The Mistakes in the Upbringing of Children

Upbringing is the way parents guide and treat their children to help them understand the changing world and eventually lead it. It is the process of shaping a child's emotions, mindset, and body in alignment with the needs of the evolving world.

Feelings are the experience and expression of emotions. Mindset is the pattern of thinking, attitude, and approach toward problems and their solutions. The body is of utmost importance, as the functioning of the mind, spirit, intuition (from the infinite intelligence), actions, and all life processes depend on the body.

Therefore, in proper upbringing, we must understand the physical and mental development and care,  psychological challenges during different growth stages and the connection between the child and the infinite intelligence.

Breastfeeding is not just about milk; it is also emotional nourishment and psychological support. Similarly, hugging and kissing, as forms of physical touch, are ways of transferring spirit and intuition. Touch is a crucial part of parenting—be serious about it. It transmits energy related to the mind and spirit, creating an emotional and spiritual bond between the child and the caregiver.

Children do not understand and follow the verbal instructions easily. They mainly learn from emotional responses, physical actions, and behavior. They only imitate the patterns of their parents and surroundings. If parents are engaged in video games, mobile screens, or book reading, children will do the same. We are their role models, so we must live the values we want them to adopt.

The decline of the great Roman Empire can be traced to the fact that royal children were raised by slaves. As a result, they adopted the emotional and mental patterns—the mindset—of their caretakers. This is important to note.

We must also be mindful of eating habits, cultural manners and values and physical activity and hygiene.

Humans, as mammals (Homo sapiens sapiens), have evolved into Homo socius (social human), Homo faber (creative human), and Homo scientificus (scientific human) through cooperation, coordination, and communication. Thus, we must train our children to communicate, cooperate, and coordinate meaningfully and humanely.

We often complain about our children's behavior, attitude, and mindset toward family, society, humanity, and nature. We blame the children or society, but rarely reflect on our role as parents. This is the real tragedy.

Children go through many biological, hormonal, psychological, and physical changes while growing. We must understand and wisely handle these changes as responsible parents and citizens.

We should not only instruct them but live as role models. Children learn by watching us. True upbringing means teaching through action, not just words.

Achary Pravar Niranjan Ji
Chairman, Indian Institute for the Improvement of Spirituality and Culture

It’s Magic — Just Do It

It’s magic, so do it.

It’s magic, but the results come within a year. It doesn’t need your talent, your money, your resources, your friends or relatives, or even your full-time attention.
All it needs is your consistency—your regular effort toward your idea, vision, goal, or dream.

For any magic to happen, consistent work matters most. Nothing else matters more.
Magic is simply the result of unexpected outcomes—like faster progress, simpler methods, smaller investments, bigger achievements, and deeper satisfaction.

So, what is magic in your life?
You get to choose the field where you want the magic to happen. That’s your decision.
Whether it's a new habit, a new skill, a new language, a startup, a game, a lifestyle, or a culture—you choose the field where you want change.

Are you perfect enough? Good enough? Suitable enough? These questions don’t matter. Your talent might be excellent or may seem lacking—that doesn’t matter either.

Only one thing matters: consistency.
If you work consistently for one year on your idea, goal, dream, or vision, then magic will happen.

Here’s a simple example to prove the power of small efforts over time:

0.99³⁶⁵ ≈ 0.03
1.01³⁶⁵ ≈ 37.78

This means:
If you do 1% less work every day, by the end of the year, your result is almost nothing.
But if you do just 1% more every day, your result becomes nearly 38 times greater.
That’s not just a 38% improvement—it's a 3800% growth.

This is the magic. This is the power of consistency.

There’s no perfect time to start. There’s no perfect idea to work on. Just start. Your idea, your dream, your goal—it is the child of your brain. Protect it. Nurture it. Support it. And just give something—however small—to it every day.
Then, wait for the result after one year.

But be careful about your direction.
Consistency doesn’t care about the direction you’re going in. It only counts the effort.
So if your direction is wrong, your consistent efforts won’t lead to the right outcome.
Always stay positive in your attitude, perspective, and actions.
Avoid negativity. Don’t oppose anyone—focus on building, not breaking.

After one year, you will witness the magic.
So just start—in a positive direction.

Achary Praver Niranjan Ji
Chairman, Indian Institute for Improvement of Spirituality and Culture

How to Improve Our Present and Future?

If the root of any system is flawed, that system cannot function properly or efficiently. Problems in the hardware of a system are easy to see because they are physical and visible. As a result, they can often be diagnosed and fixed quickly. Most intellectuals focus on solving these visible and surface-level problems.

But what about the problems that are not visible—those buried deep within the subconscious and unconscious levels of individuals and society? These are mental and spiritual problems—issues related to thought processes, emotions, and overall mindset.

A mindset is the pattern of thinking and feeling that operates automatically. This can be seen as the software of a person or society. In traditional terms, this software is known as culture, and the visible expression of culture is called civilization. This automatic system of thinking is what psychologist Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize winner, referred to as System One in his book Thinking, Fast and Slow.

Both System One (natural, intuitive and automatic) and System Two (logical, calculative and deliberate) are important for human development. However, because System One operates unconsciously snd automatically, we often ignore it. Our schools and institutions mostly focus on System Two—logic, reasoning, and scientific thinking—because these are easy to recognize and analyze.

But we often neglect culture—the automatic and unconscious software of society. Culture is shaped by the historical perception that a society holds. That’s why rulers and the ruling class try to control culture by manipulating or distorting history. They maintain these distortions over time, creating what we might call cultural inertia.

People who ignore the role of culture are usually either uninterested in change or lack the critical thinking required to examine history and culture. Much of what we accept as ancient history contains fraud and conspiracy, passed down through time to protect certain powers, class and systems.

So how do we verify the truth of historical events or cultural beliefs? Many ancient ideas are upheld only for their religious or cultural value, not for their truth. Therefore, we must examine them using scientific and rational tools. Key theories that help uncover historical distortion include:

Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution – helps us understand the natural progression I.e. the evolution of the elements of society and culture.

Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalysis – helps us uncover the hidden motives of historians and historical narratives, i.e. the minds of the historians.

 
Karl Marx’s Scientific Materialism – insists that historical events must be rooted in material reality i.e. tools and forces (factors) of economic power.

 
Albert Einstein’s Relativity, Ferdinand de Saussure's Structuralism, and Jacques Derrida's Deconstruction also useful tools, though they are not primary in general to the above in this context.

If any historical explanation relies purely on divine or supernatural causes, it is likely a myth and should be questioned. Every complex system in today’s world evolved from a simpler origin. If we don’t correct these distortions in history, our efforts at development become nothing more than a performance.

To truly improve our present and future, we must correct the distortions of ancient thinking patterns, that's comes out of  history.

 
Achary Pravar Niranjan Ji
Chairman, Indian Institute of Improvement of Spirituality and Culture

How Does Power Come from Philosophy?

Power comes from the people. And the power of people comes from how they think. The way people think and express themselves grows from how well they understand their surroundings and the stories they believe about their world.

These stories or "narratives" should make sense—they should be logical, based on history, and supported by science. Philosophy helps shape these stories so they feel natural and true. Over time, this way of thinking becomes a complete system—this is what we call philosophy.

Philosophy means seeing and understanding things as they really are. In India, it's called Darshan, which means "to see" in complete sense. In the West, philosophy is about gaining deep knowledge of something in its full form.

When you understand the real reason behind a situation in your life, you begin to want to change or improve it. That desire to change or improve gives you true power. So, philosophy helps people understand power and how it works.

But often, popular philosophy focuses on supernatural or mysterious topics, which makes it hard for ordinary people to understand real problems and how to fix them. This is a serious conspiracy against the common people. Real philosophy should help us see the true causes of problems and give us ways to improve systems and society.

Over time, repeated ways of thinking become automatic. This automatic thinking is called culture. In this way, culture—and the power it holds—comes from philosophy. We must understand the philosophy of culture.

Our thoughts and ideas also affect our bodies. They can change our hormones, which then influence how we act, think, and feel. So, culture, the automated ways of thinking pattern, shapes all parts of our behavior.

No one can stay in power for long without a strong belief system—and that belief system always starts with a philosophy. The certain ideology behind any activities make them an institution. An institution has a much longer life than that of any natural person. It means that longevity of any institution only depends on the acceptance of that philosophy. If you are able to change the basic philosophy behind any institution, that institution must die at that time.

Therefore, Change the way you think, i.e. change the way of philosophy and  you can change the power.

Now, you have became a barrel of power .

Achary Pravar Niranjan Ji 

Chairman, Indian Institute for Improvement of Spirituality and Culture

Why Money?

Why am I writing about money, a material thing? Why money?

Money is not only a medium of exchange for goods, services, and other activities, but it is also necessary for the survival of any personality. All the things that provide essential needs and wants—i.e. resources—are known as money or wealth. 

We know that the personality of any sapiens is made of material, energy, and field force. Our body and brain are made of material things; our mind and spirit are made of energy; and our spirituality—i.e. the Infinite Intelligence—is made of field force (see The Unified Field Theory).

A person’s activities, including emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and actions, depend only upon the person’s body—and the body is made of matter. The expressive form of any personality depends on that person’s physical identity, i.e. the body. And the body of any person is made only of material—and it needs money to fulfill all its requirements.

Only animals and plants don't need money. It means that it is only money that makes a mammal into a present Homo sapiens. Only the combination of three components—communication, cooperation, and coordination—has advanced Homo sapiens society to the present level. Money provides the facilities for communication, cooperation, and coordination.

Then, why don’t we need the education of money or money literacy at early stages of education? Education does not mean only literacy or degrees. Education is a much bigger concept about life. Education is the way of life—to understand things and situations as they are, and to become able to adjust, adapt, and lead in the changing world.

On the initiative of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) in 2006, the Indian government started taking interest in financial awareness and financial literacy. This is the importance of the education for money. But the conditions of money education in India are very poor.

Generally, we don’t know how to differentiate between Rich and Wealthy. Being rich is a culture. Being a wealthy person is not a culture—it is just the accumulation of wealth.

We know that one can acquire culture—i.e. the importance of money-related values, norms, patterns, behaviors, and the mindset of their society. Culture is the automated software of values, norms, patterns, behaviors, and mindset in any person or society. So, the culture of being rich is a permanent feature.

After the Second World War, Japan and Germany were able to revive their economies because of their culture of being rich. A person may become wealthy after winning a lottery, but that person cannot become rich. This is why most lottery winners also become poor again in a very short period.

Therefore, we should develop the culture of money—the richness—in every society of the nation.

Achary Pravar Niranjan Ji
Chairman, Indian Institute for Improvement of Spirituality and Culture

Importance of Understanding Culture

Culture is a powerful tool for transforming any individual, society or nation. You may call it an instrument, machine, appliance or apparatus to transform a depressed and backward society or nation into an innovative one. But some people or institutions also use it as a weapon to control and regulate a society or the nation for their self- interest. In fact, culture is the software that guides individuals or society to think, behave, work and express emotions in a general way. The great Cultural Revolution of China transformed one of the most backward country into a strong global leader. This is the power of culture.

The Culture forms the common sense, i.e. the collective consciousness of a society. Without living in a society, one cannot attain culture. Without society and culture, a person would resemble the “Mowgli” of ‘The Jungle Book’ (1894) by Rudyard Kipling. Thus, culture is the software of society. Civilization, on the other hand, is the ‘hardware’ of a society. Culture is a mental and spiritual process, whereas civilization is its physical expression or product. Arts, paintings, songs, music, dance, sculpture, literature etc., are not examples of culture themselves, but are just reflections - i.e. products - of culture.

The span of historical periods creates a specific culture through interactions with geography, economics, other societies and science & technology. But only ‘perception of history’ may modify the present culture. That is the only reason, why history needs regular updating. In fact, under the guise of ‘updating’, some use historians to reshape present culture in the name of science, technology, research or in the name of new evidences. Therefore, ‘rewriting of any history’ is only an attempt to change the present culture, or strengthen any motive of a cultural agenda. The great writer George Orwell wrote –'‘Who controls the history, controls present and future of a society and nation’'.

In his concept of ‘Cultural Hegemony’, Antonio Gramsci explains how dominant (social or otherwise) groups maintain power to rule not just through forces, or through any compulsion, but through their consent, i.e. their culture. Values, norms, believes and ideologies are disseminated to the targeted social groups through education, media and culture. The ruled people, or the oppressed comply and behave as the dominant group desires, all in the name of glorious tradition and culture. In this way, our culture is declared as to be our great and glorious ancient heritage. Many myths are fabricated to support and sustain inhumane cultural practices. Instead of relying on force, dominant groups gain the consent of the depressed and deprived groups through the spread of their historical values, ethics, and beliefs. To regulate the culture, they regulate the world views of masses. Hence, cultural hegemony, as a form of social control, shapes masses attitude, thinking pattern, and behavior in the name of a great culture.

Culture is the “System - One” concept (and other is System - Two) of Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, a renowned psychologist, writer of ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’. ‘System - One’ is fast, simple, automatic, and intuitive thinking process of a man and society. ‘System - One’ takes least time, least energy and involves no conscious calculation.

Culture is not a static concept. It is a dynamic concept in the fast changing world with the interaction of other changing situations and conditions. But culture has a great inertial effect, i.e. a great rigidness to change internally. If mass of followers is larger, then inertia of culture is greater, and therefore that culture takes more energy and efforts to change itself.

Therefore, to change the future, we must first understand and then change the culture.

 Achary Pravar Niranjan Ji

Chairman, Indian Institute for Improvement of Spirituality and Culture.

Understand the Spirituality

It is a scientific concept, and therefore it is not a bazaru concept. Don't confuse it with bazaru spirituality, i.e. Cheap, marketed spirituality. Bazaru spirituality is a new form of business in the name of scientific spirituality all over the world.

Firstly, you have to understand the framework, structure and matrix of any person’s existence. This may be seen in the same pattern in all living animals with some variation in quantity and quality. All living beings have the same basic pattern of framework, structure and matrix. All living beings may have a body, brain, mind, and spirit in different qualities and quantities.

A person, or an animal, or any living thing is made of matter, energy, and field force. We know that matter and energy are products of the excitation of field force. The body is made of matter, and it includes only the person's body and brain. Only the body performs physical activities. The mind and spirit are made of energy. Lastly, and importantly, the supreme level is known as 'Infinite Intelligence' is made of field force, and it is explained by Unified Field Theory.

The brain is a part of the body, but it works only as a modulator. A modulator is a device that modifies the received signals and the information, and encodes them for transmission to function further. Thus, the brain works as a modulator among the body, mind and spirit. You may call the spirit as the 'Atm' (आत्म), but not 'Atma' (आत्मा).  Here, you must distinguish between the mind and the spirit.

The mind and the spirit are made of energy. You may understand the structure and framework of the mind and the spirit as some type of matrix of energy. Both the mind and spirit take their required energy from the body of that person. The mind processes signals and information from the body, spirit, and infinite intelligence into the ‘thought’ product. Thinking processes are related to the mind only. The spirit processes signals and information from the body, mind, and infinite intelligence into the emotional product. Emotional processes are related to the spirit only. Both, the mind and the spirit, interact with the infinite intelligence, the body (through the brain), and each other as well.

The spirit connects the Infinite Intelligence with the mind and the body. Infinite Intelligence provides the intuitive knowledge to the person. According to Daniel Kahneman, the function of the spirit is fast, simple and intuitive (System One) and the function of the mind is slow, calculative, logical and effortful (System Two). Denial Kahneman is a famous psychologist and writer of a famous book – “Thinking Fast and slow”. He was also a Nobel laureate of Economics in 2002.

Thus, spirituality is process through which the spirit (Atm) of a person connects with the Infinite Intelligence (Adhi ie the higher/ the above) for gaining intuitive knowledge. Therefore, spirituality enables a person to connect with infinite intelligence to receive intuition. In ancient times, Lord Gautam Buddha was a great spiritual leader, who provided profound knowledge to the welfare of humanity, nature and future generations. Albert Einstein was another great spiritual figure, who introduced the unique concept of modern science with the help of his spirituality. Stephen Hawking is another spiritual personality of the current century, who produced unique insights regarding the cosmos with the help of spirituality.

Achary Pravar Niranjan Ji

Chairman, Indian Institute for Improvement of Spirituality and Culture.