Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 - Lesson 10

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

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ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Mirror

PROCEDURE:

Read out the technique as explained by Swamiji:

Let me explain the technique. The technique may take at least ten minutes.

You are going to witness your body movements, breath movements and mind movements: movements of your body, movements of your breath and movements of your mind. You may ask what kind of body movements do we have?

Understand that by inhaling and exhaling, your belly will be moving continuously up and down. There will be a slight movement of your belly during your breathing. Witness that movement.

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PROCEDURE:

Next, watch the flow of your breath during inhaling and exhaling, without any attempt to control it.

Third, watch your mind. Thoughts will be going on. Please do not judge your thoughts as right or wrong. Don't be afraid of your thinking. For a few minutes, sit comfortably next to your mind, like a close friend. You can place a mirror in front of you and cognize that the person in the mirror is your incomplete half, your mind who is your close friend. Let it tell whatever it wants to. Let it

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PROCEDURE:

Speak out loud whatever it wants. Without speaking, your thinking will not have its clarity, depth and strength. Allow your mind to talk, talk and talk and make it as part of you by befriending it.

Witness all these with no attachment. Do not stop, control or go behind anything. This is the self-completion process (svapūrṇatva kriya) with your mind.

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INFERENCE:

We continuously fight with our body and mind. We cannot get rid of the body and mind by constantly fighting with them. We can only go beyond them through friendliness. Only if we feel deeply friendly towards them, will we be able to go beyond body and mind. If we have a negative emotion of fear or greed towards the body-mind, we will naturally abuse and only have a violent relationship with it. Be complete with the body and the mind

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY

WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:

VAAKYARTHA SADHAS

Topic Of Discussion:

The ultimate expression of our being happens when we are Whole. Ask the students to express their understandings and to then write a short essay about it.

You can ask students questions such as:

What does “being whole” mean?

What makes us feel “hole/not whole”?

How can we become whole?

How can witnessing consciousness create intelligence?

What is one’s ultimate expression?