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Art of the day: Our Soul is like the Lotus Plant

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• 1. Watercolour paper

• 2. Watercolours
• 3. Watercolour crayons (optional)
• 4. Cup of water
• 5. Kitchen paper

• 6. Watercolour brush
• 7. Old towel (to protect the floor) Lotus flower picture (optional as student can create their own version of a lotus).

PROCEDURE:

• Tell the students to draw their own version of a lotus plant and to illustrate how the water droplets simply fall on the leaves without getting attached.
• Ask the students to contemplate and share on how the soul is similar to those droplets of water. Then, you can read the "inference" to the students for deeper understanding of the true nature of the Soul.

Art of the day: Our Soul is like the Lotus Plant

INFERENCE:

The soul actually does nothing. It does not entangle itself in the web of greed and fear. It is the mind that continuously adds new desires to the list and keeps the body running after them. Internally, the soul is always free. It has no bondage.

It is like the lotus plant in a lake. Water droplets that fall on the lotus leaves do not get attached to the leaves. They simply roll off and merge with the water again.

In the same way, the soul that rests inside this body is completely free from worldly joys and sorrows. It is like the drops of water. The soul, Ātma can simply merge into the Supreme Soul, Paramātma. Only the body is related to the worldly happenings. The soul is not involved at all.