How to know if you are out of guilt?
When you get a certain guilt - the idea you have done something wrong, your skin glow drastically reduces! That is what in our tradition we mention again & again if this sin comes to you, you will lose your grace - means that shining of that skin will disappear, the aura will disappear. When people come out of guilt, their skin starts shining!
Activity of the day: Make a joke about themselves
Art of the day: Draw Dual personality
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GUILT & RESPONSIBILITY
INTRODUCTION
Many times we justify our guilt by labeling it as irresponsibility, trying or finding some reason. When you do something and think about it and if you get a low feeling about it that is guilt. If you feel the intensity and integrity with authenticity, it is responsibility. If you are pulled to low energy at the thought of what you did, then it is guilt. But, if you feel good about it, then it is responsibility.
Falling into guilt is a clear way of escaping responsibility. We think, work not done and added to any reason is work done. We fail to understand that the reason in reality never exists. Similarly, trying to do something is like trying to be pregnant. We can be or not be pregnant, but never can we be trying to be pregnant. So we have to commit to the work or clearly state that it is not possible for us to take up.
Responsibility and our choices when something is told to you, if you take full responsibility of deciding whether it is right or wrong, you can avoid all guilt feelings. If we don't take responsibility of our decisions we feel discontented whether we do the action or not. Submit yourself to the outer world (be vulnerable) and take responsibility for your inner space. Then there is no question of guilt. Most of our ailments are due to psychological disturbances where guilt plays a major role. Most of the time, our energy flow gets blocked because of guilt.
Acceptance is a wonderful tool of redemption from the pull and push between the past and future. With acceptance we fall in to the present straightaway. Accept all guilt, all mistakes and all failures. Even if you cannot accept, accept that you cannot accept. You will then relax and guilt will drop from your mind.
Goal :
Make them aware of the differences between guilt and responsibility, how acceptance is the beautiful way to come out of guilt.
Assessment:
- v What happens when you are forced to do something?
- v What is responsibility?
- v Name some of your responsibilities
- v What happens when we accept our guilt?
- v What is the meaning of acceptance?
- v How do you feel when you are responsible for what you did?
- v What happens to our energy flow when you feel guilty of something?
Accept all guilt, all mistakes and all failures, learn from them, don't repeat them again. Once we are caught in those imposed desired ideals, we can never relax and enjoy the journey of life. Accept and live in bliss. Conclusion:
MATERIALS NEEDED:
White sheet, Pencil (or) Sketch pen
PROCEDURE:
Ask each child what they mean by emotion. Ask them what they mean by guilt. Give each the materials needed. Children are encouraged to depict the guilt emotion in the picture form. Encourage them to draw a picture which is a combination of two images for example combination of lion and cow or cat and mouse. Each child gets their turn to talk about what they have drawn about guilt.
INFERENCE:
When we are in guilt we exhibit dual personality. we can never be a fulfilled person.
GOALS
To make the children aware of the fact that when we leave our ego we feel very light like a feather
Presentation:
Ask each child to make some joke about themselves, to talk funny things about themselves, about their face, nose etc. each child is given chance to play this game and each child is asked to talk about how they felt while playing this game.
Interpretation::
This activity enables the children to be more open.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
workshop of the day:
Children can conduct a quiz programme with guilt questions.
Guilt Vs Gratitude
Art of the day: Spray or splash painting
INTRODUCTION
If you are caught in guilt, we can never feel connected to life. The only way to overcome guilt is to start melting with gratitude. When you accept things as they are you can experience the causeless happiness and blessings.
Gratitude is the fragrance than can pervade your inner space and replace the smell of guilt. With guilt it becomes impossible to celebrate life. Guilt sits on our heart like a rock. We become heavy and frozen. It does not allow us to be free to dance, sing, laugh and love. Enjoy every moment as every moment is auspicious. You are who you are. Just be in the the past and future.
Guilt creates a dent in our inner space but gratitude expands our inner space. Guilt is like being stuck in a whirlpool while surrender is the only way out of the whirlpool. Guilt happens due to reviewing the past incidents with updated intelligence.
When we surrender everything to the ultimate intelligence in gratitude, we lose the pattern that we have created from the past and are relieved of the guilt. When we have gratitude we will always have the opinion that the grass on our side is green. We have everything in us. Everything happening around us is precious and auspicious.
Goal :
To make the children aware of the concept of gratitude
Assessment:
- v What is gratitude?
- v Can we feel happy when we are holding on to guilt?
- v Do we feel light if we have guilt?
- v What happens when we let go the guilt?
- v What happens when we are thankful for the moment?
Accept yourself as you are, totally and unconditionally. The total acceptance will bring about an active and intense relaxation in which your natural intelligence will flower. Conclusion:
MATERIALS NEEDED:
White sheet, spray painting brush, poster colors, water
PROCEDURE:
Encourage the children to do spray painting or splash painting on the selected picture (picture related to guilt) or on the plain sheet and make designs with that. Give each child the materials needed. Children have to hold the brush with bristles facing down and spray with the other hand
INFERENCE:
If the spray painting is done excessively on the sheet we cannot see the actual picture itself.Similarly guilt in the long run destroys our originality.