LESSON: 1🔗

Introduction: Introduction to the topic of desire

Goals: Make the children understand about desires

Click: Desire is the major driving force.

About the topic: One of the major driving forces in human life is desire. Most of the time we are driven by either desire or fear. — our likes and dislikes comes from desire. We need to drop our feelings of 'I' and 'mine', because that is where ego comes in. to comprehend the meaning of true love, we need to drop the feeling that we possess. We have many desires and often we feel we don't have energy to fulfill them. When you are honest and integrated with the desire, there is no conflict and the conversion happens properly. When we are with ourself we can receive more positive energy. We have so many likes and dislikes. Mind acts as boss and judges us with likes and dislikes. When we follow heart language (awareness, love and compassion) we can come out of our mind — ego.

Assessment: ● What is a driving force? ● What are some true desires? Give examples. ● What are 'borrowed' desires? Give examples. ● What are the differences between needs and wants? ● Ask for examples of needs and wants. ● How does ego come in? Through greed, and want. ● Can we possess or own someone? Are people objects? ● Does true love possess? ● Which judges our likes and dislikes?

Activity of the day: Plastic needles and thread

Art of the Day: Chakra drawing

Evaluation: Question (open ended) and discussion: How can we tell the difference between needs and wants? Do we 'need' chocolate? Or want it? Do we 'need' clothes (yes, it's a need). Talk about how we need and want things, but only true desires make us happy.

Conclusion: Instead of chasing objects and things that we 'want' trying to make ourselves happy. We need to focus on the things that matter, the true desires – our needs, and go beyond.

This is a simple activity that takes the children to concentrate and pay attention to the task at hand.

Activity: Using plastic needles and thread carefully put the thread through the eye of the needle.

Material required: Plastic needles, Thread

Presentation: Talk about concentration and attention. Discuss how we need to be in the present and come to NOW, and everything will happen beautifully. Give each person a needle and piece of thread and ask them to concentrate and focus on threading the needle. Show them how difficult it is to finish the job if we keep disturbing them.

Conclusion: We need to be in the present moment - NOW and we will be able to focus very well.

Materials needed: Picture of Muladhara Chakra, Paper, Pencil (or) Sketch.

Procedure: Talk to the children about the Muladhara Chakra and show the picture of the Muladhara Chakra to the children. Muladhara - Desire - Fantasy / Reality Muladhara means 'the root and basis of existence'. Mula means root and adhara means basis. This chakra is locked by fantasy and imagination and it flowers when you drop your fantasies and welcome reality. Drop your imagination and start living with reality. When this chakra is opened you become so sensitive and loving. When the energy of this chakra is transformed, it will over flow from you as love, just drop your expectations and you will find a tremendous upsurge of energy. Encourage the children to see the picture of Muladhara Chakra and draw the chakra.