[Altair]

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Originally posted by souldancer We can produce lots of sophisticated weapons and high tech media devices...but, when it comes to developing healthy, vital, whole self-realized compassionate humans - I guess we are blind to the long-term investment! [/b]

Too true. Unfortunately, we're such a mechanic society and even if we did pour a substantial amount of energy into education, it would only be into teaching reading, writing, math, social studies, and science. Health is lost in this picture. You'll see it on the report card, but it's usually left blank by the teacher because it isn't taught. I guess we figure the parents are responsible for teaching their children how to become "healthy, vital, whole self-realized compassionate humans." The problem is, they are the blind trying to lead the blind. It's cyclic. How can unhealthy, weak, fragmented, cold-hearted people teach their children to be otherwise? Their parents failed to teach them and they will fail to teach their own children.