Holistic Vision

The true aim of education is happiness not in terms of material success but in terms of a harmonious, ethical and productive life. "The highest function of education is to bring about an integrated individual who is capable of dealing with life as a whole." (J.Krishnamurti) A Holistic Vision: Holistic education for the humanisation of society repre... sents hope for humanity. The human species is a social species which depends for social adaptability and survival on social responsibility, a function of complete psychological and moral or 'spiritual' development as development of moral consciousness or 'conscience', the 'human spirit'. Humankind with its collective egoic mind resulting in collective psychopathology or 'psychosis' makes it a threat to its own survival. Why is this? As a result of human egotism perception is distorted and distorted perception translates into limited understanding which prevents the creation of effective solutions to human problems. The fault lies with education which is inadequate when it fails to respect children's developmental needs and so deprives them of the conditions of personal freedom required to engage the natural process of construction of conscience. Mature rational conscience is the basis for moral responsibility and spiritual insight or 'intuition' of creative intelligence which is required for perception which is accurate because it is holistic. Holistic perception is the basis for the correct evaluation as fundamental to effective decision making which leads to creative and adaptive social behaviour and the ubsequent resolution of human problems. The problem is that when human development is arrested at the egocentric or 'egoic' level of consciousness the result is immature or 'neurotic' growth and development of 'immaturity ' . The problem can be resolved with education for complete human psychological and moral or 'spiritual' development. This is education which offers conditions of freedom... freedom from fear and conflict ... freedom based on love without ...Read More