... development of personality and the development of integral personality. While some can dispense with mental education and yet achieve a high level of human excellence, we cannot afford to ignore the demands of mental education if our aim is to develop integral personality. Deficiency in mental education mil always be felt as a handicap, particularly when there is a question of involving oneself in an... of a new pedagogy of integral education, in which a right place would be found for mental education in the overall context of the aims of the development of integral personality. This new pedagogy will not pursue mental education as we do today in our schools and colleges. The present system of mental education is book-oriented, subject-oriented and examination-oriented. On the other hand, in... seriously if we should not revise our educational pedagogy which insists so much on reading, writing and numerous intellectual exercises. To some extent, the answer seems to lie in the fact that mental education, which is given an overwhelmingly large role in the total scheme of our normal pedagogy, is not oriented in any considerable measure to the development of personality. If this orientation were ...
... overflowings of an excessive strength, greatness and nobility. They should be purified, not discouraged."* V In regard to mental education, the Mother had written in her small but great book on Education, the following: A true mental education, which would prepare man for a higher life has five principal phases. Normally these phases follow one after another, but in exceptional... at once with ideation and silence, an atmosphere surcharged with great thoughts and ideas, as also with synthetic thoughts and integral aspirations are indispensable conditions for the perfect mental education. At the centre of the experimentation, a special effort was made to present the essentials of Indian culture as also of different cultures, not merely intellectually in ideas, theories and... see that nothing was imposed upon the growing mind and no dogmatic method was allowed which tends to atrophy the mind. Speaking of the importance of study of languages in connection with mental education, Sri Aurobindo had written as follows: Our dealings with language are much too perfunctory and the absence of a fine sense for words impoverishes the intellect and limits the fineness and ...
... education is really mental education 6 , yet it is both incomplete and quite insufficient. The aim seems to be to load the memory and make it carry a whole rag-bag of odds and ends of facts, dates, names, formulas and other information. At best it is "a system of gymnastics to increase the suppleness of the brain". If anything like a revolutionary change is to be effected, mental education will have to be... coming from the higher regions of the being". This is a consummate analysis of the whole science of mental education. In the life of the growing child, a thousand things distract its attention, and hence to forge intelligent attention and lively reception is the beginning of mental education. The child's curiosity, which often finds expression in continual questioning, should not be frowned upon... and impotent; in an attentive tranquility, the light can manifest itself and open up new horizons to man's capacity. IV When the best has been achieved through physical, vital and mental education, there will be a cardinal insufficiency still: for, firstly, they cannot by themselves be integrated, and, secondly, even their sum will only be a frustrating incompleteness. It is psychic education ...
... spiritual existence." 1 Mental Education In regard to mental education, the processes and methods can best be determined by under- standing of the mind. Mind is concerned largely with the activities of understanding, and all understanding is a discovery of a centre around which the ideas or things in question are held together. Mental education is a process of training the mind... ideas, it is futile to expect a sound or vigorous mental education. An atmosphere vibrant at once with ideation and silence, an atmosphere surcharged with synthetic thoughts and most integral aspirations and an atmosphere filled with the widest realisation and a harmonious unity -- such an atmosphere is indispensable for perfect mental education. A constant attempt should be made to present... development. In fact, the psychic being is very responsive in childhood, and if the right atmosphere is provided to it, and if at the later stages, great care is taken to provide physical, vital and mental education on proper lines, psychic being can be helped to come more and more to the forefront, and discovery of the psychic being can be greatly facilitated. This discovery is considered in integral education ...
... and body. We may, therefore, turn to the three domains of mental education, vital education, and physical education as expounded and experimented upon at Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Pondicherry and subsequently at the Sri Aurobindo International Institute of Educational Research at Auroville. Mental Education: In regard to mental education, the processes and methods can best be determined by u... ideas, it is futile to expect a sound or vigorous mental education. An atmosphere vibrant at once with ideation and silence, an atmosphere surcharged with synthetic thoughts and most integral aspirations and an atmosphere filled with the widest realisation and a harmonious unity - such an atmosphere is indispensable for perfect mental education. A constant attempt should be made to present... the mind. Mind is concerned largely with the activities of understanding, and all understanding is a discovery of a centre around which the ideas or things in question are held together. Mental education is a process, of training the mind of students to arrive at such central conceptions around which the widest and most complex and subtle ideas can be assimilated and integrated. It is again ...
... Education Mental Education Of all lines of education, mental education is the most widely known and practised, yet except in a few rare cases there are gaps which make it something very incomplete and in the end quite insufficient. Generally speaking, schooling is considered to be all the mental education that is necessary. And when a child has been made... branch of human learning represents a special kind of mental gymnastics, and the verbal formulations given to these various branches each constitute a special and well-defined language. A true mental education, which will prepare man for a higher life, has five principal phases. Normally these phases follow one after another, but in exceptional individuals they may alternate or even proceed simultaneously ...
... backed by sufficient experimentation and practical application. The programme of the second day began with a discussion on various aspects of education. JCT wanted to know how vital and mental education are different from each other and how these two aspects of education can be implemented in schools. Page 130 KS commented that there is a wide-spread misconception about psychic... teachers are oriented only to their subjects of specialization. She underlined the need for the teachers to undergo special courses of training. GM said that while physical, vital, and mental education deal with shaping of an individual out of an amorphous substance, in psychic education, she added, we deal with the true motive of life. She pointed out that the subject of motive or purpose of... levels which evolutionary urge implies or whether it wants to remain arrested where it is at present. Under these circumstances, he said, if we limit our education only to physical, vital and mental education, then the chances of children receiving the appropriate education to be the instruments of higher evolutionary progression will necessarily be much more limited. GM said that one could ...
... through their just transformation that what was at first veiled by them has to be revealed."29 In this way the aesthetic being of man will rise towards its diviner possibilities. The Mental Education The greatest mistake is to make an accumulation of factual knowledge, i.e., erudition, the crowning end of education. This error distorts the whole process of education itself... same thing: from the point of view of the student every knowledge that he acquires is fresh. Page 62 The real gain that one can expect from a well organized and thorough mental education has an individual aspect and a social or collective aspect. The individual aspect is culture. Culture is not erudition, it does not depend on the amount of knowledge, but on the way knowledge... Thus would culture have a firm foundation and grow during the whole lifetime. Another point which we have to consider is the range of Page 65 the faculties which mental education should cover. In the intellect, or buddhi, which is the real instrument of thought and that which orders and organizes the knowledge acquired by the other parts of the mental machine ...
... VIII. MENTAL EDUCATION OF all education, that of the mind is the most well-known and the most in use. And yet, except in a few rare cases, there are lacunae which make of it something very incomplete and, in the end, quite insufficient. Generally speaking, education is taken to mean the required mental education. And when a child has been made to undergo ...
... V MENTAL EDUCATION Of all education, that of the mind is the best known and the most in use; yet except in a few rare cases, there are lacunae which make of it something very incomplete and, in the end, quite insufficient. Generally speaking, education is taken to mean the required mental education. And when a child has been made to undergo ...
... like the people who cultivate their intelligence, who learn, read, think, compare, study. These people's minds widen and they are much vaster and more understanding than those who live without mental education, with a few petty ideas which sometimes are even contradictory in their consciousness and govern them totally because these are the only ones they have and they think these are unique ideas which ...
... the education he has received. The experience is essentially the same, if it is sincere; it is only the words and phrases in which it is formulated that differ according to the belief and the mental education of the one who has the experience. All formulation is thus only an approximation that should be progressive and grow in precision as the experience itself becomes more and more precise and co ...
... for mastery and transformation seeks to achieve. The value of the effort and its result will depend upon the value of the ideal. This is the subject we shall deal with next, in connection with mental education. Bulletin, August 1951 Page 23 ...
... happens, but generally some time is needed. Only slowly it awakens from its stupor and becomes aware that it is there for some reason and by choice. And usually this coincides with the intensive mental education which shuts you completely from the psychic consciousness. So a mass of circumstances, happenings of all kinds, emotions, all sorts of things are necessary to open the inner doors so that one ...
... of Education (talk) *The Golden Gift (talk) *Attitudes of a True Teacher (talk) *Power of Attitude (talk) *The Science or Living (talk) * Booklets, on topics such as Mental Education, Vital Education, Physical Education, Psychic Education, The Art of Healthy Living, Hathayoga-Pranayama-Mudra-Bandha, How to Bring up a Child, Education and Self-development, Power of Attitude ...
... systems. In contrast, the concept of integral education implies a simultaneous integrated process of the development of the qualities and values relevant to physical education, vital education, mental education, psychic and spiritual education. •In the domain of physical education, the values that are implied are those of health, strength, plasticity, grace and beauty. In the domain of emotional ...
... inadmissible or controversial as far its relevance to common schools is concerned. * * * First of all, spiritual education will build itself on strong foundations of physical, vital and mental education, without which the sources of spiritual education will remain dry and infertile. * * * Secondly, spiritual education will combat dogmatism in regard to any theory or doctrine, — scientific ...
... the domain of aesthetics, rationality, and even to the domain of supra- rationality. This question will become complex when we come to consider values of physical education, vital education, and mental education in the context of integral development of personality and of the perfectibility of the individual and the collectivity. Science and Values: The second question will be related ...
... learning by concentration, learning by purification, learning by creativity; Yoga and the search for meaning and unity of Knowledge Yoga and life-long education and perpetual youth; Yoga and the mental education, vital education, physical education; Page 371 Yoga and development of latent faculties and powers; Yoga and development of spiritual experiences; Yoga and education for values; ...
... systems. In contrast, the concept of integral education implies a simultaneous integrated process of the development of the qualities and values relevant to physical education, vital education, mental education, psychic and spiritual education. In the domain of physical education, the values that are implied are those of health, strength, plasticity, grace and beauty. In the domain of emotional ...
... the education he has received. The experience is essentially the same, if it is sincere; it is only the words and phrases in which it is formulated that differ according to the belief and the mental education of the one who has the experience. All formulation is only an approximation that should be progressive and grow in precision as the experience itself becomes more and more precise and coordinated ...
... same way: they read, they think, compare and contrast, they make a study. In this way their mind enlarges, it becomes wider and more comprehensive than the mind of those who live without a mental education, who possess only a few ideas that perhaps even contradict each other. They are moved wholly by these as they have no other, they think those are the only ideas that should govern them: such ...
... wakes up but slowly from its numbness, it is only gradually that it begins to understand that it is there for some reason and by choice. This oblivion is occasioned by the presence of the mind and mental education which completely shuts off the psychic consciousness. All kinds of circumstances, happenings, experiences – external and emotional – are then needed to strike open the doors; within, to bring ...
... not"—but everything is The Experience! Everything is part of the thing, everything moves in the right direction, it is Matter itself that is being transformed by any means. What misleads us is our mental education. Despite ourselves and despite everything, we cannot help thinking that the next stage of evolution involves the mind and that it is a kind of improved mind, but the evolutionary business does ...
... Questions and Answers (1954) 10 February 1954 This talk is based upon Mother's essay " Mental Education ". What is the method of increasing the "capacities of expansion and widening"? I say there that a great variety of subjects should be studied. I believe that is it. For instance, if you are at school, to study all the subjects possible ...
... and the education he has received. The experience is essentially the same, if it is sincere; it is only the words and phrases in which it is formulated that dier according to the belief and the mental education of the one who has the experience. All formulation is only an approximation that should be progressive and grow in precision as the experience itself becomes more and more precise and coordinated ...
... for mastery and transformation seeks to achieve. The value of the effort and its result will depend upon the value of the ideal. This is the subject we shall deal with next, in connection with mental education. Page 113 ...
... the domain of aesthetics, rationality, and even to the domain of supra-rationality. This question will become complex when we come to consider values of physical education, vital education, and mental education in the con text of the integral development of personality and of the perfectibility of the individual and the collectivity. Science and Values The second question will be related to ...
... systems. In contrast, the concept of integral education implies a simultaneous integrated process of the development of the qualities and values relevant to physical education, vital education, mental education, psychic and spiritual education. e. In the domain of physical education, the values that are implied are those of health, strength, plasticity, grace and beauty. In the domain of emotional ...
... values of harmony and friendliness, of courage and heroism, of endurance and perseverance and of irresistible will to conquer the forces of ignorance, division and injustice. In the sphere of mental education, the values that emerge are those of utmost impartiality, dispassionate search after the Truth, widest possible synthesis, and calm and silence. The values pertaining to the aesthetic development ...
... XV, we present suggested details for a specialised course in Philosophy of Education And Life. Annexure XVI suggests topics to be included in a 5-yeasr course in Physical, Vital and Mental Education. VI Examination Reforms need to be revised in the light of the following: • Examination on Demand (as in NIOS) • Examination of Skills • Examination of ...
... training? To make a man reasonable is the coping stone of a good education, and yet you profess to train a child through his reason. You begin at the wrong end. No; we must, rather, retard mental education. "Keep the child's mind [intellect] idle as long as you can. " If he has opinions before he is twelve you may be sure they will be absurd. And don't bother him yet with science; this is an endless ...
... happens, but generally it takes time. The psychic awakes slowly from its dazed condition and slowly it becomes aware that it is there for some reason and by choice. But the intensive mental education that one usually receives shuts out completely the psychic consciousness. Then a mass of circumstances, happenings of all kinds, emotions and sensations and various other things are needed ...
... up but slowly from its numbness, it is only gradually that it begins to understand that it is there for some reason and by choice. This oblivion is occasioned by the presence of the mind and mental education which completely shuts off the psychic consciousness. All kinds of circumstances, happenings, experiences—external and emotional—are then needed to strike open the doors within, to bring the ...
... philosophy, in their various branches and aspects. At this time the help of teacher becomes indispensable and assumes a more complex form, which we shall study presently as it is the true support of mental education. It is certain that this spontaneous activity leading to a knowledge of the surroundings and to their right use and mastery is the most natural and efficient form of education What we have ...
... That happens, but generally it takes time. The psychic awakes slowly from its dazed condition and slowly it becomes aware that it is there for some reason and by choice. But the intensive mental education that one usually receives shuts out completely the psychic consciousness. Then a Page 122 mass of circumstances, happenings of all kinds, emotions and sensations and various ...
... way: they read, they think, compare and contrast, they make a study. In this way their mind enlarges itself, it becomes wider and more comprehensive than the minds of those who live without a mental education, who possess only a few ideas that perhaps even contradict each other. They are moved wholly by these as they have no other, they think those are the only ideas that should govern them: such minds ...
... for mastery and transformation seeks to achieve. The value of the effort and its result will depend upon the value of the ideal. This is the subject we shall deal with next in connection with mental education. Page 109 ...
... teaching to understand, appreciate and develop all kinds of Page 15 arts, literature, poetry, music, etc., so that their vital being gets trained in refinement and beauty. Mental Education Consult the Mother's writing on 'Mental Education5. ' General Education of the People General Education will be compulsory for everybody from the age of 4 to ...
... sufficiently well to the maintenance of his good health, they think they have fully discharged their duty. Later on, they would. put him to school and hand over to the teacher the care of his mental education. There are other parents who know that their children should receive education and try to give it. But very few among them, even among those who are most serious and sincere, know that the ...
... The Mother (Taken from Bulletin Vol. 3 No. 2 Page 13.) VII. EDUCATION III-THE 'EDUCATION OF THE VITAL — The Mother (Taken from Bulletin Vol. 3 No. 3 Page 25.) VIII. EDUCATION IV-MENTAL EDUCATION— The Mother (Taken from Bulletin Vol. 3 No. 4 Page 118.) IX. EDUCATION V-PSYCHIC AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATION - ' — The Mother (To appear in Bulletin Vol. 4 No. 1.) X . MESSAGE—Sri ...
... wakes up but slowly from its numbness, it is only gradually that it begins to understand that it is there for some reason and by choice. This oblivion is occasioned by the presence of the mind and mental education which completely shuts off the psychic consciousness. All kinds of circumstances, happenings, experiences—external and emotional—are then needed to strike open the doors within, to bring the memory ...
... revolutionise our concept of consciousness and open the doors of new applications of the powers of consciousness in the fields of physiology, health, medicine, cybernetics, epistemology, mental sciences, education— in the very science and technology of evolution on the earth. Page 263 These data belong to Yoga, which has been regarded primarily as a Science of Consciousness, the science... integrality. Page 269 It is significant that in the new waves of research and experimentation in education, there is an increasing stress on the development of personality. The recent reports of the UNESCO for instance, endeavours to stress the very theme and aims of education in their very titles Learning to be, and Learning: Treasure Within and they explain that the integral development... the cause of our frequent or rare outbursts of exhibition of superhuman strength and power. There is also behind our groping and labouring mental operations of perceptions, observation, imagination, ratiocination and pragmatic cunning and invention, an inner mental consciousness full of large and vast symptoms of ideas and images, clearly and systematically organised. The subliminal consciousness is ...
... are going to be upset by the new discoveries. Archaeological excavation has been furnishing more and more evidence of ancient culture and education. These discoveries go to prove that the ancients were not immature in the least in their mental faculties, education and culture. On the contrary, we find in them signs of superior qualities and endeavours. Strangely enough, these archaeological finds are... ON THE VEDA An Introduction to the Vedas (I) WHAT is it that we call Veda? It is already known to us that the Vedas are the perennial fount of Indian culture and education, the foundation of Hinduism and the basis of the Aryan civilisation. He who defies Veda is an atheist, a non-Hindu, an untouchable and a non-Aryan. All the various religious systems and scriptures... humble obeisance and their offering of Soma Rasa, while men in their turn attain to prosperity in this world and secure a better status in the other world. Indians, who have received modern education, have been trying to synthesise the commentaries of the Western and Eastern scholars on the Veda. Their object is to portray Page 67 the picture of a society not quite primitive ...
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