Family Matters

Preparation for Responsible Adult Life

SOME PRIME IDEAS USEFUL FOR THE PROPER CONSIDERATION
OF A METHOD AND CURRICULUM OF RIGHT EDUCATION
IN PREPARATION FOR RESPONSIBLE ADULT LIFE

Dedication/Invocation
Fair Warning
Introduction - Preciousness of Gift of Life
A few words about contemporary culture
Affirmation
What’s the Question? What’s the Point? What’s the Opportunity? What’s the Risk?
What’s the Way
What’s Really Basic and Truly Necessary for Youngers to be best prepared?
    Some basic standards from other sources. How is it to be learned?
Some so called “Facts of Life”
Phenomena, Illusion, Perception, Consciousness and Reality
Fact and Belief, Information, knowledge and Understanding
Essence and Ego, Being and Purpose
Presence, Attention, Impartiality
Self Witness and the Effects of Attention
Self Knowledge and Knowledge of Others
Mechanical Life and Awakening
How can these concepts be tested, proven and utilized?
Work on Self - Who Am I - Self Invocation
The Golden Rule - What goes Round Comes Around
Virtues and Vices, “Good and Evil”, “Karma and Consequence”
Ethics and Opportunity
Laws, Purposes, Principles, Standards, Practices, Reminders, Aphorisms
Maturity &Responsibility - Some Models to Consider
From Infancy to Adulthood - Vulnerability & Inoculation
Relations and Intimacy -
Western Romance - Unconscious “Love”, Bonding, Anger & Heartbreak
The Sinister Barrier -
Parents, Guardians, Mentors & Teachers - The Spectrum
The Way of Blame, The Way of the Fool, The Fourth Way, Dervishes, Sufis,
Christs, Masters, Gurus
The Spectrum of “The Guides” - “Friendly and Unfriendly”
Professionalism & Efficiency - “Occams Razor”
Awakening & Obligation
Lineage and Service
Hospitality
Source
The Spectrum of Parent/Child Relationships: - One Condition leads to another
    Clarity, Bonding and Commitment - Maturity, Responsibility, Authority & Power
To My Children
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