GOALS
To get children to understand that understanding and completing liberates us.
- ❖ Can we accept others if we don't accept ourselves?
- ❖ How are spirituality and friendliness connected?
- ❖ What is the greatest healing power on planet Earth?
- ❖ How can we correct our self-doubt, self-hatred and self-denial?
- ❖ How different are forgiving others and forgiving yourself?
- ❖ What do we need to do to experience divinity in everything?
- ❖ When will the Universe be complete with you? When will the Universe be incomplete with you?
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- 1. White paper
- 2. Colorful crayons or pens,
- 3. Pictures relating to Kṛṣṇa
PROCEDURE
Get children to draw something relating to Kṛṣṇa, but each time they lift the pen off the paper, they must swop the hand holding the pen. With deep friendliness and patience for the hand that is their non-dominant hand. Let them try to have each hand drawing similar amounts
INFERENCE
❖ Learning to accept ourselves. ❖ Friendliness starts with ourselves.
MATERIALS
A sheet of paper divided into two columns. On the left side put the title "self- doubt", and on the right side put the title "friendliness, completion"
PROCEDURE:
Get the children to write or draw some of their doubts in the left hand side. For example, they doubt they can do a particular asana, or remember a mantra. Then pair the children. Each child in a pair has a turn telling their doubt with the other helping them with their doubt from the space of deep friendliness, to face their doubt or suggesting some options that may help complete the doubt.
INFERENCE:
When we experience friendliness we start accepting ourselves. Deep friendliness with others is spirituality
Hold Vaakyartha sadhas on: When you serve others, you enrich yourself and them. Is there someone in their family they can offer to help something that they have never offered to do before?
CONCLUSION
Completion with life, deep friendliness, acceptance and forgiveness, compassion - uniting with the glory and powers of Kṛṣṇa