Pain is Due to Ego
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© 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramash[?]
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Source: Nithyanandapedi[?]
I N T R O D U C T I O N
You undergo suffering in many
situations, maybe when you fall ill,
when your neighbor gets a new car,
when your loved one leaves you, when
your boss fires you, or when you lose
some wealth. Suppose you decided to
welcome these situations just as they
are without anger or resentment.
Would you still suffer as much? No!
But you don't manage situations that
way. When your boss yells at you, you
feel pain.
The pain could have been either
because he scolded you in front of
everyone, because you feel bad for
having fallen short of your boss's
expectations at work, or because you
feel you didn't deserve the scolding.
Like darkness, pain, whether it is
physical, mental, or emotional, has
only a negative existence . Darkness
exists only in the absence of light.
As such, it has no positive existence
of its own. In the same way, pain
exists only in the absence of
awareness. Just as darkness
disappears automatically when light
is brought into a room, pain
dissolves automatically when the
energy of your awareness is focused
on it.
Sit by yourself and think honestly
about what the reason is. If the pain
is due to him scolding you in front
of everybody, then the pain is
actually a hurt to your ego. Ask
yourself, 'So what if everybody was
watching? Why have I invested so
much in what others think of me?
Why can't I have my own gauge to
measure myself? 'Ask yourself these
questions. You will realize your
investment in other's opinions of
you is not worth it. Your pain will
disappear!
If you experience pain because you
did not perform to the best of your
ability, become intensely aware of
that. That awareness is enough to
overcome the pain. Then you will
use only the learning from the
incident, you will drop the 'feeling
bad' part.
GOAL :
To cause the child to
take individual
responsibility to separate
Ego from Pain
ASSESSMENT:
- What are ways we invite pain into our lives?
- What are the 3 different types of pain? (Emotional, mental, physical).
- Why do we have rules?
- How can we help each other to follow the rules?
- When we live in an unhealthy manner, what happens?
- How do we celebrate pain?
- How can we rid ourselves of ego in order to live happily and without mental pain?
- What are friends for?
CONCLUSION:
We can use pain to transform areas of
our life in which we experience a
lack and transform those very areas
into joy and abundance can hold the
ice cube for a long time.
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
BUBBLE WRAP
PRINTING MATERIAL NEEDED:
Paper, bubble wrap paper, poster colors
PROCEDURE
Give each child the materials needed and explain to the children that they have to apply the poster color on the bubble wrap paper and print it on the paper.
INTERPRETATION:
Pain is the impression of our thoughts; it depicts the nature of our thoughts. When we have lots of negative thoughts we create more pain when we remain with positive thoughts we create more joy.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
HOLDING ICE CUBES IN HAND.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Ice Cube
PREPARATION:
Explain that each child will be given an ice cube, which they must hold for as long as they can.
PRESENTATION:
Give each child an ice cube and ask them to hold it for as long as they can.
INTERPRETATION:
If the child focuses on the pain, he can hold the ice cube for a long time. Note: If the child is experiencing more pain or not wanting to touch the ice, they can be relieved from doing this activity.
