Self Awareness or understanding of Self is a basic requirement for human beings to function in society. The understanding of others, their motives, and emotions is impossible without an adequate understanding of one’s own self. There are many relevant aspects related to the self, the most important being-how do we understand that our ‘self’ exists, what is the connection between self and body, what is the relation between oneself and the other-self, etc. Self-awareness is the ability to be aware of one’s self or one’s existence in the environment around oneself.
1. LIFE COUNSELLING
- It helps in discovering that there is something innate, invariant, and universal in all human beings.
- It helps in knowing oneself and through that knowing the entire existence.
- It helps to recognize one’s relationship with every other unit in existence.
- It enables us to discover the parameters of ethical human conduct and human character.
- It provides us correct parameters to differentiate the right and the wrong.
- It helps us to come out of the conflicting truths and leads to universal truth.
2. FOCUS OF LIFE COUNSELLING
- What is the structure of a human being?
- What are the basic innate tenets of a human being?
- What are the factors which influence human life?
- What may be the goal of human life?
- How to achieve the goal?
3. HOW CAN I STUDY LIFE AUTHENTICALLY?
- Knowing myself and the entire existence.
- Identifying my innateness and basic human nature.
- Knowing human conduct and human character.
- Dialogue between “What I am” and ?/ “What I should be naturally”?
- Recognizing one’s relationship with every unit in existence and fulfilling it.
4. MECHANISM OF STUDY OF LIFE
- What is the natural acceptance of human beings?
- What are the basic aspirations of human beings?
- What is the program to actualize the above?
5. PROCESS OF STUDY OF LIFE
- It is a process of studying
- What I am now and?
- What I should be Naturally?
- It is a process of knowing my nature (what is naturally acceptable to me)
- It is a process of knowing oneself and through that knowing the entire existence.
- It is a process of recognizing and fulfilling one's relationship with every unit in nature.
- It is a process of knowing Human Conduct and living according to it
- It is a process of being in harmony with Oneself and with Everything Else.
6. LEVELS OF LIVING LIFE
- At The Level Of Self
- At The Level Of Family
- At The Level Of Society
- At The Level Of Nature
Ideally, if the child is brought in this world by the parents to live, then he must be equipped with rational knowledge about himself, his life, his environment, and nature. But neither the parents were provided such knowledge nor they can pass on to their children because there is no provision for it in our entire education system. It is just the same way as a person is supposed to have knowledge of the constitution of the country without ever teaching him. Whatever knowledge about life we have is religious and traditional which is neither authentic not relevant in the rapidly changing social and economic setup. This lack of knowledge has created major problems at every level of human living.
- AT THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL
- Rising problems of depression,
- Psychological disorders,
- Suicides,
- Stress,
- Insecurity,
- Psycho-somatic diseases,
- Loneliness etc.
- AT THE LEVEL OF FAMILY
- Breaking of joint families,
- The conflict between older and younger generations,
- Insecurity in relationships,
- Rising Divorce Rate,
- Family feuds,
- Wasteful expenditure on family functions etc.
- AT THE LEVEL OF SOCIETY
- Growing incidences of terrorism and Naxalism,
- Rising communalism,
- Racial and ethnic struggle,
- Wars between nations,
- Attempts of genocide,
- Fear of nuclear and genetic warfare, etc.
- AT THE LEVEL OF NATURE
- Global Warming,
- Water, Air, Soil, Noise Pollution,
- Resource Depletion of Minerals and Mineral Oils,
- Sizeable Deforestations,
- Loss of Fertility of Soil.
7. HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
- Happiness is the harmonious state/situation of living in which one wants to live continuously.
- Prosperity is the feeling of having or making available more than the required physical facilities.
8. HOW TO LIVE A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LIFE?
