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generation. Children are our future and so our future will be what our children shape out to be.
5. There is an intimate connection between the mind of man and moving spirit of the universe. "What are we to do with our lives?” asked H.G Wells, and said in answer: “Put our minds in order”. 14 Education is the means by which we can tidy up our minds, acquire information as well as a sense of value. “Education should impart to us that bent of mind, that attitude of reason, that spirit of democracy which will make us responsible citizens of our country”. 15
6. For a golden future, a bright tomorrow, we need a vital change. The solution to problems and the implementation of new ideas, a new approach to education is required. This again means, a new approach to different dimensions of education. Man is a moral agent who can determine his behaviours. He can grow by the exercise of his will. He is not body and mind alone. He has, in addition the spiritual dimension. According to Shri Aurobindo, mankind is undergoing an evolutionary crisis; a new man with a new awareness is the urgent need of the hour ..... In order to gain inner strength and light from within, educators and psychologists are once more drawn towards the foundations and soul of education - the spiritual education." One of the prominent and most controversial thinkers of 20th century Prof. Rajnish (Osho) divides education into five dimensions. The first is Informative; the second is the enquiry of Scientific subjects; the third will be the art of living; the fourth dimension should be art and creativity; and the fifth dimension should be the art of dying ( all the meditations) so that you can know there is no death and become aware of an eternal life inside you" 16 The above mentioned dimensions, according to Prof. Rajnish (Osho) will have full education, a whole education. To him, education as a whole does not exist anywhere and therefore there should be a vital transformation.
7. What is the best education a country can give to its children ? The Mother - a French Lady, a spiritual leader, in the last century in India says, “In any country the best education to give to
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