{"id":6684,"date":"2013-07-22T19:56:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T14:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srinivasv.com\/?p=6684"},"modified":"2020-12-10T01:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T19:53:26","slug":"the-ideal-of-enlightened-citizenship-building-blocks-evolution-enablement-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/the-ideal-of-enlightened-citizenship-building-blocks-evolution-enablement-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ideal of Enlightened Citizenship Building Blocks: Evolution, Enablement, Engagement<\/small>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of the three building blocks of the Enlightened Citizenship Ideal –<\/p>\n

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  1. The first one is about evolution<\/strong>: <\/em>the search for inner freedom (requiring a shift from “function” to “being”)<\/li>\n
  2. The second is about enablement<\/strong>:
    \n<\/em>inter-human relationships (requiring a shift from “man-object” to “man-man”)<\/li>\n
  3. And the third is about engagement<\/strong>: <\/em>expansion of self (requiring a shift from “me & family” to “institution & society”)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    1. Evolution<\/p>\n

    How do I evolve? I evolve from \u2018function\u2019 to \u2018being\u2019.<\/p>\n

    A man always wants to grow. But, when I am at a “functional” level evolution is equal to the 3P\u2019s \u2013 pay, prospects, and promotion. At a “being” level evolution is about inner freedom, strength, responsibility. There is a shift in the plane of evolution from a social plane to a psycho-social plane. If I focus on the outer level alone, my inner identity gets corroded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    2. Enablement<\/p>\n

    Enablement is the relationship between man-to-man. When it is man-to-object, I acquire, I transact.<\/p>\n

    But, when it is man-to-man then there is no transaction, there is only enablement.<\/p>\n

    The best relationships in the world are enabling relationships not transactions.<\/p>\n

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    3. Engagement<\/p>\n

    Only if one engages deeply, can one expand as a human being.<\/p>\n

    As one engages more and more, one’s consciousness grows larger and larger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The Citizenship Ideal is the synthesis of an evolutionary vision of life, an enabling relationship with other human beings, and an ever-expanding engagement with life itself.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This piece is a map of the ideal, it shows the way forward to those who seek to embark on the journey to becoming enlightened citizens…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6684"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9514,"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6684\/revisions\/9514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivasv.com\/mapsofbecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}