“Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man”- Swami Vivekananda. nj 1 According to him, education helps to manifest the power, intellectual abilities, and the potential which the individual already has, that s/he received from the supreme power or the divine. He strongly believed that knowledge lies hidden in the mind of the individual which the individual uncovers and develops by his own efforts. HENCE DIFFERENCES DO ARISE WHERE SOME RAISE FASTER THAN THOSE WHO REFUSE TO ACCEPT AND DEVELOP AND KEEP BLAMING THE REST SULKING.
*2 Relationships.* It is entirely accidental to perfection as such that it be realized as the term of a process; it is itself only completeness. The formality of perfection is ordinarily to be found, in the real order, resident in a being that is in other respects imperfect. The transcendentality of the concept lies in its conceptual proximity to being and the good. A thing is perfect to the extent that it is; its actuality formally determines its perfectness. The pure act of being is thus the sole instance of absolute perfection; to exist substantially is to have first perfection; to *be* in accidental ways is to achieve secondary perfection; to be actually in possession of the end is for any nature to reach the ultimate term of its relative perfection. The formal constitutive of perfection is this actuality. In turn, the actuality or perfection of a being, bespeaking its capacity to perfect another, gives rise to the relationship toward others of desirability. Goodness, or the good, is thus fundamentally (not formally) the perfection of a being. 3 Few might have an idea as every fact of knowledge determines his position: to think means postulating something that is; what is not cannot be thought. Becoming and change are illusory; there is only being, which is homogeneous and unchangeable—indeed there is only One Being without any inner differentiation; even the plurality of individual things is not real. Nothing can be added to being, so it is complete, i.e., perfect; thus it is immovable, eternal, continuous, and immune to evil. True enough, Parmenides regarded this Perfect Being as finite, but in the sense of determined and definite, as avoiding the imperfection of indetermination and indefiniteness. This Platonic concept of perfection is basically an essentialism; the ideal order is not distinguished from the real, and there is a failure to recognize the all importance of existence. The Ideas are thus reified and the perfection they embody is that of pure essence without reference to actual existence. From this it follows that the distinction in perfection between an Idea and the varied instances of participation in it is merely one of degree in possessing a univocal essence. 4 R. Descartes, opening the era of modern philosophy, posited an absolutely perfect being, really existent and transcendent over the universe. His theism, however, is purely rationalistic, seeing an all perfect God in terms of function, i.e., as explaining the universe of things. The Infinite and Eternal is necessary to establish the universal laws for all things and to guarantee the validity of man's distinct and clear ideas. The direction of thought is a priori; the reality of the infinitely perfect Being is not demonstrated discursively; nor need it be acknowledged in faith, for this is the first intuitive truth from which all others derive. The human mind thus possesses a complete idea of the Perfect, which is no longer the incomprehensible *Ipsum Esse* of St. Thomas, but rather self-caused essence. 5 The rationalism of B. spinoza is pantheistic in nature, beginning with a "Being absolutely infinite and consummately perfect" that is no other than the totality of nature. This is God as the cause of things, in an immanent rather than transcendent sense, however, and thus ultimately identified with all things. 6 I. kant, influenced by empirical philosophy, reacted strongly against the apriority of the rationalists. All that can be known are the appearances of things, knowledge being what the senses furnish to certain structures of consciousness. The perfect being, then, while probably really existent, remains unknowable. The idea of God as the infinitely perfect Being has only logical validity; it enjoys only ideal existence. 7 Sanathana dharma: Purna: The Full, Infinite, Whole, Complete >From the Isha Upanishad Om Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat Purnamudachyate Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnameva Vashishyate Om shanti, shanti, shanti Om. That is infinite, this is infinite; From That infinite this infinite comes. From That infinite, this infinite removed or added; Infinite remains infinite. Om. Peace! Peace! Peace! Om. That is full; this is full. This fullness has been projected from that fullness. When this fullness merges in that fullness, all that remains is fullness. Om. Peace! Peace! Peace! Om. Completeness is that, completeness is this, from completeness, completeness comes forth. Completeness from completeness taken away, completeness to completeness added, completeness alone remains. Om. Peace! Peace! Peace! Om. That is perfect, This is perfect. When perfection is taken from the perfect, Perfect alone remains. Om, peace, peace, peace K RAJARAM IRS 27/5/23 On Fri, 26 May 2023 at 16:30, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > Very very correct sir. > > If all members understand and follow it our iyer123 group will be very > pleasant. Nowadays your thought of the day are very good. So I am > responding immediately > > Gopalakrishnan > > On Saturday, 27 May, 2023 at 04:13:31 am IST, Jambunathan Iyer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man”- Swami > Vivekananda. > > Real education is that education which makes an individual a disciplined > human being and which contributes towards the healthy growth of a family, > society and a Nation which ultimately lead us to good direction. > > N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004 > > *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you > become by achieving your goals. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to > a goal, not to people or things "* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1738656619.2088890.1685143828800%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1738656619.2088890.1685143828800%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZorUog-tc5tz28gbK0Ms6_suO1fj4uoDNB6CdyF1reJZDA%40mail.gmail.com.
