Foundation of Human

Values

Ranjan Mitter

Values and their different

shades
Values are basic convictions that a specific
mode of conduct or end-state of existence is
personally or socially preferable to an
opposite or converse mode of conduct or endstate of existence
Value System indicates a hierarchy based on
a ranking of an individuals values in terms of
their intensity

Personal value system

influences our entire thought
process
Watch your thoughts, they become
words;
Watch your words, they become actions;
Watch your actions, they become habits;
Watch your habits, they become your
character;
Watch your character, for it becomes
your Destiny.

Skills and Values

dimensions

Skills are visible and subject to obsolescence,

but values are not. Compared to skills, values
are difficult to acquire or imbibe.
And while both skills and values are
imperative, these two are not of equal
importance.
Skills Strong
Skills Weak
Skills Strong

Values Strong
Values Strong
Values Weak

Most Desirable
Tolerable
Dangerous

Skills Weak

Values Weak

Useless

The Rationale & Purpose of

Value Orientation
VALUES
DIS-VALUES
Envy
Greed
Jealousy
Anger
Crookedness
Selfishness
Vindictiveness
etc.

HUMAN VALUES
Gratitude
Humility
Forgiveness
Patience
Transparency
Charitable-ness
Simplicity
etc.

Human Values begin with one's own self -the focus is `myself' the first person
singular.
It is `I' who has to make a choice whether
to depend continuously on external things
or become self-sufficient/autonomous
within myself.
It is `I' who have to decide whether I
should wait for the `hostile environment'
to change first or I should change, the
uncongenial environment notwithstanding.

Instruments & Ingredients

for Value Orientation
The

Human Mind Its Two

Dimensions
a) Intellect / Reason / Logic
(Objective)
b) Emotion / Feeling / Sentiment (Subjective)

It

is (b) that comes first in our life

(childhood days).
And predominance of (b) over (a)
continues throughout our life

Instruments & Ingredients

for Value Orientation
The

human mind is drunk and stung

by a scorpion with a demon having
entered into it.
Shorn of the images, it is restless,
with endless desires, jealous and
envious of others and controlled by
vanity and egotism.

Five Levels of Mind

Another analysis of the mind indicates that

there are five stages/levels of its
functioning, e.g

Mudha' (darkening),
Vikshipta' (scattering),
Kshipta' (gathering),
Ekagra' (one-pointed) and
Niruddha' (concentrated).

Mind generally stays at any of the first

three levels. The fourth is rare and the fifth
holds good only for a rare few.

VALUES GAP ANALYSIS

DIAGNOSIS

SEAT / SOURCE

INTERVENTION
STRATEGY

Exteriorization

Technology
Life Style
Consumerism

Disciplined
Interiorization

Mind Pollution

Mind / Heart

Purification of
Mind / Heart

Lack of Holistic
Approach /
(Synthesis)

Brain

Activating the
Right Brain

Holistic Role
Effectiveness

Effectiveness based on skills alone can

never be total or holistic. While skills are
undoubtedly needed, the dimension of
values, as well as its logical derivative
attitudes, has to complement skills. Thus

Holistic Effectiveness = f (Skills, Attitudes, Values)

Attitudes
= f (Values)
Therefore
Holistic Effectiveness = f (Skills, Values)
Skills = external side of work

i.e. Doing

Values = internal side of worker i.e. Becoming

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