Sibal and education reforms

For the past 3 days all major news channels have one or the other discussion on education reforms initiated by Kapil Sibal. To make india more competitive, to increase the number of doctorates, to reduce the burden of exams, to enhance learning are some of the lofty goals of this revolutionary initiative. What is learning? what to learn? these have to be understood by diving deep. The faculty of reasoning is what separates us from all other species on earth. Reasoning is the process of understanding the layers of causation of any observable phenomena. Understanding the levels of 'Why' for impactful occurences around us. Learning incorporates people phenomena, nature phenomena. Fields of biology, chemistry, physics try to understand phenomenon in nature. The fields of Anthropology, psychology, behavioral sciences belong to the category of people phenomena. Technology belongs to the domain of creating products and services for diverse sensual experiences of the future. The foundation of technology is in physics. That means all around we are sorrounded by systematic phenomenon and not random occurences. There would not be any branch of knowledge if there are only random occurences in the universe. Hence the question still remains - How can a random event like the bang bang create wonderful systematic phenomena? Darwinism and Big bang are the real enemies of true enlightening knowledge. Combinedly they act to prevent the embracing of the knowledge about the supreme being who is the 'nth' why of any causal chain of phenomenon.
True education has to talk of eternity and on techniques to solve the problems of life - Birth death oldage and disease. Why have i got a body which is prone to these phenomena? Who am i? What is the goal of life? The senses are decaying and dying with every passing day. Hence the pleasure is decreasing due to inefficient contact and gratification of senses. Is there a happiness beyond the type of happiness derived by gratification of sense by sense objects? This atindriya happiness is the target for human life. Eternal happiness, uninterrupted happines, pure knowledge - these are our lofty ideals every human should strive for. Education is also about imbibing worthy goals to strive for. Today most parents teach to have goals for finding a job to find shelter and food comfortably. Are we ambitious enough? Filling the belly and having a roof - will this satisfy human life???? We have to strive for higher spiritual happiness. Our quest cannot end in comfortable survival only!!!!
Blind leading the blind - thats what is happening. True education is the knowledge of the soul and its eternal function of service to the supreme being. Maya is playing the tandava nrtya. Everybody has lost sight of this important goal to recovering satchitananda state. We are just satisfied earning money to fill belly and have recreation. We have to aspire to get out of this jail - Have to target full freedom from the shackles of maya. Knowledge of the supreme being is liberating and hence true education. SO Mr.Kapil Sibal - please wake up - introduce Bhagavad Gita and knowledge of the soul in schools and colleges. You will be doing real service to humanity.

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