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ASCENT
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SPIRITUAL ANTHOLOGY
Dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Who continues to be my Guiding Light
“You are a child of God, and it is your God-given role to help others to remember that they are also children of God”
[Divine decree received 2010]
‘Energy cannot be created or destroyed;
It can only be changed from one form to another.
Everything is energy and that is all there is to it.
Match the frequency of the reality you want,
And you cannot help but get that reality.
It can be no other way.
This is not philosophy;
This is physics’
[Albert Einstein]
Why these Writings?
On completion of the Labyrinth here at Jacaranda Haven in 2010, I walked it on my own for the first time and then stood – silent and empty- in the centre. A loud voice spoke telepathically to me:
“You are a child of God, and it is your God-given role to help others to remember that they are also children of God”
Sai Baba had gifted me a pen and vibhuti (sacred ash) whilst leaving Puttaparthi in 1999, renowned psychic Joan Moylan had told me in 1998 to write, and psychic Jennifer Starlight conveyed to me from Spirit in early 2022 that I was meant to write…but what ?
And then I realised that all I could write about to assist others on their paths was my own experiences, teachings and learnings in order to “…help others to remember that they are also children of God”. Hence these autobiographical writings…
Modules
This is but one ‘module’ in this collection of autobiographical writings that I choose to call ‘modules’. Each one stands alone, but some cross-reference others. A completed book is a static thing once finished: however, these modules are flexible in that I can add to them at any time should new experiences/information comes to hand, and the reader can pick & choose which particular modules attract them. The collection of modules thereby constitutes an’ anthology’.
The intent of writing these is to share experiences and teachings that I have been blessed with along the way of a human incarnation – the ascent of consciousness – such that the reader may also benefit to illumine their own path/ascent to the ultimate inevitable goal for all humans: that of ‘self-realisation’.
Belief vs Truth
As a precursor to reading any of these Modules, there is a need to clarify the difference between ‘Belief’ and ‘Truth’: one may ‘believe’ eg it is raining outside by the sound on the roof, but when you actually see the rain falling/walk out and get wet, you actually then ‘know’ it is so – ie it is ‘true’, and so ‘belief’ about that instantly ceases.
Many go through life accumulating fixed ‘beliefs’ about people/things, and, as Krishnamurti taught:”… the moment you arrive at a conclusion/form an opinion/a belief, you block the possibility of further enquiry and discovery”.
So, a hot air balloon called ‘Ascent’ awaits: I invite you to climb into its basket with me, throw overboard the ballast of all those accumulated ‘beliefs/opinions’ you have acquired to feel safe, and therefore allow this balloon to rise free and drift to destinations unknown.
Because, otherwise, some of what you read herein may sorely challenge your accumulated beliefs…
Everything recounted within the Anthology is absolutely true, unless I have qualified otherwise.
John Stephen Butterworth
GOVERNANCE
I was born in this life, and continue to live, in Australia.
Since my early teens, I have continued to observe the bizarre way in which this country is governed both at Federal and State/Territory levels.
“What?” Do I hear you say “…bizarre”?
Yes, to be completely honest, bizarre…
So please allow me the space and time to elaborate, but, in doing so, clarifying my stance first, whilst (once again) asking you to :
“…throw overboard the ballast of all those accumulated ‘beliefs/opinions’ you have acquired to feel safe, and therefore allow this balloon to rise free and drift to destinations unknown.
Because, otherwise, some of what you read herein may sorely challenge your accumulated beliefs…”
I mean no offence to anyone or system, nor is my intent seditious in any way.
What follows is an honest, heartfelt examination motivated by pure love and compassion for the humanity of the world – and nothing less.
For the Divine decree I was given – that is declared at the head of every module in this anthology – is (in part) that it is my:
“…God-given role to help others remember that they are also children of God” .
Majority Rule
I have never been comfortable with (so-called) ‘majority rule’ whereby the will of the largest number of people wanting to reach a decision actively discriminates against the lesser number ie 51% majority.
Under the so-called ‘Westminster’ system of government, it is used in Australia at Federal, State and local governmental levels.
In Britain, the Parliament (‘House of Commons’) traditionally comprises 2 dominant ‘parties’: the Conservatives and Labor Party with currently (Sept 2023) 14 Independents (according to the Internet).
And the same ‘Westminster ‘system was in turn adopted for Australia…
I am humbly of the opinion that it is a fundamentally inhumane method that disempowers fellow human beings.
‘Majority decision making’ is discriminatory by its very nature.
Just because that phenomenon has been in operation for a long period of time in no way validates its inherent inequality and discrimination…just as much as warfare may sadly continue between nations whilst in no way being a humane or kindly act…nor rarely solving anything, whilst generating immense suffering, destruction and expense…
It simply seems that there is unwillingness to change the present way of governance as perhaps noone has come up with a better, more equitable, more caring way…
Quite some years ago, I read (in a small book by my friend, the late Donald Ingram Smith) about how the Quakers manage such. Donald pointed out that, in principle, when they come together in their meeting houses, and someone raises a matter of concern, all such concerns are addressed equally and caringly until resolved as far as possible…ie for every person concerned.
Political Parties
Whilst political parties have been an integral part of ‘democracy’ (so-called) for centuries, once again it does not mean that it is by any means an ideal system due to their intrinsically divisive nature and requirement for party members to follow/vote for a party policy ‘along party lines’ that may not always be necessarily in the best interests of all the individual citizens that they were voted in to represent.
As evidence of the increasing disillusionment around political parties has been the increasing emergence (in Australia and elsewhere) of ‘independents’.
And under the ‘Westminster’ system, independents, whilst they are presently collectively in the minority, are currently out-voted on most issues by the dominating political parties.
Increasing Number of ‘Independents’
As the outcome of successive elections continue to demonstrate (at least in Australia), the dominance of the party system is being progressively weakened as more and more ‘independents’ are elected, which may well lead to a new form of parliament/governance emerging both at Federal and State levels… whereby, in the future, there may be not the leader of a political party eg at Federal level going to the Governor General asking to form government following an election (under the Westminster system), but a very different alternative…
Local Government
Moving from Australian Federal government down to NSW Local Government level, I worked from 1997 to 2017 for North Sydney Council as Projects Manager managing building & fitout projects plus the streetscape upgrade program.
So governance (at that local level) was very much the stuff of my professional life as a senior manager for 2 decades…
I now share the following …
For the first few years, all ran relatively smoothly until there was the requisite periodic Local Government elections at which point the current long-standing Mayor retired.
Then something extremely unfortunate occurred: at the elections for new Councillors, the voters were also required to vote for a new Mayor.
“Quite democratic”, I hear you think, but fraught with impracticality – as The Mayor of any Council needs to have the support of a majority of Councillors (yes, there’s the ‘majority’ phenomenon once again!) and the new Mayor (duly elected by voter majority) unfortunately did not enjoy the support of a majority of Councillors – who undoubtedly would have preferred to elect the new Mayor from within their own number…
And that’s when problems quickly emerged and plagued Council right up to my retirement.
In retrospect, it was an unfortunate clash of personalities – that led ultimately to (at least) the resignation of 2 Councillors, 2 General Managers, the setting up of a Commission of Enquiry into the Council (at which I gave evidence before the Commissioner) and of which you can read the proceedings on the Internet, and ultimately issue by the Commissioner of a Performance Improvement Notice to Council.
During those many years, I was caught up directly/indirectly in almost surreal incidents, and witnessed firsthand frankly vile conduct occasionally by some Councillors.
Efficient governance? If The Mayor put forward a Mayoral Minute recommending a commendable initiative to benefit the ratepayers, the ‘majority’ of the Councillors would vote against it – just out of spite…
And so the project would not proceed… effective local ‘governance’??
The 2 key issues that I observed were:
- A Mayor always needs to be elected by the Councillors from within their own number after they themselves have been elected- ie a Mayor who a majority of Councillors will support;
- The abuse of ‘good governance’ by the phenomenon of ‘majority’ rule.
[Author’s Note: I must simultaneously note for the record that during the 2 decades I worked there, it was as a member of mostly enthusiastic, competent staff who were dedicated and wonderful to work with, and of whom, I have fond memories].
Perhaps a Totally Different Approach is Needed
That is, a different approach not based on the inherently-discrimatory ‘Westminster’ system…
So let’s explore…
Everything starts with the individual… as individuals make up families, families make up communities, communities make up nations, and nations make up the global community. As Sai Baba once succinctly declared:
If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character;
When there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home;
When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation;
When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world’.
As humans, we are global family…
In an orderly, loving, functional family, everyone looks after everyone: they ensure that all family members have enough food, water, clothing and shelter. That’s certainly not what we see currently happening with the world global family, and sadly, not within the Australian national family/community… with increasing homelessness, poverty, despair, violence, economic stress… ie the needs of every individual are not being provided.
Families, and therefore, new systems of governance, obviously need to be rooted, first and foremost, in the fundamental human values of peace, love, truth, non-violence and right action.
In India, there has been a tradition of the bharatiya for hundreds if not thousands of years, whereby the spiritual tradition is to constantly support others by sharing what you have eg by giving food, water, clothing, shelter etc to others over and beyond one’s own needs – that is, you have a spiritual responsibility to care for others in every way that you can – which has been obscured by the modern focus on materialism. Plus may often not be followed due to extreme poverty and desperation to survive…The key difference between the West and East of this is that of sacrifice/sharing before consuming, not after.
That is to say, that you share your food, water, clothing etc with others before consumption.
In the West, there is a tendency to accumulate eg clothing, excess foodstuffs – and when one’s wardrobe/pantry becomes overly full, the surplus is then given away/sold. As is occasionally demonstrated in the media, vast amounts of food are constantly wasted…
A major crisis currently in Australia (October ‘23) is the shortage of affordable housing either to rent or purchase…is this a sign of caring society/Governments that act/fail to act in such a way to allow this to happen ?
And in Australia, there is a further matter pertaining directly to governance: the current Federal Government held on 14 October 2023 a Referendum as to whether First Nations (Aboriginal) people can have a ‘Voice’ in the Federal Parliament to put forward matters of specific concern for consideration by that Parliament.
In one response to this proposed referendum, here is an extract from a public statement recently issued by senior initiated clan leader of the Yolnu Nation of North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory), the Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM which so eloquently speaks for itself:
“…you have stripped our leaders of their dignity and authority, and by making us the subjects of your Constitution, we have become the victims to the devastating laws and policies that your Government has forced upon us.
For decades, these laws and policies have deprived my people of their basic human rights, access to their land and waters, and their God-given freedom.
And now you are forcing upon us a tokenistic solution to the chaos you have created using the same system that has held us hostage from the very beginning.
You cannot cherry-pick who you consult with and then say it is what all indigenous people wanted. Most people in remote communities have no idea what this “Voice” is all about…
…this is a continuation of the old colonial approach, that divides and conquers my people…
…This vote uses a diseased system that feeds off division and homogenising First Nations people so that we never close to real solutions that reflect the diversity of our nations.
[Author’s Note: The reader should keep in mind that, whilst Australia is considered one united nation’ by its Parliament/Constitution, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islands peoples, on the other hand, comprise many independent nations – hence the descriptor’ First Nations’ peoples].[As another example, in America, there are a total of 574 separate nations called variously tribes, nations, bands, pueblos, communities and villages].
He continues: “…Your proposed “Voice’ cannot represent the views of all First Nations across Australia because our experiences and needs are not all the same. Centralised decision making has never worked for us and fails all of humanity. That is why we need our original clan-based leadership and decision-making processes, that we have used for tens of thousands of years, to be recognised and respected.[Author’s Note: bold type my emphasis re governance significance].
Stop treating us like children and forcing inappropriate solutions upon us , that are propped up by mainstream propaganda and funded by corporations that have never cared for our self-governance, our liberty or our freedom.”
For the record, the Referendum was not voted in “…by a majority” of the Australian electorate…
At a very personal level, my wife and I put out an offering most mornings here at Jacaranda Haven to Lord Shiva, the ancestors of the Worrimi Nation (whose lands we live on) and Lord Pan and his kingdom. One morning several years ago, we knelt as we placed the offering at the base of the trunk of a large gum tree that is one of the ‘sentinels’ for our house when one of the ancestors spoke to me angrily and very loudly telepathically:
“You don’t consult with us” (ie before we do things on the land).
He was absolutely correct: for all the time up to then that we had ‘owned’ the land, I had never once thought to do so – as, in my ignorance, I didn’t know that such was traditionally correct protocol; I have since discovered that I’ve had at least one previous incarnation as a member of the Worrimi Nation and on this land. What I have learned (the hard way) is that the ancestors/the world of Spirit expect that one knows correct conduct from past incarnations – whereas most of us don’t have that memory active in our consciousness…it’s largely ‘forgotten’ until incidents such as this…
Holding that in mind, let me take you to October 1984 when I found myself one evening in the city of Siena as I made a tour of Italy. A fellow landscape architect I had visited that afternoon, one Professore Pietro Porcinai from Fiesole near Firenze had very kindly rung ahead and, after about 1.5 hours of constantly calling hotels, finally found me a room in the ‘Il Palio Il Piccolo Hotel’ in Siena as it was the only accommodation he could find in the area for that Saturday night (ie Firenze booked out).
I arrived in the hill city of Siena after dark, and was driving around the city with no way of knowing exactly how to find my hotel (as GPS systems definitely did not exist then).
Stopped at a red light intersection, I saw a well-dressed, elegant young woman standing kerbside waiting to cross, and called out to her in my crude Italian if she could point me in the direction of this hotel. Without hesitating, she ran across, flung open the passenger door of my tiny rental Fiat Uno, and jumped in next to me(landing on my camera), saying :”Avanti,avanti!”
Absolutely stunned, I accelerated off to be then commanded variously by: “A destre/a sinistre”, as we wove our way through city evening peak traffic, then “ Alt!” and as she jumped out, she pointed across the road to where I could see a dimly lit sign : ‘Il Palio,Il Piccolo’.
And she ran off into the darkness…
Moving ahead to December 1986, I went to a retreat at a Byron Bay NSW guesthouse with a self-realised lady from India called Vimala Thakar.
Sitting down on the edge the verandah one day, I saw a book lying there called ‘Deep Ecology” and was drawn to pick it up.
.[Author’s Note: I can strongly recommend researching the topic ‘Deep Ecology’].
As I went to open it, it fell open at (? possibly) an Appendix, and saw the name ‘Siena’ – which made me read as to why that city reference.
The author described the social structure of the city – how everyone belongs to a’ familia’, and that all the ‘familia’ in an area constitute a ‘contrada’ (or clan) and about the twice-yearly racing of the Palio horses around the Piazza del Campo at which all the contrada are present with their distinctive flags, cheering their riders on…
And then came the explanation of what I had experienced in 1984: the author reported that Siena had, at time of writing ‘Deep Ecology’, the lowest/very low crime rate of any other Western city (or words to that effect)…hence, that young lady who I’d called out to, realised that where I was needing to go was close to her home and an opportunity to get home quickly and at no expense obviously feeling totally safe to jump into a stranger’s car…
Checking the Internet now in 2023 (ie 39 years later), Siena still rates highly as a very safe city with a low crime rate…
And isn’t that just that way it should be? A close-knit social structure at family level which has its own sense of morality and right conduct – ie self-governing, whilst obeying the laws issued by a centralised government.
In 1994, Rosemary and I undertook Experience Week 1 at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland which is what all first time visitors have to do to start to understand what the place is all about. It was truly a delightful week which I can highly recommend others try and which I have written about elsewhere in these modules (eg ‘Rosemary’). We were especially interested because we wished to set up spiritually-based community here in Australia and wanted to learn from them all we could. I also returned in 1995 for a week on my own.
What we were told (if I recall correctly) was that, at that time, they had:
“… only a couple of written rules, but many, many unwritten rules” regarding how to conduct oneself. Focussed on their 3 founding principles of inner listening, co-creation with nature and work & play as love in action, conduct/governance simply emanated from that: more about that shortly re First Nations peoples…
In 1988-89, both my daughters went overseas for 12 months via the ‘Youth For Understanding’ program– with the eldest(18 years old)) staying with a host family in Omaha Nebraska, and the youngest, aged 16, in Mazatlan in Mexico.
The Mexican family were relatively well-to-do by Mexican standards and lived in a semi-rural area (?golf course estate perhaps?) where other relatives lived nearby. If she ended up at eg an aunt’s house late afternoon, they apparently would just phone the host family to say that she would be staying overnight with them, and she would go to school the following morning from there, then be back home the following night.
It was yet again a case of a community caring for its own as ‘extended family’ with its own natural internal ‘governance’ as in Siena – as indeed it should be.
Last year (2022), we had a visit one day from a friend who brought a remarkable lady with her, Michelle Lewis. Michelle has a commanding presence – being tall for a woman, is of part-First Nations blood, and a former policewoman in Western Australia. She shared with us that she has founded and runs a program in the NSW Hunter Valley near Quorrobolong she calls ‘Nu Magi’(check Google) . The relevance here is that when guests arrive, she has them go out into the adjacent bushland – each one on their own for the afternoon – to just ‘be’ – simply looking, listening, smelling, feeling – even tasting…
She explained that when they return, they just know how to conduct themselves whilst there ie no need for any written rules about alcohol, firearms, recreational drugs, pet animals, swearing, how to interact with each other etc etc as it is ‘the country’ that imbues them with appropriate conduct. What a lesson in ‘governance’…not unlike the Findhorn approach.
I’ve also heard of the same approach being adopted by First Nations peoples of Central Australia with first time visitors…
GOOD GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES
So what should be the fundamental principles of ‘good governance’?
A key problem that I respectfully submit is that it needs to work from the bottom up (ie start with the individual) and NOT from the top down which is what generally characterises centralised governance.
After all, a plant grows from the ground up (and not the reverse)…and buildings are constructed from the ground up…
Sai Baba said it all:
‘If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character;
When there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home;
When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation;
When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world’.
Additionally, any form of governance must be based, first and foremost, on the 5 essential human values of Peace, Love, Truth, Right Action and Non-violence (again as taught by Sai Baba).
Centralised governance needs to recognise, respect and comply with the ways of governance that older civilisations in the world have used since time immemorial – as with eg the First Nations peoples of Australia, or Native American peoples.
A key prominent characteristic of these older, more mature civilisations is that of ‘consultation’ at the family/clan/tribal level whereby, as with the Quakers, the needs of all individuals are heard and provided for.
On the other hand, a major problem that can be observed frequently with centralised government working from the top down is that the needs of all individuals can so readily not be met – exacerbated by ‘majority decision making’ where 49 of every 100 affected people may well miss out on their needs being satisfied…
Holding that shortcoming in mind, I now wish to share something else:
When Rosemary, I and 3 others were founding The Southern Cross Academy of Light in 1996 (a not-for-profit organisation focussed on the advancement/expansion of human consciousness, which continues to this day as Academy of Light Inc), we had a session with 4 of us one day where we brainstormed what should be the guiding principles of the Academy.
Whilst the others energetically and cheerfully debated what would be appropriate principles, I went quiet…and out of that mental silence, came the following (in retrospect, Ascended Master Kuthumi may well have been responsible):
- If all come to give, then all shall receive.
- The only authority is one’s heart.
- Cooperation, not competition.
So, you may immediately think, “…what relevance does all/some of these have, to the topic of ‘governance’?”
1. If all come to give, then all shall receive
In western culture/society, the pervading focus is so often: “What’s in it for me?” in many situations. “What will I get out of doing XYZ?”
In India for example, the bharatiya tradition mentioned earlier ensures that the needs of others is considered first and foremost. The formerly called Sai Prakashana organisation/now re-named the Sri Madhusudan Sai Global Humanitarian Mission headquartered in Muddenahalli in India (led by Sri Madhusudan Sai) is reported to have expended over $200 million from about 2013 to 2023 worldwide on totally free education, healthcare and nutrition programs funded by ongoing donations: they receive love and they give love…the individuals working within the various programs/projects apparently all work pro bono and are in turn supported by others doing likewise – all focussed not on “What’s in it for me?” but rather “ What can I do for others?”.
This hence is a self-sustaining system growing from the bottom upwards wherein the needs of all are addressed as well as possible according to available time and funds – and definitely not utilising ‘majority voting’ to determine what gets done when/how and by whom.
2. The only authority is one’s heart.
The profundity of this statement cannot be over-emphasised.
In her 1996 book ‘Sathya Sai Baba: Incarnations,Philosophy and Teachings’, author Vanathy Ravindran quotes Sai Baba:
“…Freedom and Light are what man needs more than anything else. He needs them even more than breath…Man struggles like a fish in a dry bowl frantically, to return to God which is his Home…He seeks God up in space, down in the bowels of the Earth, alone or in crowded congregations; in silence or in noise. But all the time, the spring of Ananda(bliss)/God lies in his own heart. He can tap it only if he knows how to delve into the poise of deep meditation” (pp xx-xxi).
Consider how in the sharing of wisdom, the expressions “Go deeply into your own heart” or “heartfelt” or “thinking with your head or your heart” are frequently used. Or “listening to your intuition”…”the voice within”. As Eileen Caddy (one of the founders of The Findhorn Foundation) reportedly heard : “Be still and know that I am God”…
This is what eg the Core Group members reportedly do at The Findhorn Foundation when seeking the best way to deal with any issue, or eg perhaps Quakers do the same when in contemplation…when doing Experience Week 1 at Findhorn in 1994, each of us participants were required each morning to ‘go deep within’ to determine what activity they would be best to engage in their chosen work group eg I was in ‘Gardening’ and was ‘guided’ one morning to work in the original vegetable gardens (that had grown the famous giant Cabbages decades before) next to the original (famous) caravan…
The point being that the closest point of contact with God is surely the heart for each human being…so that one actually has no need of any other external reference or ‘authority’ or law or directive when considering appropriate action/response in any situation that life presents.
Hence, this poses an entirely different potential approach to ‘governance’ at any level.
3. Cooperation, not competition
In Western culture (at least), competitiveness has been instilled in us as a normal way to act since we were little – whether in sport, academia, business. Whilst that incentive can be character-building in its encouragement to all to excel, it also has the potential to be destructive.
Those who don’t eg win the race, top a school subject’s examination, or don’t get promoted to the top of the workplace can hence feel as though they’ve failed their parents’ expectations, feel ‘less than’ amongst their peers etc etc.
And the same attitude can obviously taint any governance system – by extolling one person/group at the ‘expense’ of the others…
A very different approach is rather one of cooperation whereby all are working together towards a common goal –with no participant artificially ‘elevated’ above the others. Such an approach is radically different from eg party politics competing to win votes within the Westminster system.
At this point, I would like to share an anecdote recounted at a recent celebration of the life of my late cerebral palsy step-grandson Luke.
He attended high school at Shore – a prestigious Sydney private school.
One of the speakers at the celebration recalled a running race at a school athletics carnival wherein a fit, strong lad lifted Luke from his wheelchair and sat him on his shoulders…as the runners approached the finish line, all others in the race suddenly feigned leg injuries just before the finish line so that Luke and his bearer crossed first…that’s cooperation, that’s love in action…
NEW WAYS OF GOVERNANCE
The future for any level of governance will have to be spiritually-inspired or it simply will not survive, and progressively crumble as parts of the world descend into worse conflict ( eg Russia/Ukraine; Israel/Hamas 2023) whilst the level of consciousness of many humans ascends…
It all has to start from the individual (as Sai Baba has pointed out).
Humility, love and compassion must be pre-eminent in all governance.
Initially, centralised governments must find ways of listening to, and honouring the needs of all family/tribal/community groups’ consultation outcomes (the members of which need to listen to their own hearts/consciences/intuition) – so that the best of both grassroots and centralised governments can work together cooperatively for optimum outcomes that caringly provide for everyone’s needs. Communities like eg Australian First Nations tribal councils, the community of Siena in Italy, a local community in Mazatlan in Mexico, American Native Peoples tribal councils have no need for the strictures of centralised government: they have their own morality/conduct developed over thousands of years.
Any governance system needs to be consistently underpinned by the human values of love, peace, truth, right action and non-violence.
‘The only authority is one’s heart’.
All humans are equal and comprise One World Family.
In the entry hall to India’s Parliament House, there is reportedly inscribed the original verse about ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ from Chapter 6 of the Maha Upanishad V1. 71-73. Which translates:
‘The World is a Family’
This is said to be considered the most important moral value in Indian society, – where every person is looked upon as a member of one’s family (whilst noting the challenges historically posed by the caste system). Everyone should be treated fairly and with respect, as it is believed that no one should ever have to compromise on their wellbeing and education simply because they are less privileged.
All existence is unquestionably divine.
[Last updated 17.3.2024]