8 Keys to the Solution (Chapter 6 of the book "The Hijack of Education")

 

8 Keys to the Solution

“All life is education, and all education is yoga.”- Sri Aurobindo

Yoga here refers to our connection to God.

The students are entitled to a better educational system which caters to their needs and provides holistic education. Our aim should be to create a better society with proper education and all-round development of the students. The students should not be forced to fit into a degenerating society. Instead, they should be educated to become pillars of a new, healthy society. So, what is the solution to this problem? We cannot leave the education of our future generations in the hands of the elites who do not have our best interests in their minds. The following steps can be beneficial in solving this crisis: 

1)           Understanding the problem is half the solution. We must increase public awareness on this issue. This concerns the well-being of all of us, of our children and of the generations to come. This concerns not only the whole of humanity, but also the entire biosphere of our planet. (This is because corporate greed is destroying nature, while also mis-shaping our consumer habits and severing our connection with nature.) Therefore, we must not only be aware ourselves, but also discuss the issue whenever and wherever possible, in order to increase awareness of the problem.

2)           We see that our governments are acting in accordance with the oligarchs, who own big corporations. The corporatocracy allows the elites to frame the guidelines and syllabuses of our educational system. The entire system is built top-down. This is how we have lost our control. (This applies to the healthcare system as well.) We must try to build up and strengthen parallel educational systems from scratch, bottom-up. Our students will learn to be self-dependent there. We need knowledgeable teachers who have our best interests in their mind. They will be selfless, and will not seek money. They will be divine in their nature. However, they will need support to run their schools, colleges or coaching institutes. This is only possible when we are ready to come out of the spell of money ourselves. We have to support these institutions locally, for the good of our children.

3)           The general population (the 99%) must not only support the educational system, it must also come out of the clutches of the elites. The evil pyramids have to be abandoned. We must stop working for the elites. We must recognize and moderate whatever vices tie us to the evil pyramids of wealth, income, intelligence, information and control. We have both positive and negative qualities, which result from different psychological complexes. Often, we refuse to see our weaknesses. We have to acknowledge them and not let them seize hold of us. This requires a lot of inner work. We cannot remain slaves to the system and hope to educate our children independently. This requires collective will. (also see points 6 and 7)

4)           We have to educate our own children regarding the fallacies in the present educational system. Children learn from their environment, and this includes learning from their guardians and friends. Non-formal education is the tactical need of the hour.

5)           Public awareness and alternative solutions will together create a pressure on the mainstream education. The governments will be forced to make real concessions and take some concrete steps in liberating education. 

6)           Economics is the key to this problem. Therefore, the solution also needs Economic reforms. We must collectively take steps to decrease our dependence on Fiat Currencies, which are the major instruments of our exploitation. Fiat currencies are not real money, because they fail to be real store of value over a long period of time. They are pieces of paper which have been printed by the central banks, and legalized as national instruments of money by the governments. They happen to be promissory notes, and work on the basis of faith. They cannot store value over a period of time. Many fiat currencies have been introduced throughout the world, but none has survived the test of time. The present Educational System is part of this problem. The holistic solution requires not only financial, but also political solutions. This has to be a global awakening, arising out of the nationalist movements of various nations.

Many people virtually worship fiat currencies, considering them to be real money. This topic too requires general awareness.

7)           It is not proper to blame the elites for everything. Some of us have seen the society fall into the hands of the elites. Others were off-guard and unaware. We have allowed them to manipulate us. Why have we surrendered our will and passively accepted everything? Why have we not freed our conscience from the evil clutches of the elites? We have free will, and collectively we can change the society. We must accept the responsibility for what we do, and dissociate ourselves from the elites. The elites are not self-reliant; they need our services. We need to liberate ourselves from the evil system, and the work must commence in our minds. We have to liberate our minds first. We have to take responsibility for our own downfall, and align ourselves to Nature and Spirituality.

8)           We have to reclaim our sovereignty and our power. It is our thoughts, words and deeds that shape the world. Thoughts form beliefs and faiths. Beliefs and faith too give rise to thoughts. Thus, our thoughts, beliefs and faith influence one another. Together, they give rise to words and deeds. These words and deeds influence others as well as shape our reality. Our reality has become misaligned with nature because of our mal-education. Proper education can shape our future.

Faith is important. It shapes character. It gives us strength. Belief in our Oneness and faith in a Common Source of Creation can only strengthen us. That would loosen the grip of the elites from our minds.

We are sovereign beings, and we should think, speak and act accordingly.

Children are the symbol of purity. My heart bleeds to see them get indoctrinated in today’s mal-educational system. They are not being provided holistic education, nor are they being geared towards all-round development on the basis of spirituality, alignment with nature and universal brotherhood. They are being disconnected from spirituality, nature and human relationships systematically. Proper education has the potential to solve all problems. It is the panacea we have overlooked.

The truth is, the students are being prepared as human resources of the future. They will be exploited by the economic system. The elites will gain from their labour. The present system of mal-education intentionally hinders their growth and prepares them for exploitation as human resources. The students are the future of mankind. We will leave the planet in their hands. However, they are being turned into products of the mal-educational system. We have to stop this.

It is crystal clear that all the vices in the mal-educational system are there for a reason- they serve the interests of the elites who run the economic system. The vices being induced in the students do exactly what is required- they turn the students into human resources for the economic system. This is no coincidence.

Let us all join hands and take the pledge to change the educational system.