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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Education the Mind's Workshop

Education, as we commonly understand to mean it, consists of school and university education related to arts and science, commerce and vocation, etc. For such education, every country and society builds schools and colleges, and indeed, we see quite an impressive progress and growth in this field. Secondly, based on morality at times forced by the law, some ethical progress is also visible. Punishment for stealing, crime, etc. acts as deterrent and it in turn enforces morality in a community.

However, mind can also be trained to radiate strength, peace, and honesty by way of cultivating such virtues as truthfulness, self-control, humility, and compassion. It can be said that the best direction or field to train the mind is the field of spirituality. To know one's true nature and purpose for human birth leads to the birth of best qualities in our personality.

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