1. Swadhishthana Chakra - Lessons 8 to 10

Swadishthana Chakra is situated about three inches above the base of the spine' It gets blocked by fear, and gets unblocked by transcending fear. Swa means self or being and adishthana means established, therefore Swadishthana means where Being is centred. Almost 80% never transcend the muladhara where one is born. Swadishthana is the death centre. When you go beyond fear of death Swadishthana gets opened.

We can categorize all our fears into five major categories:

• The first is fear of losing our wealth, our comfort, name and fame, prestige, and other outer world things.
• The second is the fear of losing our health and parts of our body through some accident or disease; the fears concerned with our physical health.
• The third is the fear of losing our mental health, our mental stability.
• The fourth is the fear of losing our loved ones, or their love.
• The fifth is the fear of the unknown: fear of God, fear of ghosts and fear of death itself.

If your fear is activated, if your swadishthana is pressurized, you can't do anything fully, you can't do anything freely. When you understand everything is mangalattva, auspiciousness; the best thing, which can happen, is happening, suddenly you will see so much of intelligence is radiating through you. In front of your eyes, so many possibilities open. Intelligence means so many possibilities, that's what intelligence.

If you have pressure in the swadisthtana, you will have only 120-degree vision. Understand you will have only 120 degree vision. If your swadishthana is released, if you don't have the pressure of fear, you will have 360-degree vision, of you and your life.

In Swamiji's own words: "I have seen my gurukul (literally'tradition of guru' , refers totheancienteducation systeminwhichchildrenwerehanded over to a guruat averyyoungage by parents for upbringingandeducation) kids. We neverforcethemtomemorize. Just, theyarelettoenjoy,jump around andthepower,theenergyand memory they radiate, OhGod!Some of my kids, they, actuallytheystudy in the ashrambut theycompetewith the regular students, bywritingexams with the regular students.Andthey come out withninety-five,ninety,not a single kid comes out withlessthanninety percent. I tell themitisjustbecause their swadishthana(whereSelfisestablished; the groinor spleenenergycenter) is not activated,theirswadishthana does not havepressure."

Actually, if you deeply analyse our fears, all the five categories of fear are related to the fear of death. They manifest themselves in

different ways.

Most of do not know anything beyond birth and death. On the grave was written born on and died on. Someone asked why. It was said these are the only two things that one does clearly.

Life is a bridge between birth and death. Unless you live your death you can not live your life. An intelligent man lives his death. Unconscious man dies again and again even in his life. If you really want to live should be prepared to die. How can life be afraid of death. Death is the culmination of life. We never look into death, real death.

We never give ourselves time to ponder death. We want to forget everything about death. That's why we stay far from graveyards, which are usually out of our way. There are two issues: The incident of death

that happens at the end of our lives, and psychological death. Real death happens only once, but psychological death the fear of death permeates our life. The idea and fear of death decides our entire life structure; It's controlled by death. Some philosophies believe in only one birth and one death, one life. That's why they are so materialistic. Whatever you have to enjoy, you need to enjoy now. The western world is so intense, so time conscious. Value of time arises from this concept of one life. Who knows whether there is anything beyond this life. Science is the by product of the idea of only one life.

Some philosophies say there is a life after life; there is no need to hurry; let's look deeply into the cycle of birth and death. Inner science was born out of this concept; whereas outer science was born in the West.

Death is not a simple incident; not just something physical. It's something far more, if it guides your whole life psychologically. Your entire life will be transformed if you experience consciously. You will become fully awake, enlightened. You reach your peak, not your end, at the time of death.

Why are we then so afraid of death? Why do we feel frightened of this word?

One reason, we have not lived completely. If we had we will not be afraid. One who has lived fully will have deep satisfaction, fulfilment. We just carry on where our parents left off, carry our desires and their desires, and others' desires through our lives. We have lived others' lives. So we do not have the satisfaction.

When Socrates was about to be poisoned to death, he was asked are you not afraid. He said: why? Either I live after death in another form if there is something called another life, in which case I shall live on in another form and name, or I will be erased completely, and I am not going to be around in any form. Either way what is there for me to worry?

Fear of death is just the fear of continuity or discontinuity. We are afraid of what next. That's why we live not in houses, but in graves, full of security. Complete security is only death. Life is never secure. In a grave yard you have to worry about nothing, nothing to pay, no one to bother you. What worse can happen?

Katopanishad talks about death. A young boy wants to die and goes to meet death. For 3 days he waits for death to come to him. Death was not there when he goes to meet death. Death is a frightening experience when it comes to you, not when you go to death without fear, voluntarily, consciously. This is not committing suicide. We are talking about facing the psychological fear of death. Nachiketa, the young lad, was finally received as a guest by Yama, God of death, and given boons and the knowledge of Death.

When you get the knowledge that you are never going to die, bliss blooms, you are in ecstasy. Your life is transformed from fear to fearlessness, from death to deathlessness.

If we think about continuity no one dies; all lives continue to exist. Once in six months your body is completely changed; not one cell remains the same. When you are forty you are not what you were when you were 10 or when you were 20 or when you were 30. But you do not feel you died, though you are completely different; you are different physically, mentally, emotionally, materially because you feel you are continuing.

If you intelligent, even a little bit, understand that everything in existence continues in one form or another. Leaves become manure and become trees again. Understand and you will lose this fear.

Nothing dies, noting discontinues; everything continues in a manner that nature dictates. Your idea about death will change if you understand this. That you are going to continue, perhaps in a different form, different way.

Once you understand this Swadishthana blossoms. When you get the courage to live your life as you want, with complete insecurity, you will transcend your fear. You will look into your fear deeply and you will be transformed; you will transcend death; death can not touch you. If you die physically its meaning will change.

Emotion: Fear

Chakra: Swadhisthana Chakra

Location: Two inches below the navel. In Sanskrit, Swadhishthana means ' where your being is established' from swa which means 'self' and adhishthana which means 'established'. This chakra is locked by fear, especially the fear of death and it can be made to flower by facing fear; by facing death itself.

Meditation Technique to be an innocent and egoless being: Nirbhaya Dhyana— a technique fromVedanta

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Teach the children the main reason why people fear death.

GOALS: To make the children understand we wear glasses of greed and fear.

The main reason why people fear death is, they have not lived their lives totally. The are afraid because they feel desperate that they have not lived life enough. They feel this way because throughout their lives they have lived in memories of the past, in the anxieties of the future, for the sake of others, never in the present. Every action of ours has been due to the pull and push of each others' ego, each others' desires each others' emotions etc.

Try to live with more clarity, that's all. Make the other people see sense in whatever they try to impose upon you. With clarity, you will be able to identity what your own desires are, with others have imposed on you and what desires you have borrowed from others. The first set of desires alone need to be fulfilled without any harm to any person or property. The other two need to be dropped with the help of clarity.

If you live this way, you won't be fulfilling others' desires and you won't living others' lives. You will live your own life, experience fulfillment and you will be ready to die when the time comes.

• ¤ What is the main reason why people fear death?
• ¤ Why they are afraid?
• ¤ What our every action is based on?
• ¤ When can we live our lives?
• ¤ When we experience fulfillment?

Half drawn picture, pencil, color pencil and sketch pen.

Ask the children to complete the other half of the half drawn picture and color it.

The main reason why people fear death is they have not lived their lives totally.

Identify what your own desires are and what others have imposed upon you.

Part 2: Swadhishthana Chakra - Lessons 8 to 10_English_part_2.md

Everyone forms into teams of two. One player from each team is blindfolded. The players that are not blindfolded set up an obstacle course of things to be walked around, ducked under and stepped over etc. The sited player then leads the blindfolded player through the maze, but they cannot talk. If the blindfolded player touches an obstacle once. they start again. The second time they 're out. The next team takes their turn. The the obstacles are moved around.

Everyone should be a guide and blindfolded.

Conclude the topic by reiterating the important details like all your fears are fears of death in various disguises.

Teach the children about continuously compromising for the sake of others.

To make the children understand about how we wear glasses of greed and fear.

When you have lived in the deepest possible way to your full satisfaction, you will not be in fear of death

Continuously compromising for the sake others, trying to live out of life that is natural to us, trying to fit ourselves into a mould that society has prepared for us; all these things lead to a lack of fulfillment. The fear of life is what is rejected in the fear of death. When you have lived in the deepest possible way, to your full satisfaction, you will not be in fear of death. Live without fear.

Live with the deepest individuality that you can manage. Live to your complete satisfaction and you will lose your fear of death. If you live totally, without any hangover of any feelings, when you live your emotions with great clarity and totality, you will never fear losing your family and relatives either.

• ¤ Which is not natural to us? Which will lead to lack of fulfillment?
• ¤ Which is reflected in fear of death?
• ¤ When we can live without fear?
• ¤ When you live totally?

1. Play dough

Encourage the children to make play dough structures by focusing a lot and ask them to make the structure till they get a structure to their fullest satisfaction.

Live life to your complete satisfaction and you will lose your fear of death.

Discuss with others what are all the things you compromise for the sake of others

The players are blindfolded and one sighted player moves an object from it's place to somewhere else in the room. The sighted player spins the blindfolded players around, and tells them to look for the object that was moved. The players must hunt for the object, they remain blindfolded until it is found. Once it is found the person who found the object changes places with the player who moved it.

Conclude the topic by reiterating the important details like all your fears are actually fear of death under various disguises

Introduce the children about fear of loss of dear

ones.

GOALS: To make the children understand about how we wear glasses of greed and fear.

You can live with total fulfillment and still not loose out any love in relationships.

Your fear someone's loss only because you feel you have not justified the relationship in some way in your life. You feel you have not been in it in totality, so you are not ready to let go. Physical separation is only one aspect of the fear. The real reason is lack of fulfillment in the relationship. The word 'justification' comes into relationships because you have always been taught to live for the sake of others, fulfilling their needs and desires. And if you don't do these things, you get into the cycle of guilt and fear. If you just live totally; with deep clarity of the whole play of society, you will never be gripped by such compulsions.

You can live with total fulfillment and still not lose out on any love in relationships. If you live totally, not with the transaction type of relationship but with just pure loving energy towards the other, there will be no room for guilt or fear. Even if the person passes away, you will continue to feel love towards him or her, never fear of any separation.

• ¤ Why we fear some someone's loss?
• ¤ Why we are ready to let go?
• ¤ Which is the real reasons for missing someone?
• ¤ What is justification?
• ¤ When will you feel the loss of a person?

• 1. Paper
• 2. Pencil
• 3. Eraser
• 4. Color pencils

Ask the children to draw and color the sign of danger.

You fear some one's loss only because you feel you have not justified the relationship in some way in your life.

Talk about fear of someone's loss. Vaakyartha sadhas

A chair is placed at one end of the hall. Everyone participating sits in a circle and closes their eyes. The leader chooses who is going to be blindfolded, once that person is blindfolded, the leader tells everyone to open their eyes and guides the blindfolded player to the chair where they sit down. Keys are then placed in front of the blindfolded player and one person is chosen to creep down the hall to try and grab the keys. The blindfolded player points to where they think the creeping player is. If they are right in guessing, it is the creepers turn to sit with the blindfold and guess.

Conclude the topic by reiterating the important details like all our fears are fear of death in various disguises.