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The Sphere of Education

This approach is both effective and elegant as it is not restricted to any of these. It can combine the best of each to more fully serve a person’s needs and learning style. For example, the firmer guidance and attention given to systemic boundaries, and the clearer directional/correctional approach offered by a Montessori school can be supplemented by the imaginative, creative and aesthetic learning space offered by a Steiner school.

Oneness is about being in the world. And as such, education from this perspective is about creating positive change that reaches from the personal to the planetary in scope and content. Learning programs promote the ability to hold multiple perspectives that develop more efficient and fruitful problem solving and leadership skills, as well community building. They evoke artistic, creative, intellectual and spiritual faculties, as well as multiple intelligences (intuitive, contemplative, and interpersonal skills). This learning can take place in the great outdoors, as well as in the classroom, in community and in the self, and in the interweaving of mastery and mystery.

An important aspect of this approach to education is that the teacher embodies and enacts the principles that these approaches lay out and aspire to. The teacher not only has the ability to bring authentic engagement into the learning space, they have expertise in and passion for their area of teaching and seeks to educate the whole human being (body, mind, heart and soul). They also help the student to bridge from the classroom to life beyond it by considering the practical applicability of their subject matter, encouraging the emergence of greater levels of complexity, and holding the awareness of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of multiple subject areas and perspectives, as well as the meta-level of the learning/teaching dynamic, and a personal commitment to transformation and ongoing learning and inquiry.

In this approach, the focus of education is on co-creation and the function is that of drawing a circle of relevance around the raw data and systems that support life. In this Sphere, knowledge about the outer world through the five senses is infused with Self Knowledge and Love that is gained by the continuous practice of connecting to one’s Divine Essence and inner wisdom throughout their life journey so that they can grow in their deeper understanding of Life.

As the full creative potential of Oneness Consciousness makes students the masters of their life, they spontaneously command circumstances and situations. They have a natural ability to fulfill their own interest without jeopardizing the interests of others, and their behavior nourishes themselves and those around them. Such enlightened individuals are the result of Oneness Consciousness-Based Education.