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Sathya Sai Spiritual Education The Sathya Sai Service Organisation has some 36 centres throughout New Zealand. Most of these conduct Sathya Sai Spiritual Education classes. Sathya Sai Spiritual Education classes cater for three age groups: 6 to 9, 9 to 12, and 12 to 14. The aim of the classes is to awaken the student to the inherent divinity within, which is the birthright of every human being. It does this through five proven teaching techniques of: thought for the day, stories, values based songs, activities, and silent sitting. These are simple and enjoyable techniques, yet they are a very powerful combination. Ø Through consideration of the thought for the day, the child contemplates simple yet profound wisdom that has been passed down through the ages. Ø Through values based stories the child can associate with positive role models. Ø Through values songs, the children voice positive reinforcement of the goodness inherent in them. Ø Through activities they are taking the concepts, which to this point have been understood in the mind, or voiced through song, and putting them into practice through the activities. Ø Through silent sitting, they are able to bring the body and the mind to stillness. It is a powerful technique that increases memory and efficiency. Students who have attended Sathya Sai Spiritual Education classes have been shown to perform very well in their normal day schools. Modern education tends to devote too much time to facts and figures relating to the every day world. It ignores the spiritual dimension that is the underpinning basis of all other education. Human beings are ‘spiritual beings on a human path, not human beings on a spiritual path.’ Sathya Sai Spiritual Education awakens the spiritual aspect and draws its teaching material from the great religions of the world. It is not a religious instruction. It is a spiritual instruction, which draws on the values and understanding already in the child and illustrates the unity in the apparent diversity of the world’s religions.
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