See in the name of "service" BKs make up the most stupid things.
The more they serve, the higher the status. they come running to be Baba's number one ... which they will never be.
The more they serve, the higher the status. they come running to be Baba's number one ... which they will never be.
Dear BK Family,
Re: New Website for Global Hospital and Research Centre
Global Hospital and Research Centre has now been serving the people of Rajasthan for 20 years. In December 2007 BapDada said, "From the time that Global Hospital was built, the atmosphere in Abu has changed, and everyone is interested that you (BKs) are not just doing spiritual service, but you are also doing social service and also looking after health. So, this impression has continued to change and service has continued to increase".
To help continue this process Adopt a Department was launched and a new web site (http://www.friendsofghrc.org) developed to give people ideas how they can assist the hospital with its work and to give current updates on our achievements.
We would appreciate any feedback about the website. Feedback can be given via our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/GlobalHospitalandResearchCentre or directly to Br Stephen ghrcmod@yahoo.co.in.
In Baba’s Yaad,
Global Hospital and Research Centre
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THE GREEN ANGEL INITIATIVE. GREECE
The Green Angel Initiative in Greece, under the umbrella of the Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative organized programmes in Thessaloniki, Xanthi, Chios and Athens. Sister Sonja from Denmark visited these places as the Green Angel coordinating retreats, seminars and talks. Different souls play this part of the Green Angel according to request, speciality and need. They fly to different places giving the message about the eco-seeds, spirituality and its links with Mother Nature.
The project began in Greece, creating its own blog, based on the idea that the original seed of every individual, each city, each country has a unique spirit that when tapped into can release a uniqueness that enriches humanity. These eco seeds are both spiritual and physical. Each participating city in Greece has selected a plant for the year that symbolises various specialties. The cultivation and care needed for physical seeds and plants so that they grow well and fully express requires the same respect, care and understanding necessary for the cultivation of the seeds of human thought, relationships and well-being.
In Thessaloniki on April 10 a day retreat on “Simple Living in Harmony” was organized in Baba’s centre and conducted by Sister Sonja. For the participants the keynote realizations included that before change in lifestyle can happen a change in awareness and understanding is needed. On 13 April a volunteer women’s club, XEN, which is an NGO and a member of the international YWCA also organized a workshop on the same theme. They liked it so much that the 40 participants will come to Baba’s house for a workshop on “The Green Angel’s Footprint”.
Follow up programmes on yogic farming are planned at the American Farm School, an independent, non-profit educational institution founded in 1904 to serve rural population in Greece and the Balkans. Also a proposal is being submitted to the open University of Thessaloniki offering a series of workshops and seminars on “Environment, Lifestyle and Consciousness.
The eco seed selected by Thessaloniki was the original wheat grain of the area, which they grew in small pots and distributed to the participants of the retreat. This strain of wheat symbolizes nourishment, strength and generosity. In Xanthi the topic taken up was “How to live in Harmony with Mother Nature”. The main idea was that care and respect was not only necessary towards people but also to the environment, this combination is the basis of true harmony.
The BK centre Xanthi will take part in an annual international Seed Festival on April 30 in the nearby city of Drama. The Greek organizers, Peleti, have been running a seed bank for many years and distribute organic seeds to all people including farmers. The BKs have been given a stand for the Green Angel Initiative. The plant chosen by Xanthi is the rose and they will give rose plants and also plant in playgrounds, parks, hospitals, terrace pots etc. throughout the city.The rose symbolizes beauty, sweetness and love.
On the island of Chios Sister Sonja gave a talk to a small group at the Green Angel House, built on a large area of land which has been developing organic farming. The talk centred on how scientists look and evaluate nature and the elements and how spirituality sees nature and the elements. Spirituality, especially the ancient traditions have a reverent inclusive approach whereas the modern scientific approach has fragmented the essential organic wholeness of nature with quite disastrous results.
Baba’s Green Angel room had a vase of red tulips which grow wild in Chios. The tulip was chosen as the plant symbolizing hope, love and sacrifice. A public lecture was held were the full cycle of life and nature was described with the emphasis on the 5th age where we go into ourselves and to the Original Seed to find the new energy to start all over again.
The final weekend on 16 and 17 April in Athens was dedicated to how we can make our environment greener by taking into consideration the inner dimension along with the outer.
In Baba’s bookshop ”The Silent Point” a gathering was held with a small group of people on “Ecology-Awareness ... observing the self and nature”. This gathering brought together inspirations and practices of different people from different groups who have adjusted their lives according to their ethical values and co-relation between all the living energies that Mother Nature has.
All participants presented their eco activity for about 5 to 10 minutes each. A person from the island of Evia has created a large green space based on simple organic living with a plan to make a one year self-sufficient calendar by laying down the principle of trading. Another from the island of Syros is experimenting with permaculture and eco-exhibits while creating programs to rise children’s eco awareness with the motto “Know-Love-Protect”.
Two people from the Action Aid Organisation are working on human rights and children’s poverty and are running campaigns to motivate children on eco-awareness. Another participant from southern Greece is working practically on her vision”Hopeland”, an eco-community where the houses are made of straw bails and land is cultivated with biodynamic practices with the hope that children can relearn forgotten truths from and about nature. All of these people will keep contact and interact with the Green Angel.
Sonja finally presented that spirituality makes the connection between the physical and non-physical by raising our awareness on the impact that consciousness has on the environment, as our way of thinking creates the world around us. And the theme of the day retreat was “The Laws of Nature ... how do we tune into them?” The plant of Athens was the olive tree which symbolizes peace, prosperity and victory, it was the special tree of the goddess Athena, the goddess of Wisdom.
Among the Brahmin family the most prevalent message that the Green Angel brought was that environment and spirituality are very close relatives and the link between the two can play a very complementary, unifying part in raising people awareness and bringing the shift that the world now needs.
LINKS: greenangelinitiative.org
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Brahma Kumaris at the United Nations: BKUN Internship and Prakashmani Scholarship
The Brahma Kumaris office at the United Nations is offering Brahma Kumaris students from around the world the opportunity to gain work experience at the Brahma Kumaris office at United Nations headquarters in New York for 2‐3 months. This internship opportunity is supported by the Prakashmani Scholarship, which contributes a substantial monetary gift towards travel and living costs, for the intern. The internship program and the financial support of the scholarship have both been created in honour of our beloved Dadi Prakashmani (1922‐2007).
To qualify for the Prakashmani Internship Program, the following conditions must be met:• Applicants must be at least 18 years of age. There is no upper age limit.
The purpose of the Prakashmani Internship Program
• Applicants must be fluent or near fluent in English.
• Adherence to the life principles of the Brahma Kumaris for at least 12 months.• To provide a framework by which dedicated BK students from diverse backgrounds may gain experience in applying spiritual knowledge to global concerns.
Interns provide much‐needed assistance to the BKUN office, bringing with them experience from their country, as well as new ideas born from the perspective of a new generation. In turn, the Prakashmani Internship provides a framework by which BK students coming from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds may enhance and enrich their education through seeing the values of deep spiritual philosophy and practice in a diverse international setting.
• To expose BKs from diverse background to the work of the United Nations and NGOs
• To provide the Brahma Kumaris office at the United Nations with the assistance of qualified, skilled BKs and special interests relevant to our work, as well as administrative support.
In keeping with our aim of serving the world with humility and compassion, this internship is designed to foster diversity of thought and promote life‐long qualities of leadership, tolerance and respect in an increasingly interdependent world. To express your interest and receive an application form, please send an email to ‘prakashmani@bkun.org’. Include your full name, country of residence and email address. We will then send you the application form, which outline all the requirements in detail. Completed applications must be submitted by 1 June 2011, so please send in your request as early as possible.
Om Shanti