{"id":6667,"date":"2013-07-22T19:08:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T13:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srinivasv.com\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2017-09-11T16:58:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:28:43","slug":"citizenship-as-the-science-and-practice-of-inter-human-relationships-a-short-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/citizenship-as-the-science-and-practice-of-inter-human-relationships-a-short-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlightened Citizenship Ideal – the dimension of inter-human relationships <\/small>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bhagwad Gita, according to Swami Ranganathananda<\/a> (one of its foremost interpreters) views man\u2019s journey of evolution as a three stage journey.<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a><\/p>\n

The first stage of this is secular (Man-Object) and deals with man\u2019s relationship to objects and acquisitions.<\/p>\n

Stage two deals with man\u2019s relationship to man. This step is both secular and spiritual and is a vital stage in the journey of spirituality.<\/p>\n

The third stage is of man relationship to the divine \u2013 dynamic spirituality.<\/p>\n

Enlightened Citizenship represents intermediate and vital bridge step between worldliness and spirituality. This is a very powerful vision for people and provides a strong ideal for every individual to hold on to.<\/em><\/p>\n

Developing man\u2019s relationship with the divine may take a lifetime. However, a person can definitely move from \u201cman\u2019s relationship to objects<\/em>\u201d to \u201cman\u2019s relationship with man<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The first stage is a very low state \u2013 here you are in a state of acquisition. It is a quantitative state of mind, the world is seen terms of the things that you own, things that you do physically, the number of accouterments that you have got.<\/p>\n

When you escape this, you reach a point where you focus on the stage 2 \u2013 \u201cman\u2019s relationship to man<\/em>\u201d. Then there is a measure of equality in your relationships. Here you view people for who they are<\/em> and you also view yourself for who you are rather than what you have.<\/p>\n

This journey from \u201cman\u2019s relationship to objects<\/em>\u201d to \u201cman\u2019s relationship to man<\/em>\u201d itself is a big step. You become \u201cinside-out\u201c.<\/p>\n

This is what Swami Vivekananda<\/a> called \u2018man-making\u2019: at first you live in cowardliness; then you learn to live in manliness with infinite courage, infinite strength, infinite sense of the glory of your own self, your infinite potential and the possibilities that sit in you.<\/p>\n

Once you have developed manliness then you have something to surrender. (To surrender prior to that is the surrender born out of weakness.)<\/p>\n

Enlightened Citizenship is the art, science and practice of the second stage.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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