Authenticity In Action Is Yoga
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
2.49
दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय ।
बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः
॥ २=४९॥
dūreṇa hyavaraṁ karma buddhiyogād
dhanañjaya buddhau śaraṇamanviccha
kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ
O Dhanañjaya, beyond the action
with selfish motive is Yoga (of action)
in wisdom [buddhiyoga]. Wretched
are those whose motive is the fruit
(outcome) Surrender yourself fully to
the wisdom of completion
POWERFUL COGNITION
Stand up with the courage of authenticity in all actions.
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्
॥ २=५०॥
buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe
sukṛtaduṣkṛte tasmādyogāya yujyasva
yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam
Endowed with the wisdom of
evenness of mind, move away from
both good and evil deeds in this life.
Devote yourself to yoga. Authenticity
in action is yoga
POWERFUL COGNITION
Authenticity in action is yoga.
कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः ।
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम्
॥ २=५१॥
karmajaṁ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṁ
tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ
janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṁ
gacchantyanāmayam
The wise, having abandoned the
outcome of their actions and
possessed of knowledge of
completion, are freed from the cycle
of birth and death. They go to the
state that is beyond all sorrow
POWERFUL COGNITION
Stay fully in the space of completion, and based on the truth of integrity and authenticity, act.
यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति ।
तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च
॥ २-५२॥
yadā te mohakalilaṁ
buddhirvyatitariṣyati tadā gantāsi
nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca
When your wisdom takes you beyond
delusion, you shall be indifferent to
what has been heard and what is yet
to be heard
POWERFUL COGNITION
Pick up authenticity as your strategy plan in every moment of your life.
श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्ना ते यदा स्थास्यति निश्चला ।
समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि
॥ २-५३॥
śrutivipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati
niścalā samādhāvacalā buddhis tadā
yogamavāpsyasi
When you are not confused by what
you have heard and your wisdom
stands steady and unmoving in the
Self, you shall attain Yoga, Self–
realization
POWERFUL COGNITION
Surrender yourself to practice integrity in thinking and authenticity in action.
INTRODUCTION
Kṛṣṇa begins revealing the truth of authenticity, the strategy of life, the strategy that will make Arjuna succeed and expand!
What is Authenticity?
Authenticity is you being established in the peak of your energy, the peak of your capability, and responding to life from who you perceive yourself to be for you and who you project yourself to be for others, and what others expect you to be for them.
Kṛṣṇa gives the ultimate winning strategy of life to Arjuna—to stand up with the courage of authenticity in all his actions, yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam. Arjuna can complete his root pattern of fear, only when he raises and expands himself fighting as a kṣatriya warrior.
Only then Arjuna will be authentic. Listen. Life is expansion. Life is expansion. When you feel, ‘Wow, I am going to expand, expand, expand! Authenticity is the best principle,’ then understand, you are entering into akśardhām— eternal life!
Break the pattern of—‘am I never going to rest or what?’ Why do you need rest? Increasing the speed of running is rest. Make it into flying! That is rest. You see, when you drive or run on the road, there is friction. If you want bliss, joy, peace, don’t reduce the speed of life; reduce the friction. Just take off!
"POWER OF AUTHENTICITY!
I TELL YOU, MY STRATEGY FOR
LIFE IS: EVERYTHING SHOULD
ONLY BE FROM AUTHENTICITY."
- THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
Kṛṣṇa adds, 'When you are centered in wisdom of completion you will no longer be deluded by what you hear. When you are no longer deluded by what you have heard, you are liberated.
Kṛṣṇa says, 'Don't be inactive, do what you need to do. Do it with no expectations and no attachment to results. Do it with a centered mind, and in wisdom of your own inner calling, and not because of something you have heard. You will then go beyond all suffering and be liberated.'
These steps are so simple that everyone can practice them; in fact everyone should practice them. Stay fully in the space of completion, and based on the truth of integrity and authenticity, act. You can never go wrong.
Listen. With integrity you experience the space of positivity. With authenticity you experience the space of possibility. Only a man who lives authenticity is a liberated one, a yogi, the one devoted to authenticity in action. Only when you surrender yourself to practice integrity in thinking and authenticity in action— yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam, you will realize that you are responsible for success and fail-ure, for good or bad, for everything you experience. You drop your attachments and your fear patterns, and experience self-realization.
GOALS
❖ Helping the children align to the principle of authenticity.
❖ Helping each child connect to their inner wisdom through completion.
❖ Helping each shield go beyond attachments.
❖ Helping each child bring integrity in
their thinking and authenticity in
their action.
❖ Helping each child go beyond the
fear of saying or doing something
wrong.
ASSESSMENTS
❖ What is authenticity?
❖ What is the ultimate winning
strategy of life that Kṛṣṇa
gives to Arjuna?
❖ How can Arjuna complete with this root pattern of fear?
❖ How do you know whether
or not you have entered
eternal life?
❖ What is the pattern that
needs to break in order for
life to overflow in you?
❖ Why is being centered in the wisdom of completion important?
❖ What space opens up when you practice integrity?
❖ What space opens up when you practice authenticity?
❖ What will happen when you surrender
yourself to practice integrity in
thinking and authenticity in action?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
CONVERSATION BETWEEN INNER ME AND OUTER ME
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Pen
- Pencil
- Paper
- Eraser
PROCEDURE
Ask the children to draw the toy they are most attached to and to share what they like about it with others. Once they are all done sharing, ask them to give the drawing to another child as if they were letting go of the actual toy. You drop your attachments and your fear patterns, and experience self-realization.
INFERENCE
By letting go of the drawing, the child learns that self-realization happens when we reach the space of completion, beyond fears and attachments. End the activity by reiterating the importance of completing with fears and attachments.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
1,2,3 ACTION!
PROCEDURE:
Ask children to pair up and recreate the scene where Kṛṣṇa is speaking to Arjuna based on their understanding of the lesson. Give them some time to rehearse and then ask them to present in front of the class.
INFERENCE
Whether your understanding is complete or not, engaging in action without being bothered about the result will infuse authenticity in you.Ask the children to share about their experience of expressing authentically
WORKSHOP OF
THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
MATERIALS NEEDED: Paper, Pen or Pencil.
PROCEDURE Discuss what outer image is, what are their ideas of examples of outer image. Ask the children/teenagers to ask five people who are close to them to share how they perceive them (outer image). Then ask the children/teenagers to look in and see if the expectations others have of them are aligned to how they feel about themselves and to what they project to others. Tell them to write a short essay and to share with others about any gaps they perceive.
CONCLUSION Authenticity makes us enter into eternal life.
