Do Your Grades Reflect Your Mental Health, Real Potential, the Abilities and Skills to Do Whatever You Want to Do

We mostly think and believe that education and studies are just grades and are tools for earning. We may be right, however, my concern is that if one is national or international player of basketball, the credit of it is added into one's total marks. Even many other points on the similar grounds give more marks or higher grade when we evaluate anyone academically.

Thus, the degrees alone are not that important that we ignore achievements in real life otherwise the distinguished people whether writers, thinkers, philosophers, philanthropic people, humanitarians and social works will never get any respect and honor in the society and thus no one will accept or follow these as living part of real life.

This seems one of the major reasons that people are after getting higher education to earn more not to serve more.

If education is aims for earning it is just training, which even dogs can do and we are humans.

So, please consider my point in this context not just academically.

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I agree with getting degrees, diplomas and other training certificates needed to get license to practice in any field, however, when we talk about practical knowledge and experience it not for surgery, mostly it is for counseling and alternative ways that we use for preventive measures and remedial measure to stop any problem before it manifests as a disease.

We are not saying that modern medical practices are wrong, we are sharing that practices like yoga and meditation have been proved scientifically correct as USA conducted research on it and Swami Yogendra at the Yoga Institute (the Oldest Organized Yoga Center in the World), Santacruz, Mumbai (Maharashtra) did it for years and all researches were proven right. The books that were written based on these results are taught in the Indian Schools and published (we usually say written and edited as well in Indian slang language as they care the intensive research before publishing anything and thus by them, the NCERT), yes, by NCERT (National Council of Education Research and Training (India):

National Council Of Educational Research And Training,

Like in massage, prayer and faith healing, we all ask others and it helps. The Ayurveda and Indian Classical Music is also example of it that it is by practice not by degree alone.

If one prays by heart it is scientific as well because it enhance faith the need of increasing immunity system.

The reason I give respect, honor and credit to parents, relatives and friends is that they have a great impact in our life, but the expert can give us advice and medicines and all others help us grow and develop. If I start playing with basketball player, I will learn the game, and if I want to achieve something I need expert, the coach for general life learning we do not always need experts as they constitute the general health trends for all in simplified way.

The specialization is must and must be tested or examined closely before one practices it. For example in India and abroad there are many yogis, but there many black magicians (the Tantriks), who claim to be yogis and they harm the society mercilessly. Governments never bother banning there practices and this is something that we in India consider as national harm.

In any case, our point again is that in research we select a topic and prove it, and thus it gives a degree. So, it is not matter of claiming or labeling oneself as expert. One needs to prove and or pass it, is not it.

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In reply to "Do Your Grades Reflect Your Real Potential, the Abilities and Skills" - its not true because Bill Gates was a (college)drop out and he is the richest man in the world. Einstein, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton did very poorly in school...Need i mention more names. All these people were innovative and are known for their contributions.

Indians are pressurizing their kids forcing them to get good grades - just so that they can get better jobs and earn a good income. Makes sense, coz these families belong to mediocre class who equate money with education and you can't blame them for that. Competitive world out there.

Very few parents believe in their kid's potentials and instead of judging them harshly for getting bad grades - encourage them to pursue their dreams.

Respected Deepa, your comment is highly appreciable. Whatever you have said is practically true and harming the dreams and visions that we all have in childhood and our education system does not really support it. You seem to have the grasp of what education is all about. Thanks!

When we consider mental health we do not say that one does not have any illness, but when in yoga and meditation treatment we consider it as the ego problems that create the illness or ailments and thus are treated by making one realize that one cannot know everything and ego is very limited so creates problems like compulsive disorder, mania in which one assumes many things about oneself, inner conflicts that result in bipolar disorder to schizophrenia and lot more, and thus also hormonal imbalances. Lot can be said but I am not the one, who can give definitions of these terms, but I understand it that all of it is emotional suppression that disturbs the ego affecting the intellectual maturity.

So, even though such people may be highly intellectual, they are emotionally immature and behave as if a child - the nine moods transitions that make them laugh, cry, dress well or not well dressed, showing compassion and apathy alternatively, wonder and sadness alternatively, state or mood of anger and be poised alternatively; and so on.

This is something that Indian Health Sciences like Ayurveda in which Yoga and Naturopathy is described and discussed explain. I have studied it, and also studied Sir William James, who studied Indian and western wisdom, and his contribution in the humanistic psychology is remarkable in which all are believed to have their own (individual) schizoid world (normally considered a serious disease in the modern health sciences, particularly in psychiatry). However, it is only lack of communication skills that make one think and behave inconsistently resulting in symptoms of disease that is not there but lack of skill of self-expression (the emotional suppression - art not developed) is there hiding the human potential in the name of mental disease.

So, are you mentally sick or do not have skills of self-expression?

Please think about it and if needed learn the communication skills.

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In Yoga and Naturopathy, it is advised that our glands can increase secretions and we can balance body and mind, many other mental health problems are also related with increasing pineal glad secretions. It is the very reason that in Yoga and Naturopathy, the emotions (which indicate glandular system - the word Mann or Heart is used to indicate it) are given more importance.

Meditation focus is for regulating the glandular system and slowing down (the time duration of inhaling and exhaling of breathe increases) the breathing system that controls the heart and lung functioning and lot more. Thus, the entire body and mind systems are synchronized to get rid of many diseases.

The Asans also support it and then is the food and herbs that promote all of it. However, even then it can not cure all diseases without help of chemicals (the medicines) and counseling.

So, we can adopt this lifestyle so that there are no chance of any diseases as we cannot treat the acute cases or emergency problems that result from modern lifestyle that usually do not support nature, but our mind and emotions (wishes and desires) creating the conflicts among thought, action and feelings. So, the modern medical treatments are right if we never follow natural lifestyle, we must take medicines without trying to experiment the home remedies that are not for emergency cases, but for lifestyle, yes the natural lifestyle. Thanks!

I like your post, "how can you prove that you are not mentally sick"!! It is very difficult to judge a person and know if he is emotionally healthy.

Respected Deepa Ji! Thanks for your comment. You see when we consider schizophrenic people, we may forget that such people have hobby (or passion) for which they devote their life and others cannot give high respect they deserves and thus as of their deep interest in human knowledge, they can detect the level of respect that others show and craves for the level of respect they feel they deserve and thus all their claims and other works are as if appeal for getting some respect and recognition that they feel (the mood problems arise when they notice anything artificial or plastic in behavior or anything present in or among others they deserves as I said.

So, we cannot dishonor their works because of some chemical changes, which are basically mood management that they use for self-defense and mostly fail in it. Anyone can have any kind of health problem, and the mental health problems are included, and it does not mean that one has not worked, researched and so on. In other words, they simply do not not know how to represent their knowledge, and thus due to wrong medium, they suffer at our hand, but I strongly believe that we need to have great concern about it.

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Let us consider a girl, who is being treated as schizophrenic, but has lot of knowledge and wisdom, while claiming to have gift of prophecies and can see future in visions or dreams.

She is not wrong in work, but in the way of presentation. The highest level of technology that we are using now also checks through audio and video, the same thing that dreams and visions (the advance level of meditation going to subconscious while awake).

The Nano Technology uses the tracing of entire consciousness of a brain to prove the things scientifically, but it is not a philosophical way at all.

Know Thyself is a universal way of gaining knowledge and wisdom, we do learn it through dreams and visions as Holy Bible describes it, Chris Hansen has written a lot about it.

The Revelations do it, one has dreams pertaining to future. It is normal thing.

However, I do not agree that she is scientifically right. She is a great interpreter, and it does not need any label. She wants attention from others and thus proving it in many ways just shows her helplessness as we usually do not follow the ancient theories anymore.

If one claims that one can tell future as a prophesier scientifically, it may seem the most absurd statement and prove one a stupid, but if one says that one has foresight and can predict and the predictions prove to be right, it does not need branch of science to make sure that one is claiming rightly.

In Yoga and meditation, there are certain laws and principles without which no one can ever attain or prove anything. It is scientific, but as it has been part of Ayurveda and millions of people has proved it, we accept it axiomatically as already proved, and one simply need to perform it correctly and thus is proof.

It, the yoga has a syllabus and curriculum, so Ayurveda, Yoga and Mediation are mental activity in which body and mind support it, the process of transformations. If one practices it wrongly, one can go insane or even die. So, it is dangerous to follow self-assumed assumption or following books to do it.

So, she needs right category only. If she claims scientifically, others, who do not understand science as Eisenstein did may never accept. Eisenstein says that in the most primitive form of human knowledge and thus essence of religion is wonder. If we can wonder at things that amaze us, we are humans otherwise animals. However, it is not for experimentation, but natural activities, is not it.

We need to consider if only few people with high grade or intelligence should rule or govern the world in its newly formed New World Order?

The answer is NO. We all have free will and even God or prophets do not force or influence and interfere when it is a question of free will.

This choice of free will is the root cause of human evolution. However, some diseased people, whom medically we consider schizophrenic are highly philanthropic and humanitarian with great compassion and concern for world and nature. It may appear that they can be advanced to high level of intelligence, say using artificial intelligence in such a way that they lead the world, while they are also controlled as they cannot execute their free will, but follow what the think and believe for the greater good of the world and nature. Thus, they are suffering more than anyone else.

When we discuss about brain power and artificial intelligence, we consider many things in which the creative intelligence needs serious attention. As we have discussed the schizophrenic are very intellectual in a creative way and at the same time very intelligent. However, they are also very humble and obedient - a discipline that develops their creative intelligence.

Do you think that such people should be allowed or used to rule or guide the world. The answer again is NO. The reason is simple the free will is what makes conscience make a difference in making greater good for all that everyone can do without lots of guidance as all need to develop themselves.

So, we cannot make brilliant brains to have high ego as equivalent to God, prophets, peace messengers and similar level that the schizophrenic may assume or feel. It also happens when one is under the influence of drugs, the antidepressant. Should they be continued for long time, one may become similar to angelic person, but it is not still the right way. We cannot make robots rule or guide us.

The Yoga and mediation gives us free will used for greater good of all. The purpose of life is to fulfill needs not greed. If science and technology advances to make such brain and or mental changes it will end up in making the genetically modified unreal or artificial veggies and fruits. We may have humans that are artificial if science advances too much in this direction.

In my opinion, it should be banned in a very serious manner as we do not simply need freedom of speech, but also freedom of free will. It will make this natural world really beautiful again. We all need a beautiful natural world to live not genetically modified or advanced with Nano Technology.

I am sure that world community will pay attention to this utmost import issues that our children are going to face due to brain experimentation that can program any brain, not yours and mine though. In any case, it is matter of ethics and value system that we need to maintain without programing, but training, teaching and counseling as all prophets, saints, holy and visionary people have always done, is not it.

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As a writer from East, I am really impressed with Carol's series about sexually abused children. My observation and experiences say that this series has such a brilliance that if children and young people learn it they may make difference in their life.

One of the main point is that some respected and reputed people can blame even the innocents as sexually delinquent. This misuse of technology may prove it the modern scientific tests in which the gender awareness may appear as sexual urge controlled by the person, may it be a male or a female. This gender awareness (in the presence of opposite sex or in cases even the appearance of it) is very common among the introvert and shy people, so they may appear and can be easily proved as sexually imbalanced.

The introvert and shy people are mostly nature lovers, and they keep on appreciating the beauty in diversification, the difference in gender is among these points, they also see the similarities as well. For example, a boy looking at a girl may be looking as if she is his real sister or mother, but all of it may go as if Freud's wisdom as the modern technology at times says what one wants to prove, is not it.

This is same as is the case in schizophrenia or even compulsive disorders. The mental compulsion to enjoy the beauty in nature may be controlled as these introvert and shy people try to hide their feelings. It may also appear the hidden motives that computers can prove as hidden intention controlled and thus person trying to be nice cleverly.

This cleverness is the control from super ego, giving direction, but certainly not from simply controlling behavior with strong use of intellect. I may have less authentic words as I am not that highly educated in English.

We also need to learn it from this series. I thank Carol for creating respect for gender.

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There are so many mental health problems. However, as my approach is from Ayurveda - Yoga and Naturopathy with guidelines from Natural Philosophy and Humanistic Psychology, I differ in approach and it does not deny that these diseases do not exist.

In Indian way, as I have described above considers that human body and mind can be diseased, but not the conscience. So, one is never considered sick or diseased, but body and mind can be. The conscience or as some people also call it soul does not get sick.

We know it well said and thus prayed: "O Dear God! I'm strong in the spirit, but weak in the flesh, so please help me"

This weakness in flesh includes all parts and organs of body that also included our brain (or mind the activities of brain, and you know it better than me).

We notice that if someone goes into a well, and when oxygen is very low feels grabbed or held by spirits is a common problem. The same problem is there when there is lack of not just oxygen, but social, economical, psychological, biological and all that relates to body and mind and thus its proper functioning and coordination.

If one in the presence of all that is needed does show mental symptoms (it includes greed, corruption, dictatorship, self-righteousness and so many other things, which person in good conditions may not accept as abnormal, but we know it is also psychological problem). Moreover, what we say disease, it is more natural as pollution causes diereses.

We are not able to give company to others that want to communicate, and a stage comes when they really become sick and thus it seems that they are really sick and diseased. However, initially, they may be fit. Moreover, good company and living in commune with nature makes lesser effects of shadows that human our subconscious mind and one hears voices, the hidden motive overpowering super ego and thus one may easily lose control on actions that ego controls with the help of super ego. The id level starts to create strong compulsive disorders that seem as if one is being compelled. This compulsion is very normal as there is no super ego and less ego control.

So, I am not saying that there is anything wrong, but how long one can dwell on medicines and treatments, when all have some potential that they do not know to use. It seems there is need of change in way the patients are treated. Our doctors and technologists experiment on millions of animals and birds and derive theories from them, but the natural philosophy is to observe human nature and not do experimentation as it may harm our originality. In the influence of drugs, one may think and behave abnormally, but it does not mean one can never recover with help from all. What we lost is faith and trust, the resulting suspicion seem to have made us mentally sick one way or the other from hypertension to all that we can include in the mental health problem.

Our social structure has gone beyond all ethics and value systems, resulting in our doubting one another. Most of us are afraid of being cheated, robbed, abused, threatened and all kinds of loses. It can never be cured simply by brain surgeries or anything similar including the drugs as we need good quality in all that relates to our body and mind, and thus the pollution and corruption free environment.

The drugs and removing affected parts of brain by surgery may not convince the conscience as one knows what is wrong in the society. If it keeps going on, we may react out of apathy and artificial effects of compulsive commands known as buy or die button.

The food problems are also harming us.

Artificial Intelligence needs attention and Nanotechnology as well.

The other discussions include Nano, GM, and whatever artificial it can be as on this site: http://www.nanoethics.org/paper032706.html

If not checked by the world community, we the humans; all of it can almost kill the human conscience, and finally the existence of life.

We need to be aware, and help one another. Thanks!

How to Know if One is Educated Well in Modern Age. Please do not forget to smile after reading: How to Know if One is Educated Well in Modern Age. Thanks!

We have many people, who have so many talents and gifts that ripen while we learn and many also acquire the knowledge and merit from getting educated. If we consider that a degree can make us educated, it may lack that a learned person is not looked at with the degrees one holds, but what one learns from the open schools of life.

We all learn from womb to tomb, and what we have learned in totality is our real learning. The education otherwise seems as if Artificial Intelligence that we slowly download into our brains. Now, the creative intelligence cannot be easily learned or taught.

Say singing, writing, dance, sculpturing, painting, and all other classical arts need us that we have hunger for knowledge. The hunger for knowledge makes us learned people as Plato say about it.

In his words, the philosophers and thinkers have hunger, desire and that is what we can also say interest that has sharp edge of hobby that cuts down our ignorance making us learned, the truly educated person in our modern times.

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