UNIT-2

SOCIAL VALUES (INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE)

FAMILY

 A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and
their children.

 Social unit of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoptin and having a
shared commitment to the relationship.

 Another definition is “Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term
commitments to one another and reside usually in the same develling.

 In general, a group of related plants/animals/languages/chemicals forming a category is

also family.

PURPOSE OF FAMILY

 Families are where we connect ourselves in relationships to past, current and future
generations.

 It is where all will learn the social graces of loyalty, cooperation and trust. It is where we
learn to love ourselves and each other, to bear one another,s burdens to find meaning in
our life and to give purpose to other,s lives and to feel the value of being part of
something greater than ourselves.

Why is the family important?

 Image a newborn baby: small and beautiful, but unable to eat, stay warm, find
protection, or even more from place to place on his or her own.

 God sends each of us to earth helpless. It,s given that we must depend on our family
from the beginning. By design, we are given a family to provide for us, to protect us and
to prepare us for the chnallenges we,ll face in the years ahead.
Reasons why family is important in life

1. Support and security. They love and understand you.

2. Protects from external influences.
3. Giving earth a center! No matter where you roam you always know that you have a
home to go back to your family home. That means that you are never alone in the
world, and always have somewhere to go whatever happens, sometimes this sense of
home is legally and financially comented with shared(joint) ownership of the house.
4. Helps to raise a child your family members will take proper care of your kid when
you are sick or away.
5. Aids to make decisions people might feel helpless if they are clueless which way to
proceed. Consequently, having strong family values aids individuals to make the
correct decisions in life.
6. They hel[ to make you who are: Which your first steps in education (like learning to
read and write) or instilling you with moral values, your family can shape your
personality you with moral values, your family can shape your personality and beliefs
for many years ahead.

Building a strong family:

 For Building a strong family, no matter individual roles or circumstances, is that all
family members help each other to succeed.

1. Appreciation: It is actively showing love and gratitude for family members.

2. Commitment: In good and bad times, which all families have, parents and children is
strong families remain loyal to each other. They believe and follow the family model are
firmly committed to their family.
3. Effective communication: Every good relationships depends on each person,s willingness
to openly, honestly and frequently talk with each other. Members of strong families talk
respectfully and kindly to each other and offer a listening ear when someone needs one.
4. Problem solving: Strong families turn to their family members for love, support and
answers to problems. They work together to resolve emotional, economic and spiritual
challenges.
5. Spiritual well-Being: Family members strengthen each other when they follow God,s
teachings. Being spiritually minded fosters love and empathy in individuals.
6. Time Together: Frequent quality family time is one of the best ways to strengthen a
family. The more time you spend together, the better chance you have of sharing quality
experiences.
 Benefits/Importance of spending time with family:

1. Builds self-Esteem: Children who spend quality time with their loved ones have self
confidence. They are more sociable because they sense that their parents value them.
Children with self esteem find it easy to build relationships.
2. Creates bond: Spending time with family strengthens family ties. Also families who
enjoy group activities will develop strong relationships and handle stressful situations
with ease.
3. Nurtures positive behaviors: Childrens start to develop positive behaviors because
loved ones influences them with moral values.
4. Creates memories: Children share more about their lives in these situations that if
you ask them “what happened in school today?”.
5. Healthy Lifestyle: Family members will remind you to have nutritious meals.
6. Relieves stress: Finally, chatting with your loved ones will help to reduce your stress.
Talking about worries eases it.

PEACE IN FAMILY

 Family is where one is praying god for another goodness, where one is being positive for
another,s mistake, where one is truly happy in another,s happiness, where one is smiling
and working hard for another,s smile, where one is peaceful and bringing peace to
another and where one is connected to all the living things of the universe through little
deeds of kindness.

12 Little Things that can help bring peace into family/your home:

1. Speak lingly: Never stoop to verbal or physical abuse. “Put them all away from you:
wrath, anger, badness, abusive speech, and obscene talk out of your mouth. Cultivate
patience and mildness. It,s amazing how a little kindness goes a long way to setting the
tone for the home.
2. Gather Regularly: The more time you spend together, the better chance of having peace
by sharing quality experiences. Eating meals together, talking about the events of the day,
sharing joys and defects, doing household chores together and spending some evenings
watching movies or special family activities. Enjoy togetherness.
3. Laugh Readily: Joke and play. Be ready to have a good time with one another. Lighten
one another,s load with a good laugh.
4. Work Cheerfully: It seems there,s always a job to be done. So why not make the most of
it? Do all things without complaining and disputing.
5. Give Generously: Of your time and your possessions. The home is a place full of all
kinds of giving opportunities.
 6. Forgive quickly: Don,t waste time nursing a grudge. Let it go right away and get on with
a loving relationship. Be eager to forgive and to settle differences quickly.
7. Hug freely: Give little ones a squeeze. Wrap your arms around your kids.
8. Pray frenquently: Ask god to bring peace into family. Lift up the needs of the day. Seek
him for wisdom when you,re stumped(or even when you are not).
9. Cheer loudly: Offer your enthusiastic support, all the way.
10. Love genuinely: Above all things have fervent love for one another. Love will cover a
multitude of sins.
11. Make a practice of unselfish giving and sharing: Practice giving and people will give to
you. For with the measure that you are measuring out, they will measure out to you in
return.
12. Develop a positive view of each other: Do nothing out of contentiousness or out of
egotism, but with humility consider others superior to you, as you look out not only for
your own interests, but also for the interests of others.

PEACE IN SOCIETY

 Peace is a product of a positive mental attitude, while violence is the result of negative
thinking.
 Peace is the natural state of society. Violence is an unnatural state. Peace is as much in
accordance with nature,s plan as violence is against it.
 When peaceful conditions prevail in a society all activities take place is distributed, the
normal functioning of society is disrupted. This law applies to man, as well as to the
entire universe.
 Peaceful revolution is the outcome of peaceful thinking. Peaceful minds make a peaceful
world. A peaceful society is a result of peaceful persons.
 Therefore, peace can be established only when every single unit of society is ready to
live in peace. Only those persons can live in peace who are ready to remain patient,
regardless of the circumstances.
 The fact is that everyone is born with different tastes and everyone is free to follow their
own agenda. This is law of nature, due to which it is impossible to establish uniform in
society.
 In such a situation, the question arises as to how peace is to be established in society?
The only answer is being patient.
 Being patient is the key to have peaceful society. A peaceful society requires avoidance
of friction, tolerance, positive thinking and the ability to retain one,s emotional
equilibrium, even when provoked.
 Peace is the only religion for both man and the universe. In a peaceful environment all
good things are possible, whereas in the obsence of peace, we cannot achieve anything
 of a positive nature, either as individuals or a community or even at a natural or
international level.
 Swami Vivekananda says all the wars are in the human mind, A little peace can change
the mind.
 It is difficult to maintain peace and harmony in the society until each one us is sensitized
about its need and contributes towards the same. The governments alone cannot ensure
sense of brotherhood and amity in society. Each one of us should take it as our
responsibility to nurture feelings of brotherhood with fellow citizens.

LAW OF LIFE

*Law of life is the law of belief.

12 Laws of life for success from the revered swami vivekananda

1. Be persistent and determined: Work hard for what you want in life, Don,t give up.
2. Make time to rest your body and time: That,s the only way to stay energized and keep
going.
3. Stay positive: Your mindset controls your happiness so take care to control your
mindset. Feeling tired? Sit up and keep your head high. Feeling low? Smile. Simple
changes in your body language can improve how you,re feeling as well as spread
good vibes around you.
4. Turn every challenge into an opportunity: These are the best opportunity for you to
learn and grow. It,s all about how you decide to approach them.
5. Be grateful for what you have: Appreciating will make you realize how much in your
life you have to be thankful for.
6. Make choices for yourself: Don,t let others decide on your life. You are the master of
your life.
7. Find a job you life: This will bring out the best of you.
8. Its your outlook /through that matters: It is our own mental attitude that makes the
world it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly.
The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light! It’s the
way you feel.
9. Be Truthful: Everything can be sacrifieed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for
anything.
10. Love is the law of life: All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction.
11. Nothuing is impossible.
12. Listen to your soul and Be yourself: Have faith in yourself.
 BROTHERHOOD

 A group of men with a common interest & aims.

 The state of being a brother.
 Feelings of friendship, support and understanding between people.
 Brotherhood is a key element in global peace, as people who view others as brothers will
unlikely cause harm to them. Every member of the society would want to relate well
with other people.
 A brother is not only a biological relative to someone in the sense of sharing a father or
a mother. Brotherhood in current not be biologically related but who might not be
biologically related but who share a common purpose and objective.
 A brother is someone who can and will stand by you at all times, regardless of the
situation. He will be there encouraging you to do good things and to pursue justice, not
vengeance, for the betterment of the world. Peace and Brotherhood in this regard, are
inseparable.
 First place that you might find brotherhood in the everyday business. When you work
with someone for a while you will start to develop friendships with them and trusting
them with things.
 Another place that you will find brotherhood is in fraternities. Here brotherhood is
defined as followship and alliance.
 Followship is condition of sharing similar interest, ideals, experiences, as by reason of
profession, religion or nationality.
 When you join a fraternity you are most likely picked because you do share the same
interest as the other brothers that are all ready in that fraternity.
 Alliance is a connection based on kinship or common interest. People will build alliaces
with other people that do the same things as their or have the same opinions as they do.
 Another place that you will find brotherhood is in the families. They have spent their
whole life with that person so they know the most about him. Brotherhood in families is
found the kinship relation between a male offspring and siblings.

Importance of brotherhood

1. The closest Bond possibke in lifetime: Bond between father and son is undoubtedly the
strongest in the world. However, father and son is two person with different level. The
highest relationship between two equals person is brotherhood itself.
2. A strong manifestation of unity/As the source of unity: If we meet another people, we
somehow feel connected and immediately treat him like a brother. This is the importabt
thing to make our life better, with the existence of brotherhood in our life.
 3. To share grief and hurt: Sharing the grief and hurt may not bring any difference ormake it
better, but we can be relieved because there is another person who is willing to listen to
us.
4. It is the right of every people: Right of every people is to have a strong bond to another
people. Brotherhood is the closest relationship possible after the relationship between
father and son. It covers all boundaries of status and racial diversity.

How to start a Brotherhood:

1. You need someone to start a Brotherhood with: Find people who have the same
interest and values as you have.
2. Find the values and ethics of the brotherhood: Sit down with the members and discuss
what do you want in a brotherhood? and why do you want it? What do you hope to
gain from and give to it? Is your intention to have fun, bond and do interesting things
such as sports, knowledge etc.
3. Find a Leader: If the brotherhood needs a leader discuss who is going to be the leader,
what defines a leader? Why will this particular person make a good leader?
4. Create an emblem: Have everyone get together and talk about what they want the
emblem to portray.
5. Start planning: Plan what you are going to do on the meetings? Having a plan really
helps the brotherhood to get together rather than fall apart. Keep in touch with all.

LAWS OF BROTHERHOOD

1. The Ancestors of brotherhood should always be remembered, for their guidance.

2. Always honor and respect another brotherhood, regardless of rank or knowledge
or gender.
3. Follow the traditions and customs associate with brotherhood.
4. Attend meetings/get together once a year to have communion.
5. Membership in the brotherhood is for life unless you are expelled and stripped of
your office or title, or misuse of your honoured status in the brotherhood.
6. Brotherhood takes care of its own and the brotherhood takes care of its problems
in a professional, respectful as well as honourable manner and this is in the most
cases done quite secretly.
7. Always support the concept if brotherhood realizing that we must be strong and
united in our ideals against those without.
 8. Always keep secretthat which is entrusted to you to know and to understand by
the brotherhood and its members. Guard the mysteries of brotherhood but reveal
them to those that deserve them.
9. Always honor yourself first because you as a member of the brotherhood are so
honoured as such.
10. Be a Active part of the brotherhood, for we have always been those that know and
those that do. Do not keep wisdom from others in the brotherhood but instead
always stive to share your wisdom and knowledge.

Factors that can help establish universal brotherhood

1. Equality
2. Respect for all regardless of color, race, religion, and social status.
3. Helping one another when in need.
4. Love your neighbor you love yourself.
5. To implement justice to all.

Short Verse by shri vethathiri Maharishi

“May all responsible world leaders open their hearts to realize the precious nature of
human life.
May they unite to form a powerful world government to protect the borders of all nations.
May all people live without fear of enmity and war, working for the prosperity of all.
May peace prevail forever and ever for all to live in happiness and harmony on earth”.
Brotherhood is known in sanskrit as “sahodharam”, which is a combination of two
words “saha”+”Udharam” meaning “from the same womb”.
 Earth is the mother for all living beings – plants, insects, birds, animals and human
beings. It provides ample food for every living being. Provides appropriate temperature
for survival and provides liberty for independent living, co-existence and helping each
other.
 Human life is one side of a triangle and the other two sides are society and nature. It is
essential therefore that we desist from damaging and spoiling nature, our environment.
Form a brotherhood and save/protect earth.

PRIDE OF WOMANHOOD

 The devine energy has blossomed as Feminine form that offer help and sacrifice to all
ages, in order to keep the world prosperous. The flame of light of nature is the feminine
form.
  Womanhood – The state or condition of being woman.
 It is said, “ Educate a child and you will have educated the future; educate a woman and
you will have educated a nation;” “Behind the success of every man is a woman”, “what
a man can do a woman can do and even better”.
 Women are an important part of our society. They are the source of
positivity,determination, strong willpower courage and lot more things in the world
around us. Its our duty to respect their rights and praise their achievements.
 The most successful women don’t run from change;. They run towards it.

Top Traits of Highly successful women

1.HIGH SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE: Successful women are clear about their
goals. They believe they have a rught to dream and achieve their goals. This gives them
the inner strength to go through hurdles with an open mind and seek to learn and grow.
2.SELF – AWARENESS: They evaluate themselves to identify their strengths and areas
where they need to develop. They make efforts to work on converting their limitation to
their strength be emotionally resilient and not be bothered by critical remarks or adverse
conditions.
3. INFORMED DECISION MAKING: They never refuse to the ideas given by others.
But the same time, use their own judgement before taking crucial decisions.
4. OPEN TO BUILD NETWORK: They never miss out on a chance to meet new people,
socialize with useful personalities and also help others to grow.
5. HAVE A HEALTHY RISK APPETITE: successful women are always ready to take
risks. However, they make sure these risks are rewarding and also calculated. Successful
women don,t make reckless decisions, but they do know how to take a calculated risk.
6. THINK OUT OF THE BOX: They use innovative and unconventional means to
achieve their desired outcome.
7.STRIKING RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY: Equal emphasis
on spending time with children and family and for their hobbies helps them cope with
stress better.
8.FINDING HAPPINESS IN SMALL THINGS: The adage of high thinking and simple
living makes them take life as it comes. They believe in not complicating life but living it
in simplicity.
9.BEING ASSERTIVE: Women,s are straight – up, when it comes to dealing with
people. The ability to sat ,No, when required and being assertive helps in prioritizing their
tasks. They make sure to get their points across. To be successful, you need to be able to
state your case rationally and put yourself out them.
 When women has monetary power it is a way for others to see them as equal members of
society. Through thus, this, they achieve more self respect and confidence by their
contributions to their communities.

International women,s Day is celebrated on 8th March every year all across the world. It is
a special day dedicated to remember and rejoice the achievements of the women in the
society.

International women,s day is an opportunity to reflect on the unique circumstances of

women and to celebrate women,s achievements.

A Woman is a daughter, a sister, a friend, a lover, a wife, and a mother. Despite of being
all these, she is a homemaker, a professional, a socialist, a teacher, a manager and a bond
that keeps the family together. That is reason why, world salute the achievements of
women.

How to be a successful young women

 Every young woman wants to be a success in her personal and professional lives. But
the path to success can be tricky and navigating it requirts that you be proactive in
several aspects of life.
 Every woman has her own definition of success. But there are certain traits that most
successful women share:
 THEY ARE DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO: If you don,t love
what you do, you are probably not going to be motivated to go above and beyond, to
innovate and to stand out in the workplace.

 THEY DON,T EXPECT PERFECTION OF THEMSELVES OR THOSE AROUND

THEM: Research has shown that wasting time and energy trying to be “perfect” only
leads to unhappy. Successful women know that they can,t do everything well all the
time.

 THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL: Confidence and faith in

yourself is the key to success.

 THEY KNOW THAT FAILURE GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH SUCCESS: Failure

is not the opposite of success but a stepping stone to success.
  THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES PHYSICALLY: Many successful women
have spoken about the value of regular exercise because they know that exercise relieves
stress, releases endorphins and increases energy.

 THEY KNOW THAT THEIR TO-DO LISTS WILL NEVER BE COMPLETED, AND
THEY ARE OKAY WITH THAT: Sometimes you can be more productive by accepting
that you are simply not going to get everything done. Learning to let go of certain goals,
responsibilities and tasks can be difficult, but keep going.

 THEY EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THOSE AROUND THEM: Successful women

acknowledge those that support them everyday both in their home lives and at the office.
Being successful personally and professsionaly allows to follow the above points said
by the successful woman.

FIVE RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES OF MAN

 Duties are the actions that have to be completed by someone in the stiputed period of
time.

 Resposibility can be riewed as a thing that is required to be completed as part of some

job or a specific role.

 What is responsibility? It is the ability to respond.

 How can I be responsible? If I can control my responses to various stimulus.

 Duty- To do the work assigned is our duty.

 Responsibility – To colplete the work assigned occurately, officiently and within the
given deadlines is responsibility.

Eg: Watchman has to sit on the gate of the premises-duty

Watchman has to ensure the security and safety of the premises – responsibility.

Society is structured with guaranteed responsibilities and duties, specific roles and duties
are assigned to men & women, although each have equal standing in light of gender
equity.
 The five duties & responsibilities of man
a) To himself
b) To his family
c) To his environment
d) To his society
e) To the universe

DUTY RESPONSIBILITY TO HIMSELF

 A responsible man, through the means of knowledge, can upgrade his situation. Such a
person certainly uses knowledge in the right path of serving human being.
 TRUTH – SEEKING is a characteristic of a responsible individual man has been created
in a way that he is in quest of truth and righteousness. Truth – seeking grarantees human
dignity and honor and wrongfulness leads to humility and baseness.
 DIGNITY – SEEKING is a praiseworthy characteristics which upgrades human being.
Man is a social creature and he has to have interaction with others. This interaction
should not harm human dignity.
 TAKE RESPONSIBILITY If you have agreed to do something just do it,Don,t do things
you know are wrong and then blame others. If you make a mistake, take responsibility
for your actions.
 BE CONSISTENT Constantly do your work. This means building schedules and
routines that work for you.
 DON,T BE A COMPLAINER/NEVER PLACE THE BLAME

Take full accountability for the actions you have made and never claim that is anyone,s
fault except your own.
 DON,T GIVE AN EXCUSE: An irresponsible person claims these are the reasons the
task failed, but what you are really doing is saying you haven,t been responsible. The
most form excuse take is “ I would have, but… “pay attention to how you speak and
start taking responsibility.
 olRecognize there will be things you cannot control put your focus into being
responsible for things you can control, and avoid the stress of those you cannot.
 Take care of yourself You shouldn,t rely on others to remind you of the simple things
you could either discover yourself, or you should simply know. Take responsibility and
be in control of your life.
 Be someone people can count on If a colleague tells you a secret, keep it to yourself.
This demonstrates that uou are trustworthy and can be counted on when something
bigger comes up.
 Think with your head – Learn to multi-task Try to use good judgement in the decisions
that you make. When you think things through you will make better choices, gain the
trust of your family.
 Don,t procrastinate Missing deadlines is not trait of a responsible person, and by doing
things on time it shows you can successfully manage your own life and your own
commitments.

SHOW LEADERSHIP
 It is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.
 Leadership captures the escentials of being able toinspire others and being prepared to
do so.
 Man should say “I,ll handle it” and take the initiative to find solution.
 Be Honest – Display sincerity, integrity in all your actions. Deceptive behavior will not
inspire trust.
 Be competent – Your actions should be based on reason and moral principles. Do not
make decisions based on emotional desires or feelings.
 Be Forward – Looking – Set goals and have a vision of the future. The vision must be
owned throughout the organization. Effective leaders envision what they want and how
to get it.
 Be inspiring – Display confidence in all that you do. By showing endurance in mental,
physical, and spiritual stamina you will inspire others to reach for new heights.
 Be A Good coach – Coach and mentor people a achieve the best results they we capable
of. Motivate and guide development within the organization one person at a time.
 Fair – minded – Show fair treatment to all people. Prejudice is the enemy of justice.
Display empathy by being sensitive to the feelings, Values, interests and well being of
others.
 Broad-minded – Seek out diversity.
 Courageous – Have the oerseverance to accomplish a goal, regardless of the seemingly
insurmountable obstacles. Display a confident calmness when under stress.
 Be straight forward – Use sound judgment to make good decisions at the right time.
 Be Imaginative – Make timely and appropriate changes in your thinking, plans and
methods. Show creativity by thinking of new and better goals, ideas and solutions to
problems.

MAKE DECISIONS
  A man needs to make decisions and take responsibility for the outcome.
 Be Aware of what you want. The best way to make a decision is by knowing what your
goals are.
 Ask for advice, But make your own choice.
 Listen to your Gut.
 Make sure you are in the right frame of mind.
 Learn to trust yourself.
 Practice

BE STRONG

 He who can control his passions. Someone who can control his anger is better than a
physically strong man who can conquer a city.
 Accept Reality – Acceptance doesn,t mean agreement. Instead, it,s about acknowledging
what is happening froma a realistic standpoint.
 Behave productively - Accepting reality helps you manage your thoughts and regulate
your emotions – which are key to productive behavior. The choices you make when you
are faced with problems determine how quickly you will find a solution. Even when you
are faced with a problem you can,t solve – you make choices about how to respond.
 Control upsetting thoughts – Your mind can be your best asset or your biggest enemy. If
you believe you regative thoughts, your self-limiting beliefs will prevent you from
reaching your greatest potential. Thinking, “This will never work, I,m not good enough”
will keep you from reaching your goals.
 Balance positive and Negative thinking – Positive thinking is important because when
you believe good things will happen, you tend to work towards making them happen
Negative thinking is also important, because it allocos you to anticipate what could go
wrong and plan how to deal with them.
 Don,t succumb to self – pity – Self pity eats away mental energy and keeps you
emotionally drained forever. It also adds to your current misery for something that
happened in the past.
 See the past as valuable braining and nothing more.
 Balance emotions with logic and thinking.
 Take responsibility for things you can control, accept what you can,t.

BE MANLY

* Manliness is the positive qualities of decisiveness, strength in one,s convictions, confidence, self
reliance, high moral qualities, self discipline, honesty and integrity.
* Man who is manly has courage to be able to deal with difficulty, pain or danger without
backing away despite his fear.

RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS FAMILY

 Family is an assembly of people who have marital relation and blood related
individuals, living under the same roof.
 A group of many families living together is considered a society.
 Each and every individual has the responsibility of building up the family in order to
create a happy family.
 Men are the ones who build the house, while women are the one who create the home.
 Role of a man in a family included the following function.

 A Protector
 A Leader
 A Provider
 A Teacher

 A Provider :Most men believe that being a good provider means supporting a family
financially. A Man should also contribute to the emotional, spiritual, physical and
mental well-being of his family.
 A Protector: It means protecting her self esteem and self worth of family. It can also
mean protecting your way of life and guarding against any threats to the things that you and
your family value.
 A Leader: Instead of waiting for others to take the initiative when you are having
problems, take the lead. Get in the game and create what you want in your family
instead of whining about your family situation.
 A Teacher : What are you teaching those around you, especially your children with your
behavior. It,s important to provide a good Example for your children, loved and
community with both words and deeds. Set high standards and teach by doing.

DUTY/RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS ENVIRONMENT

 Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world.
 eg: Cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe as well as poisonous gas is
given off by factories. Trees on the hills have been cut down and waste water is being
poured continuously into rivers.
DISCOVERING THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
Become aware of the natural environment in your local area. What are the environment issues in
your local area? How can you enhance and raise awareness.

 PLANT A TREE: Planting a tree is an appropriate activity to mark many occasions; a

birth in the family, the beginning of a new year, an occasion of celebration or a
particular environmental day.
 THINK GLOBALLY AND ACTING LOCALLY : The earth is our home and we all
share a mutual responsibility for our planet. We need to make the connection between
ourselves and all life on earth. That connection can be through modern technology or by
working with other individuals and organizations. We can translate that connection into
action through local environment awareness and activity.
 RECYCLE, REUSE,REDUCE : Consumerism impacts on the environment. When we
buy goods, we reduce waste if they are reusable rather than disposable. If we reduce our
consumption of both goods and energy we reduce was and pollution.
 VALUING AND CONSERVING WATER
 CITY PLANNING
- Zonation of residential and industrial area.
- Relocation of heavy pollutant sources
- Improve the mass transport system to reduce the number of automobiles.
- Sewage treatment plants

SEWAGE TREATMENT Domestic sewage is purified in a sewage treatment plant before it is

discharged into rivers or seas to reduce water pollution and hazard on health.

WASTE DISPOSAL Provides control and management of the collection, removal, treatment and
disposal of wastes. provides the control of chemical wastes; all chemical wastes must be
collected and transported by licensed collectors and required to be treated and disposed of at
licensed facilities.

NOISE CONTROL Restricts and Reduces the annoyance caused by noises from construction
sites, industrial and commercial premises.

RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY OF MAN IN SOCIETY

 Human must realize the importance of the relationship between on individual and the
society.
 Man can engage themselves in various forms of social work in their spare time and in
moments of crisis.
 Man should take an active role in literacy campaigns.
  They can teach the illiterate to read and write.
 They should be enthusiastic about opening blood donation camps, founding
gymnasiums, blind schools, health centers, libraries etc. Such enterprises, benefit a
large number of people, and help in maintaining the society in a good condition.
 Funds can be raised through subscriptions, lottery and through government help. Man
can also arrange for charity shows to raise the necessary funds.
 Man should undertake the responsibility of fighting anti social activities of a few corrupt
people.
 They must solemnly vow to eradicate drugs and drink from their localities.

RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE UNIVERSE

 Earth is a beautiful living planet of the universe as the common habit of more the 7
billion human poplution & millions of species of biodiversity. Our earth provides us
with food, shelter and with mose of our requirements.
 Every day we produce tons of degradable & non-degradable wastes & throw them
anywhere recklessly. Smoke &harmful gases from our homes, vehicles or industries are
suffocating the earth. We are disposing dirty sewages, drainage & even chemicals
recklessly although we know that many human along with all plants with all plants &
animals in this world rely on water for their lives.
 Harmful gases emitted by Acs, refrigerators, industries & vehicles are depleting ozone
layer & increasing our exposure to very harmful uv rays of sun leading us towards
various skin diseases, eye cataract & even cancer.

Wastes like plastics & other non- degradable wastes like insecticides, pesticides, chemicals
fertilizers etc highly degrade soil quality 7 decrease agricultural products & kills soil micro
organisms & decomposers.

 Water pollution increases risk of water borne diseases like cholera, dysentery etc. can
highly degrade our mental ability & causes extinction of manu aquatic animals.
 Air pollution causes air borne diseases like asthma in humans & animals and disturbs
whole metabolism process in plants.
 Noise pollution causes insomnia & heart diseases in humans.
 Deforestation is leading to natural calamities like floods soil erosion etc, temperature
increase and changed rainfall distribution, drought, loss of valuable biodiversily
decreased oxygen density etc
 .The burning issues in the world at present are
“climate change & Green house effect.”
 As a human being we all have the responsibilities to save our earth.
 First role towards nature is to reduce our own carbon footprint via eco-friendly
activities.
 form a GREEN ORGANIZATION along with other people to raise awareness in my
peer circle, neighborhood& the community about environment sanitation by changing
degradable wastes into compest manure and by 3R(reduce, reuse, recycle) principle of
non-degradable wastes.
 There are four basic aspects to man, relationship with the universe:

-Knowing the universe

_ perceiving the universe
_ The changes in the universe
_ changing the universe.

 The factors that can activate the four basic aspects are:

1. Scientific
2. Philosophical
3. Intuitive
4. Moral
5. Wisdom
6. Mystical
7. Religious

 SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: includes making contact with facts about the universe by
means of observation and experiment-conclusions about directly or indirectly observable
topics or phenomena concerning the universe, whether in the world inside or in the
world outside.
 INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE: involves direct reception of facts without making use of
sensory or experimental observations.ie. perceiving the truth beyond qualitative or
quantitative phenomena and observable beauties. Intuitive reception requires going
through the appropriate preliminaries and paths.
 MORAL KNOWLEDGE: Consists of the development and flourish of knowledge and
intellect in an inside guided by conscience thus, when a human being of high moral
ethics and values gains knowledge of mankind and the universe.
 KNOWLEGDE BY WISDOM : if we consider the first four forms of knowledge
mentioned above as man’s motive and guide in life, the mystic knowledge they acquire
can be called wisdom. Here man harmonizer the four kinds of knowledge and uses them
in order to move toward intelligible life.
 MYSTICAL KNOWLEDGE : If the aspects mentioned above are accompanied by a
divine light than places man in the domain of the attraction of the truth, making man
move toward it, man will achieve, mystical reception and understanding.
 RLELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE : Consists of faith in the properness of acquiring these
six aspects in order to move along the path of divine attraction with determined
principles based upon what god preached.
 None of the sever factors are produced by the human mind. One or several factors of
knowledge have arisen and been user by man depending on the conditions of the time
and locations he existed in.
 After understanding the universe by the above stated knowledge, man can involve
himself in conversing the universe.