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Moral education - summary
People, due to their uniqueness, require
proper guidance in order to perform Good. This
guidance will be referred to as
moral education
or moral improvement.
To my great excitement, this educational improvement
process was delivered to Israel in the
time of Moses some 3200 years ago.
It
suffices that we
attain
spiritual maturity and raise our self-worth in order to
function properly.
In presenting the improvement process we will also elucidate the Commandments designed to actualize this
education.
The
improvement process
Attaining spiritual
maturity
The psychological approach: It is attained through periodically staying in a meditative state
The divine approach: The proper observance of the
Sabbath
(Saturday) – meaning - being in the
Sabbath's holiness.
Periodically being in
Sabbath's holiness or in a
meditative state melts a person's spiritual blockages as well as his self-image
of being a negative creation. Thus encouraging acceptance of
being a positive, intelligent and evolving creature.
And so naturally encourages his spiritual forces to mature in time. It also enables the continuance of his spiritual
improvement as well as assisting the improvement process of the other stages.
Raising self-esteem:
The dramatic means for raising lies
in internalizing the
divine declaration that
man was created in His image.
The divine approach:
The proper observance of
the exodus from Egypt,
of the Sabbath and of Yom
Kippur (The Day of Atonement).
Accepting this divine declaration as true
brings us to
agree that we are
a far more
exalted
creature than we tend to believe.
This
sheds away those 'truths' that previously obstructed
this raising, leading to the elevation of one's
self-esteem in practice. This opens our spiritual gates
to any positive development
Since
the
other was also created in God's image, he too has an
elevated self-worth,
and therefore is of high value,
which brings us to respect, appreciate, love, assist and
be near to him.
This results in the disappearance of those
reasons
behind hostility and the doing of evil, which is the
main cause of man's predicament. In parallel, this
wonderful value also assists in the construction of a
united, helpful and loving human society
Conclusion: It can be said that already with the carrying out of this
divine improvement stage, man's basic predicament will
have been solved. This constructs, already at this
stage, his path towards the realization of his purpose.
To train
yourself to improve these qualities, view
ebook.
We shall assess
other people’s self-worth level
by the quality of their assistance, respect, and
appreciation
to others.
We shall assess a leader's self-worth
level
according to the quality of treatment he
provides his people.
We shall assess a nation's self
value level
by the treatment of its elderly, sick, and poor.
Facts show that a person who is not ethically-improved
does not recognize true Good, and thus does not
recognize the importance and necessity of these
improvements. The facts also indicate that when
ethically-unimproved public servants decide and execute
policy in this realm, poor results follow.
I should mention that people’s
low
self-esteem is to blame for most of the disasters
they have caused others and often themselves along
history.
You cannot act correctly when you suffer from
this spiritual problem.
In
order for this project to succeed, teachers, media
people, and public servants in
all their ranks
must all have
these improved
ethical values
In order for this guidance to be correct and have
maximal effect, it must begin at school, so that with
the attainment of the high school diploma, students will
also
attain the said improvement.
Thus,
and only thus, can we gradually improve human society
and prepare future parents
to
educate their children correctly and consciously.
My basic proposals for
any individual in general, and for parents, teachers and
the Ministry of Education in particular:
In
order for parents to
educate their children correctly and consciously,and schools to contribute their share,
the following (amongst other things) must exist:
1. A pupil
should achieve spiritual maturity alongside with his attainment
of a high-school diploma, including basic awareness in
human relations,
and in how to further his spiritual improvement.
This requires:
A: Suitable educators, who, amongst other things, are
spiritually mature and possess a high self-esteem.
B: Suitable learning programs.
C: A suitable atmosphere.
2. We must not
forget that in the meantime, to do as much as possible to
generally raise our awareness and specifically
those of the parent's as regards moral
education and
spiritual self-improvement and to encourage its
actualization.
I
shall conclude with a statement by Hsun-Tzu, a Confucian
philosopher, living approximately 2300 years ago,
who believed that people are evil beings, and thus
require laws of justice to heed to, punishments to deter
them from doing evil, but also schools to lead
them into doing good
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