LMOIS VBSE Newsletter 2

1 LMOIS VBSE Newsletter. Anything you do, good or bad, reflects on the entire universe. In this consciousness if you continue

to work, and strive in your spiritual life, the world will automatically become a better place - P Rajagopalachari

Self Awareness & Self Management 2013

79, Pallavaram Road, Kolapakkam,

Chennai 600 122. [email protected]

News from Lalaji

Memorial Omega Inter-

national School

(LMOIS), Chennai,

about Value Based

Spiritual Education

(VBSE).

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Babuji distinguishes very clearly between

emotions and feelings. Feelings are essential. Emotions are likely to damage our spiritual

growth. Often it becomes a habit,

emotion becomes a habit, and that should

be avoided.

P Rajagopalachari

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From

discord, find harmony. In the middle of

difficulty lies opportunity.

Albert Einstein

Fill your bowl to the

brim and it will spill.

Keep sharpening your

knife and it will blunt.

Chase after money

and security and your

heart will never

unclench.

Care about other

people's approval and

you will be their

prisoner.

Do your work, then

step back.

The only path to

serenity.

Lao-tzu

Dearest Children and Respected Elders,

We have all been seeing the growth of VBSE in the school over the years and I have personally been

gratified many times to witness the diversified activities undertaken by the VBSE Department. The idea

is that the lessons we derive from the curriculum is more and more experiential than merely offering

theoretical knowledge. All of us derive immense benefits from such experiential knowledge which is

imprinted in our hearts and minds perhaps forever. It is, thereby, that we imbibe and make these values

part of ourselves and live them throughout our lives. I remember that the major lesson in life is to

sravana, manana, nidhidhyasana) these principles in accor-

dance with the statement enunciated in the Brihadaranya Upanishad.

I remember the famous story of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, in this connection, who, while study-

learnt the lesson given by the teacher except the boy, Ramakrishna. Every day, the teacher asked for

15 days, at last, Ramakrishna confirmed to his teacher that he had now learnt the lesson. The class

teacher was surprised that it had taken 15 days for the boy to learn such a simple lesson and asked the

boy why it took him so much of time to learn such a simple lesson. The boy calmly replied that only

that day he had learnt to adhere completely to the truth and bring it into practice in his own life! This is

the basis of experiences.

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prayer. However, I find that these words are still mere words for many of us and we have not imple-

mented them in practice in our daily lives. We, more particularly, the teachers should become living

examples of such values and become beacon lights for our children to follow. There are other areas

where we need to improve further; I am referring to indiscipline in the school buses where bullying by

the strong of the weak is still prevalent. I request all our students to respect everyone regardless of age,

the relative position such as juniors or seniors and so on.

Of course, I am happy that there is a visible improvement in the plans organized by the VBSE Depart-

ment, of late, in taking the students for volunteering work to the Ashram. The visits to every place has

become more purposeful and acquired more practical orientation in all areas. Recently, I had the won-

residents in the areas visited were inspired and were seen marveling at our students for exhibiting such

discipline, hard work and passion for reaching out to the fellow humans.

I am sure that such attempts will bring the much- needed service-orientation among all our students

and make them more and more aware of the need to improve themselves in all areas of the individual

and community life. May the Great Master bless us in all our endeavours!

Shri S Ramakrishnan

Correspondent

LMOIS

Wherever you go, go with all your

heart. Confucius



To discern the truth in everything, by whomsoever spoken, is wisdom said Thiruvalluvar saint poet who lived in Tamil Nadu more

than 2000 years ago. Wisdom could be defined in many ways, another way to define wisdom is to Learn from our past mistakes and

from the mistakes of others. We need to learn about ourselves and our environment which shapes our lives. The challenge of the

modern life with newer and newer gadgets which come to be part of our lives need to be handled wisely. If not we may become

slaves to them and thereby we may spend more time with these and lose family relations and virtuous values. The education we re-

ceive should help us in understanding ourselves.

The first sign of a student to get any education is to possess an excellent discipline. This may be the reason as why students are also

called disciples in spiritual world. Those who possess discipline are fit to be called disciples. Revered master, P Rajagopalachariji says

Education is supposed to

give us humility..if you listen

to the old Shastras, our litera-

ture Vidya dadaati vinayam

(Knowledge bestows humil-

ity). The more wise we be-

come, the more humility we

Our children need

to practice this discipline every-

where. In school we make sure

they develop it very young with

our VBSE activities. Parents and

society who along with schools

have great role in nurturing the

future citizens of the world and

must realize this great responsi-

bility.

Self Awareness and Self Manage-

ment is about knowing about our

strengths and weaknesses.

Once we know our strengths and

weaknesses then we need to

manage these two and be a bal-

anced person. It helps in knowing

who we really are. Everyday we

should spend some time in this

self analysis and ultimately know

our real divine nature which is

the real self awareness.

Once we are aware of the divine nature of ours, then we shall live in peace in all situations.

This is the goal of human life.

We hope this newsletter helps our readers to understand what our children have learnt and as readers to reflect upon their responsi-

bilities and help their growth.

VBSE Team.

My Inspiration

ing my exams.

Once Gandhiji had inspection in his school. The inspector dictated 5 words in English to test their spelling

dhiji to copy from his friend sitting next to him. But Gandhiji refused and also felt bad for being asked to

copy by his teacher.

Krithika VII D



The All India Essay Writing Event 2013 Organized by

Sri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM) & United Nations In-

formation Centre for India & Bhutan (UNIC).

Best essays selected from our school, in the order of merit are

listed below. We sincerely appreciate all the below listed stu-

dents and others who participated enthusiastically in this essay

writing competition. We wish all the winners and participants

success in the years to come and continue the spirit of participa-

tion.

The top 5 essays have been selected to

represent our school in the next round

of competition.

1. Laeticia Hervy XII IGCSE

2. Haridha XI E

3. Anamika XI B

4. R Rajkumar XII A

5.Angelina Bharati XI E

6 S. Poonguzhali IX E (Over 1000

words)

7. Roshini Raman XI F (Over 1000

words)

8.Harnitha IX E

9. Shubham X B

10. Y Sai Varsha X E

11. R Aparna IX A

12. Shruthi Mahendar XI E

13. Aditya Shankar IX B

14. Rajat XI A

15. Ananya XI A

Spray of Happiness

Happiness is something

Which gives you a smile.

Happiness can not be bought using money,

While doing something good for others.

Happiness is a spray

To make others happy.

Spray your spray of happiness on others

So that they could spread on others.

This spray is nothing rather than the sweet words.

That brings the pretty smile on the faces of others.

Snehlata VIII E

Flower is until it dries,

Candle is until it melts,

Fire is until it burns,

River is until it flows,

Dawn is until sun sets,

Honey is until we drink,

But Love is like

Sun which glows everyday.

R Hemant Krishna VIII D

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

In our life Self awareness and Self management is

needed for all people god sent.

I am dependent on my friend

Who comes with me till the end.

We depend on our parents

Who always gives us guidance.

Our siblings helps us a lot

We love them with our heart.

We are all interdependent like a bid pendant

With stones together

Which is strong forever.

Sometimes we are individuals like a star

Which is shining bright very far.

S Roshni Ananya V-D

Students of class 10, having a group discussion on Opinions of others how

it helps in Self Awareness.

Whatever you think that

you will be. If you think

yourself weak, weak you

will be; if you think your-

self strong, strong you will

be .

The most useful of all

knowledge is the knowl-

edge of oneself

He who knows himself, knows his Lord

Happiness is when what you think, what you say and

what you do are in harmony.



If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Value Based Spiritual Education is one which leads us to spirituality and makes us

know, but the value of them no one knows. Unless and until they bring

greatness. Everyday some way or other a person changes and learns to value things,

feelings and people. Have we ever thought of the kids or elders who have nothing?

all must learn.

which shows respect. A bad feeling can always be changed to a good feelings by

using the words Please, Sorry, Thank you. And learning these words are not hard

but valuing them makes a difference. This is what VBSE teaches. The value of

Life is a long journey and the best part is when you are learning something new

with an interest to know more of it. This interest is developed only when you listen

Jayanthi Shailendra VIII E

Close your eyes

Look inside

There is light inside your

heart

Feel it right

Deep inside

There is whole new world Inside

Take the plunge reach the pearl

Take the plunge reach the pearl

Shine it all to the world

Share it all with the world

Simran SharmaVIII E

Self Aware-

ness

Classes

have im-

proved my

receptive skills

and analyze

myself that

what I am. This has made me a pious per-

son. I am relieved of my bad perspectives

in life and can start a new life to make my

life an inspiration to others. VBSE must

continue to be an important part of the

academic sphere and innovate new meth-

ods to make us understand the basic values

of life. Let this joy and enthusiasm go on

forever. Thank you VBSE Dept.

C Mukundhan IX E

Whatever you think that you will

be. If you think yourself weak,

weak you will be; If you think

yourself strong, strong you will be.



Peace comes from within. Do not seek it outside.

Improved my attitude

VBSE is a very good platform given by our school to

explore many ideas and thoughts. It has improved my

attitude towards myself, others and life in general.

I was very short tempered till last year but I have a

changed a lot now. I help my mother in her work

during the holidays.

I think that I have changed a lot now and I am also

very sure that it is because of VBSE classes.

--G V Aishwarya - X-B

What I learnt in Self Awareness and Self Manage-

ment.

VBSE has helped me to manage myself and be con-

scious and cautious about society around me. I have

learnt how to manage myself, my emotions and my

expressions. Self Awareness and Self Management

taught me to indentify my strengths and weaknesses,

how to be careful while talking or expressing some-

thing to my friends, and also what others tell about me and my character.

Self awareness and self management is the main value that is needed by everyone which makes one perfect in behaviour.

--S Poonguzhali IX-E

Mr K Nagesh giving a guest lecture on Goal Setting. What is a

goal? Why is it important? Your own experience of working

towards goal in life.

Service Done

Once our neighbor was taking water from hand pump, as there

was no water. He filled the bucket and was about to lift it, sud-

denly a dog came and started drinking water from the bucket.

Now it was not possible to use that water, so he was about to

throw that water. I went and told him not to do so, instead of

throwing, that water could be used for plants. Our neighbor felt

very happy that a child is giving him such an advice which he

could not think of.

Dr Vikas Saxena giving a guest lecture on Diary writing and Self

Awareness with students of class 8.

It was a very interesting lecture, I never wrote diary before

hearing his speech and the use of diary it really made me to

write a diary and I have really started writing. It made me

know who I am.

S Sanjeevi IX A

When I was leaving from Ashram, there was an old woman who

was injured, trying to cross the road and no one was helping her. I

helped her cross the road. I helped her cross the road after which

she thanked me and she was very happy.

Nilesh Jain VIII C

The most useful of all knowledge is the knowledge

of oneself.



If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

Many people, especially ignorant people,

want to punish you for speaking the

truth, for being correct, for being you.

Never apologize for being correct or for

being years ahead of your time. If you' re

right and you know it, speak your mind.

Speak your mind even if you are a minor-

ity of one. The truth is still the truth.

My Dream

My future I say, belongs to me. I believe in

the beauty of my dream, see things and say

why? But I dream things that never were

and say why not. I remember all things are

possible when I believe. I live my life to the

fullest potential, and I fight for my dreams.

My dreams are like stars I may never touch

them but I may follow them they will lead

me to my destination. I will never be

pushed by my problems but I am lead by

my dreams.

Dreams are pure though, It is an opportu-

nity to discover myself. Sahaja Patil VIII C



Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

Awareness about our environment

he is

g the

world away from the intellectuals, and giving it back to apes. (Robert E. Sherwood, The Petrified forest)

I think it is a justified conclusion. Nature has endured all this pain & suffering inflicted by humans. Why have we done this, have we

lost all that is good in us?

We humans have laid down nature on the pyre, just for our own selfish motives. Why have we betrayed nature? Nature has never

been selfish & cruel with us, then why have we betrayed nature?

Today what we need is morality, when talking about nature, to be specific environmental morality. When we reduce our needs to

minimum levels possible, we are said to be in tune with nature & when we are in tune with nature, we automatically possess environ-

mental morality.

We humans exploit nature just to satisfy our own wants. What needs to be learnt here is that it is very normal & justified to satisfy

needs, but wants are different from needs. Needs are necessary , wants are desiring for more & more, should we say for something

h

r

What I think is that nature has not betrayed even those who did not love her. It is the law of nature, for every action there is reaction,

so if humans inflict pain & suffering on nature, so will the nature.

So now , how to bring about environmental morality in us? We can learn this from a quote from (Pope, Essay on Man , I)

ure or

rather nature itself, then I think their, will be no one who will harm themselves or the nature. We today should illuminate ourselves,

r our own

survival. Have we forgotten the pleasure we had while staying with nature, have we forgotten the words of (Childe Harold IV by

By the

deep sea, and music in its roar, I love not man the less, but nature more.

Similar are my feelings. Now its high time we realize that there is not much time. We should start practicing environmental morality.

We should do whatever it takes to save nature Our home , our planet our earth , our only hope

Its time we take our understanding & plans to a higher level & bring it into action as soon as possible because every right decision

taken at wrong time or late , is a wrong decision.

So let us bring our hearts together & work collectively so that our efforts breed success.

Let us do what our planet needs us to do. Let us heal our mother Earth. Let us revive & revert and head back to our roots.

Vivek XII E

Awareness on Paper & Cleanliness

We should write our names on the newspaper as

we receive it. Please be aware school is paying for

it.

We should not throw papers on the ground.

We should read newspapers only during free peri-

ods, breaks and lunch periods.

When we throw papers we waste trees. It is not

just newspapers but also books, booklets, chart

papers, etc.

I am sharing this because when I go to check

classes they have more of papers on the ground.

Please, let us all make sure this is followed.

This is a good way to keep our class clean.

Aviraj VIII D

Awareness on Body, Mind and Soul

Many saints and sages have given a lot to this

world for this Unity and finally their aim is to

make the human race attain salvation.

One among those is Patanjali, a Yoga Mahar-

ishi, who is the founder of Yoga and has

given the same to the human race and said

that it can be pratised by all irrespective of

any religion. When Yoga is practiced, the

body, emotion and mind gets united. Equa-

nimity of mind is attained. If each and every

individual practice Yoga then, the impurities

of the mind are destroyed and then the light

of knowledge begins to grow until the attain-

ment of intuitive knowledge. When we have

internal peace in ourselves then surely there

will be external peace. Then harmony is the fruit of it. Yoga teacher Ms Kavitha



Love of mother

The heart that loves first

O my mother

You have shown the light that I have to follow

If I look at the stars it shows me the love of mother

Mother of mine the sweet mother of mine

You gave to me all my lives

I am thanking you for everything that you gave

Samyuktha A.K V-D

Me and My Grandma.

My Grandma is kind to me always.

When I make some mistake she will support

and never scold me. She is always kind to me.

Thank you Grandma and Love you. D. Abhinay Subramanian

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

To my dear mom and dad

You gave me birth. You made me walk holding my finger.You

made me laugh. you made me speak.

You gave me lot of love, kisses and hugs. I know I can not re-

pay what you have done for me.

I want to say thank you whatever you have done for me.

I love you a lot, I need your blessings and always be with me....

With Love,

Your Daughter, Vanshika Goel VI B

Interview with my Mother.

Sathwik: Mother, how do you think we can practice brotherhood in

our surroundings?

Sudha(Mother): We can practice brotherhood in our surroundings

by treating our neighbors with love and care.

Sathwik: So do you think this applies for only the neighbours?

Sudha: No, not exactly. We need to be friendly with every human

being. And also the other living organisms around us.

Sathwik: There are people in this world whom you might not be

liking, what about them?

Sudha: Even if we do not like them, we should love them and care

for them.

Sathwik; So you believe in universal harmony?

Sudha: Yes, completely.

Sathwik: Thank you mother. Its been a pleasure.

K Sathwik IX E I often hurt my mother, when-

ever she asks me to go to bed

early. As she always wants to

teach me, early to bed and early

to rise helps us to keep healthy

and fit. On one particular Sun-

day night, it was already

9.00PM and my mother repeat-

edly asked me to go to bed. As I was too busy in reading a

But next day as I was late reaching bus and my mother had to

manage to stop the bus for me, that moment I felt guilty and

repented for what I had done last night. After reaching home I

hugged my mother, I said sorry and requested her to forgive me

and ensured that I will never repeat.

P Sukumari IV H

Mom

Mom you are shining moon of my day

And you show me the right way

You showed me your love

I will do it now

You gave me confidance

You gave me braveness

You are the blossoming flower

You made me clever

You are my heart and one part I love you Mom, You are my sweet

Tom S S Sridevi VD



In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

Omega students with children from Christ Faith

and Govt. Primary School in Manapakkam.

Students with children from Prema Vasam and

with a Grandma from Lucky Thai Illam.

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

BEAUTY IS NOT IN THE FACE ,BEAUTY IS A

LIGHT,WHICH IS IN YOUR HEART

birthday that day. I felt happy.

Pranav kant.k VIII B IGCSE

I became overwhelmed and my heart filled with love and pity. I

let go all my other feelings and concentrated on love. I thought

of them as my family and enjoyed speaking with them.

Sahiti VIII A IGCSE

My visit to old age home

When I saw the old age people, I was scared to go close to them.

time passed, I thought of my grandma and I was depressed so I

changed my mind thinking of them as my grandparents. Slowly

time passed and they were my friends and I was blessed by them.

They were full of love, blessing me. I could see the smile from

their face and my face too. I realized that we can also communi-

school I was thinking about my grandma and grandpa missing

them so much for the first time in my life and their smile as they

saw me. Now, I know they love me and how much they love me.

Hoping they are healthy forever I miss them again.

Wonho VIII-A IGCSE

Sri N Sundar of Saranalaya, Thandalam

Children Home receiving items collected

from Omega Giveaway Campaign.

Omega Giveaway Campaign helps our stu-

those in need. Parents and Teachers of

Omega have been supporting this a lot. Let

us truly believe that all Indians are our

brothers and sisters and show how we care

for the needy.

When hearts begin to speak,

language and age are no barriers.

Children experiencing the joy of giving

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Inner Peace Outer Peace World Peace

Our school celebrated a week of communal harmony with love, gaiety and enthusiasm from 19th to 25th Nov 2013. CBSE board as

especting

1. Drawing and PaintingClasses 2 & 3

2. Poem recitation Class 6

3. Singing patriotic songsClass 6

4. Speech on life and message of leaders Class 5

5. Skit on national integrationClass 6

6. Essay Writing Class 7

7. Debate Class 10

These helped in promoting brotherhood and friendly relations among the students, while promoting peace, communal harmony and

national integration.

All the religions in the world teach peace and peace alone. They say, there is only one God. Practicing love and trust are the ways of

teaches,

Let all people live in happiness and peace.

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