March 11, 2020

Notes by Arjun Mahes

Review

Faith can move mountains

§ Someone without faith has fear; one with fear cannot move mountains

Story — Nelson Mandela

§ -Nelson Mandela fought against racial apartide because it was based on skin colour

– For this he was put to jail for 27 years in Robin Island

– After this instead of not forgiving South African government he went back to fighting for equality. (Shows how forgiving can do a lot.)

o Quote — “Courageous people do not fear forgiving for the sake of peace”

If you have peace you will be able to forgive if not you will be the opposite.

o Why should we forgive? When you forgive you start to feel normal (without grudges/negative feelings). If not you feel awkward.

Tao of Pooh

§ Mistakes help people succeed. Bad mistakes can be raw material to good. You just need to think and work harder. A minus (-) just needs a 1 to be a plus (+) — Tao of Pooh.

Practice

We wrote what we did 1 year ago, 1month ago, 1 week ago, 1 day ago and what we were doing now. We did this to make us understand that forgiving is not possible when you’re mind is in the future or the past ( You can’t forgive when you are thinking about something a year ago).

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Notes by Ira Mehta

· Faith can move mountains

· If you have faith and don’t have fear, you can do anything

· VALUE OF THE WEEK is Kshama which means to be forgiving

· “Courageous people do not fear forgiving for the sake of peace.”

· We should be forgiving because when you do, you feel normal

· Those who are bad are raw material to become good. I may make mistakes now but I can become good to change that

· PRACTICE: Write down what you did exactly a year, week, day, hour, minute, and second ago and what you are doing now.

· As long as you’ll live in the past, you’ll have regrets

· As long as you live in the future, you’ll have anxiety

· Live in the present

· It’s only good to think about the future if you’re planning for it

· RAW: Make a new friend in school