In a world of extraordinary brutality and vulgarity, parents who truly love their children must ask: Is there such a thing as right education? This concern extends beyond one's family to all children, as societal influences contaminate everyone. True education, from the root "educare" meaning to draw out, should foster understanding of life's whole process, not mere memorization for careers like doctor or engineer.
The Imbalance: Technology vs. the Psyche
Modern schooling builds memory structures for professions, but technology disrupts this—computers outperform average teachers, accessing top experts instantly. As machines surpass human memory for facts, retaining encyclopedic knowledge questions true education. While science, biochemistry, and genetics advance remarkably, the psyche remains neglected, despite its greater importance.
Inner drives like ambition and power override external structures such as laws or governments. Ideologies claiming environment shapes man fail, as the psyche dominates. This fragmentation—technological excellence paired with psychological infancy—defines our crisis, like one strong horse pulling a foal.
The Dual Path of Right Education
Right education demands harmony: a brain excelling in technology and academics, plus insight into existence, self, and psyche. It cultivates "good" humans—precise in action, whole, unfragmented, without inner battles. Goodness means a global view, harmony with nature, and embodying beauty, affection, love, and compassion.
The Parent as Teacher: Avoiding the Trap of the Example
Parents are primary teachers, yet children face conditioning from language, society, friends, and ideologies. Setting yourself as an example breeds conformity, stifling the child's freedom to think independently. Instead, approach with equality: "I'm conditioned too—let's observe and free ourselves together," fostering no superior-inferior dynamic.
The Foundation of Love and Freedom
Guidance toward wholeness requires mutual love and respect—demanding respect while showing none is hollow. True love, with generosity beyond sympathy, could end wars if universal among parents. Self-inquiry into one's psyche, not via experts, yields freedom rooted in love, producing academically excellent, whole humans unmarred by conflict. (see the generated image above)