Vivekananda memorial orientation programme
Vivekananda
memorial orientation programme:
National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12 January on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. In
1984 the Government of India declared the day as the National Youth Day and
since 1985 the event is celebrated in India every year. The
National Service Scheme of Kongu
Engineering College took part in an orientation program organized by
Ramachandra Mission in Erode on 04.1.2017 in regards to Vivekananda memorial
day.
" Intoduction to Meditation"
Morning at
7.00 a.m, nearly 45
NSS volunteers from 2nd, 3rd and final
year NSS
volunteers started to the center
at Nasiyapuram, Erode. After reaching the center ,the brothers
and the sisters from that center
received us . We finished
our breakfast at
8.30 A.M. After that we
entered the meditation
hall at 8.40 A.M. Sisters from that
center distributed books
and pens to us.
One brother from
that center gave a
brief introduction about
the benefits of
meditation. And then he told us
about Ramachandra mission, a non-profit organization.
At 9.30 a.m., the sister from that center discussed regarding Stress
Management and conducted an activity which
was a self evaluation of stress through which we
came to know
that most of us are under
stress and she also told
us about the
types of stress, such as physical stress, behavioural stress, cognitive stress emotional stress.
"Session
regarding Stress Management"
At 11.15 a.m. we left to have our tea break .
Later , she continued the session
by explaining the steps to
overcome the stress such as correct thinking , to be patient , right
understanding , be honest which does
not hurt others by saying an example of anchor
controlling the big ship.
And she told us
about
4A’s which were to avoid the things
, alter the situation , adopt the
stress and accept the
things. And some beneficial steps are to
overcome stress eat well,
meditate, good sleep at night , be open
and share feelings ,eat nutritious foods. And she
expressed one beautiful
quote “ You are the
experiment, you are
the experimenter, you are
the outcome”. And then
at 12.30 p.m. they presented us with a movie based
on “Vivekananda on himself”.
At 1.15 p.m. we went
for lunch, after finishing
our lunch we
assembled back into the
meditation hall at
2.00 p.m.
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"
The Stress Calculation Activity Worksheet"
Another sister
from that center
gave an explanation about
interpersonal and intrapersonal relationship and also regarding love & ego. And we were
instructed to do a pair activity
to analyze our inter and
intrapersonal relationships.
Then, they played a
video about love &ego
which was very
impressive. At 2.50 p.m.,
one brother from
that center shared us with some suggestions and told us
about the power of thoughts in us.
Then
another sister from
that center gave a short and sweet explanation about effective
communication. After that we were made
to meditate for
half an hour , then
they asked about feedback from the students who participated . Many
of our
students interacted with those
sisters and brothers
and also they
added some suggestions to
improve so that sessions would be more interesting. And the
brothers and sisters
were very happy
about our attitude. And
finally they completed the orientation
programme by 4.30 p.m. Then we
took a group photograph
with them. After a tea break we
left the
center by 5.15 p.m. and reached
our college by 5.50 p.m.
"
A Group Photograph"
