All You Need to KNow About INNoceNce

Innocence: The MosT BeauTIful feelIng

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THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

Constantly, we are asked to be good, to be pure, and to be innocent the idea of innocence is forced upon us, constantly we are taught society, by moralists, that something is right, something is wrong constantly we are taught the idea of good & bad, something innocent & something is corrupted, we are forced to practice something that is good or what society thinks is good.

Life is totally different, what society believes is different from what is Innocence means purity of the inner space not being affected thoughts or engraved memories then if you are not expressing emotions like anger greed & lust, if they are present in your inner space you are not as yet a total & innocent person. On the other hand if you express your anger lust & greed but nothing touches your inner space & you live like an innocent child then be very clear, you are pure being. Innocence is directly related to the inner space it way related to the outer world. Unless you are without logic or tired logic you cannot be ready for transformation. Logic cannot help understand even your own life. Logic does not allow you to be simple innocent .only when there is no logic there can be innocence.

Innocence is the space for transformation to happen. There is so much freshness behind innocence. Life becomes an unfolding mystery every moment with it. That is the truth. Life is an ever unfolding mystery. It is the mind that typecasts it. The mind always wants life on its own specific terms. Innocence embraces life with life's own terms. With the mind, life does not find a gate to enter with its mysteries. With innocence, life is welcomed to share its mysteries. Innocence trusts.

To make the children understand about the concept of innocence

1. How does our society condition us?
2. Does our life is the same way as the society tell us?
3. What is innocence?
4. Innocence is related to outer space or inner space?
5. When there will be innocence?
6. Can innocence so with logic?
7. Can a logical person be innocent?

Plain Sheet Pencil Sketch Pen

Encourage the children to draw their ideas of past, present and future in pictorial format. Ask children to explain to their friends what they have drawn.

Innocence is keeping the consciousness at the level of the heart, not allowing it to settle in the head.

Make the children into groups of four or five. Give each group a name or they can wear same color dress. Place few newspapers on the ground. Now play the music or do clapping when clapping sound or music is stopped. They have to stand with their group in the corresponding newspaper. Whoever not standing in the group or standing with other group or not standing on the newspaper will be out of the game.

This activity needs lots of co-ordination and focus and ability to respond immediately. When we drop our cunningness we can become more spontaneous.

Openness is emptiness. Let not knowledge fill you. Knowledge is but a mere tool, not your substance. Reject all knowledge as not this, reject means don't settle for any intermediate knowledge except the ultimate truth. We may know many things, but the knowing should not dull us in any way. We should remain empty in spirit always. If you just look at life without any opinions, without any words or description, without any fixed ideas, then you can receive everything because you hold nothing, because you are empty. Present is an unfolding miracle and mystery of Existence. We try to grasp it, with the net of knowledge.

T h a t is t h e m o t i v a t i o n f o r knowl edge . But it c an ne v e r happen! The unknown can never be trapped with the known. The unknown can be known only by surrendering to it. That surrender is what is called intelligence! Intelligence recognizes the mystery o f t h e p r e s e n t m o m e n t a n d surrenders to it joyfully. That joy is the joy of innocence. Knowledge on the other hand denies the mystery of the present moment. It tries to ascertain it every minute and the present can never be ascertained. So you continuously remain with what is called 'fear of the unknown'. Through knowledge, you somehow try to escape from the 'not knowing' of the moment. To the ego, not- knowing means being nothing.

It cannot handle being nothing. But innocence is being nothing and enjoying the present! The present is an unopened gift. But knowledge robs it of its suspense. Belief is nothing but an individual and independent interpretation of something. There is no need to instill any belief into a child.

It is fresh every minute. So it is not possible to know anything. The mind is constantly looking for activity you go behind belief. We base our whole life on beliefs. Because of this we are immersed in activity, but not action. Activity needs constant fuelling through beliefs. Activity cannot afford to stop. It if stops, the mind fall into depression. Action happens as and when required and stops. Activity happens out of belief. Action happens out of understanding. Activity causes fatigue while action creates energy and inspiration.

What you need is action, not activity. Just understand that belief is nothing but your own understanding of something and not the truth. In any given situation, four different people can conclude differently with four different beliefs. There is no absolute reality in belief. It is merely an individual perception. But innocence keeps the perception open. That is the beauty of it. It doesn't conclude and close the doors on anything. There are innumerable interpretations to anything. Not holding onto any one interpretation is the essence of innocence. Then the spirit is kept alive.

To make the children understand about remaining empty

1. What is openness?
2. What is meant by rejecting knowledge?
3. How we behave as a child?
4. Knowledge makes us dull or fresh?
5. What happens when we are devotee?
6. When you will note cross your enthusiasm?
7. When you will follow your heart?
8. What is life?
9. Relate interpretation to innocence?

When you ask out of innocence, you are complete up ready to receive the answer.

Plain sheet Poster colors Plate for mixing paint

Ask the children to paint their palm with different colors and print the impression on the paper. Now they can use their creativity to create various pictures out of the hand printing. For example, they can create like peacock, swan, giraffe etc.

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 be so creative.

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Encourage children to form groups. Give each child in the group to hold the hula hoop and all the children must sit holding the hoop at the same time and stand up similarly holding the hoop, they can also hold the loop with one hands and do this activity.

This activity needs co-ordination and co-operation among the team.

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In silence there is innocence. In words there is intellect. Intellect can never receive the truth, only innocence can just be with innocence that is enough. Silence bridges the gap that words create. Silence is the space of transformation into fresh learning. In silence you are open and in those moments you are innocent. The inner silence is the treasure zone. In silence there is no geed or fear. Innocence is a delicate fragrance while knowledge is a strong filter. That is the difference. The fragrance of innocence draws the whole world to you, prevents many things from coming to you. The filter of knowledge prevents many things from coming to you.

We are in a great hurry all the time, because there is too much knowledge to gather When you are with innocence you simply enjoy the moment.

Innocence grasps the moment while knowledge misses it. Knowledge knows only purpose while innocence knows the beauty of purposelessness. Children lose their innocence to the conditioning that they receive in the name of "how to be clever". Knowledge is a tool. It doesn't directly lead to intelligence. It is just a tool. As long as we use it as a powerful tool where needed, it is good. On the other hand, innocence leads directly to pure intelligence. Innocence grasps dimensions that cleverness misses.

Innocence may miss the facts but it catches the truths, when cleverness combines with innocence, it becomes a rare combination of intelligence. Knowledge that is not yet experience is not your own. It is borrowed. Knowing is different from knowledge. Knowing is innocence. It is an understanding that has become your own experience. Work so that everything becomes a deep experience in you. You will then be a simple person. Simplicity is weightless. It will never weigh you down and hinder further learning. It is just aid in the flowering of innocence, that's all. What innocence grasps one may not ever be able to express, because it is an understanding beyond words.

To make the children understand about silence is the space of unlearning & learning.

1. What is intellect?
2. What is innocence?
3. What is there is silence -innocence or intellect?
4. What bridges the gap that words create?
5. What is the difference between innocence & intelligence?
6. What happens when you are in innocence?
7. Which knows the purpose and which knows the beauty of purposelessness?
8. Whether knowing is different from knowledge?

Uncolored art sheet Various color crayons Poster colors (different), brush

Ask the children to first color the picture with crayon and then paint on it with poster colors, ask them to observe how the painting looks like. Ask them whether the paint is mixing with poster color or standing alone.

Innocence grasps dimensions that cleverness misses. Innocence may miss facts but it catches the truth.

In this game of hide and seek, one child counts to a certain numbers while all the other children hide. As the end of the count, the child who counts says, "Ready or not" , here I come and seeks out the hiders.

Cunningness is a pure hide and seeks game, you play with yourself. Societal conditioning causes the innocence in the intelligence to take the turn in to cunningness.

KAILASA's THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM RAJAVIDYA GURUKUL

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