Hari Om Parents of 9th Graders,
Hope all are doing well. After Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanthi celebrations looks like there is a bit of a break until we get to Ganesh Chathurthi sometime in August. It's been so great to celebrate these festivals in person at the Ashram if you are able to attend. The aura and vibes are totally different. As we come to the tail end of our academic year, we trying to wrap up any unfinished topics between now and the last class. Last Sunday we spoke about Hanumanji , who our kids are learning from Kindergarten. From an active playful cute monkey to a responsible, empathetic, and devoted friend Hanumanji exemplifies strength, power, and dedication. From childhood stories to Karmic fables, we explained how it is important to have true devotion and complete surrender. We also explained the meaning of the hanuman shloka Buddhir Balam.
As a devotee, Hanuman represents the mental body, which is made up of the thought currents that float in our chitta or consciousness. It is responsible for our imagination, astral travel, and dream experiences. The intelligence body is made up of buddhi or discretionary intelligence, which is considered one of the highest tattvas or principles of Nature. Our buddhi is said to be a direct reflection of divine intelligence. It is responsible for our decision-making ability, rational thinking, and conscience. This was a great segway into the topic of What is BODY? What is MIND? What is INTELLIGENCE. Here ,we started with Vasanas topic and explained what it meant? , Why do we have Vasanas? How do you identify it and try to sublimate the same. Going through simple examples we walked them through vasana eruptions, imprints, and sublimation. From Vasanas we logically introduced to them the famous BMI chart that Gurudev used to explain Vedanta.
This BMI will be the foundation of Chinmaya Mission Vendantic study and from next year your children will be slowly starting to learn Bhagvadgita so it's important this abstract concept is registered. Please ensure your children are not missing their classes. We will be continuing with BMI in the next class as well. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Unto his feet with our hearts,
Your 9th grade teachers