What is Education?What is Education?

• “The perfect state makes possible moral autonomy and perfection; education must aim at the same end.”

Kant, Philosopher

• “All natural powers and faculties should be developed in a way that makes moral life possible

for man.” Pestalozzi, Educator

• “Education enables to formation of straight man; who are not willing to practice anything that would go agsinst the dignity and excelence of the sensible creature.”

John Locke, Philosopher.

What is Education?What is Education?

“Education served to accelerate and facilitate the process of becoming a

human being that was already underway.”

Lessing, Educator

“(...) Education, rightly understood, is the key of moral progress, when the art of training the moral nature shall be understood as is the art of training the intellect, it will be possible to straighten a crooked nature as we straighten a crooked sapling. But this art demands much tact, much experience, and profound observation...”...”

Allan Kardec

• "It is through Education, even more than by Instruction that Humanity will be transformed."

Allan Kardec, in Posthumous Works

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• The existence of God;The existence of God;

• The works of creation;The works of creation;

• Man in an universal context;Man in an universal context;

• The spiritual nature of Man;The spiritual nature of Man;

• The investigation of life after The investigation of life after death;death;

• The revelation of the law of The revelation of the law of reincarnation;reincarnation;

The structure of The Spirits' Book The structure of The Spirits' Book presents us:presents us:

• It studies the relationship between It studies the relationship between spirits and Manspirits and Man

• It explains the law of adoration;It explains the law of adoration;

• Future Joys and Sorrows;Future Joys and Sorrows;

• Jesus is Jesus is the most perfect type that God the most perfect type that God has offered to man as his guide and has offered to man as his guide and modelmodel; ;

• The idea of an integral education.The idea of an integral education.

The Spirits' Book projectsThe Spirits' Book projects::

New knowledgeNew knowledge

A new conception of A new conception of the Man;the Man;

To draw Man nearer to To draw Man nearer to GodGod

A new conception of A new conception of the Universe;the Universe;

LEARNING

PRACTICE

Primitive Matter of the Evolutional

Process

“Manufacture” of the Evolutional Stage

(effective evolution)

EVOLUTIO

N

EVOLUTIO

N

Representation of our Evolutional Process

“Love one another and educate yourselves” (Allan Kardec)

““... ... Love God above all things Love God above all things and your neighbor as yourselfand your neighbor as yourself...”...”

(Jesus Christ)(Jesus Christ)

This is the instrument which gives the This is the instrument which gives the individual the ability to construct its individual the ability to construct its evolution and happiness...evolution and happiness...

““Morally-educated being"Morally-educated being"

• The intellectual knowledge alone is The intellectual knowledge alone is not enough for the spiritual not enough for the spiritual development of the individual.development of the individual.

EXPERIENCES

HABBITS

KNOWLEDGE

INTELECTUALIZATION

WITH

EDUCATION

WITHOUT EDUCATION

LEARNING AND EVOLUTION

Wouldn’t this be the biggest problem in our present society ???

To progress spiritually…To progress spiritually…the individual…

must search for the knowledge of must search for the knowledge of the “truth”the “truth”

hence, hence, the understanding of how the the understanding of how the Natural Laws that rule the Universe Natural Laws that rule the Universe workm including the Law of Love. workm including the Law of Love. “...“...know the truth, and the truth will set you know the truth, and the truth will set you free.free...”;..”;

KnowledgeKnowledge•DiscernimentDiscerniment

•Understanding of Understanding of the facts of life, the facts of life, nature and the nature and the relation of living relation of living beingsbeings

The evolutionary process can not dispense The evolutionary process can not dispense “education”; that is, the use of reasoning within “education”; that is, the use of reasoning within solid and defined ethical moral criteria, which solid and defined ethical moral criteria, which could in summary be:could in summary be:

““... Love and respect one another and the ... Love and respect one another and the nature...”;nature...”;

• There are two main steps which need to There are two main steps which need to be worked on in terms of education:be worked on in terms of education:

• 11stst) ) education given by the education given by the family and the societyfamily and the society

• it must be focusing on the it must be focusing on the formation of an individual who formation of an individual who is holistic, honest, ethical, is holistic, honest, ethical, solidary...solidary...

• 22ndnd) ) the individual’s ‘self-the individual’s ‘self-education’ processeducation’ process

• 11stst step: step: education for the family education for the family ((fundamental)fundamental)

- show limits - show limits

- practice ethics and moral factors (virtues)- practice ethics and moral factors (virtues)

• Formal education – should focus on the Formal education – should focus on the the formation of an integral, ethical the formation of an integral, ethical

and solidarity individuals.and solidarity individuals.

Be Be vigilantvigilant

Connect Connect with Godwith God

EXPERIENCES

PRACTICES

KNOWLEDGE

INTELECTUALIZATION

SELF EDUCATION AND EVOLUTION

INVIGILANCE AND LACK OF PRAYER

STATIONARY EVOLUTION

WITH VIGILANCE AND PRAYER

ACCELERATED EVOLUTION

• The worst ‘enemies’ to be fought for our The worst ‘enemies’ to be fought for our own self-education process, which is own self-education process, which is imperative for our evolution and happiness, imperative for our evolution and happiness, are: are:

selfishnessselfishness vanity pridepride

lazynesslazyness

Lack of faithLack of faith

superstitionsuperstition prejudice;prejudice;

• We should aim to develop the following We should aim to develop the following characteristics and attitudes:characteristics and attitudes:

– ForgivenessForgiveness– ToleranceTolerance– SolidartySolidarty– Honesty Honesty – EthicsEthics– Hope Hope – CharityCharity– Faith; Faith;

““Those who are not educating themselves Those who are not educating themselves for goodness, searching for the truth or for goodness, searching for the truth or even contributing for others to have the even contributing for others to have the conditions to educt themselves, even by conditions to educt themselves, even by

setting up a good example to others; they setting up a good example to others; they haven’t completelly understood their haven’t completelly understood their

mission here on Earthmission here on Earth”.”.

• Research done by: Arlete Länzlinger- CEEAK-Winterthur-Switzerland 2006

• Sources:

• The Spirits' Book Question 917

• Posthomous Work, Allan Kardec

• Education in the The Spirits' Book (SPIRITIST VIEW ON EDUCATION – Marcus Alberto De Mario )

• Lecture “Attitudes, Education and Evolution” from Carlos Augusto Parchen, February 2002, www.parchen.hpg.com.br, www.cele.org.br

• Research by Arlete Länzlinger (dij.ceeak.ch)