Who Am I ?
- I am very beautiful
My looks inspire poets to write poetry
I am definitely Not Tall and Slim like your Ms.World
I am actually Rounded Side.
Discussion:
Moon appears to be changing with Time
Full moon day its fully round and bright
Makes the night look beautiful
New moon day - Moon is not visible
Days pass and the new moon becomes a full moon. (Goes through different phases).
Moon appears to be changing, but actually there is no change to the moon.
Everything in this world keeps changing with time, We discussed how everything changes over time, seasons change, newborn babies become big, and buds bloom into flowers etc.Only Bhagvan does not change.
Exploration: Gratitude Time –lesson from the Moon - Things Change, Circumstances change for Good, and Circumstances change for Bad.
When circumstances are good, we should Thank God for giving us a good time, and thank all of the people for bringing good time in our life.
When circumstances are bad, we should not lose courage and confidence, and be kind to the people who are in difficult situations.
And help them in any way we can.
We discussed that 'NOW' is the Time for everything, Not yesterday, not Tomorrow.
We retrospected this through Gurudev's quote :"Everyday is bursting with Opportunities for us to do and to serve, to express, to love, and to live. We must make use of these lush chances and diligently make our life rich, fruitful, and useful for others at all times.
Today belongs to us
Yesterday was
Tomorrow will be
Only today belongs to us
So, let us do our best Today"
-Swami Chinmayananda
Stealing butter - Youtube link
Through this we learnt Krishna's divine quality - Sharing, compassion for all.
Brainstorming : We discussed why Krishna stole Butter, Milk, Ghee, Yogurt- Kids gave wonderful responses like that it was to help his hungry friends, and out of love, and compassion for his friends Krishna stole.
We discussed that all of the Gopis, and ladies of Gokula were always thinking of Pots of Milk, Butter, Yogurt and how they could sell it and make money. Krishna was always successful in constantly stealing milk, butter, ghee which the Gopis, and ladies of Gokula tried their best to save their pots of Butter, Milk, Ghee, Yogurt from him and were looking for new places to hide it. But our naughty Krishna would always find it, no matter how careful they tried to be. By this, they were always thinking of Krishna and constantly remembering Krishna which is what Krishna wanted.
Lord Krishna wanted them to be far from Material things(milk, butter, ghee etc) and remember Him always.
Story time: Through the story of Krishna The Divine Child - Eating Mud- we came to know how he showed Yashodha ma, that the whole Universe is inside his mouth.
Story time: Damodhara leela - Kubera's sons released (Nala Kubera, Manigriva) YouTube link -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhId_djrUPQ&t=19s
Through this story, how Yashodha maa struggled to tie Krishna with a rope to keep him in one place and how this incident led to a new Leela for our Krishna.Bhagavad Gita : The below Gītā Chanting video(s) was telecast :
Ch5 - verses 6-7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-UBrEeDpLA&list=PLwv-WSJSokEOQDCAt7bctEzYhrOtCO8up&index=5. We all chanted along with the video.
