Intensity - Vol 7

The Sufi mystic Junaid, was taking a walk one morning when a man came up to him asking, 'I need to reach the capital of this kingdom. How long will it take?'

Junaid just looked at the man and continued walking. The man was going in the same direction. He followed Junaid thinking maybe he did not hear him properly.

So, he asked Junaid again, 'Can you please tell me how much time it will take me to reach the capital of the kingdom?'

Junaid continued walking.

The man gave up trying to ask further. After some distance, Junaid said, 'You will have to walk at least ten hours.'

The man was surprised and exclaimed, 'You could have said that before!' Junaid replied, 'How can I say before? I needed to watch your speed first. Then only I could tell you how long it will take to reach the capital.'

In the same way, the time it takes to realize also depends on your intensity. If you are intense enough, it does not need time to reach the Ultimate. Where you are, who are you is irrelevant. You can reach here and now.

Introduce the children about social service and intensity of Buddha. Be very clear if you want to really serve the society, the first thing you need is intensity in your purpose. Doing some social service should be like over flowing. You feel so full, you feel there is nothing more to be done , think I have so much of time, let me do some service to society, it is beautiful. Then it will lead you to happiness.

Some people don't feel relaxed within themselves, they can't sit quietly. There is so much of restlessness within them that they just want to do catharsis in some way. People with this type of attitude, even if they do some service they will be only putting their ego in front. They will only be torturing others.

They will not be serving others. Be very clear, many times you start doing things just for the sake of service, not feeling. You don't feel what you are doing, you don't feel the need of the other person. Service should be overflowing out of your being. It should never be done for some other purpose.

Buddha the enlightened master whatever he decided to follow, he did with complete, unwavering intensity. Whatever you may seek, integrate you energies completely and go for it. You will then see the universe open up to you completely

To make the child understand about social service and intensity of Buddha.

• ❖ What is the first thing you need if you want to really serve?
• ❖ How should social service be?
• ❖ Why do some people doesn't feel relaxed with themselves?
• ❖ Why some people have restlessness?
• ❖ What happens to egoistic people when the serve?
• ❖ What happens to other when egoistic people serve?
• ❖ Can service be done for some purpose?
• ❖ What is the quality in Buddha that made him attain enlightenment?

❖ Have intensity in your purpose to serve. Integrate your energies completely and be happy.

Paint one sheet with black poster color and cut it out into 6 long stripes. Take another plain sheet and cut the sheet into 6 stripes. Now keep the black stripes in row and take the white stripes and keep above and below the black stripes by applying glue. Now take the wool and cut into short pieces and stick it on both ends.

You can do with combination of any two colors or with multi color patterns.

Explain to the children the game. All children must sit in a circle. First person claps, next person sitting to right taps on his thighs using both hands. The next person taps on his head using both hands. Next person claps and the series goes on till some one makes an error.

To make the activity difficult each person does two of the series. First person does clap and thigh next one does head and clap.

Interpret to the children when you are in now with intensity you can be more intelligent and productive.

Children can have quiz program on intensity questions.

• 1. Whether we lead or follow we need to be
• a. Intense
• b. Interested
• c. Involved

• a. Interest
• b. Involvement
• c. Intensity

3. If your consciousness is constantly moving towards the outer world it is called

• a. Intensity
• b. restlessness
• c. responsibility

• a. Intensity
• b. restlessness
• c. responsibility

• a. Intensity is an emotion
• b. Intensity is not an emotion
• c. Intensity is a partial emotion

• b. Intensely being with environment
• c. Intensely being outside

• a. You are driven by ego
• b. you are not driven by ego
• c. you are untouched by ego

• a. you are not open to change
• b. you are open to change
• c. you are resisting to change

• a. becoming is different from being
• b. both are same
• c. are almost the same

• a. your nature
• b. society
• c. cosmos

• a. mind
• b. body
• c. cosmos

• a. logic
• b. society
• c. illogical

• a. connected
• b. liberated
• c. coordinated

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