Universal Human Values Workshop

Universal Human Values

• Dialogue is a process, initially between two people, then internally about self-awareness and natural desires, leading to acceptance.
• The goal of the session is to initiate this internal dialogue.

Workshop/Course Content Proposals

• The workshop's focus is on harmony in different aspects of life.
• These aspects include the human being, family, society, and nature/existence.

Desired Achievement

• The desired outcome is individual transformation through a right understanding of harmony, leading to happiness and prosperity.
• Societal transformation and a humanist perspective are also included in the pursuit of these goals.

What We Really Want to Be

• Key questions are raised about the desire for happiness, prosperity, and the continuity of these.

Need for Value Education

• All human beings seek a fulfilling life, prompting questions about aspiration and how to achieve it.

Value Education

• Facilitates understanding aspirations for a fulfilling life.
• It clarifies the direction for fulfillment, reducing confusion and contradictions.
• Value education tackles questions of "what to do?"

Skill Development

• Learning skills is crucial for achieving aspirations.
• Skill development (SD) encompasses the science, technology, and management needed to fulfill aspirations.

Values and Skills

• Values and skills are interconnected.
• Prioritizing values comes first, followed by developing skills necessary for action.
• Checking if the combination leads to fulfilling life is also crucial.

Guidelines for Value Education

• Universal applicability, across all time and places for all beings, is crucial.
• Values should not change based on sect, creed, nationality, gender, etc.

Rational

• Value education must be rooted in reasoning, not in dogma or blind beliefs.
• It should be open to questions, and not present as a set of rules or prohibitions.

Natural and Verifiable

• Value education must naturally be accepted and verifiable by experience; not based on tenets.
• It needs to be more than just an intellectual exercise or transfer of information.

All Encompassing

• Values need to encompass all dimensions and levels of human life.
• This includes understanding their thoughts, behaviors, work related to the individual, social life, family and nature/existence.

Leading to Harmony

• The primary goal of value education is to cultivate harmony between the individual, other humans, and nature.

Content of Value Education

• Value of an entity is determined by its participation in a larger system
• Humans should fulfill their roles within larger contexts (societal, global).
• Recognizing positive and fulfilling relationships results in enriching personal development.

Self-Exploration

• The process of discovering one's latent values, which are rooted in humans and inherent.
• This involves open thought, investigation, and a personal exploration of one's natural tendencies/acceptance, related to the values.
• It's a process based on personal discussion and understanding, not on dogma, rather on self-discovery.
• Self-exploration is a process of engaging in dialogue regarding the individual's innate desires, thoughts, and acceptance of what is good.

What is Self-Exploration?

• Self-exploration is a process of investigation, observation, and analysis to grasp the individual's place in humanity and reality.
• A first step is verifying the proposed values against personal acceptance.

Self-Exploration is a Process of Dialogue

• Self-exploration creates a dialogue to reconcile what one does with what one wishes to be.
• That entails discussing the current state and the desired state.

Harmony and Happiness

• Harmony internally leads to happiness.
• Contradictions lead to unhappiness.

It is Possible for Self-Exploration

• Self-exploration can be accomplished by oneself, involving uncovering one's innate acceptance of values.

Content for Self-Exploration

• Self-discovery has two important aspects: desiring one's goals and identifying methods to achieve them.
• Gaining knowledge on these will answer numerous related life questions.

The Process of Self-Exploration

• Self-exploration involves an understanding process of discovering and confirming values in a personal and thoughtful manner.
• All proposed ideas should be verified against one's own natural acceptance.

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