Flowing Together Like a Song

In every relationship there are feelings between 'I' and 'I' which are innate and intrinsic to relationships. They exist naturally and only need to be understood..This innateness is called Harmony. Harmony has two meanings -  a complete agreement in behaviour, thinking and existential experience , and  complementariness in culture, civility, norms and orderliness. Moments of sharing, caring, loving and giving  are signs of a family that works. Where does the magic lie? Why do some families, no matter how large and unwieldy in numbers, flow together like a song, while others are gridlocked in conflicts and hatred or simply drift apart like a cloud of autumn leaves? Is a happy family a conscious creation or just an act of grace? Is there anything we can do to make our family life more fulfilling, more harmonious, more loving?

Human Values & Ethics

MODULE 5 : IMPLICATIONS  OF THE HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING IN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

 

• Natural Acceptance of Human Values in the Light of Understanding Harmony and Co-Existence at All Levels of Existence.
• Realizing the Definitiveness  of the Ethical Human Conduct in the Light of Understanding of Harmony and Sah-Astitva or Co-Existence.
• Ensuring Competence in Professional Ethics.
• Emergence of Ethical Competence from a Vision of Humanistic Education, Humanistic Constitution and Humanistic Universal Order.
• Issues of Professional Ethics  in the Current Scenario: Contradictions and Dilemmas.
• Strategies for Transition from The Present State.

 

Meaning, Characteristics and  Elements of Professional Ethics

Professional ethics concerns the moral issues that arise because of the specialist knowledge that professionals attain and the way this knowledge should be used when providing a service to the public.

 

Every profession has its own unique body of organized knowledge because of which professionals acquire a kind of authority over those who seek their professional services.

 

A profession is a calling in which the special knowledge and skills are used on a distinctly intellectual plane in the service of mankind.

 

The concept of professional ethics is partly comprised of what a professional should or should not do in the work place.

 

In a profession, to acquire knowledge and expertise is to acquire power, and no one should be allowed to wield such power without learning to use it ethically, and in a manner that is socially responsible.

 

The sense of public service embedded in the professional ethos places a leadership role on professionals.

 

Ethical Human Conduct Characterized by Values, Policy and Character

 

The ethical human conduct is characterized by  (a) Mulya or Values, (b) Niti or Policy, and (c) Charitra or Character'

Mulya or Values means competence of living in accordance with universal human values, mutually fulfilling relationships and of competence of Nyaya or Justice. Niti or Policy means acceptance of the guidelines or policy for right utilization , protection and enrichment of  all the assets including  the 'Self' or 'I',  the 'Body' and the Physical facilities. Charitra or Character implies three things: i. Chastity in conjugal relationship(swa-purush/swa-nari); ii. Access to rightfully acquiring wealth (swa-dhan); and iii. Compassionate behaviour and work (Dayapurna karya aur vyavahar).

Everything being in Space is an Evidence of Co-Existence.

 

Need to Bridge the Gap between Our Present Conduct and as it Ought to Be.

 

Life and Profession should be Seen Together.

 

Ensuring Competence in Professional Ethics: Competence as an Ethical Value

     As a professional you have a duty to maintain  your competence in your particular field:

     Keeping up to date with technological developments

     Deepening and broadening your knowledge through continuing professional development.

      It ensures that you can be relied upon to deliver work to a high standard, and so preserve public interest in your profession.

     Along with maintaining your competence , you have a duty to recognize its limits. This means not taking up work which you are not qualified or able to do well.

 

Self-Confidence as Competence:  Competence as a product of confidence based on the skill and capability to do something.

 

Ethical Human Conduct has Direct Correlation with Collective Happiness and Prosperity.

 

Professional Ethical Competence lies in Understanding the Comprehensive Human Goal comprising Right Understanding or Samadhan, Prosperity or Samriddhi, Fearlessness or Trust or Abhay and Co-Existence or Sah-Astitva.

 

Competence in Professional Ethics can be ensured when there is Clarity, Regard and Self-Motivation for Excellence in the real sense. There should also be compatibility between the professional's understanding of excellence and his actual conduct.

 

Competence is a matter of mutually fulfilling relationship and Interaction with Nature. Only a happy and prosperous professional can exhibit competence in his work.

 

Competence in professional ethics can be ensured by having a holistic vision of technology and development. Technology must be people-friendly and eco-friendly in the real sense.

 

The mad race for technology must end.

 

Salient features of Ethical Competence result from a right understanding of Humanistic Education, Humanistic Constitution  and Universalistic Human Order

 

Humanistic Education provisions a study of conscious aspect or jeevan along with technology.

 

Providing Wisdom in Education enables us to Realize Justice. Justice is the starting point of humane-tradition.

 

Existence is an orderliness with every entity being  an orderliness with its being-ness. What is beingness  for a humane being? It's a humane conduct, which is defined as values, character and principled living.

 

The present status of destruction of earth is the result of industrial and professional education.Its alternative is humane education, behavioural education,Resolution education  etc.

 

Natural Acceptance of Human Values

It is right to say that we naturally accept Human Values in the light of  our understanding of Harmony and Co-Existence. Every Human being naturally expects to be purposeful and successful. Our wisdom is the true source for realizing these expectations. This source could never be obliterated - every person naturally accepts  goodness, Every person naturally expects goodness to happen. We all are waiting for goodness to happen. The place where goodness would be realized will naturally be in our relationships with other entities in existece. Recognition of a relationship in existence is essentially recognizing of its innate purpose or value. This is study in existence. Commitment in a relationship is a natural outcome of this recognition. Thereafter perfection in Harmony in that relationship becomes inevitable. Perfection naturally results in fruitfulness or success. Omni-dimensional resolution  emanating from Jeevan is always connected with all our relationships.
Human values need to be lived. What will it take to fulfil this need? Human values are realized by understanding of Jeevan, understanding of existence as co-existence, and by natural acceptance of humane conduct. Wisdom is nothing else but this.When we begin realizing human values only then we become capable of doing right, and become proficient in doing right.Till then we are trapped in one mania or the other - and there's no way for us to do right. Understanding  Jeevan and understanding Existence are essentialfor becoming wise. Moreover, values are realized only upon recognition of the meaning or purpose of relationships   Courtesy: JEEVAN VIDYA (Excerpted from: Human Values and Professional Ethics by Prof. Dr Bhagwat S. Goyal (Srijan Prakashan, Ghaziabad.

All Existence as Co-Existence : Jeevan Vidya

The basic meaning of the word 'Existence'  is 'to be in harmony with whatever exists.' We can understand the word 'Existence'  as denoting two words:  Exist and Essence. 'Exist' means 'to be' , while 'Essence' means 'Harmony'. All entities in Existence are energized in Co-Existence itself. Energized Nature is a marvellous expression of Co-Existence. We can realize Humanness only with mentality of Co-Existence.
Existence is an eternal Truth.There's no increase or decrease in Existence. What is the evidence of this? Whatever is there before us is active presence. Existence is Nature saturated in Space.Ever-Presence of Existence is not going to be annihilated ever. Whole Existence is Orderliness. Understanding Co-Existence  itself is ultimate Truth. Trusting in the Ever-Presence  of Existence itself is Happiness. Wait for the next blog. Keep in touch. Specially useful for UPTU students.

Desire for Happiness and Prosperity

Desire is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. When a person desires something or someone, their sense of longing is executed by the enjoyment of the thought of the item or person, and then they want to take action to obtain their goal. Hobbes asserted that human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action.

What is happiness? According to Ayn Rand,"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. A morality that dares to tell you to find happiness in the renunciation of your happiness - to value the failure of your values -is an insolent negation of morality. A doctrine that gives you, as an ideal, the role of a sacrificial animal seeking slaughter on the altars of others, is giving you death as your standard. By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man - every man - is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose."

Prosperity is the state of flourishing, thriving, success, or good fortune.Prosperity often encompasses wealth but also includes other factors which are independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.Prosperity is not moral or ethical, it can go to the robber baron or the ruthless.It comes from organization of Power. It is not to be shunned. It reduces ignorance and illness, and provides and supports freedom. It issues from industry, responsibility, honesty, organization, common sense and alertness in life. It is energy organized. It is indispensable for jealth, education, and happiness.

Learn Values through Self-Exploration

*Human desires and plan of action to fulfil them. ** The main focus - 'Myself' - human aspirations and endeavour *** Need to know who we are as both Personality and Soul. ****Insights into 'Who am I' give us joy. *****Mirror and the Identity: Knowing yourself is wisdom. ****** No definite answers to 'Who am I ?', so be at ease with everyone. *******Self-understanding gives us a sense of fulfilment.
Seek your identity through the relationships you form. Reach beyond and above Self and Encounter the Unknowable. Cherish larger-than-life thoughts. "What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?"(Merton). To realize our inherent happiness , we should know ourselves. Do not give up your Hold on the Self. You are your own raw material: Invent Yourself.