AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE OF BEING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NEOTIC PROPAEDEUTIC

Abstract

According to Asouzu I. Innocent, "...the way people see the world are subject to diverse conditions, mechanisms and circumstances that determine them(Ibuanyindanda,70)". From his inaugural lecture, part of these conditions, mechanisms and circumstances seems to come from education, socialisation and indoctrination, which are very "sharp", in that, they form the basis upon which we investigate and relate with the world either scientifically or socially; which is evident in the way we approach truth,relate with one another, view the opposite sex, share societal roles and responsibility,lead in organisations, etc. Consequently, this can prevent us from enjoying an authentic experience of being, if the mind does not have the spirit of ibuanyindanda or is not train in a way that makes it to be intan dem with a complementary comprehensive disposition that views anything that exist as that which serves a missing link of reality. Therefore, the process of neotic propaedeutic becomes a veritable tool for aiding us penetrate the savour of authentic experience of being, because already, as Asouzu makes it seems, the western education is caught in the web of Aristotle's bifurcation of reality in his metaphysics, which I vehemently agree. This paper attempts to show how we can we can enjoy authentic experience of being, through the process of neotic propaedeutic.