Activity - Make a pyramid of desire
Materials needed: Paper, Pencil (or) Sketch (or) Pencil, Chart paper.
Procedure: Explain to the child about the pyramid of desire.
Encourage each child to cut a triangular shape in the chart with safety scissors and ask them to divide the triangle and write the components of the pyramid of desire.
Art of the Day: Mirror image
Materials needed: Paper, Sketch (or) Pencil, Mirror picture or object.
Procedure: Keep a picture or object in front of the mirror and ask each child to see the image in the mirror and draw the picture on the paper with pencil or sketch. Explain to the children we see our friends, relatives and mirror their desires as our desires
Introduction: Introduce greed to the child.
Goals: Understand that our desires must be in tune with that is the right thing to do. To have the responsibility and the will to use the knowledge, and actions to turn those desires into reality.
Make the child understand the meaning of greed, desire and energy.
Click: The Knowledge and action should always be in tune with the desire energy. When you are honest and integrated with the desire, there is no conflict and the conversion happens properly.
Activity of the day: Draw the desires
About the topic:
Talk about what is important in life. When we have the desire to do what is right, we will go very far in life as that desire will guide us.
When we have a true desire, we must channel it properly, put it into action and use it for the good of all.
The knowledge and action should also be in tune with the desire energy. Then it forms a circle of desire leading to better knowledge and action, which in turn leads to clearer desires!
We need to think about our desires, and find out if what we desire is in tune with what is good for us, what is the right thing and important thing for our lives?
The desire that is pure and not directed towards any particular object or person is simply an overflowing energy that is called the "desire energy".
From the navel center comes the pure energy. In the heart region, this energy gets converted to the power of desire. This further gets converted into words in the throat region. When this energy gets converted into words, it is called the speech energy.
The speech energy moves further to the brain, there it stays as the power of knowledge and the option is for the energy to get converted into a command and get executed. This is the power of action. If the energy is not processed and changed properly, the knowledge and action become disconnected.
The difference between need and desire is complicated with greed. We may need clothing and shelter, but to have greed is to always want more and more of each item, or greed to live in a big mansion which is not necessary.
If the desire energy gets converted as too much knowledge and less action, then we will end up only thinking more and more, building castles in the air. On the other hand if the desire energy gets converted as too much action and less knowledge then we will end up working blindly. When you are honest and integrated with the desire, there is no conflict and the conversion happens properly.
Assessment:
- · Can you give examples of some desires?
- · What are true desires?
- · How can we tell the difference between true desires and wants?
- How can we make desires become reality?
- · What is knowledge?
- · What is responsibility?
- · Can I get some examples of responsibility ?
- What are some things you are responsible for your actions?
- · Do we desire things that are good for us ?
- If we do not accomplish the things we are to do, how will things be completed?
- If our parents play with toys instead of going to office, how will we get money?
- · Are all desires good?
- How can we be sure we have true desires?
- Where does the desire energy come from?
- · Where does the pure energy begin from?
- The energy from our throat becomes what energy?
- What is the difference between greed and need?
Art of the Day: Bud painting
Evaluation: Make sure they really understand that we are living our life and we need to have responsibility for our actions. Also to understand the concept of desires, and what we can accomplish if channelized correctly.
Give examples of greed and need to make sure they understand that some desires are needs, but when greed comes in, it is bad for us.
Conclusion:
Desire, knowledge and action are a powerful combination. Desire is energy. Our desires need to be in tune with what is right.
Desire is an energy that we can use to live blissfully, to help us to achieve great things if we can focus on the things that matter.