May 10, 2023

Notes by Pranavi Anantnarayan

Review

We talked about the short film, if we did pooja last week we also talked about:

Internal: we are quiet 

External: If we are quiet then we see what we like to do and we will never get bored! Everything is Possible 

Story:

Once upon a time, there is this one girl that can do anything, but she had to focus on it and then she could it. She draw an art and stared proudly and smiled. The clouds knew something, but then she felt anxious for the first time and quickly stood up. She thought that there were many things she could do better instead of painting. She didn’t notice anything around her and started to think. 25 years later, still thinking about what to do, she suddenly started to cry. She decided to get her supplies and feel the moment how she felt painting when she was young and she painted through the night…

Lessons: 

1. Happiness is being decisive

2. Happiness is being a person

RAW: 

Each morning think and write the 2 qualities a good person has and then implement them that day.

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Notes by Saamya Deo

Review

Last week we watched Sanjay’s superteam with Shankarji. Sanjay didn’t like to do puja with his father. He thought that it was very boring. One day when he was doing puja with his father he had a vision that he was locked in a mandir with a monster. There was a diya and he lit it. Then, three illuminating figures appeared and fought off the monster. When he came back to the puja, he drew the three illuminating figures and showed them to his father. They were his super team. 

How to not be bored? 

We have to understand why in order to not be bored. When Sanjay found meaning in puja it didn’t become boring anymore. 

Be observant: When you are observant of your thoughts, you can make changes. Being observant outside helps being observant inside. 

Be curious: If we are curious, we can keep an open mind to new things. 

Story

Once, there was a girl who could do anything she wanted. All she had to do was set her mind to it. She sat in front of a canvas and painted the stars and the clouds (her friends) flawlessly into a perfect painting. Suddenly she got up. She felt as if she had wasted her time on painting. She felt as if she had to decide what she wanted to become. So she went on a walk. She thought and she thought some more. The clouds and the stars were trying to signal her. Trying to help her but she never saw them. She was too lost in thought. 25 years passed. She had been caught up in possibilities for all this time! When she realized this she started to cry. Life is about doing something that moves you, not just thinking about the possibilities. So she bought supplies and painted a beautiful landscape. Even though 25 years had passed, she lived her life from that point on to its fullest. 

Lesson

Happiness is being decisive: The girl got distracted by the future and wasn’t decisive. She dwelled 25 years in the possibilities! 

Decisiveness requires clarity. You should do what you love. Once you decide what you love, the world will help you and it will benefit from the unique gift that everyone possesses. That gift is the gift that you can give back to the world. 

Happiness is being a good person: We should put being a good person before everything else. When we make a decision, we should analyze all the possibilities and make a selfless decision. Sumanji gave an example that if we are not good people and we are fire people, and a building was on fire, we could say that we are bored and the people in the building would die! 

RAW

Every morning, think of 2 qualities that a good person would have. Be decisive and choose 1 to implement in your life that day.