Forgiveness is not forgetting things, it is letting go

 Jai Jinendra All.  Today when I was giving seva at Bhojanshala- I had a chance to sit with Ameeta Ji - our fellow volunteer.  Her service to the sangh as she manages her job, a 90 plus old mother is remarkable.  Because how Ameeta ji manages; I am no way close.  I thanked her today for her services and felt very small in front of her selfless dedication to sangh.  Anumodna to her!!

 Nitin Ajmera   

I complemented my coworkers for their efforts to learn new skills. I realized that I am getting annoyed with the office politics. When I started paying attention to the goodness in my team, I started feeling lighter and happier

Ritu Ajmera

When I paused and started paying attention to find qualities in everyone I met today, I realized how could I miss that all these years 🫣

Surbhi

Today I talked to this girl named Maddie, she is incredibly talented in acting but we do not have the best relationship so we get in arguments a lot. Today I genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, told her that her acting is incredible (which it is), but the point is that it made me feel better by being honest!

Sunidhi

  I chose

 Today one of the girls from my jv team got moved into the varsity team. i congratulated her and complimented on how well she plays. I identified that everyone has a good quality in them.

Anusha 

Today i realized that i m very impatient when i have to wait for people to do something. I get annoyed whenever someone takes too long when they’re trying to complete a task. For example, today while playing soccer some girl was taking too long to get the ball that went to the other side of the field. she was walking to the ball instead of jogging over. in that moment i thought that maybe she must’ve been rly tired from school and the previous drills we did. i realized that i can understand what is causing my impatience  which causes me to become more patient over time

Anusha

Task was to “Compliment people around me”. I thought it won’t be that difficult but at the end of the day at night I realised I missed complimenting so many times. At night I realised that times when I complimented I felt a different energy, happiness in me. Today I will be more watchful at the qualities of others 😊

Shuchi Jain

  I observed At school today  I complimented my friend that he is very good at soccer  

Samvar  

Today, I reflected on my flaws, realizing I'd been controlling my loved one. I admitted my shortcomings and explained why. Instead of arguing, she empathized, leading to a heartfelt conversation that strengthened our connection. Surbhi 

I relalized we have weaned away so much from our simplicity. I also realized that Benig simple is so easy ☺️

Shuchi Jain

Self realization

Often times I get angry really fast, but I can work on it and get better at having some patience and be more understanding of others.

Sunidhi Ajmera 14yrs

Today at recess, me and my friends played soccer. At the end of the game, even though they lost, we all said “GG” and did not argue.
Today I realized my flaw that I wanted to fit in with everyone and get cool shoes. I just wanted to get compliments and  be “cool” like the others.

Vivaan 11yrs

Motives

So if we analyze our moments carefully, we can rightly say that it is impossible to live even a moment without being deceitful. We might not realize it but even small activities like talking to someone, doing anything, has an ulterior motive to it which we are not able to grasp. 

Doing this exercise was mind boggling for me!! 

Namrata Kasliwal

Simplicity makes our life more easier less stress less pain healthy body mind and soul when i knew about arjav dharm understood and realised that i do kapat and mayachari so many times and not realised yet again it should not be for 10days if we all continue for rest of life we can reach to our goal

Meenakshi shah

 I feel fortunate

Today at school, i had a really big test that i was very nervous for. I was studying for hours yesterday with two of my friends. After the studying i was more confident but still a little nervous for the test. Now today after taking the test i felt that it went really well and that never would’ve happened if i hadn’t studied with my friends. After the test i thanked them a lot for studying with me and they thanked me back. At this moment i felt much happier than i did before.

Hiti Kasliwal 15yrs 

I have identified my flaw as somtimes i bad language, by bad language i mean not so polite language. That usually happens in school, when my friends do something weird or something i dont appreciate. I use these words. Or sometimes i go with the flow and use these words. These words are not mine but it just happens because everyone around me is okay to this impolite  language. 

Samvar Jain  9yrs age

Many times it happened, whenever I felt competition with anyone in any sphere and I appreciated her for her qualities, the feeling of competition and also jealous disappeared and the feeling of happiness takes it's place.

Achala Jain

 I always try to appreciate everyone even for a little thing, I have realised complimenting someone for their quality increases their confidence. And today also I applied this task and the result was the charming smile on that person that makes me happy too!

Pratiti Shah

ACTIVITY 1

Our habits, temptations and addictions are expressions of our greed.

1. Today let’s Pause before reacting. 
2. Check what is our temptation, addiction or habitual reaction? 
3. If possible journal to check for repetitive patterns 
4. Post your victories in the group 💗

1. Write 10 things that we have that brings us contentment. 
2. How we feel after writing this? 

Observe the things that make us contended. Once we start looking within ourselves we will never operate from greed. 

1. Choose quietness, when your friends / siblings are gossiping about anyone.

2. Do you have an urge to comment at or point on others? Immediately pause. Watch your urge. Identify greed.

ACTIVITY 1 

Can we see clearly? 

1. Did we change the facts? Let’s keep a check today.
2. Did we speak the facts to our advantage (hidden motive - to feel superior or maybe out of inferiority complex) 
3. Being able to watch ourselves itself is a victory. Post our victories. 

1. Observe if we just gave an opinion. Realize and become empty . 
2. Did we just pass a judgement? 
3. Lets become open to more options.
4. That we are able to recognize our opinions and jugements are our victories for today. Post victories in the group. 

When we acknowledge our flaws, the truth flows naturally from us. Truth isn't a matter of opinion; it stands on its own. People of integrity refrain from passing judgment. In Jain philosophy, truth is perceiving things exactly as they are, free from any distortion. Only someone with clear vision can truly grasp the essence of truth.

ACTIVITY 1

Before taking food let’s pray “ May all the beings of the world and those who adhere to spiritual paths for lessening their desires- all of them get their meals on time”  

When we come out of our own circles of personal needs and look outside with broader aspiration, we expand dimensionally.

ACTIVITY 2

Let’s prepare our collection box-  Add a dollar/ Rs. 10 each day to this. Give this money to the sangh on your next visit for their Ahaar, Shaastra and Aushadh (medication)needs. 

Share pics !! 

ACTIVITY 3

1. Let’s do a practical 2-5 mins
2. Close our eyes and Feel our heart. 
3. Let’s affirm “May I be friendly to every being in the world”- Abhay daan 
4. Now, see the whole world in our heart. And one by one see every one smiling in peace.
5. Share experience from this. Did this help us let go and reconnect in love ?
   

yamini- It gave a sense of immense happiness

Took Maun during food. Could conjure up all my senses and feel the experience of the food with due respect. 

Took maun for a duration of time in the day- realized that  all the constant chatter that I had invested my energy in was not worth it. It didn’t make me a better person. Going deeper In silence, connection with the joy of godliness persisted. Immense peace and joy.  -  Surbhi

Took maun today at several times. Had different experiences every time. Once I was just listening ( pravachan) and due to maun I could understand more than ever. Second time I wasn’t doing anything but i felt lot of mind chatter . Third time I was just an observer but felt so nice and wanted to continue maun cos I felt that we waste lot of energy in reacting, judging or analyzing things. We need to just observe things and situations rather than indulging in each of them. After these experiences I want to try maun not only by speech but by body ( not doing any activity even by mind) too so that I can come closer to myself .

Vineet Pandya

Today, Sending positive energy to the most revered saints called for a profound opening. It motivated me to ensure that the food I prepare serves a similar purpose as their noble intentions. 

- Surbhi 

While preparing the daan box, felt immense pleasure in heart. As if every single day when I will add a dollar to it, I will be investing in my own alertness and expansion of awareness .- Surbhi

Seeing everyone in my heart with their faces filled with smiles was quite a moving experience. What I felt in this enlightening moment 👉🏻that “we all are connected”!! - Surbhi

Recently a young family member did something without my knowlegde that deeply hurt and disappointed me. That person is currently in a mental state which cannot be reasoned with. So i cannot share or show my hurt to that person. I have been in silence with my pain. 3 days now. But as it is said there is a reason for everything. Maybe this happened to show us the illusion of attachments and requestion our presumptions of close relations and how everyone is supposed to behave. And all this happening during this period of daslakshan!!  Challenging our ability to really forgive others and ourselves for allowing circumstances to hurt our souls and hearts.

 Dr. Anil Singhvi 

What if we can rise and transform the hurt to a higher emotion? Dr anil

I closed my eyes and realized how better of a place the world would be if this happened . I thought of working towards it in my everyday life. I felt very peaceful - Vivaan 

i prepared a box for this challenge and i will hang it in my room and make sure to donate one dollar everyday

i practiced this today and i felt so calm and less stressed than i was before. i felt more uplifted and relaxed. Anusha 

This was indeed a powerful exercise! Brought a unique calmnesss and the feeling of appreciating every soul in the universe as equal!!-

Namrata 

Space excercise