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| - Education is a system that abridges the entire past into a couple of decades for future generations. The system consciously does it. Suppose there is no such system as education, still the youth will be the beneficiary of the past achievements but it will be a slow process. What is true of education is true in all other walks of life. This highlights the importance of two social values: system and consciousness. The conscious knowledge acquired from experience is passed on in a systematic manner to future generations through education. What education accomplishes in the field of knowledge, a Theory of Social Development can accomplish for the entire field of social progress. Education represents the descent of the knowledge acquired by the more developed sections of the society to the less developed sections. The same process can be seen in varying measures in the field of religion, government, science, money, language, etc. This application of conscious mental knowledge can be referred to as the descent of mind into the body. This process is occurring all the time in the subconscious of the society in the subtle plane. The principles of Ascent and Descent and their particular expression in each field can be developed for action. In theory, each act is a new creative moment, where fresh energy becomes freshness in essence, while the basic essence is common to all society. The Communist Manifesto called for the expropriation of the means of production by the proletarian dictatorship in 1848 to which Russia responded in 1917. Fear of communism, welfare state, enlightenment by education, 1929 Depression, Money becoming an instrument of social change, world wars, etc. made the entire world socialistic without another Russian Revolution. What the Russian Revolution ‘achieved’ for Russia, the right to strike achieved in other countries, making each successful strike an equivalent to the Russian Revolution. The physical Man replaces the spearhead of his labour by ascent, by a thought process. Once Mind catches the idea of fast change, it tames the crudeness of the violent body by making it see the value of thought in action. Man’s pugnacious vital is chastened, replacing the battlefield with the negotiating table. In this portal, we will develop rules applicable to each sector of social life and, if possible, to each specific situation, so that the highest benefit of this Theory can be reaped. For example,
* The nuclear disarmament movement for 60 years has been going on a zigzag path. The application of this Theory can, in one stroke, eliminate all the weapons.
* An unconscious application of this Theory in Ireland made the Irish Republic renounce violence for economic development, leading to the end of conflict in the North.
* About 5 to 10 million children are studying at home in USA, realising the value of home education instead of school education. As the conscious dissemination of knowledge through systematic education is a more conscious process than the subconscious social process of learning from experience, self-education is a superior to school education for bright children. In one essential sense, Ascent and Descent is the quintessence of this Theory. Its wider development remains to be seen.
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