Moral Human & Spiritual Values in Children
Moral human & spiritual values in Children
Moral Versus Spiritual Values
Scientific Achievements :
As you know, in science we have made many extraordinary and incredible achievements. We have split the atom, and now we are trying to solve the microstructure of matter. In space, we have landed on the moon, and we have made space probes as far as the distant planet of our solar system. Through communication, we can watch the globe on the TV screen, and the television brings to us instant coverage and analysis of distant parts of the globe. In medicine, in the operating room, we are now transplanting a pulsating heart.
Sixties and Hippieism :
On the other hand, there are a few who would deny degradation, deterioration and the decline of our moral values. Most psychologists and sociologists believe that since the sixties, the beginning of hippieism, when a group of young people started rejecting the conventional dress and behavior and using psychedelic drugs we have experienced a social indifference toward moral values. The mentality has been “The heck with traditional values. I want to feel what I want to feel and do what I want to do and who cares about the consequences”.
Consequences :
Well, the consequences are what we are facing with today: emotional pain and breaking down of all barriers and relationships of husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and teachers and students. These are barriers that were once considered to be pivotal principles of Confucius ( jen ) and all past religions of the world.
Social Disorders :
I have traveled all around the globe. I have noticed that despite all of our scientific achievements, people are more and more unhappy. They are living with agony of the mind and spirit. They are divided and discontent. Families are separating. People are addicted to drugs and alcohol. They are suffering from AIDS. They are suffering from all kinds of mental illnesses.
Moral Versus Spiritual Values
Scientific Achievements :
As you know, in science we have made many extraordinary and incredible achievements. We have split the atom, and now we are trying to solve the microstructure of matter. In space, we have landed on the moon, and we have made space probes as far as the distant planet of our solar system. Through communication, we can watch the globe on the TV screen, and the television brings to us instant coverage and analysis of distant parts of the globe. In medicine, in the operating room, we are now transplanting a pulsating heart.
Sixties and Hippieism :
On the other hand, there are a few who would deny degradation, deterioration and the decline of our moral values. Most psychologists and sociologists believe that since the sixties, the beginning of hippieism, when a group of young people started rejecting the conventional dress and behavior and using psychedelic drugs we have experienced a social indifference toward moral values. The mentality has been “The heck with traditional values. I want to feel what I want to feel and do what I want to do and who cares about the consequences”.
Consequences :
Well, the consequences are what we are facing with today: emotional pain and breaking down of all barriers and relationships of husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and teachers and students. These are barriers that were once considered to be pivotal principles of Confucius ( jen ) and all past religions of the world.
Social Disorders :
I have traveled all around the globe. I have noticed that despite all of our scientific achievements, people are more and more unhappy. They are living with agony of the mind and spirit. They are divided and discontent. Families are separating. People are addicted to drugs and alcohol. They are suffering from AIDS. They are suffering from all kinds of mental illnesses.