ACTIVITY of the day🔗

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• 1. Thick eyeband / blindfold (cannot see through it and no light can enter)
• 2. Paper
• 3. Pencil
• 4. Pen
• 5. Eraser
• 6. Timer
• 7. Mahavakya audio

• Ask the students to pair up, one of each pair will be "Nithya" and the other "Ananda" .
• The Nithya group will tie the eyeband around their eyes and Ananda group will ensure it is placed properly.
• The Ananda group draw any shape on a sheet of paper.

• The Nithya group brings awareness to Ajna chakra, third eye, and connects to THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, Paramashiva.
• Both chant Mahavakya for 2 minutes
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• At the end of the round, the Nithya partner removes the eyeband and tells Ananda partner what THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM showed in your third eye. Verify that the answers match and switch turns
• Do 2 rounds of shapes, then 2 rounds of writing letters and numbers, then 2 rounds of drawing.
• At the end, ask the students to share about their experience of darkness and light during blindfold reading.

INFERENCE:

What gives these sources of light the energy to run? What drives them? The Universal consciousness gives energy to all sources of light. Kṛṣṇa calls this Self the 'Source of light — jyotiṣam api taj jyotis'. The sources of light — the sun, the moon and lightning derive their energy from that self-luminous Self. That is why there is a common adjective given to the Self as 'effulgent' or 'luminous'. In a deeper sense, when the Self is referred to as luminous, it is not what we normally understand. The Self is pure intelligence and this knowledge dispels ignorance. An Enlightened Master sees everything with clarity. He sees truth as it is. You see, when you are in a dark room you are ignorant of what is present in that room. When the lights are switched on, you become aware of things around you.

WORKSHOP of the day

Topic Of Discussion:

The ego is like darkness; it has no positive existence. Just as darkness is the absence of light, the ego is the absence of awareness. To struggle to kill the ego is like struggling to push darkness out of the room. To expel the darkness, what you need to do is to forget about dealing with the darkness. Focus your energy on light instead.

Conclusion:

Forget all about the ego. Instead, focus on bringing the lamp into your being. When your entire Consciousness has become a flame, the ego is no more.

-B B H O A OK G X A III V , V A OL D UM G E I V T I A

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