Daily Meditation -  BIBLE STUDY

UNIVERSAL VALUES - "SPORTSMANSHIP"
BY
Patriarch John Williams

(Founder/President: IICM OF NY - iicm@aol.com )
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1. INTRODUCTION 
Universal Values are a set of principles that we should:

  • Believe in and voluntarily accept them as important principles to live by

  • Subscribe to Voluntarily

  • Adopt as Governing Principles for our Life

  • Believe in, to be of utmost importance for the Welfare of the people, Peaceful Co-existence, Harmony in Society, Justice to prevail etc. 

  • See or view as a part of our Moral and Ethical Standards or Beliefs

  • Check our to make sure that they are consistent with our Moral, Social, Ethical, Religious, Cultural Values of all groups of People living all over the world. 

  • Enforce through Voluntary Consent or Agreement, Indoctrination or Legal Action

2. WHAT ARE VALUES? 

Values may be called as follows:

  • Principles

  • Rules

  • Practices

  • Foundational Principles for our Laws

  • Ethical Principles

  • Moral Codes

  • Social Mores

  • Customs

  • Etiquette

  • Protocol

  • Expected Behavior

  • Acceptable Standards 

  • Laws or Legal Regulations

  • Expectations of Society

  • Desire of Society

3. WHY SHOULD WE INSTILL GOOD VALUES INTO THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE?

  • In order to have Justice and Fairness

  • In order to have Harmony and Order

  • In order to have Peace and Tranquility

  • In order to maintain Decency and Decorum

  • In order to give everyone an Equal Opportunity

  • In order to maintain a higher Standard of Life

  • In order to avoid being Rude, Barbaric and Monstrous 

4. HOW SHOULD WE INSTILL UNIVERSAL VALUES?

  • By making a set of Rules

  • By entering into an Agreement with the concerned persons

  • By having Briefings and Sessions with the concerned persons to indoctrinate them with the true purposes and values

  • By having Question and Answer Sessions on various matters and issues pertaining to various issues and their ramifications

  • By clearly communicating the purpose of Sports and Games, and emphasizing the importance of sticking close to them, and stating the serious consequences for violating them  

5. HOW SHOULD WE ENFORCE THE UNIVERSAL VALUES?

  • By engaging Neutral persons to Monitor, Regulate and Control

  • By imposing Penalties and Fines

  • By Suspending and Barring those who violate the rules

  • By Litigation or Legal Enforcement

  • By making the Rules clear to start with and to get Voluntary Consent to abide by them

6. AN EXAMPLE - PUBLIC SPORTS AND GAMES

(Particularly in which a lot of Money and Popularity is involved)

7. THE VALUE OF "SPORTSMANSHIP" - The conduct of the Players and the Sportsman

  • Sports and Games are conducted to entertain the public, display the skills of the players, to provide a career for the players, and to earn an income, etc. 

  • Those who violate the rules including the audience, who come to watch should be warned, disciplined, fined, suspended or sued, if they indulge in any indecent or violent activities or emotional outbursts, when the team they support, loses points or the game itself.   

  • Those who conduct Sports and Games publicly as a profession, should adhere to much higher standards of behavior

  • The Concept of Sportsmanship should be clearly articulated and communicated to all concerned, to indoctrinate them, so that they will abide by the rules and regulations.  It should be stressed and considered to be more important to maintain their image, stature and popularity, rather than to win and get the fame and money. 

  • The values discussed in this article have much broader applications in different kinds of life situations and relationships including work, home, society, marriage, business, politics, profession, etc. 

 - THE END -

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