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Human life is an ideological flow - Animals can move and the mental faculty is also a bit developed. Man also can move and the mental faculty is still more developed. But the difference between man and animal, the fundamental difference between man and animal, is that man (human life is an ideological flow) moves towards spirituality, and for an animal there is no spirituality – only eating, drinking, sleeping and dying. Human life is an ideological flow, and there lies the fundamental difference between man and animal.
Fasting is based on science - Our system of fasting is completely based on science. Baba told very clearly that it is purely related to Body and mind but indirectly helps in spiritual path also. It is based on the position of the Sun and other planet. In general calendar people calculate their date as per mid night to mid night but our system is "AHORATRA" system means morning to next morning.
The human search for real progress - What is progress? `Prakrsta gati ityartha pragati.' Where movement is towards Shubha it is called progress. Where movement is not associated with Shubha it is retardation. For instance, going up the hill or down are both movements, but in different directions.
The Gurukula system of education is the oldest on our planet, tracing its roots back 10,000 years to the time of ancient civilization and dedicated to the highest ideals of all-round human development: physical, mental and spiritual.
At the Gurukula, all the aspects of one's personality are developed utilizing an integrated curriculum that empowers the student to know oneself and develop the confidence and empathy to utilize knowledge for serving the society. Gurukula encompasses intellectual cognitive abilities but extends it to include the development of intuition, aesthetics and a futuristic and ecological perspective based on universal outlook.
Language Issue - Every living being has its own inherent tendency to express and symbolise. In the evolutionary process of creation, where higher species have evolved, living beings try to express their feelings by gesture, posture or by some sound. In a general sense, this acoustic expression of ideas is called language.
Civilisation - What is civilization? The subtle sense of refinement that we come across in the different expressions of life is called civilization. Let me give you an example. Suppose some guests have arrived at our home. We may address them imperatively, "Come" or we may welcome them by saying, "Please come in."
Prout organisational structure - Proutist Universal has a global organizational structure. The world is divided into nine Sectors. Each sector has four Areas and within each area are Provinces. Within the provinces, local jurisdictions also exist.
Women Proutists/Girl Proutists - There should be coordinated, cooperative leadership between men and women.. The oppression of women in our society happens in very subtle as well as very overt ways. Women's attractiveness is used as a commodity to sell everything from cigarettes to car parts.
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