will of fate, I ended up in a hospital in the traumatology department. I was placed in a ward where two women of approximately the same age (about 40 years old) were already lying. Their facial expressions were strikingly different from each other. One (Lyuda) had a beautiful, but tense face, with a kind of squeamish expression. The other (Nina) was less attractive in facial features, but with a friendly smile and kindness in her eyes. The most striking thing is that after the car accident, Nina was all encased in plaster, except for her head and hands, completely immobilized. Luda, on the other hand, had an injury to one foot, and she could move around.

The riddle of such different facial expressions became clear to me the next day. During the visiting hours, both women were visited by their husbands. Luda met her nervously, she was literally dissatisfied with everything, she spoke so irritably that I even felt ashamed of her. And her husband fawned, looked into her eyes, tried to please her in everything. At the same time, the immovable Nina cooed with her man, who gently stroked her head. The woman's eyes shone with happiness.
I witnessed such a contrast in the relationship of two couples that I felt embarrassed and quietly left the room. Undoubtedly, I received an object lesson for life. And now she knew for sure that she had never been mistaken, preferring Love in relationships to all the blessings of life.

Many years later. Various events took place in my life. However, I always knew that the words of the Bible about Love for God, for oneself, for one's neighbor are sacred.
The world will be saved by Love!

my favorite men
Left me long ago
Not because they fell out of love
And life ended, loving.
There were many, maybe few.
Watching with what measure to live.
And I stir my whole life from the beginning,
To understand how to proceed.
They left and I stayed
And I mourn in loneliness
That life rushed like lightning.
I only catch thunder.
In other worlds or spaces
Their souls live, loving the world.
And in séances
I never worry about them.
Years or centuries will pass
Let's incarnate again on Earth.
And maybe in the years of hard times
One of them will come to me.
And the thread of love that knitted us,
Come to life again, save me.
So that I do not suffer in that life,
But she has always loved everyone.

Femininity is kindness and a tender heart.

Femininity is a gift from God...

Femininity is a quiet, bright unconditional love. Femininity is lightness and smoothness of movements. pure and kind speech.

Femininity is an inner radiance.

Being in harmony with Nature, with the World allows femininity to open up.

A woman brings HARMONY.

So, where a true woman appears, everything around is pacified. Inside a harmonious woman is a quiet river, calm, unhurried.
The movements of a harmonious woman are unhurried, smooth. Inside such a woman, everything is harmonious, and therefore fills the space around her with harmony and love.
Our ancestors called it to create LAD, order. Hence the word "GOOD" - to interact harmoniously.

The task of a woman is to bring beauty into the world.

Therefore, beauty began with the appearance of the woman herself, her self-care, home care, support for inner beauty.
Filled with nature, earth, water, charged only with love and kindness.
The personal life of a woman, her family, husband, and children depend on the ability to be filled and cultivate love within oneself.

A woman is an INSPIRATOR

A woman brings inspiration, inspiring, energetically filling, nourishing her man so that he reaches the heights. Provides energy protection for the family.
When a woman cleans her house, she removes not only physical, but also energetic dirt, cleaning her house. The woman controls the entire inner life of the family. Creates comfort, harmony, emotional background of the family.

The woman feeds, therefore the duty is to prepare the food. Food carries information, we eat information, energy. And the health and emotional state of her household, men, depends on the woman. Our ancestors had it so that every woman owned home magic. She knew how to help her loved ones, to treat them.

Three energies personify femininity:

Harmony, inner and outer beauty, appeasement (creates peace) inspiration.
- Intuition, the fight against evil, dirt (house cleaning).
- A woman brings Love to all planes of being.

What does a woman give to a man:

A woman supports a man, directs, does not try to prevail over him, recognizes his primacy in everything, his wisdom, his significance. She can give him advice, but gently not noticeably without hurting his dignity and at the same time remain in the shadows.

The sun gives light and heat to the earth, the earth thanks to this gives life to everything. A man will not be able to work with inspiration if there is no woman nearby.

"Behind every successful man is a GREAT woman's soul"

A woman must pacify a man.

To bring joy, a favorable emotional background. The weather in the house depends on the mood of the woman. A woman protects him from negative energy effects.

Whatever a woman does, she must carry the principle of love, the care of cultivation, the principle of the mother, the goddess of life, to all plans. It is primarily up to the woman to create happy family. And for this, creative women's activity is needed!

And respect for the environment in general. Non-violence is one of the fundamental principles.

Nonviolence

What is non-violence, Non-violence through respect and compassion, Violence in the form of envy, Non-violence and knowledge, Non-violence as the fulfillment of duties, The connection of non-violence with God, Varieties of violence: lust and affection, Violence and providence, Violence in the transfer of knowledge, Violence in politics, Where appropriate violence? Compassion and non-violence of the devotee, Non-violence in family relationships, Once again about non-violence in politics, Struggle against envy, Humility in non-violence, How to serve the one you hate?

Nonviolence

The idea of ​​non-violence. The mechanism of self-destruction of the person who committed the murder. Why is punishment good? The principle of non-violence in the activities of the ruler. The principle of non-violence in inaction. Raising children on the principle of non-violence in inaction. The principle of non-violence in the dissemination of true knowledge. The principle of non-violence is freedom from envy. The nature of envy. Where is envy concentrated? Qualities of true knowledge. The principle of non-violence towards oneself. Why do you need to get up early? How to distinguish true ego from false? The system of transmission of true knowledge. Stages of spiritual progress. Is suicide a manifestation of non-violence towards oneself? Qualities of a saintly person. True and false charity. Tips on the path of spiritual development. What is love? Questions - answers. The manifestation of holiness in relationships with people. Any act that a person commits, is it already predetermined? How to get rid of envy? Is ignorance non-violence? How to wean a child to eat meat? What is the difference between imitation and true love of God?

The Universal Principle of Ahimsa

Now is the time to inquire about the Absolute Truth. Piety. Ahimsa is non-violence. Anger is the result of ignorance. The Universal Law of Ahimsa. spiritual equality. Happiness. Human consciousness. The power of the mind. Mind energy. Man and woman. Five Roles of a Woman. Three male qualities. Questions - Answers.

Higher taste and higher purpose. Family based on spiritual values.

The thorny path to God. If you feel the Highest taste, even for a moment you will not return back. Ahimsa is the principled position of conscience. Perverted understanding of love modern man. A family based on spiritual attachments. Supreme goal and regulative principles. Answers to the questions: Why does a family need someone who is already self-sufficient? How to develop humility and respect for your husband? If a woman does not want to get married. How to switch to vegetarianism in old age?

Killing a cow

“There is no such word as ‘hero’ in Krishna Consciousness. "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." "Cows with Sukriti Devotion". "This hall is meant only for the pleasure of Krishna." Vaishnava Seva. "A form of service without a spirit of service is like firing blanks." Srinivas Acharya Prabhu, Dhananjaya Pandit and Gadadhar Das Prabhu.

Foundations of Vedic Society

Answers on questions. How to donate money the right way. Divine mediation of a holy person. Review of previous lectures. Vedic stories occur in the life of each of us. The principle of non-violence in the transfer of spiritual knowledge. Attachment is an attribute of the soul. Three levels of God realization - Brahman, Paramatma, Bhagavan. Levels of worship according to the Vedas. Three kinds of injunctions in the shastras. Niyama vidhi is a must, there is no alternative. Apurva is optional. Parisama - indulgence, concessions. Three types of organizations. The first is without purpose. The second goal is to survive, expand, multiply. The third goal is to satisfy needs in order to take care of people. Spiritual Society. Spiritual leader. Types of pious activities. The need to purify the senses. The goal of godly activity is to bring God into our lives. Charity. Digging of wells and reservoirs. Road lighting. Distribution of medicines. Assistance in getting an education. Feeding the hungry.

About non-violence and envy

A story about violence, its forms and manifestations, about the causes that cause it, about non-violence (ahimsa) and its first stage - the rejection of meat food. How the energy of violence from killing animals affects us on the physical and subtle plane. About false pride, demonic and divine personalities, demonic and divine ways of civilization development. O modern society and development of matter, about true progress. Envy is a character trait that leads to violence. Relationship of envy with jealousy and betrayal. The author explains why it is necessary to cultivate non-envy, the desire for spiritual happiness. Intelligence, nobility from the point of view of the Vedas. It is described that punishment is not always violence. Many aspects of life are touched upon in terms of non-violence and the development of the mind, the pursuit of spiritual rather than material happiness.

What concepts, theories, methods do modern pedagogical and psychological sciences offer to launch mechanisms in the process of education and self-education spiritual self-development personality? They say that the new is the well-forgotten old. Therefore, in the most advanced concepts, theories and methods, one can find ancient instructions on the spiritual development of a person translated into the language and concepts of modernity, which have withstood the test of millennia.

The most promising and deepest educational programs developed by the European Institute of Education SAI - ESSE, which in Latin means "to be". The system of graded education, developed by the Institute, based on the five universal values, has found its distribution in many countries of the world, including Russia. Teachers from Austria, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Greece, who are part of the teaching team of this institute, conduct classes on the Educare system (Identification). "Educare" means "extract from within", "release", "let manifest". Universal human values ​​are inherent in every person, he is born with them, they only need to be manifested and realized. Human values ​​do not need to be taught, they must be extracted from the children themselves by identifying them, but for this the teacher himself must already be with manifested values, and his whole life and professional activity should be based on daily adherence in everything to the principles proclaimed in them.

The concept of "Educare" is aimed at developing all areas of the student's personality with the help of five methods, five universal values, at five levels of education.

Five common human values:

1. Truth (truthfulness in thoughts, words, actions)
2. Righteousness (truthful behavior, unity of thought, word, action)
3. Peace (inner peace)
4. Love (for all living things)
5. Non-violence (no harm in thought, word or action).

The five teaching methods include:
1. Sitting in silence (silence, preparation and setting for the upcoming lesson)
2. Discussion of quotes (sayings)
3. Group singing (melody, rhythm, content)
4. Discussion of stories, stories (instructive)
5. Group activity ( role-playing games, tests that promote the development of imagination, concentration)

Five levels of education: 1. Family
2. Preschool
3. School
4. University
5. Postgraduate

The purpose of education "Educare" is to identify, consolidate high spiritual and moral qualities in every person.

Most importantly, all ESSE Introductory Spirituality programs are developed on the basis of the knowledge of the true nature of man, based on the model of the "workshop of man" in accordance with the way it was given by the founder of this institute, Sri Sathya Sai Baba. In February 2000, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in his discourses Sheaths of the True Self, How to Transcend the Five Sheaths, Mind is the Cause, Intellect is the Charioteer, advances us in understanding where and how to find the answer to the eternal man's question: "Who am I?" All the theories of personality psychology put forward and developed by the greatest psychologists failed to provide an integrated explanation of the human personality in all its diversity of manifestations. The reason is that they did not know the true essence of man and his destiny. The rector of the University of Puttaparthi (India) Sri Sathya Sai Baba, an outstanding scientist and practitioner, gave a clear structure to the true essence of man and his role in the Universe. He elaborated on this in his works and numerous lectures to teaching and student audiences: “Summer showers in Brindavan”, “A course of lectures for students on spirituality and culture”, read annually since 1972.



The spiritual self-development of the individual should be based on a solid foundation of theoretical material and spiritual practices that contribute to the identification in the process educational process the foundation of spirituality embodied in the personality of a person - universal values.

Human values: Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Nonviolence, which are the essence of a person, do not depend on nationality, race, habitat and confessional affiliation. Considering universal human values, it should be noted that they are inseparable, interconnected, interdependent and, penetrating each other, create a single basis for the spirituality of a person and his culture. The value of a person depends on his culture. Spirituality is the understanding and discovery of one’s inner capabilities by the person himself, through his “I”, this is the level of such moral development when the subject under any circumstances remains the highest manifestation of virtue.

As mentioned above, character is the main wealth of a person. It is the character that allows the human personality to achieve complete inner harmony, to achieve self-realization. To achieve this, a person must follow universal human values ​​in thoughts, words and actions. They correspond to the following aspects of the human personality:

truth is an intellectual aspect,
righteous behavior- the physical aspect,
the world is an emotional aspect,
love is a moral aspect,
non-violence is a spiritual aspect.

They form the basis of the program of spiritual self-development of the individual. The psychological aspects of this program should lead a person to the need not only to gain knowledge about SFV, but also to contribute to the implementation of the program to identify them, thereby ensuring their spiritual growth and transition to the next level of consciousness, accompanied by spiritual, mental and bodily transformation. In the context of understanding the need for self-research, of course great importance plays the level of education (in its broadest sense) and human culture.

Let's take a closer look at HCV in order to better understand how they affect the formation of personality.

I. Truth

The search for truth is a reflection of a person's desire to know himself and the world around him. “The root of action lies in thought,” said Herbert Spencer. Behind every action is a thought, and it is very important that they be kind. It is necessary to develop the power of discrimination that the intellect of man possesses. Learn to control thoughts, feelings, emotions, desires.

The desire to know the truth prompts a person to ask himself the questions: “Who am I?”, “What is the purpose of my life?”, “How can I live full life at the current moment?”, “How can I know my inner “I”?”.

It is very important for a person to tell the truth. The pronunciation of untruth leads to a destructive, negative influence on a person. (A detailed description of the ongoing processes at the molecular-cellular level is published in the works on wave genetics by Professor P.P. Garyaev). Man is endowed with an intellect that allows him to distinguish between right and wrong through discrimination. Therefore, it is very important to develop the ability to distinguish in children, creating the prerequisites for the development of the next level - obtaining reliable information - intuition.

Truth develops in children curiosity, recognition, a sense of justice, fearlessness, honesty, optimism, the desire for knowledge, the ability to analyze and synthesize, the unity of word, thought and deed.

The purpose of teaching the manifestation of truth as the most important quality of a person is to support the child in the search for his true nature and the realization that this search is the most important goal in life, since Truth is the nature of man. Realization of the Truth opens the way to a powerful flow of energy that fills inner space human being.

Such qualities of a person's character as contentment, humility and impartiality lead along the path of Truth.

There are two levels of Truth:
1. Absoluteor eternal truth (constant and unchanging).
Truth is unchanging in the past, present and future. The truth is much deeper and involves more than the correct communication of what a person perceives with the help of the five senses. It constitutes the unity of the triad of thought, word, action.

2. RelativeTruth is subject to change and is a statement of facts that are true only for this moment, the next moment it is no longer true. Anything that changes is not the truth. A person doubts only when he does not know the truth. When he realizes the Truth, all his doubts disappear, dissolving in the light of the Truth.

Subvalues ​​of Truth:

a) Beliefs and Faith

A person's beliefs predetermine his Faith. It can be faith in God, faith in yourself. True faith resides in the heart of a person, and if he listens to his heart and follows the path of Truth, he lives in peace and harmony both with himself and with the world around him.

b) Common sense
In the course of the educational process, along with specialization, general knowledge must be acquired and common sense developed on their basis.

in) Honesty

One lie, having arisen, must be supported by a hundred other lies, at a time when the truth is the easiest and safest course of action.

G) Wisdom

The purpose of education is to radiate the light of wisdom. It is necessary in the educational process to achieve a flash of such inner light and to preserve this light. This is the hallmark educated person who realized that the Mind is only a shadow of his higher "I".

e) Reasoning, Analysis, Synthesis
From birth, a person is endowed with the ability to reason, analyze and synthesize. It is necessary to make full use of this ability in order to discover the true higher self of a person, which is the all-encompassing Truth, since external world there is only its Reflection. Truth as a manifestation in man is honesty, it is the unity of thought, word and action. The Absolute Truth is an eternal and unchanging Reality, which every person must realize and manifest in himself as his true Essence, comprehending it in the process of his spiritual self-development, self-realization.

II. Righteous Conduct

Righteous behavior naturally follows from following the Truth, the principle of which is not harming oneself, nor other people, nor nature. To do this, it is necessary to know, respect and fulfill the laws of Nature, morality and the state, to fulfill one's duty and obligations in relation to one's parents, one's family, society, etc. It is necessary to analyze your actions and, before committing them, turn to the voice of conscience. Righteous behavior is the result of a person, guided by conscience, moving away from the bad and moving towards the good.

The goals of the educational process in teaching Righteous behavior: to awaken the ability inherent in each person to distinguish and hear the voice of Conscience, to strengthen those thoughts, words and actions that are developed and implemented in Everyday life values ​​of righteous behavior.

Subvalues ​​of Righteous Behavior:
a) habits

Righteous behavior, based on the realization of one's true nature, should become the main thing in a person's life. Even small things that are done repeatedly and weekly become fixed in habits. These habits form the intellect and create a standard of outlook on life and human behavior corresponding to this view.

b) Desire Management

Desire motivates a person to action and determines his behavior in life. Being ignorant of the purpose of their existence, people spend their whole lives to achieve and satisfy their desires. Their fulfillment becomes the main thing in a person's life, they are the cause of his anxiety and unhappiness. Desires can become a real prison for a person. Only by limiting desires can a person become free.

in) Cooperation

In order to learn to live and follow the path with people of different ages, differing in their social and economic status, with different intellectual baggage and emotional characteristics, children and young people must be brought up in the learning process in educational institutions. There they learn discipline, mutual respect, respect for elders, patience and, most importantly, cooperation.

G) Discipline

Discipline is the basis for the success of human activity. This feeling should be instilled in childhood. Discipline can only be learned through practice. Lack of discipline sows confusion and anxiety, leads to instability in the family and society, which is now observed in the world. It is necessary that every person has a sense of endurance, self-control and discipline, and then culture will be the life of not only our society, country, but the whole world.

e) Duty and Gratitude

First of all, a person should take care of his parents and relatives, to whom he should be grateful for the fact that they raised and educated him. Each person has a duty to all Nature, to the Earth on which he lives, about the state of its ecology, in which his descendants will live. Each person has a duty and obligations to his family, society and the country in which he lives. Sri Sathya Sai Baba says:

Duty without love is mournful -
It weighs down the person.
Duty is lovingly desired.
Love without duty is divine

e) Right Thought

Right thought is the basis of right speech and righteous behavior, so negative thoughts should be avoided and avoided. One must have pure and lofty thoughts that lead to righteous deeds. Righteous behavior and action are based on correct speech.

g) Correct speech

Language is an indicator of true upbringing. The words of a man speak of his upbringing. Loud speech, uneducated, full of anger and hatred - negatively affects human health. No wonder they say: "Silence is golden." It does not create enemies for a person, although it may not help to make friends.

Righteous behavior is something that is born in the heart and then expressed in the form of words and practiced.

3) the right thing to do
In addition to deep respect for one's parents and elders, one should deeply respect one's own deeds. Actions raise him or lower him. Enthusiasm or despair, success or failure are the consequences of man's actions.

Right thought, right speech, right action, habits and manners of right behavior, cooperation, discipline, duty, gratitude, control of one's thoughts and feelings, self-control, self-confidence, unity of thought, word and deed, tolerance , endurance, responsibility.

Righteous behavior aims to develop in children:
- the ability to help oneself is taking care of one's health, proper nutrition, hygiene, safety of your property;

- social skill - moral behavior, good manners, harmonious relationships with others, the desire to take care of others and help them, thrift;

- ethical skills - a sense of duty, initiative, responsibility, courage, gratitude, respect for everyone, etc.

III. World

The world is harmony, balance, giving a person peace of mind and the ability to create the world around him. Filled with peace of mind, a person experiences joy and happiness, becomes self-confident and lives in peace with the whole world.

This state is manifested in a person who has manifested Truth and Righteous behavior in his thoughts, words and actions. A person smiles when he is satisfied and happy.

The world starts with a smile

- said the great ascetic Mother Teresa

Sri Sathya Sai Baba in a lecture to University students says:

When there is peace in the soul of a person, then the nation is filled with peace. If a nation is at peace, then there will be peace on the whole Earth

The state of harmony and peace can be achieved if you calm and control your mind, which seeks to increase the desires of a person. Willpower should help a person to distinguish between what he wants to have and what he really needs. Therefore, the control of the mind makes it possible to set a ceiling on desires. It is dissatisfaction in the fulfillment of desires that poisons the mind of a person with negative thoughts that cause the appearance of negative emotions and deprive a person of inner peace and rest. If the mind is filled with good thoughts, then worries and anxieties disappear.

"Peace" in a person forms such qualities of character as concentration, calmness, contentment, inner harmony, self-confidence, discipline, self-discipline, modesty, patience, self-respect, gratitude and understanding.

Sub-values ​​of the world:

a) Calm. Feelings management

Peace and inner calm means that a person should not react to what other people say to him, no matter how insulted he is. This does not mean that he should be silent. This implies the mastery of feelings and passions. Inner peace must become the nature of man.

b) Clarity and purity of mind

The state of peace and tranquility are important for the sharpness of the mind. Hatred and preoccupation will confuse the mind. Clarity and purity of mind is necessary for a person to maintain peace within himself and live in peace with everything that surrounds him.

in) Harmony

Strife has engulfed the human community. They are in the family, at school, between husband and wife, between teacher and student, and throughout society.
Man must be in harmony and peace with himself.
Calm, peace and harmony in the family between all its members is the basis for Peace on earth.

G) Virtue

When a person thinks, speaks and acts virtuously, his conscience will be clear, he will acquire a state of inner peace and tranquility.

They say knowledge is power. No, Strength is a virtuous character that brings peace and tranquility. Sri Sathya Sai Baba says to his students:

If there is righteousness in the heart,
There will be beauty in character.
If there is beauty in character,
There will be harmony in the house.
When harmony is in the house
There will be order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation,
Peace will be all over the world

IV. Love

Love is seen as an energy that transforms the spiritual heart of a person. When the heart is filled with love, a person performs selfless acts, shows such qualities as generosity, forgiveness, compassion, empathy, begins to see the beauty that surrounds him. It is love that prompts a person to wish happiness to everyone and rejoice in their well-being. The energy of love heals a person, improves physiological and psychological health. When the motive for action is love, then such action becomes righteous. Words containing love are Truth itself. When a person's feelings are filled with love, he experiences inner peace, peace and happiness.

Love is the fundamental principle of all five qualities: humanity, personality, patriotism, divinity and unity. Unity is achieved through love. Love, like a golden thread, penetrates and holds in unity the diamonds of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Nonviolence.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba tells his students:

Where Love is, there is Peace,
Where Peace is, there is Harmony,
Where Harmony is, there is mutual understanding,
Where there is mutual understanding, there problems cease to exist.

The love that a person radiates, gives, returns to him.

Values ​​of love:
a) Joy. Happiness. Harmony

Life is love; Love is life.

Only by experiencing True Love and giving it to others, a person is happy.

Joy and peace are not inherent in external objects, they are inside the person himself. With each and everyone in the Universe, it is necessary to manifest this kinship that exists from the very beginning, this Love - the basis of life, and then a person will live in harmony with himself and with the whole world around him, experiencing joy and happiness.

b) Friendship

Friendship is an expression of indestructible Love, free from selfish desires and full of nobility.

in) Forgiveness

The manifestation of the ego in a relationship is not love. Love is selfless. Love gives and forgives, Ego receives and forgets. Love and revenge are incompatible, because love is all-forgiving.

G) Unselfishness

True Love is selfless. Greed is the absence of love. Love is the absence of self-interest. This kind of love only gives without demanding anything in return.

Give Love and Receive Love

- Sri Sathya Sai Baba instructs his students

e) Reverence

1. In reverence for parents, for the fact that they gave birth, raised and raised, they showed human Love;
2. With respect, a person should treat all living things, to nature, which makes up his habitat.

e) Love for Motherland, Peace
Starting as an expression of a child's love for its parents, it grows to include everything: family, neighbors, community, country. When a child treats all families with the feeling of love that he feels for his family, his love continues to expand. When he is proud of all nations as his people, all countries as his country, the circle of his Love expands further.

Love, as thought, is Truth;
Love, as a feeling, is Peace;
Love, as understanding, is nonviolence.

Love contains three principles: reaction - echo - reflection. Speaking about the value of love, Sri Sathya Sai Baba tells his students:

Start the day with love
Spend the day with love
Fill the day with love
End the day with love

This is the practice of true human love.

V. Nonviolence

Non-violence is seen as non-harm to living beings by thought, word or action. To do this, it is necessary to educate a worldview in a person, then understanding and awareness of the interconnection of all Existing in the Universe will come. There are two aspects here: psychological and social.

Psychological aspectis compassion for all living beings.

Social aspect– acceptance of all cultures and religions, concern for the environment.

The sign of a whole and balanced life is to cause the least possible damage to other people, animals, plants and the environment. Non-violence allows the human personality to experience reverence for the brilliant miracle of Creation and to feel a sense of universal unity.

The value of Nonviolence is recognized by many religious denominations: in Judaism, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.

Representatives of various philosophical and ethical currents adhere to similar points of view: M. Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, M.L. King, L.N. Tolstoy, G. Thoreau, A. Schweitzer, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, E.I and N.K. Roerich and others.

The problem of non-violence was covered in detail in the famous "Vedas" and other philosophical and religious literature of the ancient countries of the East.

The very nature of the Eastern religions, which preached tolerance and were distinguished by tolerance, contributed to the formulation and solution of the problem of non-violence.

Principle Ahimsa(in Sanskrit ahimsa- literally refusal of violence) occupies one of the leading places in the ethics of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism, in which non-violence acts as a value that expresses knowledge, and as the need for each person to turn to the Supreme Divine Essence.

In no other religion has the problem of good and evil been posed as clearly as in Christianity. Non-violence acts as a form that contributes to the self-destruction of evil and at the same time as a form of strengthening spirituality and faith, which elevates a person.

The condition for the implementation of non-violent action is patience and humility, to which great importance is attached.

There are words in the Quranverse:

Allah loves those who do good, Allah is with those who patiently endure hardships; do no harm to others, and no harm will be done to you, if you do good - you do good for your own soul, if you do evil - you do it to yourself

In the Russian pedagogical and psychological sciences, non-violence is one of the areas of education that emerged at the end of the 20th century.

The goal of non-violence pedagogy is to educate the younger generation on a non-violent basis, in the spirit of peace, respect for the rights and dignity of other people, careful attitude to nature, to all living things.

The purpose of the psychology of non-violence is to study the mechanisms of non-violent interaction of a person with other people, with Nature, society, the world as a whole.

Non-violence is the highest level of universal human values.

From a substantive position, Nonviolence expresses the aspiration of mankind to creation, creativity, and cooperation. As a universal human value, Nonviolence is inherent in the very nature of man, but to reveal this quality one must learn from childhood, developing in oneself spiritual aspirations for Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love.

Non-violence is characterized by the following qualities:

– psychological- mercy, caring, compassion, cooperation, the ability to forgive, responsiveness.
– social– respect for other cultures and religions, a sense of brotherhood, citizenship, national identity and a sense of social justice.

The purpose of identifying the value of Nonviolence is the fusion of all values ​​in the individual.

Properties of nonviolence

Non-violence means refraining from causing harm in thought, word and deed and is a consequence of their unity.
Non-violence expresses itself as Love for everyone and everything.
Non-violence is the realization of the Unity of everyone and everything.
Non-violence includes all virtues and strengthens them.
Non-violence means not only refraining from harming others, but also participating in alleviating the suffering of others.

Subvalues ​​of Nonviolence
a) Safety and help

Not causing harm in thoughts, in words and deeds, either to oneself or to the world around, the ability to take care of those who and what surrounds us. It is always necessary to help and not cause pain to all living things on earth, not to destroy your body and thoughts by violence in any form.

b) Respect. Reverence. Tolerance
We must honor our homeland and native language. But at the same time, one must also respect other regions, countries and their languages. We must be proud of our culture, but also respect the culture of other peoples and countries. The languages ​​in which thoughts are expressed may be different, but the thoughts, emotions, and feelings they express are the same. The language of the heart is the same for everyone, but when it takes the form of a word, it takes on different forms.

in) Spirit of cooperation

When a person wants to interact, cooperate with other individuals and society, he must be able to compromise, experience feelings of tolerance and love. Only by cooperating with other people, a person can achieve spiritual and material heights, make his life happy and fruitful. Non-violence is the basis of righteous behavior, which is revealed and begins to form even in the womb and continues in the family, where the first teachers of the developing personality are the parents. They should, realizing their role and responsibility, teach children by the method of combining academic and spiritual education. There is a parental duty: physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual.

Love, which is the basis of all values, makes it possible to instill in children a sense of friendship, loyalty, purity, sacrifice, chastity, modesty, benevolence, integrity, the ability to get along with people, righteous behavior and gentleness.

The responsibility for shaping the character of children lies primarily with the parents. Values ​​in family life distinguished like this:

Love is parental love
Righteous Behavior Is a Strong Relationship Structure
Peace - togetherness and family pastime
Non-violence - the ability to communicate, respect and love loved ones
Truth is a moral search, traditions, religion.

The value of a personality is determined by its activity in the process of developing itself and the surrounding reality.

From the position of psychological and pedagogical science, spiritual, moral and aesthetic education is actively involved in the formation of the emotional and sensory sphere of a person. However modern schools in their mass suffer from mental and spiritual poverty. The most important deficiency in them is love for the student, for the profession, for the educational process, as for the interaction of individuals.

Spiritual wealth is not the result of material well-being, although it should not be underestimated. Material well-being can create more favorable opportunities for all-round development, but only on one condition: when it is a means, not an end. In this regard, the personal example of parents, educators, and teachers is of decisive importance. If teachers and parents themselves practiced what they teach children, they could be the perfect example for society. The teacher must first himself kindle the lamp of universal human values ​​in his heart in order to kindle other hearts. If, despite their high professionalism, they themselves do not practice what they teach, then no one will follow them and respect them.

Therefore, those teachers who seek to use the methodology and practical methods of the program of universal human values ​​must themselves undergo training, during which they will cleanse their hearts of the weeds of selfishness, selfishness, pride, anger, jealousy, material attachments and fill them with pure, unearthly disinterested love. and divine qualities, guided by the principles:

Love everyone, serve everyone

VI. Practical methods of spiritual self-development of a person

The basis of the spiritual self-development of the individual is the practical adherence to universal human values ​​in everyday life. Undoubtedly, this work should begin in early childhood with the help of parents, and later educators and teachers. For the spiritual development of adults, the European Institute ESSE (Copenhagen, Denmark) has compiled a step-by-step education program "Introduction to Spirituality". At the beginning, the content of this program included materials on Western philosophy and psychology, but the experience gained by the teachers of the institute showed with increasing clarity that it is necessary to base the entire program on the works of the rector of the University of Puttaparthi (India), Sri Sathya Sai Baba. This program, which includes lectures and seminars, is used in many countries. A course of lectures and seminars on universal values ​​since 2000 has been regularly held by the European Institute ESSE in Russia. At these seminars he lectures and conducts workshops the faculty of the institute, headed by the rector of the ESSE Institute M. Meyer, the recently deceased Professor Tobjorn Meyer, Anita Friedrich and an international team of teachers from Austria, Germany, Greece and other countries.

The program "Introduction to Spirituality" contributes to the awakening of universal values ​​in both children and adults, who, under the guidance of experienced teachers, follow its practical recommendations step by step and implement it in everyday life. In the program, the main place is given to understanding by a person of his true nature, as a multi-level being, with detailed description each level, methods of interaction with them and ways of moving from level to level through internal spiritual transformation, without which the further evolution of man and all mankind is impossible. Methods imply a triple transformation: spiritual, social, individual. In an effort to achieve this triple transformation, as the goal of the spiritual self-development of the individual, a person must begin to work on himself. This work is: in reducing personal desires, in reducing waste in everyday life, in transforming one's negative emotions. There are clear guidelines for this. practical work through the Wish Ceiling Program. The purpose of this program is to help each individual, and therefore each family, to make their lives happier, to free themselves from the pressure of the ego, which constantly dictates its egoistic desires, which are always based on the pursuit of body pleasures. Despite the simplicity of this program, its specificity, many perceived it as a threat to the established way of life. But depending on how much enthusiasm and diligence will be shown to make this program the rule of our lives, we will be able to advance exactly on the path to spiritual enlightenment and spiritual self-development of society. Otherwise, this process will not be possible. The point of the Ceiling of Desires Program is the personal discipline of self-restraint, overcoming the waste of life's resources: money, energy, time, food, and at the same time using the saved resources to help those who are not as lucky in this life as we are.

The material for the Ceiling on Desires program is the result of personal conversations of the famous psychologist, psychotherapist Phyllis Crystal with the rector of the University of Puttaparthi, Sri Sathya Sai Baba in January 1983, which were entirely devoted to this topic. In the process of working on the Ceiling of Desires Program, Phyllis Crystal used materials from lectures delivered by Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Bombay (now Mumbai), Whitefield and Puttaparthi, from his publications in the journal Sanatana Sarathi (Eternal Charioteer) and other materials. .

The Practical Proposals for the Ceiling of Desires Program were published by Phyllis Crystal in June 1986 and subsequently incorporated as part of the Introductory to Spirituality graduate program developed by the ESSE European Institute.

In the Ceiling of Desires proposals, each of the chapters is subdivided into the following topics:

1. Principle and specific actions
2. Example and practical tasks(work on the outer plane)
3. Meditation (work on the inner plane)

The final chapter is devoted to a generalized analysis of all four resources of life - money, food, time and energy and the understanding that these resources are in close interaction, and each of them affects the others.

Therefore, one must learn to think in terms of this constant interaction. This program should become an ongoing practice of daily life.

Phyllis Crystal gives many practical recommendations as a psychologist, psychotherapist and highly spiritual person in her wonderful books, the content of which is inspired by her more than twenty years of communication with Sri Sathya Sai Baba. These are the books "Sathya Sai Baba - the highest experience", "Ceiling for Desires", "How to curb our monkey mind". Having seen the light at different times, they, nevertheless, represent a coherent system of practical recommendations that contribute to the spiritual self-development of the individual. The main thing in these books is to awaken in a person the desire for self-knowledge and self-awareness, the comprehension of one's true nature and one's life purpose. If in the first book she describes her spiritual quest, which led her to Sri Sathya Sai Baba, then in the "Ceiling for Desires" and "How to curb our monkey mind" are given practical advice to exercise control over desires and their vehicle, the mind. These recommendations are included by the European ESSE Institute in the curricula and in the content new program seminars on Sathya Sai Education.

American psychologist, psychotherapist and psychiatrist, doctor, professor Samuel Saidweiss writes in his book Sathya Sai Baba the Saint and... Psychiatrist (Amrita-Rus, Moscow, 2003): main reason What prompted me to take up the book was the desire to tell about my spiritual experience, to share my discovery with those who are looking for light. The result of his many years of repeated trips to India and communication with Sri Sathya Sai Baba was his book called Mind and Spirit.

So, at the disposal of a person who seeks to follow the path of spiritual self-development of the individual, there is a clearly oriented program of the International ESSE Institute and the corresponding literature.

Especially importance have lectures given to students during the summer discourses in Bindavan by the rector of the University of Puttaparthi Sathya Sai Baba and published with translation into Russian in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The lectures are devoted to spirituality and culture, they present the Higher Knowledge and recommendations in an accessible and understandable form: how to practice them in everyday life for the successful evolution of man and all mankind.

As the analysis of the world economic crisis shows, it is based on spiritual and moral reasons. This is the evolutionary crisis of humanity. There is only one way out: in a person changing himself on the basis of universal human values. And this is possible only if there is a system of upbringing and education adequate to this task on the scale of each country and humanity as a whole. And the main figure of this process should be a teacher-educator, a personal example of high spirituality influencing the formation of a human personality. Examples of such systems of upbringing and education and teachers corresponding to their tasks in modern world has already.
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