LESSON: 8🔗

Let go off your Body identity. By your very nature you renounce every moment

Introduction: To introduce to the child that they are not their body or mind To introduce to the child that by nature we renounce our thoughts

Goals: To help the child understand that we are not the body and mind To help the child understand the benefits of realizing that we are not the body and mind To help the child understand and accept them as they are To help the child realize that by our very nature we renounce our thoughts

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About the topic: The first thing to do is understand that you are not this body and mind. When you fully understand that you are not this body and mind, you will start respecting both. You start living with and not against your body and mind. You no longer abuse your body or disrespect its intelligence. You let your body live naturally and blissfully Please first understand that the thought that you are the body is itself an illusion. That is the first thought shaft that you create and suffer with as a result. If you start experiencing the truth that by your very nature you are illogical, irresponsible, independent, unconnected and un-clutched, you will start creating a new, alive, and fresh body. We abuse and disrespect our bodies in order to satisfy our ego. The moment we start to realize that we are not the body, we allow the body to function naturally. By its very nature, the body heals itself. The body has its own intelligence. However, you have lost connection with that wonderful intelligence. You constantly abuse and torture your body. The moment you start thinking, 'I am the body,' you start abusing the body. You do so many things to satisfy the mind that, by their nature, abuse the body. If you can relax from the idea that you are the body, you will start to respect the body. You will make decisions that allow the body intelligence to function beautifully. You will allow the body to live naturally. You will be alive, bubbling and overflowing with energy. The moment you start understanding that you are not the mind; you will have sharp intelligence and spontaneity. Ashtavakra says, 'You are not the body, you are not the mind. You are not the earth. You are not the water. You are not the fire. You are not the air. You are not the ether.' If you detach from the body and rest in intelligence, you will at once be happy, peaceful and free from all types of bondage. You start understanding and accepting yourself as you. In that very moment, you start relaxing into yourself. You become silent. That very moment brings bliss to you. The moment you understand that you are not the body and mind; you relax from this whole samsara sagara, ocean of material existence. As long as you continue to associate yourself with the body and mind, you experience all the sufferings and pains that the body and mind carry. By your very nature, you can have only one thought at a time. The moment a new thought comes inside your system, it means that the old thought has lost its power or influence over you. If the new thought has entered you, it means the old thought has been renounced because you can't have two thoughts at a time. You can have only one thought at a time. If you say that the old thought is also there, it only means that for that moment, the new thought has been renounced! By your very nature you are renouncing. You don't need to learn renunciation. Every moment you are renouncing. Every moment your inner space is getting cleared of the old thought. Even if you try to hold it, you cannot hold your suffering because continuously, your thought that creates suffering is also replaced by newer thoughts! In fact, to hold onto suffering will require a lot of effort Unclutch - The Nature of the Mind

on your part because thoughts are continuously flowing. When you are in the moment you don't know you are in the moment. Either you merge with the moment or you are with you mind. E.g.: When you are sleeping you are sleeping and you don't know that you are sleeping. When you are not sleeping you are awake. So the minute you think you jump into the mind state or wakeful state.

Assessment: • Are you the body? • Are you the mind? • What happens when you understand and accept yourselves? • Do we hold onto our thoughts? What is our nature? • What happens to the thought when you un-clutch? • Why can we continue our joy shaft? When we eat and work do we have 2 thoughts? How about when we are multi-tasking? How are the thoughts disturbing the inner space? Have you experienced at any moment in your life, 'being in the moment'?

Evaluation: Discussing with the child how and what they feel about themselves after the activity. Are they feeling more relaxed and free?

Conclusion: The moment we start to realize that we are not the body, we allow the body to function naturally The moment you start understanding that you are not the mind; you will have sharp intelligence and spontaneity.

Art of the Day - Keep the pictures in front and draw behind

Materials needed: Any picture, plain sheet, pencils or sketch pen.

Procedure: Give the materials needed, encourage each child to keep the picture in front of them and ask them to draw the picture by keeping the paper behind.

Inference: When we focus, when we unclutch we can do difficult things easily.

Activity: - Tapping using both hands in opposite direction

Goals: Children focus on being in the now by this activity.

Materials:

Preparation: Ask each child to tap both hands on the thighs simultaneously in opposite directions.

Presentation: Each child is asked to tap both their hands on their thighs simultaneously in opposite directions. Start with a slow pace at first and then increase to a very fast pace. This activity needs coordination and concentration.

Interpretation: This needs full awareness, being in 'just now', focusing in the present unclutching all the past previous thoughts.

Conclusion: "Just for being, we should feel grateful". And every second is a gift, enjoy and experience it.