How would it feel to be with 72 children from different backgrounds, ages and languages maintain absolute silence to hear one voice of knowledge and wisdom, dynamism and versatility, enthusiasm and challenging, strict yet jovial?
How would it feel to see the tasks and punishments being accepted by the children with a smile on their faces?
How would it feel to see 7 groups of 10 each think as a ‘team’ to solve, interpret and imagine their own modern art drawn in 5 seconds during which time the young minds had thrown such beautiful insights which many adults wouldn’t have even dreamt about?
How would it feel to see our mistakes being repeated again and again glaringly and gain punishments happily from the owner of the voice in the form of writing down mantras 108 times for every mistake?
How would it feel to not sleep continuously for two nights and yet feeling fresh throughout the day?
This and many more happened during the camp organized by Chinmaya Society, Bahrain on 15-17 December, 2008 under the magnetic guidance of Chinmaya Mission Acharya, Swami Mitrananda. The theme of the camp was 'Look Ahead...' based on the text 'We Must'.
It was a wonderful and memorable experience indeed. Wish I was a kid to be a participant of the camp.
I have taken home many messages but one sentence keeps ringing in my ears that supply me more strength and energy and that is “Don’t give up, don’t give up, don’t give up…”
Yes, I won’t give up….
4 comments:
Dear Padmaja
I too wish to be a child to participate in such a camp. :)
Undoubtedly, it would have been a fantastic feeling to be surrounded by actively participating kids under the able guidance of a guru.
You are indeed lucky to have got such a golden opportunity.
A nice message indeed - 'Don't give up'. Let us keep this message in our mind always.
Thanks for sharing your experience through this blog.
Dear Padmaja
I too wish to be a child to participate in such a camp. :)
Undoubtedly, it would have been a fantastic feeling to be surrounded by actively participating kids under the able guidance of a guru.
You are indeed lucky to have got such a golden opportunity.
A nice message indeed - 'Don't give up'. Let us keep this message in our mind always.
Thanks for sharing your experience through this blog.
It seems a little more than I need to check the information, because I was thinking: Why does not my GLOG these things!
Good article, good things, good feelings, good BLOG!
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