Editorial of 3rd Issue

In third issue we have selected the title "Problems of Students and its Solutions". Here in this issue we will find article related to this theme. As you that we have started our project of Positive Philosophy after its formulation in last two issues. In these issues we have discussed nature and need of Positive Philosophy with how to do philosophy discussion. We have the theme that the teacher should follow the slogan “Towards Better Living” and “Towards Better Teaching” as permanent values in their personal and professional lives. Continuous development both as a person and as a teacher would make their lives enjoyable, fruitful and worthwhile in the truest sense. The philosopher can perform a useful, indeed a vitally important role, by bringing his or her training to bear on the task of elucidating the morally relevant features of the problem-situation and so making clear what factors need to be taken into account in arriving at a decision. Universal values must be our foundation if we are to enjoy a rich, profound and fulfilling life. Our personal and cultural biases limit and distort our perception of the universal wonder that is life. Even as the hands of a clock are powered from the center that remains ever still, so the universal values remain ever at the center of human life, no matter where the hands of time are pointing—past, present or future. And lastly we have conscious about the student’s problems then we should try to solve these by all means. Hope this issue benefited you with some relevant information regarding the main theme.
DESH RAJ SIRSWAL

Editorial of the 2nd Issue

In the previous issues we have discussed about the concept of Positive Philosophy, its need and related themes. In present issue we will discuss about “How to Do Philosophy.” Auguste Comte said,” The Positive philosophy offers the only solid basis for that social reorganization that must succeed the critical condition in which the most civilized nations are now living.” With this spirit here in the present issue we will find that thinkers of the articles tried to explain their ideas about doing, studying, reading and dialoguing philosophy, as they experienced themselves. And we can found here better way to do philosophy, philosophically.All thinkers agree with that doing philosophy needs great practice and patience। Philosophical inquiry is very demanding, suitable only for those who possess a fair degree of courage, humility, patience and discipline. To do it better we should have a good methodology also, because methodology often decides the fate of a research project and lastly philosophy is a very abstract subject, and it is one of the more difficult , it requires exercise of very advanced analytical skills, and very highly developed language skills. So having endeavored to determine the spirit and influence of the positive philosophy and to mark the goal of our labors, let’s consider this issue positively.
DESH RAJ SIRSWAL
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Teacher-Student Relationship

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Teaching is a life time mission

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To enable development of youth first and foremost, the teacher’s love for teaching is essential, with teaching as the soul of the teacher. The teacher must realize that they are responsible for shaping not just students but ignited youth who are the most powerful resource under the earth, on the earth and above the earth. With their full commitment to the great mission of teaching, the teacher transforms himself or herself as a great teacher only when he or she is capable of elevating the average student to high performance. The teacher conducting himself or herself in a noble way itself is a lifetime message for students. They should encourage the students and children to ask questions and develop the spirit of enquiry, so that they blossom into creative enlightened citizens. They should treat all the students equally and should not support any differentiation on account of religion, community or language and continuously upgrade the capacities in teaching so that they can impart quality education to the students. They should realize by being a teacher, they are making an important contribution to the efforts of national development. The teachers must constantly endeavour to fill their mind, with great thoughts and spread the nobility in thinking and action among the students. Teacher should celebrate the success of the students.
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Teaching Indian culture to your children

August 3rd, 2008
India is a basket of various gems, pearls, diamonds etc. Indian culture is surely one of the possessed diamonds of India. Our culture is so rich and varied that it becomes the duty of every Indian parent to impart values and traditions of our proud culture. Today, due to western influence on India, the young population of India is deprived of our culture. Parents can impart Indian cultural education at home itself. Encourage your child to read books on Indian dances, Indian Classical music, Indian religions, Indian temples etc. Most grandparents in Indian homes are known to narrate mythological stories to children that have some moral learning. These mythological serials are also shown on television. Children can learn a lot from these serials rather than watching cartoons or music channels.
India also has a lot of variety in weddings as well. Different weddings have different customs and traditions. Take your children to weddings and tell them about the customs that are followed and their significance. As parents, you may not only praise and appreciate Indian culture. Let your child also know about the caste system in India and tribal population and their own customs. Encourage your child to have his own opinions.
India also has a lot of oral traditions that includes shlokas and mantras. You can teach your children these shlokas with its relevance and the Gods and the Goddesses it refers to.
Children love festivals। But most of them are not aware of the significance why the festival is celebrated. Thus while Holi and Diwali is celebrated with colours and crackers respectively, tell your child the reason why these festivals are celebrated and what customs and traditions are followed during these. Cultural education in today’s scenario is as important as other subjects that your child studies!

Cited From: goodparenting.co.in ,dated:०६-०८-2008

What is the Use of Philosophy?

To ask what the use of philosophy is is like asking what the use of understanding i One answer is that understanding is something that we very often seek for its own sake. As Aristotle said long ago: “All human beings by nature desire to understand.” We are curious if nothing else, and it is one of the more admirable traits of human beings. We like to know what is going on and why. After we have fed ourselves and put a roof over our heads, and attended to other basic needs, the question arises what we are to do with our time. One suggestion is that we should raise our heads a bit and look around us and try to understand ourselves and things around us. This turns out to be interesting. It is the genesis of both science and philosophy, with science taking the more empirical road to understanding and philosophy the more conceptual. These are complementary enterprises and there have always been important connections between them which continue despite the growth of institutional science and its increasing splintering into more and more highly specialized sub-disciplinnes.

There are universities only because human beings are by their nature curious। Universities are centers of curiosity. They are repositories and preservers of the accumulated knowledge and understanding of humankind as well as the primary centers in the modern of world of the pursuit of pure inquiry, that is, inquiry for sake of slacking our thirst for understanding. Why is this valuable? Well, why is anything valuable? It is a good question, isn’t it? It’s a philosophical question. Curious? You ought to be. To think that one thing is more valuable than another is already to have presupposed answers to a range of questions, questions which most people scarcely raise for themselves. Wouldn’t it be a good thing to know whether you had any good grounds for thinking the things you do, and to know what they were and how they supported what you thought? It would be. But then what you are seeking is understanding. The question why understanding is valuable answers itself. Once you ask the question, any sound answer requires that you seek an understanding of what makes something valuable and what understanding is. Understanding pays its own way.

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What about philosophy in particular? Philosophy is a very abstract subject, and it is one of the more difficult ones। It has many values, but one is that it requires exercise of very advanced analytical skills, and very highly developed language skills, the sort mentioned above that are inseparable from being able to think well. Now, what is philosophy? That’s an interesting question.

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