Innocence - Lessons 6 to 7

INTRODUCTION

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To reiterate day before topic and introduce to the children about dropping cunningness and become spontaneous. Cunningness is the opposite of intelligence. You can be either cunning or intelligent never both at the same time. Cunningness is also the opposite of vulnerability. When you are cunning, you cannot be vulnerable. When you are vulnerable, you are pure like a child. A child can be intelligent and innocent at the same time.

Overtime his intelligence grows but the innocence invariably takes a turn to become cunningness societal conditioning causes the innocence in the intelligence to take the turn into cunningness. We hold a great responsibility in bringing up children without making them cunning. The problem is that we know only to divide and look. We never know to look as a whole. Cunningness is division. It is a constant calculation. In hinders free and innocent expression.

Innocence is lost when the mind is
taught to divide. The danger with
cunningness is that it grows roots in
many directions and solidifies as the
very nature of the individual. The
person will not even know he is
cunning. Unless you are tired of being
cunning, you can't be helped. No
technique can help you because your
cunningness knows how to escape
from every single technique.
Cunningness is a pure hide and seeks
game that you play with yourself.
When cunningness dissolves,
authenticity and sincerity happens and
you will be enlightened. Gossip is a
pure expression of cunningness. When
you drop cunningness, spontaneity
flowers. Spontaneity is the opposite of
calculation.

A digital rendering of a deity holding a vel and a staff.

Intelligence plus innocence is spontaneity. Spontaneity is nothing but a flowering expression of your innocence. With cunningness you lose your innocence. Losing your innocence is like losing your entire life. You can afford to lose anything but not your innocence. When you are spontaneous you are without any conclusions. Intelligence is in the present moment. Conclusion is a foregone thing it is of the past. Existence never repeats patterns.

Illustration of a young person with a tilak

GOALS

To make the
children
understand about
dropping
cunningness and
become
spontaneous.

ASSESSMENT

What is cunningness?

What happens when we have cunningness?

When you are vulnerable?

Can a child be innocent?

Can a child be innocent and intelligent at the same time?

Is it good to lose innocence?

Conclusion is about past or future?

Which is the opposite of calculation?

What happens when innocence appears?

What happens when cunningness dissolves?

ART OF THE DAY

ART OF THE DAY: IMPRESSiON ON CHART ART

MATERIALS NEEDED

Chart paper Poster colors

EXPLANATION

Encourage children to dip their feet in poster colors and make impression by walking on the chart paper. Now ask them to create a border in the chart in the form of any animal.

INFERENCE

We can make anything out of anything when we are open. Life has no boundary, no limit. We may know many things but the knowing should not restrict us in any way. We must always be open to receive and be creative.

A depiction of a divine figure, possibly Lord Shiva, seated on a throne, with hands raised in a gesture of blessing.

ACTIVITY
OF
THE DAY

ACTIVITY FOR THE DAY: TYING LEGS OF 4 CHILDREN TOGETHER

MATERIALS NEEDED: Rope or ribbon

EXPLANATION: Divide the children into groups of 4 children in each group. Tie the legs of four child by tying one of first children with the leg of other children then the other legs of second child to one leg of third child and so on.

ACTIVITY FOR THE DAY:

TYING LEGS OF 4 CHILDREN TOGETHER

INFERENCE:

This activity needs team spirit, co-operation and co-ordination of all team themselves. Each member of the group needs to be very responsible.

WHAT IS
INNOCENCE,
TOTALITY &
MATURITY?

INTRODUCTION

When you came into the world, you came as an innocent infant. You radiated the beauty of your innocence until society gives you the mind. Now, we want to get rid of your mind and become innocent again, the regained innocence is what is called maturity. It is possible to regain it. We have to believe, we were innocent once upon a time. Trust that innocence is still within you. Then it is possible to start radiating it again. This understanding will start the process again.

Maturity causes us to live in totality. Totality is functioning out of immense innocence and giving your whole to the moment. There are no options, no judgment, and no fragments within you. There is only intense enthusiasm for the moment. The openness to the moment is the innocence. Just one thing is needed to become innocent one again. Don't hide behind false knowledge.

Always feel your natural self at
your core with no strain, with no
effort or pretensions. Innocence
is keeping the consciousness at
the level of the heart, not
allowing it to settle in the head.
The problem of falsity comes
because society teaches you to be
someone special all the time.
There is no need to be someone
special all the time. When you
drop the mind, you fall into the
moment. Maturity is taking a
strong decision not to decide you
anymore. It is to awaken to the
consciousness within. It is to
integrate yourself with honesty.
When we regain the innocence,
we flower with the
understanding that there is
nothing more priceless than
becoming childlike again.
Innocence is the way to
approach life.

Getting the innocence disturbed
and working to regain it
permanently is the process of
maturity. If a child is brought up in
love, the innocence of the child is
preserved. Then he moves around
with his heart not with his head.
The beauty of maturity is that it
allows you to function as a mature
person when required and as a
child at all other times. Innocence
has a totality about it. This totality
is called grace. Being innocent is
like functioning from your very
consciousness. It is thoughtless
awareness. The problem is that we
are afraid of losing what society
taught us from society we learnt
how to build our personality. But
our character is different from our
personality. Character is real.
Personality is a built up image.

A person in traditional clothing with hands in prayer

GOALS

To make the
children
understand about
Innocence,
totality and
maturity.

ASSESSMENT

Which provides you the mind?

How to get rid of your mind?

How we can become innocent?

What is the regained innocent called?

What is totality?

What society teaches us?

ASSESSMENT

When you can fall into the moment?

What is maturity?

Which is the way to approach life?

What is personality?

Which is real personality or character?

ART OF THE DAY

ART OF THE DAY:

DRAW SILENCE

MATERIALS NEEDED

Plain sheet Cotton or tissue paper

EXPLANATION:

Using dabbling technique makes clouds and represent your image into figures.

INFERENCE:

When you are vulnerable, you can open in your entire response system like the cloud.

ACTIVITY
OF
THE DAY

ACTIVITY OF THE DAY

LEMON AND SPOON GAME

MATERIALS NEEDED: Strong hula hoop

EXPLANATION: The children have to hold the spoon in the mouth with the lemon placed on the spoon and walk. They have to walk carefully without the lemon falling down. When they drop the lemon they have to wait for the next turn to join the game. Whoever holds the spoon with the lemon correctly and reaches the target will get applause.

INFERENCE: When we integrate our self with honesty we can achieve anything

A smiling deity, possibly a representation of Nithyananda, seated in front of a statue of Lord Vishnu