Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 - Lesson 8 of 8_English

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

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ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:

A SMALL STORY

Procedure

Start by reading the small story written below to the students and then ask them to create their own small story about merging into the collective consciousness. At the end, have the students tell their small stories to the class. “Once there were two ants sitting on the rim of a cup that contained amṛta, the nectar of immortality. As they were talking, one of the ants lost his balance and was about to fall into the cup. He somehow managed to get back on the rim. The other ant asked him, ‘Why don’t you want to fall into the cup? Even if you drown in this, you will become only immortal.’ The first ant replied, ‘But I don’t want to drown!’

INFERENCE:

If we disappear into the collective consciousness, we are protected and taken care of. As we hold onto the concept of individual consciousness, we will be continuously suffering, physically or mentally or on the being level. If we fall in tune with the Whole, the Whole behaves as a friend. The moment we think, discriminate or behave with the Whole in the opposite way, it acts like an enemy.