MORAL VALUES

VALUES

Moral values are a type of value. Values are a very important association to be aware of. They are the things that people care about. Values matter to us. They motivate our behaviour. They ground our judgments about what is good or bad, desirable or undesirable. 
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Any form of activity that involves making judgments about what is better or worse, good or bad, high quality or low quality, right or wrong, successful or unsuccessful, desirable or undesirable … all of these judgments involve values in one form or the another. There are values in sports, values in art, values in social and cultural practices, values in science, values in relationships, values in economic transactions, religious values and in every other act. Our everyday experiences are super-saturated with values and its application. Thus, we need to emphasize our brains over inculcation of Values with Morality.

 Moral Values

Moral values are the standards of good and evil, which govern an individual’s behavior and choices. Morals are the social, cultural and religious beliefs or values of an individual or group which tell us what is right or wrong. They are the rules and standards made by the society or culture which is to be followed by us while deciding what is right.
The term ‘morals’ is derived from a Greek word ‘mos’ which refers to customs and the customs are determined by group of individuals or some authority pertaining to what is beneficial for the entire mankind. 

The Basic moral principles are:

1.    Unconditional Love and Kindness

2.   Honesty

3.  Hard Work

4.  Respect for others

5.  Co-operation

6.  Compassion

7.   Forgiveness

8.  Patience

9.  Truthfulness

10. Generosity

11.  Loyalty

12. Righteous

13. Integrity

Moral values play a very distinctive role in the lives of all human beings. Every human beings care a lot for the moral values and related incidents that they come across in their lives. Even, the so-called anti-social elements of the society care for their part of moral responsibilities towards themselves though at a wider aspect, they do harm the morality of the society. Thus, without moral values, the very essence of a well-cultured society can never be assumed.

IMMORTAL VALUES

IMMORTAL VALUES

God's Virtues are Immortal Values

·What is immortality?

·What do we mean by immortal values?

·Can we attain immortality?

·How do we attain immortality?

·Is it possible for we,the layman / common man to achieve immortality?

·Can we really preserve the immortal values within ourselves lifelong?

·What is the source of immortal values?

Man is mortal while his deeds/actions are immortal. The human body dies but his name, fame and actions remain immortal.

Eg. Jesus Christ, Prophet Mohammad, Guru Nanak Dev, Gautam Buddha, Mahavir – these are the true living human figures whom we all wish to follow. We wish their actions to be imbibed within our lives.

Moving further, we find, Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Yogananda and such more personalities – who all were in complete surrendrance to the Almighty. Their lives were handled directly by the Almighty. 

These souls have left their so-named human bodies but their actions have remained immortal. Due to their great work, these human beings' names have become great and with time their names are said to have attained immortality.

It’s to be emphasized that it’s the names and actions which attain immortality while the human bodies die / get turned into soil as a result of their mortal nature.

WAYS TO ATTAIN IMMORTALITY

Now, the question arises how do few people's names attain immortality.

As said earlier, it's the man's actions / deeds which attain immortality.

Few actions are mortal in nature which fade away with time while few great actions become immortal due to their greatness. These great actions attain their great heights. These actions reach the zenith.

This happens as a result of the VIRTUES (IMMORTAL VALUES) incorporated within these great actions.

Again, I emphasize, 

Actions become great only when they incorporate the Divine Virtues and the Divine powers within themselves. Once the divine virtues are incorporated within our day to day actions, very easily and naturally all our actions become divine and we begin to represent God's divine virtues. Also, our actions start exhibiting divine virtues. 

As discussed earlier, the basic virtues are - knowledge, peace, purity, love, happiness, bliss, power. These basic divine virtues are further diversified as - patience, cheerfulness, helpfulness, selflessness, etc.

Immortal Values - Moral Values

Virtues are the immortal values. Virtues never die with a person or creature.

At this point, I remember a poem that I studied in Class 9 - The Brook by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

The most important lines of this poem say :

For Men may come and Men may go;

But I go on forever.

Brook is helpful, selfless and a cheerful river. It spreads happiness.

Even after facing many challenges and obstacles in its journey towards the brimming river, the brook does not give up. It gets angry sometimes but is always cheerful and happy. It spreads happiness in its surroundings and plays with the vegetation around it. It waters the fields and farms and bushes in its ways and gives life to fishes, plants and blossoms.

It is immortal as the journey of brook remains continuous but humans can't be immortal because one day their journey of life ends.

If a man has values (immortal values) like those that brook has (helpfulness, selflessness, cheerfulness, happiness )then he and his great work will remain immortal in the hearts of millions of people.

There's a very popular saying - 

“GREAT MEN DO NOT DO DIFFERENT THINGS RATHER THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.”

i.e. Great people perform the same activities, as done by others but in a very different manner. Difference lies in the manner in which Great People perform the actions. Manner means - organized, simple and virtuous manner.

God is Blissful

PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF IMMORTAL VALUES :

Good people are always remembered, why?

We all are well familiar with the answer. The answer is very simple – Good people are always remembered due to their good actions and good actions are a result of the divine virtues incorporated within such good and great actions.

Eg. Suppose, some time back you met an accident. You were hurt on your knees, palm and had some scratches on your face as well. A gentle person came up to you, helped you reach the nearby nursing home, got your dressing done and dropped you at your home as well.

Now, being a stranger, he performed such actions out of his helpfulness nature - which is a divine virtue. With time, we may forget the person’s name, his facial look but the "Action / Deed - helping you in time of utmost need" can never get faded away with time. So, it's proved that it's the person's actions which attain immortality.

Some people say "Life is very complex".

But, I firmly and loudly believe and say-

 “LIFE IS A VERY SIMPLE AND NATURAL PHENOMENON.”

So, let's continue our journey for exploring and re-discovering our LIVES.