HOW - framework

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Dear all,

 

I was just wanting to finish presenting a framework

analysis. I know the conference is overloaded at the

moment, which is in some ways good, but before the

farmework I am putting forward is accepted, modified

or rejected I would like to finish it. Please forgive

my impertinence in presenting such work, as I do refer

much to the Vedic framework which I see as Absolute.

Whilst I may not follow bhakti so wonderfully I do

find myself with an intellectual bent of dhyan, and

therefore apprectiate very much the simplicity of

structure the Vedas present.

 

What I am trying to show is that by reading the Vedic

literature we can get an idea of what is Z - the

ultimate goal. So in terms of goal settings there is

no need of relative social profiling, or whatever. The

Absolute has been induced into us, it does not have to

be deduced. The inductive process through guru

paramparah has shown us the way, we need to formulate

a development process that takes us there. This is why

I see the main skeleton of the plan as forming a 3D

landscape, the formation of Gó, eden, the land of milk

and honey. To start with the needs of the land as

shown in our literature and shape the social and

economic phantasmagoria to come into line with the

landscape goal. A main problem will be in the social

and economic aspects of how to upgrade social and

economic capital to 'secure a living lanscape

fulfilling quality of life aspirations'. (this phrase

could be in the Vision instead of land tenure

security.)

 

I like to use the analogy that Z is like a straight

piece of rope, Y is the first knot, X the second,

until all the way to A when the rope is just one big

knot. All these knots are the phantasmagoria that

Prabhupada eludes too. He gave us the methods of Hari

Nam Kirtinam to get us into the consciousness for our

knots to be unravelled and to return to Krsna

consciousness, some follow others don't. Half of the

being of Krsna could be seen as the simple living

part, living a simple life in a living landscape -

that is the material part - Krsi. The second part is

the spiritual part of the understanding and

appreciation of life, the life giver and the life

giver in person and His activities.

 

So if we can shape the material part in the image of

Góloka, as given in the scriptures, then we are half

way there. This shaping could be called 'creating a

living landscape', with the ultimate goal labelled as

Z. Here Living landscape eludes to Land, Gó,

environment, to the fauna and flora, and in humanity

to the Social life with quality of life aspirations,

as káma kanda and varnasrama; and creating refers to

economics - the production of...

 

 

So, to finish, it is possible to create a simple

framework using the Vedic literature to deliantate the

goal, Z, within the three categories of environment,

society and economy. Env would be the state of the 5

elements and their forming senses. Soc would be the

need for adequate diet, housing, family, protection of

the latter, and education in the former matters and in

spiritual matters. Econ would refer to how the living

human being exploits the material nature to attain to

all the latter. (See Bhagavad Gita chapter 2)

 

Seen in the above Absolute simplicity of the goal, Z,

then it is obvious that the comlications that arise in

'A; downwards are the phantasmagoria of our

conditioned state. They become limiting factors to

achieve the simple land-based goals. The development

process would therefore be to analyse these limiting

factors and to find ways to remove them for progress

to be made. This is where the scientific analyses are

made. The resulting sysntheses, the management

implimentation tools, therefore will vary but the goal

will be the same.

 

 

I hope to those who read this I have cleared up my

perspective. I find it echoes what I have read of

Prabhupada and the Vedas; it allows a highly modern

development plan to be formulated; it could achieve

grass-roots comprehension and appreciation; it could

allow funding to be attained from private, charitable

and government sources; and at the end of the day if

the land conditions can be created and social

phantasmagoria appeased and removed, then we could one

day realise Prabhupada's vision of simple living, high

thinking.

 

Mark

 

 

 

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