TRUST NATURE!
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Every movement I make is at the
order of Existence. I cannot move a
finger without the permission of
that universal energy. When we are
one with Existence, one with
nature, nothing affects us. I walked
tens of thousands of miles barefoot
across the length and breadth of
India. People ask, ‘How is it your
feet are so soft, not calloused and
broken as ours would be, if we
walked barefoot even ten miles?’ I
tell you: If we trust Nature, Nature
looks after us.
We create pain and pleasure through
association with powerlessness,
through conditioning. We create
greed and fear through association.
Our root patterns, our conditioned
muscle-memories and bio-memories,
create pain and pleasure.
Light and darkness, good and bad,
right and wrong are based on root
patterns. Our inadequate cognitions,
the civilized education and
refinement tells us that a person
dressed in a particular manner is
acceptable in society and another
dressed differently is not. No
scripture ever said that one person is
inferior to another. All scriptures
affirm that every human being is a
spiritual being; all of us carry the
seed of Divinity in us.
When you complete with everything, animate or inanimate, you will experience the space of non-duality, Advaita. Relationships are nothing but your own extensions. Relationships are not outside; they are just your own extensions. The you extended outside you are your relationships. Completing with all your extensions, you learn to complete the incomplete you present in the other. Your negative cognitions disappear and from the space of completion, all that one can see is the Divinity in others, the space of non-duality, Advaita.
GOALS:
Impress upon the
student that we must
acquire an attitude of
total detachment
trusting that whatever
happens is what needs
to happen and happens
for the ultimate good.
ASSESSMENTS
❖ Who is a triguna rahita?
❖ Describe the attitude of total
detachment or surrender?
❖ How do we create fear and greed
through association with
conditioned memories ?
❖ What determines the quality of
our relationships?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY: FRIENDSHIP BANDS!
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Colorful satin lace
- Woolen thread
- Scissors
- Glue
- Decorative beads Ex: Rudraksha beads
PROCEDURE
Make a rakhi for your brother, by stringing the rudraksha and/or decorative beads with the satin lace or woolen threads. Use your imagination to make it as visually appealing as possible. Keep the string long enough to tie on your brothers/friends wrist. In the alternative, you can make a friendship band for your friend.
ART OF THE DAY:
FRIENDSHIP BANDS!
INFERENCE:
Raksha Bandhan, is a popular, traditionally Hindu, annual rite, or ceremony, wherein sisters of all ages tie a talisman, or amulet, called the rakhi, around the wrists of their brothers, symbolically praying for their wellbeing and seeking their protection. This annual event is an opportunity to celebrate completion in the brother sister relationship
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
COMPLETION TIME!
MATERIAL NEEDED:
• Notebook
• Pen
PROCEDURE:
Make a list of Three of your least favourite relatives or family members. Also jot down five points on why you dislike each of them or how their words or actions have hurt you. Now visualize that they are an extension of you and are mirroring your incompletions within yourself to you. Think about the reasons for dis-harmony between the two of you from their point of view. Write down your thoughts on how they see you. You will see that a new found wisdom will descend you.
Next write about how you wish things were different. Looking back, think about how you wish you had done or said things differently.
Now keeping the master as witness seek forgiveness or grant forgiveness to the other and complete the innerspace you hold for them.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
COMPLETION TIME!
INFERENCE:
When we are complete within ourselves, we rarely get into conflicting situations inside. It is as though our inner state decides our external experiences.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
PROCEDURE The topic of debate is "Relationships are nothing but your own extensions."
CONCLUSION When we complete with all persons who are part of our lives, you learn to complete the incompleteness in you that gets reflected through the other. Your negative cognitions disappear and the Divinity in others is revealed. With completion we enter into the space of non-duality, Advaita.
- BHAGAVAD GITA -
BOOK XIV, VOLUME VII