Nooo! I won’t teach you! That is not my job! - INSIGHT #5

 

PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

“No! I won’t teach you! That is not my job!”

INSIGHT #5

That night, Prachana went to bed with tremendous satisfaction because her parents told her they were proud of her since she was becoming wiser day by day! She knew it was all because of Sarvaa. She wished Sarvaa would remain her teacher forever. She glanced at the three cards kept on the table and remembered the previous rendezvous with Sarvaa.

She woke up suddenly in shock hearing Sarvaa’s voice. He was standing near her bed but facing the door. The room was brightened, but flickering.

“No! I won’t teach you! That is not my job!”

Confused Prachana slowly stood up and walked to him and peeped to see his face. As he was much taller than her, she had to look up quite high. She noticed that his face looked very angry.

“Sarvaa, why are you angry?” He was still looking away and didn’t respond. She felt bad and confused. She slowly walked back towards the bed. Sarvaa was smiling slightly and slowly turned towards her who was standing near the bed looking into darkness through the window. The room slowly glowed again!

“My child!” said Sarvaa. Hearing this, Prachana turned quickly to see a smiling Sarvaa. Relieved, she also smiled.

She asked “Sarvaa, why did you say you were not going to teach me? How can that be deliberate?”

Sarvaa made her sit on the bed holding her shoulder and he also sat beside her.

He explained.

“Look, Child. If your intention is to get educated, someone teaching you everything is not a solution because the term education is primarily an achievement term. But it is not entirely so. It is a series of activities that educate you.

The activities, which have certain restrictions. How much ever the goal seems to be, certain morally objectionable activities cannot be justified.”

Now Prachana’s mind filled with a million questions. She didn’t know which one to ask first. 

Sarvaa continued “Education does not necessarily mean a deliberate attempt by someone to initiate another into the world of knowledge, understanding, and practice.”

Prachanaa felt relaxed. She was sure that Sarvaa has not completed. She listened to him carefully.

She asked feeling a little low “Do you mean that you are not going to teach me anything, Sarvaa?”

Sarvaa said smiling “No. I will be only initiating you. The rest is for you to explore and find out yourself.”

Prachanaa sat on the bed comfortably folding her legs. A happy Sarvaa continued.

“Imagine you acquiring knowledge and understanding without someone deliberately squeezing into your mind!

Imagine getting all knowledge and wisdom as naturally as osmosis, without any effort, just by being in the proximity of those in the know! ”. Isn't that amazing?

He paused for a moment and looked at Prachana’s eyes to know whether she was getting it.

Though Prachana’s eyes we already big, it grew larger in excitement hearing Sarvaa’s words.

“Yessss. That would be amazing!” Prachana was thrilled.

“Yes, my child! The initiation or process doesn’t matter once you understand the three criteria of education.”

He stopped talking and looked towards Prachana's table. Prachana glanced at the three cards.

She asked pointing towards the cards “Again Three? Like those?”

“No. These are different. You can store those earlier cards in your drawer and look forward to getting three new cards. The three Criteria Cards!”

Saying this Sarvaa flashed three brightly coloured Cards and got up to leave. Suddenly, Prachanaa got up and hugged him saying.

“Sarvaa, please don’t tell no for being here for me. I will be devastated!”

“My dear, I cannot go anywhere because I am within you. It is just that I am manifesting you to guide you. And that is because, you are full of questions, which is a good problem to have. So, don’t worry!”

Sarvaa vanished and the glow in the room fades away too. Prachana goes to sleep. The moonlight revealed her smiling face.

End of Insight #5

Reference : R S Peter’s Analysis of ‘Education’.

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