Ki and Education (3) Creating an environment for growth

What do we actually mean when we say “to raise”? Please take a moment to think about the meaning of this before we continue.

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What do you think?
I say “to raise” means to organize an environment appropriately and follow the development of person. I define “to raise” in this way.

There is a reason that a definition is necessary. The reason is that most of us misunderstand and think, “I personally raise the person”.

Please imagine the process of crops growing up. The eternal heaven, earth, and nature bring crops up. It is not actually the human who grows the crop. The idea that “I raise something” could be regarded as arrogant.

For the growth of successful crops, it is necessary to cultivate the field, provide water and fertilizer as the crop requires, and protect from excessive rains and storms. Sowing seed is not enough to make a successful crop. A human being is the same in this way. It is important that we arrange a proper environment and watch over the period of growth affectionately.

The fallacy of “I am the person who brings someone up” can lead to many failures. One of these failures is to attempt to create another in our own image.

One of familiar complaints about parents-children relationship is “I tried to educate the child, but the child does not listen to me.” In other words “Is there any way to make the child humble and listen to me?”

Sometimes the children cause this problem, but in most case parents cause these problems.

Parents care for the children, but almost before realizing it, parents control children in the parents way.

Just like adults, children do not want to give their rein to another person.
As children, they have no choice but listen to their parents, but as they grow, they start turning against their parents.

Even though many parents try sincerely to raise their children in the interest of the children, unintentionally they raise the children in their own image.

This is an unfortunate circumstance

Another difficulty which causes children’s objection is the nurturing of children at the parents own pace. Because of this, the parents loose patience to wait for the children’s own growth.

You cannot harvest a crop on the very next day after planting.
According to the laws of nature, crops need time to grow.
The natural law tends to be forgotten when bringing people up.

Sometimes a “learner” cannot do a task even though we explain the same thing again and again. At a time like this we often want to complain: “Why can’t you do such a easy task?” or “How many times do I need to explain the same thing?”.

For successful education to take place, the learner needs to understand the meaning of the task clearly, perform the task without assistance, and habituate this task.

When learners do not understand our meaning clearly, then we need to explain until they do understand. When learners do not acquire the task as a habit, we need to repeat it until they acquire it as a habit. Such an attitude of repetitive communication is indispensable for education.

When companies need to develop their employees, the speed of education is the most important factor. In reality companies often cannot adopt the repetitive attitude of education. Therefore companies need to choose the employee that they feel able to develop. However, even in that case, we still need to be patient and continuously explain for the sake of the employee.

In all of creation, the eternal heaven and earth develops us all. The only thing people can do to participate is to organize environments appropriately and watch over the growth of the people.

How was this talk about “educating” and “developing”?
(To be continued)