Syllabus of ‘The Harmony Workshop’ – Introductory Intensive – 60 hrs (7-9 – Day)
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INTRODUCTORY Intensive – 60 hrs (7-10 – Day)
For whom: Open to everyone
SYLLABUS
COURSE INTORDUCTION
MODULE 1: Course Introduction: Need, Content and Process
- Holistic Understanding – What is it? – Its content and process: Logical Satisfaction and Experiential Validation – as a mechanism to develop holistic understanding
- What is Harmony?
- Harmonious Living – Why does it matter?
- Exploring basic Human Aspirations – Genuine Happiness, Prosperity, Trust, and Balance
- Recognize following basic requirements for fulfillment of human aspirations:
- Holistic Understanding
- Harmonious Relationships
- Adequate Physical Facilit
- Sustainable Actions
- Proper appraisal of present conditions in: Self, Relationships, Family, Society and Environment
- The root cause of all the challenges and risks threatening humanity
- Review of the efforts thus far to solve the challenges and risks
HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE OF HARMONY
MODULE 2: Harmony at Personal Level
- What is self-exploration and natural acceptance?
- What is the process of understanding? – Active listening, contemplation, and actualization
- What is a solution-centric systems thinking approach?
- Importance of solution-centric systems thinking to become free from inner contradiction
- Resolved thought and happiness
- Human necessity in detail – physical and psychological needs
- Money and fulfillment of human needs
- What do we must ensure to lead a happy and prosperous life?
- What is human being? – Materialistic, Spiritual and Coexistential views on human being
- Human being as a coexistence of ‘Consciousness’ and ‘Body’
- Consciousness – What is it?
- Various functions of consciousness and ensuring harmony between the functions
- The necessity of understanding consciousness and body, and processes for their fulfillment
- The body as an instrument of ‘Consciousness/I’
- The harmony of Consciousness with the Body: Self-regulation and Health;
- Correct appraisal of Physical needs and meaning of prosperity in detail
- Consequences of contradictory thoughts and unhappiness
- How our choices, thought, desires, priorities, work, and behaviours are shaped and conditioned
- What is freedom and why does it matter?
- Challenges to inner freedom
- The Program and Process to ensure Self-regulation, Inner Freedom and Health
- Cultivating a holistic worldview
- Holistic worldview and happiness
- Happiness and health
- The balanced state in four dimensions of our living – Thought, Behaviour, Work and Experience
- Harmony as Genuine Happiness, Prosperity, Trust, and Balance:
- ‘GENUINE HAPPINESS’ as optimal state of mind and not mere a fleeting pleasurable feeling
- ‘PROSPERITY’ as living in abundance and complete absence of feeling of all lacks in life (not just accumulating and possessing material resources)
- ‘TRUST’ as fearless undivided human society
- ‘BALANCE’ as harmonious coexistence in all the entities of the nature e.g. matter, plant, animal and human
- Inner freedom and outer balance
MODULE 3: Harmony in Relationships and Family
- Human relationships and family – What are they?
- Necessity to live together in harmony – Why it is important?
- Harmonious relationships and their connection with genuine happiness
- We are born to relate
- Justice – the fundamental human quality and key element for ensuring a fulfilling life
- The meaning of Justice and program for its fulfillment
- Justice and mutual happiness
- The seven relationships
- What makes relationships joyful, and how to build fulfilling and lasting relationships
- Human expectations and values (positive emotions)
- The nine values inherent in human relationships, and developing the ability to fulfill them
- Respect and trust as the foundational values in human relationships
- Gratitude and happiness
- The what, why, and how of love
- What makes it difficult to keep happy relationships?
- How can we enhance our present relationships?
- Intention vs. competence
- What is empathy? Why do we need it and how to ensure it?
- The science of harmonious relationships
- Attachment vs relationship
- Character – what is it?
- Marriage, relationships, social harmony, and happiness
- Accountability and duties in relationships
- Current structure of family. Its challenges and issues, and the process to resolve them
- Why do we need harmony in family to foster psychological well-being of an individual
- Constitution of family as a team for accomplishing a shared human objective; to establish a tradition of harmonious living with mutual fulfillment
- Why does family (team) matter to fulfill humans innate want?
- The family (team) as the fundamental unit of a harmonious global governance system
MODULE 4: Harmony in Society
- What constitute a good society?
- Why harmony in the society matters for each individuals happiness
- Our current society – its problems, issues and threats
- Individualism and its consequences.
- Human as a socio-historic being, rather than a social animal
- What are the difficulties in building a harmonious society
- Justice and social harmony
- The Human Goal
- Humankind as one race. The study of human being free from colour, gender, cast, creed, sect, and religion, etc.
- How are we interconnected?
- The inseparability of human being and humankind
- Undivided society – what is it and why does it matter?
- Program and process to ensure to ensure fearlessness in society
- Trust building and reconciliation – fostering global cooperation
- The science and art of forgiveness and peacemaking
- The why and how of Intercultural, interfaith, and intergenerational living
- Psychological and physical benefits of social cohesion
MODULE 5: Harmony in Governance Systems
- What constitutes a good governance system?
- Challenges to successful governance systems
- Harmonious global governance systems – An essential and urgent need
- How harmonious global governance system foster happiness and prosperity of each and everyone
- Why do we need decentralized governance systems which are free from power?
- The ten tier global governance system, from family (team) to the world family
- A governance structure where every citizen participates in the decision making process and ensures a tradition of humanity
- The necessity of the following programs to establish ‘humane organizations’ and ensure harmony in the world:
- Holistic Education and Values
- Integrated Healthcare
- Eco-friendly Production and Work
- Commerce free from profit and loss
- Justice and Security
- The necessity to shift from a linear economic system, into a cyclical economic system
- Cyclical economic system – ensuring prosperity for all whilst maintaining ecological balance
- The why and how of people and planet friendly production systems
- What is reserve and why do we need?
- Social justice through exchange free from profit and loss
- Humane Tradition – what is it? Why it is essential for us and what can we do to actualize it?
- Coherence in education, culture, civilization, norms, and governance systems
- Global citizenship as Humane conduct – what is it?
- Necessity of humane conduct for psychological, physical, relational, social and ecological well-being
- Humane conduct and its connection with harmonious global systems
- The three component of humane conduct – Humane values, humane character, and humane ethics
- The what, why and how of the following six essential human values to make change in the world – perseverance, courage, generosity, kindness, benevolence and compassion
MODULE 6: Harmony in Nature
- What is nature?
- Harmony in the natural world
- Evolution on the Earth
- Emergence of the four natural orders during the evolution process: matter, plant, animal and human
- Form, Properties, Participation and Innate order of four natural orders
- Comparative study of the commonality and differences in the above four orders
- Interconnectedness, Interdependence, Mutual Fulfillment among the four orders of nature
- Cyclicality and Self-regulation in natural systems
- Usefulness and complementariness in every entity of nature
- Undividedness of the Earth
- Consequences of separating human being from nature
- Human’s natural characteristics and innateness
- Misconceptions and myths about human nature
- Root causes for the current ecological imbalance, and finding sustainable solutions
- Righteous use of all resources
- Why does righteous use of resources fosters happiness?
- Knowledge, wisdom, science and technology for balance on the planet
- Sustainable actions to restore ecological balance
MODULE 7: Harmony in Existence
- What is existence?
- Harmonious systems in the existence
- Existence as Coexistence of mutually interacting units in all-pervasive/omni-present space
- Why does it matter to comprehend space?
- Space as all pervasive and energy in equilibrium
- Countless units (nature) are submerge in limitless space (energy) – units are continuously energized, active and self-regulated
- Inseparability of the all-pervasive space (energy) and nature (activities)
- Human beings placement in Existence and recognizing oneself as an inseparable part of the whole existence
- Coexistence as the fundamental natural law in existence from the atomic to cosmic levels
- Origin of existence – Scientific, Spiritual, and harmonious coexistence perspectives
- How a worldview itself gives rise to problems
- Fixing the problem at its root
- The awe upon realizing the grandeur and beauty of existence
MODULE 8: Harmonious Living
- Reexamine of the following points:
- Harmonious coexistence – holistic and interconnected-view of harmony at all levels of existence
- Orderliness (harmonious systems) in nature
- Usefulness and complementariness
- Participation in harmonious systems leading to mutually fulfilling relationships, social harmony, and ecological balance
- Genuine Happiness and prosperity as an indicator of participation in harmonious systems
- Peak experience and awakening – what are they?
- The why and how of active listening, paying attention, mindful awareness and realization
- Various stages of consciousness
- Defining what is humanness and what is inhumanness
- Motivations, view-points, and characteristics of humane consciousness
- Practice for humane consciousness
- Consciousness development and self-transformation
- Effort and effortlessness
- Benefits of humane consciousness for oneself, relationships, society, and environment
- Human potential
- Our enormous hidden capacity to change
- The root of goodness in human being
- The three virtues in every child from birth – 1: innate want for justice, 2: desire for righteous work and behaviour, and 3: want to speak the truth
- Gratitude as the doorway to self-actualization
- Self-actualization and its connection with genuine happiness
- The science of self-actualization
- The four important steps from childhood to adulthood – emulate/follow, adopt (with logical satisfaction), discipline, and self-regulation
- A proper appraisal of development, progress, and success – what they are, and what they are not
- Celebration in living
- Language of harmony, why do we need it?
- Expression, communication and manifestation of harmony
- Key lessons
- Summation: reflection, sharing and feedback