LESSON: 1🔗

Introduction: Introduce the children to the topic of comparing, why do we compare ourselves with others?

Goals: Make the children aware of comparison, and the reasons for comparing.

Click: When we are not able to better other's excellence, we get jealous

About topic: Emotions of fear, desire and guilt are subjective emotions. Subjective emotions- you do not need another person or even an object to create these emotions. But to compare yourself with another person and to feel jealous of him, you need the presence of another person. Jealousy is therefore an objective emotion. It needs an object to be activated. Jealously starts from comparison. We compare ourselves with others in various areas like looks, wealth, knowledge, fame, friends etc. When we compare ourselves with others we feel that somebody else has something more than what we have and we get caught in jealously. Comparison is the seed and jealously is the fruit. When we are not able to beat other's excellence, we get jealous Comparison and Jealousy are both actually non-existent we create them ourselves. Comparison is purely a fragment of our imagination. We are so busy comparing all the time that we never see things as they are. Comparison has a purely negative existence. Comparison is pure illusion. We all function around the three axes of doing, having and using. Doing for having without enjoying being, is the sole cause of all our misery.

Reason for comparing: We compare ourselves because we have never understood ourselves. We are not aware of who we are and what we have. The society has conditioned us from our birth to evaluate ourselves based on others. Every judgment you make about yourself is based on some comparison. Imagine you are the only person on a new planet, how could you compare yourself with any one? When there is no one to compare our self, we just are happy with our self. Each individual is unique. We need to understand that truth. But that is a very bitter fruit.

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Conclusion: The moment you stop comparing all jealousy disappears, instead you will start feeling contentment in yourself and grateful to existence for having given you so much and for making you unique.

Materials needed: Paper, pencil or sketch pen.

Procedure: Instruct the children to place the pencil in the middle of the paper and move the paper in different directions instead of moving the pencil.

Inference: Even though the usual paper, pencil or sketch pen is used, changing the method of application changes the drawing. Similarly when we change our view we can stop comparing.

This is an experiment as well as an activity of comparison that helps us understand displacement as well as perspective.

Activity: Concept of displacement using sticks and cups of water.

Materials needed: sticks or ice cream sticks, 2 large cups, water, tub, scissors.

Presentation: Gather the class and reiterate the subject of comparison. Explain that we are going to do an experiment on comparison. On the table, lay two sticks side by side. They look identical in shape and size. Ask the children which stick is longer. They may say both are equal. Break one stick into two equal halves and lay them back to look like a full stick. Ask the children which stick is longer. They may say both are equal. Now push up the broken stick further up than the other. Ask the class which row is taller and see if they understand that both sticks are equal. This will help them understand displacement. Next take two cups and fill them all the way to the top so that they are exactly equal. Put them both side by side. Ask the class which container has more quantity of water? Now pour one cup of water in a tub and remove the empty cup. Now ask again which container has more quantity of water? (They are both still equal, only the containers which hold them are different but the quantity is the same).

Conclusion: There are different types of comparisons. This one which is more scientific teaches about quantity and the concept of displacement and hence, about our common misconceptions.