{"id":516,"date":"2015-10-25T22:38:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T02:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tarunmendiratta.com\/hawan.net\/?p=516"},"modified":"2017-01-31T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:05:02","slug":"respect-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"Respect (October, 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30454\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30456\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">As soon we hear the word Respect, immediately, in subconscious mind, an image of a respected person, mostly our parents, elders, and\/or teachers, arises. Some may also visualize some prior scene of a respectful person offering reverence to a person\/God. There is something spiritual in the sheer act of respect that not only impacts the person being respected and the person offering respect (respectful) but also the surroundings and observers. However, Respect is not limited to being a mere physical act alone, true Respect starts from the feelings in one\u2019s heart; Respect is also not just offered to living beings alone, non-living objects like books and food command utmost respect; and, Respect is not just offered to living and non-living objects, concepts like relationships and beliefs are also revered by people of high character. It is said that we get it automatically in life what we truly respect.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30460\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30462\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30464\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30466\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">By now, it is obvious that the topic of this month is <\/span><b id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30468\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30470\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Respect<\/span><\/b><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30472\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">. As I started thinking about this topic, the number of points and examples started flowing \u2013 and their sheer size was nothing short of amazement. So, this month, rather than sharing the article with a few examples, I am jotting down a blueprint that kids can follow to understand and work on the topic as it suits their logical capacity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30452\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30477\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30479\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30481\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Here are a few high-level categories of \u201cthings\u201d that command our respect:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30628\" dir=\"\">\n<li id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30629\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30491\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">God (first and foremost);<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30645\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30497\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30499\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30501\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Living things: Self, parents, teachers, noble\/learned people, elders, siblings, family members, fellow citizens, animals;<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30627\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30511\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Inanimate objects: \u00a0Objects that help acquire knowledge (books, notepad, pen, pencil, bag, school, school property and so on), scriptures and any object that gives spiritual knowledge, objects used to worship (hawan kund and associated stuff, temple), nature (plants, trees), shelter (house), food (meal, fruits, water), clothes, public property;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30521\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Qualities: Beliefs, rights and feelings (our own as well as others\u2019), relationships<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30525\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30527\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30529\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30531\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">I am sure this list can be extended to whatever length based on individual thinking and character. Let\u2019s take the \u201cthings\u201d captured in this list as cue to let kids build their own version of who to respect, how to respect, and why to respect.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30535\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30537\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30539\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30541\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Looking forward to hearing kids\u2019 exciting and illuminating explanations of this month\u2019s topic.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30545\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30547\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30549\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30551\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Regards,<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30555\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30557\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">Harsh Mendiratta<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30561\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30563\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><a id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30565\" class=\"yiv4011733646\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hawan.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.hawan.net<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30569\" class=\"yiv4011733646\"><span id=\"yiv4011733646yui_3_16_0_1_1445209814661_30571\" class=\"yiv4011733646\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As soon we hear the word Respect, immediately, in subconscious mind, an image of a respected person, mostly our parents, elders, and\/or teachers, arises. Some may also visualize some prior scene of a respectful person offering reverence to a person\/God. There is something spiritual in the sheer act of respect that not only impacts the person being respected and the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3","category-monthly-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}