Ki & Education (8) Training to be a Self-Organized Person

Let's return to our main subject of “Ki and Education”.

My purpose in education is to train one to be “self-organized”.

In the narrowest of meanings, self-organized means “one can do things by oneself”. Some people might imagine this to mean “financially independent”. However, true meaning of “self-organized” is beyond that.

I define “self–organized” to have the following three characteristics.

“The ability to realize”
“The ability to judge”
“The ability to put into practice”

And the foundation of these three abilities is “self-control”.

Let me give an overview of these three abilities.

The ability to realize:
If we do not realize, it is as same as if object of realization does not exist. If something does not exist, then we cannot give it any attention or perform any action in relation to it. Realization is essential to our growth.

By realization, we can sense another’s state of mind, or intention. We must extend Ki for realization to take place. Our “Ability to realize” is based upon our extension of Ki. You can master “the ability to realize” by practicing Ki principles.

The ability to judge:
There is no absolute truth in human thinking. Therefore, there is no judgment which is absolutely correct in the human world. However, if we set “to follow Universal way” as correct, we can judge correctly always. “The ability to judge” is to judge correctly by oneself. You can master “the ability to judge” through learning Ki principles.

The ability to put into practice:
If you do something without Ki, you cannot obtain satisfactory results from it. To use your mind clearly, it is important to define your goal clearly, then think how to reach that goal, and then to persevere.
If you can do it by yourself, this is “the ability to put into practice.” You can master “the ability to put into practice” through learning Ki principles.

We will cover those three abilities in detail in our next article.
(to be continued)