JEEVAN VIDYA: When i first heard about it, i presumed it to be applicable only for people who are elderly and matured. I framed a picture that it is too philosophical.
But after his excellency Dr. Abdul Kalam addressing Jeevan Vidya in his Independence Day message opened new doors of curiosity. I heard many people gossiping about Jeevan Vidya. Some said it is boring while others said it is a futile attempt. There are others who murmered that it is an altogether wrong path through which people are forced to walk. Many people also regarded it as a way of punishing culprits.
Why do some people think negative all the time? Why don't we think positive? These are the questions pondering over my thoughts for a long time. I personally did not attend Jeevan Vidya but i can quote some axioms which may prove that jeevan vidya is a good way of learning life. I put them as follows:-
Firstly, people who preach Jeevan Vidya viz. professors and preachers are elder than us. They have witnessed a lot of life than we do. They know the hurdles in life. When they are confidently preaching that jeevan vidya can teach how to live, why can't we believe them. Why do most people deliberately negate as if it is a punishment? I don't find any answer for these questions.
Secondly, most of us(by 'us' i mean people in the world or else for that matter people in india) do not lead a life of quality. Recent statistics envisage the facts about happiness among people of various countries. People of Denmark are rated to be happiest. India ranks very low according to them .
Quality of life in a country depends on many factors such as economy, crime rate etc. But i feel it also depends on ourselves. We can make our life happier. Happier doesn't mean watching a movie or touring an island. Happiness is everywhere. For instance, if we work hard and design a system which is used by people and when people praise the person who designed that system, then we feel immense happiness. Quality of life is a vital trait required for life to be happy. Jeevan Vidya teaches how to improve quality of life and how to lead life. Then why not learn it?
By emphasising on quality of life, i can not define what it means. It may be setting up goals for future as written by Dr. Kamal or tackling family problems(which i hardly came across) etc. Of course, discipline also consists in quality of life factor.
Are we disciplined? I do not know about you but i am definitely not upto the mark. I don't wake up at a pre-meditated time. I hardly accomplish half of my daily tasks, though i work hard when the deadline arrives. Most of us are like me. We need jeevan vidya which can help us through the issues of discipline, food habits and quality of life, we say.
The point is jeevan vidya is not a compulsion but it is useful if we can understand it's value. People critisizing jeevan vidya without knowing the finer nuances of it is very unfortunate. I am proud of my institute that a human values program conducted in our university caught the eye of his excellency President of india.
But after his excellency Dr. Abdul Kalam addressing Jeevan Vidya in his Independence Day message opened new doors of curiosity. I heard many people gossiping about Jeevan Vidya. Some said it is boring while others said it is a futile attempt. There are others who murmered that it is an altogether wrong path through which people are forced to walk. Many people also regarded it as a way of punishing culprits.
Why do some people think negative all the time? Why don't we think positive? These are the questions pondering over my thoughts for a long time. I personally did not attend Jeevan Vidya but i can quote some axioms which may prove that jeevan vidya is a good way of learning life. I put them as follows:-
Firstly, people who preach Jeevan Vidya viz. professors and preachers are elder than us. They have witnessed a lot of life than we do. They know the hurdles in life. When they are confidently preaching that jeevan vidya can teach how to live, why can't we believe them. Why do most people deliberately negate as if it is a punishment? I don't find any answer for these questions.
Secondly, most of us(by 'us' i mean people in the world or else for that matter people in india) do not lead a life of quality. Recent statistics envisage the facts about happiness among people of various countries. People of Denmark are rated to be happiest. India ranks very low according to them .
Quality of life in a country depends on many factors such as economy, crime rate etc. But i feel it also depends on ourselves. We can make our life happier. Happier doesn't mean watching a movie or touring an island. Happiness is everywhere. For instance, if we work hard and design a system which is used by people and when people praise the person who designed that system, then we feel immense happiness. Quality of life is a vital trait required for life to be happy. Jeevan Vidya teaches how to improve quality of life and how to lead life. Then why not learn it?
By emphasising on quality of life, i can not define what it means. It may be setting up goals for future as written by Dr. Kamal or tackling family problems(which i hardly came across) etc. Of course, discipline also consists in quality of life factor.
Are we disciplined? I do not know about you but i am definitely not upto the mark. I don't wake up at a pre-meditated time. I hardly accomplish half of my daily tasks, though i work hard when the deadline arrives. Most of us are like me. We need jeevan vidya which can help us through the issues of discipline, food habits and quality of life, we say.
The point is jeevan vidya is not a compulsion but it is useful if we can understand it's value. People critisizing jeevan vidya without knowing the finer nuances of it is very unfortunate. I am proud of my institute that a human values program conducted in our university caught the eye of his excellency President of india.
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