The Result Of New World By New Man

Central Chronicle

The notion of intense egoism lies at the back of racial frenzy; that of strong conceit and being self-opinionated behind communalism. These notions have led man to violence.

There is no gainsaying the fact that human beings have now become old and decrepit. An old and decrepit building needs to be repaired, otherwise it poses a grave threat. The same applies to men. Therefore it makes pleasant sense to conceive of a new type of man. The new man will automatically result in a new world. But it is futile to think that the new man will emerge from reform and transformation. He will have to be created anew.

This thought has made people curious to know what the new man will be like. The new man's code of conduct is the code of conduct of non-violence. The latter is Anuvrats code of conduct, for that alone can be the new man's code of conduct. Preksha is an exercise aimed at enabling man to adopt this code of conduct. Jeevan Vigyan is a process of harmonizing theory and practice.

It is possible to create the new man with the help of Anuvrat, Preksha Dhyan and Jeevan Vigyan Anuvrat is a code of conduct of non-violence, of non-sectarian religion or universal religion. There are many causes, conceptions and contexts of violence. The notion of intense egoism lies at the back of racial frenzy, that of strong conceit and being self-opinionated behind communalism. These notions have led man to violence. Society is afraid of aggressive violence and the whole environment is being polluted because of unnecessary violence.

Use of drugs is an open invitation to criminality. Is it possible for any society to remain healthy by abandoning integrity and probity? There is no doubt that violence, terror; fear and aggressiveness are on the increase. Anuvrat is a sacred resolve to give up violence and adopt nonviolence, and the first principle of transforming the individual and society is a good resolve. The process of inner change sets in with the development of will power or resoluteness.

It is not an easy task to change an individual or society. Changing a system is difficult, but changing individuals and society is far more difficult. It was this fact, which gave a new dimension to prekshadhyan. It was seen that individuals and society under a system of tight control and harsh penal laws for a long time apparently looked attractive, but could not become beautiful from within. What is needed for a man to have inner attraction is change of heart or chemical change in the language of science.

Practice of prekshadhyan is an exercise in creating inner beauty. It is highly valuable for developing self-confidence, tolerance, patience and emotional balance. Society would have ascended a high pedestal if we had given proper value to concentration. Fickleness and unsteadiness of mind have contributed to sorrow and despair. A person who values deep trance and mental peace not only changes himself but gives momentum to the general process of transformation.

The question concerning when the process of transformation should begin is both serious and important. A student can lead >a successful life if he comes by the formula of transformation of cultivating right traits and rooting out wrong traits. The experiment of jeevan vigyan began as a result of the above notion. Assertions like "Education imparts humility" and "Education is that which liberates" are fast turning into relics of history.

It is the crying need of the day to understand their present-day relevance. Can any individual or society lead a tension-free life in the absence of tolerance, patience, goodwill, compassion and sensitiveness? Economic development and surfeit of consumer goods cannot reduce violence and crime. On the contrary, they can be instrumental in increasing them. The future of humanity lies in a balanced development of labour, wealth and self-restraint. Labour and wealth represent the basic aspects of life. On the other hand, self-restraint represents life's spiritual aspect. A mentally steady life is impossible to conceive if education or training is not based on all the three.

Experiments in jeevan vigyan are experiments in steadfastness of life; they are experiments in harmonizing of value-oriented education and education in Yoga. New Man: Mew World is aimed at providing the background knowledge of the above experiments.