The Jeevan Vidya Workshop (Parichay Shivir)
Decipher.
Your life
Navigate through Living. Get a grand unified view of everything with yourself in it.
Begin a meaningful Journey
Why Attend
Engage in discussions without any judgements or filters. Get a holistic picture of life.
About True Happiness
What is comprehensive happiness?
Is it an internal state of mind?
Is it a mirage?
Is it only sensory?
Family & Relationships
Can expectations in relationships be understood?
What is the true purpose of marriage?
What does it mean to be a father, brother...
Actual nature of emotions such as trust, affection, love...
Making sense of the world
Long-term solutions for Social conflict
Wholesome purpose/nature of Education
Environmental issues
How can I contribute meaningfully
Expand your perspectives
Who/Why am I?
Know the depths of your mind
What is existence/reality?
What is the ultimate purpose of all life?
Why do I even have all these questions?
Current Situation
- Climate change - imbalance in Seasons
- Increasing conflict, insecurity in humans
The Need
- Climatic balance be maintained
- Humans continue peacefully on this planet
What is a Jeevan Vidya Shivir/Workshop?
A 7-Day Journey to understand yourself as a human being
An interactive, safe space
Ask any meaningful question - across the cosmos
No traditional texts
Only thought provoking questions - to examine & question
Get authentic answers
Through self-scrutiny & reflection
Explore Reality
Through critical thinking in a faciliated dialogue
An Immersive Experience
Paradigm changing concepts, 'meditate' with your eyes open.
This 'teaching' is *never* charged
Knowledge is free, like the wind. It's everywhere
Dialogic
This interactive 7 day shivir/workshop is designed to make the participant enquire about your own self and the fundamental nature of reality. The workshop is conducted in a clasroom setting where an accomplished facilitator will engage with you in a dialogue that is meant to answer questions from every aspect of your life.
Any and all questions are welcome.
Reflective
The workshop does not refer to any traditional or existing texts. The facilitator puts forth proposals from reality for you to examine and reflect upon.
There is no sermonizing and all participants are encouraged to examine question it from every possible perspective and ask questions. Gradually, the pieces of information form a meaningful thread in our minds.
Intuitive
By the end of the workshop, you will have a broader canvas & framework to think about yourself and reality. The content offers profound insights into your very nature, an understanding of reality 'as it is' and how everything coexists with one another.
We begin to sense that every aspect of human existence is threaded in the fabric of existence & needs deeper study. Many participants thus become continuing students and practitioners.
Preview of a Workshop
Inside a Workshop
Need for the Jeevan Vidya workshop
Inside another Workshop
Typical Eight Day Syllabus
Being here
General introductions are made. We start with a list of questions/areas we'd like to discuss. These are typically brought down to two-three basic questions: Basic Desire (Why to live?); Basic Program(How to live?). We discover that understanding the Coexistence in all aspects of our living is what we truly seek. We also decide that we shall avoid beliefs and dogma.
*Typical Timings: Classroom discussions are from 9AM to 6PM with breaks for Tea & Lunch. Remaining time is for reflection, personal interaction & helping around. No 'meditation postures' etc are followed.
The Human
We start with understanding ourselves as human beings & our various dimensions of living - such as intellectual, behavioural, occupational & spiritual. We explore the distinction between the Mind and Body based on certain observations and reflective exercises.
The Mind:
We dive into ourselves and explore our various faculties - such as that of reason, emotion, will, etc. How & why these function, and malfunction, and the solutions for the same. We discover that understanding the mind, indeed, is understanding everything.
Human Relationships:
Based on the mind, we delve into the basic nature of everyday Human Relationships, why we function and why we malfunction in them and possible solutions for the same. We discover that people are not as mysterious as them seem & that we linked, inextricably.
The Human Family
What is the purpose of Marriage? Is it purely physical, totally arbitrary or does it have real meaning? Family is a set of responsiblities and expectations. We explore family life and what makes our emotional lives tick. Being a Father or Mother, a Son, a Teacher and a Brother or Friend...
Human Society
Individuals and Families makeup society. Minds maketh the Individual. We now better understand why Human Society is the way it is. What is the Ultimate Human Goal? We address issues in Education, Production, Income inequality, War, Strife, Resource Depletion & more.
Nature & Reality (Existence)
We now explore Nature and its fundamental building blocks. We look at natural evolution and the Cosmic Design and how we humans & our living on this planet is related to it. We also address common questions on Gods and Dieties.
Summary
We neatly tie up everything we've seen so far - the Mind, Human Living, Family Relationships & Society and Nature & Reality into a coherent whole. We end with participants feedback and some way ahead reading & practices.
Every participant takes back something. Some, make it a lifelong pursuit.
What happens
- in 7 Days
People
- Who we are
Outcomes
- What to expect
About the Philosophy
What is this workshop based on?
'Jeevan Vidya' is based on, and an introduction to 'Madhyasth Darshan (Coexistential Philosophy, Saha-astitva-vad) a new discovery that transcends existing frameworks of human knowledge.
This philosophy provides a 'grand unified view' of our existence. It has a universal resolution to our current existential, personal, familial, social & ecological dichotomies.
This understanding & living results in freedom from illusion & comprehensive happiness.