Life Is Wonderous
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् ।
तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि
॥ २=२६॥
atha cainaṁ nityajātaṁ nityaṁ
vā manyase mṛtaṁ tathāpi
tvaṁ mahābāho naivaṁ
śocitum arhasi
O mighty-armed, even if you
should think of the soul as
being constantly born and
constantly dying, even then,
you should not lament
POWERFUL COGNITION
Everything is in a state of becoming something else.
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च ।
तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि
॥ २=२७॥
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur
dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca
tasmādaparihārye'rthe na tvaṁ
śocitumarhasi
Indeed, death is certain for the
born and birth is certain for
the dead Therefore, you
should not grieve over the
inevitable
POWERFUL COGNITION
We all know death is inevitable.
अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत ।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥ २=२८॥
avyaktādīni bhūtāni
vyaktamadhyāni bhārata
avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā
paridevanā
O Bhārata, all beings are
unmanifest in their beginning,
seemingly manifest in their
middle, and unmanifest again
in their end. So, what need
then for grieving?
POWERFUL COGNITION
The spirit lives on after the
body perishes and death is
indeed an event to celebrate
and not to grieve.
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन -
माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः ।
आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति
श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्
॥ २=२९॥
āścaryavatpaśyati kaścidenam
māścaryavadvadati tathaiva
cānyaḥ āścaryavaccainamanyaḥ
śṛṇoti śrutvāpyenaṁ veda na
caiva kaścit
One sees It as a wonder,
another speaks of It as a
wonder, another hears of It as
a wonder. Yet, having heard,
none understands It at all.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Life is wondrous!
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत ।
तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि
॥ २-३०॥
dehī nityamavadhyo 'yaṁ dehe
sarvasya bhārata tasmātsarvāṇi
bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitumarhasi
O Bhārata, this that dwells in
the body of everyone can
never be destroyed; do not
grieve for any creature.
POWERFUL COGNITION
The present moment is the
only moment when we are
truly alive, awake.
INTRODUCTION
When you understand what Kṛṣṇa is saying in these verses you get over any fear of death. In fact you will celebrate death.
Death is inevitable for the born, jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur; and birth is certain for the dead, dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca. Death can be a passage that one can look forward to. We all know death is inevitable. Yet for many It is a wonder.
Completion makes you integrated;
completion makes you authentic;
completion makes you responsible;
completion makes you enrich yourself
and others. This completion arises out
of our ability to be complete with the
present moment.
The present moment is the only
moment when we are truly alive,
awake.
Everything is in a state of becoming
something else. At every moment we
die and are reborn; millions of cells in
our body-mind system die every day
and are reborn. Yet, through all this
change there is continuity. There is a
continuity that we cannot see, touch or
feel. What we see as manifested, as this
body and mind, hides from us the
process of constant change that
happens within us, as well as the
continuous thread that holds the whole
process together.
Those who are authentic enough to accept and be complete with the truth of the eternal nature of the spirit are the fortunate, the blessed. Those who fight and grieve are the wretched, the miserable, the incomplete.
You cannot fight life or death. They
are both beyond you, out of your
control. You can marvel at them and
be happy and joyous. Or you can keep
questioning and doubting them, and
be miserable. This is the choice and
free will you have.
FEAR OF UNFULFILLED DESIRES:
It is not death that frightens us. It is leaving our incomplete desires and unlived life that frightens us. The problem is that we do not know how to live a fulfilled life in the space of completion. All our desires are partially fulfilled or incomplete because, before they are fulfilled, we move on to other desires. The hangover of that past incomplete desire continues to chase us as a pattern in the present. The simple fact is that we do not know how to be complete, joyful.
So listen. You cannot
entertain any desire in you
leaving it incomplete. It will
continue to chase you as the
tiger and will not let you be
complete with anything you
do and experience. Only
when you complete,
integrity, the power of words
starts expressing through
you.
Start creating the right inner
software, the right inner
space, by bringing integrity
as the principle of life.
Integrity means not just
fulfilling, but honoring the
words you give to others.
The first step to in-tegrity is
completing with all the
negative words you created
within you about you and
life, and completing all of
them.
Listen. Completion means feeling empowered, feeling powerful, without any hangover, without feeling powerless, during and after every situation in your life! If you are powerful, you won't be violent. You will not be in guilt, fear or carry incomplete desires.
GOALS:
Helping each child
understand the
importance of
completion.
Helping each child
understand that death
should not be grieved but
celebrated.
Helping each child realize
that they have the choice
to fight and grieve or to
be happy and joyous.
ASSESSMENTS
❖ What is a passage that
one can look forward
to?
❖ What makes you
integrated, authentic,
responsible and
enriching?
❖ How does completion arise?
❖ What happens to us every moment?
❖ What happens to those who fight and grieve?
❖ What actually frightens us?
❖ Why are our desires partially fulfilled or incomplete?
❖ How can we fulfill the words we gave to ourselves?
❖ How can we start creating the
right inner software 11. What does
completion mean?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
A BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Pencil
- Chart paper
- Poster colors
PROCEDURE
Explain to the children that landscape drawing is drawing of natural features (scenery).
INFERENCE
Connect them to the fact that with completion you experience a space, where everything goes positive for you
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
TAKING CARE OF OLD PEOPLE
PROCEDURE:
Encourage the children to explain to
others not to ignore old people,
ignoring old people is a sin. It is a
responsibility of each and every
individual to take care of old people.
INFERENCE:
It is our responsibility to
take care of everything
around us as everything is
part of a continuity that we
cannot see, touch or feel.
WORKSHOP OF
THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
VAAKYARTHA SADHAS
PROCEDURE Discuss and Write about a negative experience or problem that you had before. Write the failure you had before and list the thought flow which leads to this.
INFERENCE: We are hardly preoccupied with visualizations of our success; we are too busy with negative self fulfilling prophecies because of our past record. Negative patterns serve a vested interest so you keep the negative patterns alive and do not allow life to happen in you. When you created your past record, you did not have the intelligence of looking into the possibility of the possibility. The possibility of the possibility gives you a breakthrough in life.
CONCLUSION: You have free will. Being joyful or miserable is your choice. Completion makes us feel alive and awake.
