Category: Love Class

Its that day of the year again, the last day of the Life/Love classes. The same nostalgic feeling of parting from one and all which we had last year during the last day of 7 habits and the time to reflect upon about what has love class been to me.

Initially, going by the folklore at FS, it seemed to be all about relationships, happy married life, good parenting and all big terminologies of leading the relations.

Then, as the day 1 & 2 reaches end, I understood that rather than to listen about it from others it is better to experience.

Then as day 3 & 4 ends and the facilitators, Roshan madam, Manisha madam and Pretty madam conclude the discussion about Understanding Love, it is there where all the participants got into catch-22 situation with all our understanding and beliefs actually testing the times. But still, it was truly a healthy discussion with a nourishment of our spirits helping us to attain spiritual growth.

With day 5 & 6 into happening, from Love we move onto a healthy and successful Marriage. With the 8 stages of Marriage being broadcasted, I am sure that most of us must have introspecting about which stage they are into and started relating to the sharing happening in the sessions.

The sessions on parenting towards the last sessions of day 7 & 8, though being bit of heavy on our heads and minds were able to give real picture about how a parent should be- a mentor, a friend, a role model, an effective educator and a facilitator with most of the myths about parenting taking a back seat as one explores strategies for healthy parenting.

At the end, I must say that it is worth to experience Love Class before creating a Myth….

To conclude, I would just like to add one of the tracks from amongst those used during our sessions….

 

Hi All,

The following are my key learnings from the love class :

1.Practice what you preach as a parent

2.Show selfless love for your partner in a marriage despite the differences.

3.The different experiences shared by my fellow participants will enable me to look at the things from different perspectives.

My Suggestion:

We should not follow just one book for the love class.Instead, we should use multiple books and sources for discussion.

 

Thanks & Regards

Anbu Packiaraj

Life is not easy either we have to change it or accept it. My myth about ‘love is feeling’ is changed to ‘love is all about willingly extending ourselves.’ It is not only desire but also action. Love is about spiritual growth.
Love is a wide term it covers many elements. What is love and what is not love. Roles of parenting and principles they we had enriching discussion on this. This have changed my way of thinking. Thank you to all the three facilitators they gave many real life examples and we had an enriching discussion throughout which helps to connect well.

The last day of the love class beautifully designed by the lovely facilitators…revisiting the myths of parenting, a movie on tolerance, loyalty, teamwork and trust in others and scrumptious moments of gratitude.

This year, attending Love classes at FS has been moving away from the myths of love and parenting and having rendezvous with many insights from learning experiences that help me take on the world in new, possibility-filled ways. The beautifully designed lessons of love filled me with fresh perspectives and forward-moving actions. I am so thankful that I went through these learning opportunities. They made me realize things that I didn’t know about myself (correction: that I never admitted to myself). I know that I will live a more fulfilling life, thanks to the realizations I came to using love classes. Readings of tender poems and insightful articles rekindled my soul as a parent and I know, I am a better parent and a more love-giving teacher who know the importance of rewards- hugs and  compliments for my kids. They fixed me!

” Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only LIGHT can do that. Hate cannot drive out that, Only LOVE can do that”. – MARTIN LUTHER
If a relationship have understanding, care, kindness and respect for each other, then we say, Love exists. It is all about your happiness and dreams including others happiness and dreams. It is about giving freedom rather than holding on to each other that affects the dreams, goals or success of other partner.

Let go and let forgiveness lead the way forward in LOVE.

Without self-love, you can never truly give love to or receive love from another person.

Don’t let go of your dreams! A strong relationship in LOVE lets you be who you want to be. In a solid, secure relationship, partners support and nurture one another in pursuing their goals and dreams. Being in LOVE doesn’t mean that you need to abandon your dreams! It means to pursue your dream with stronger determination and support.

Love is nurturing yourself and others for enrichment  and progress. It is growing spiritually together.

A wonderful journey of Love classes ends here with a better understanding of what is LOVE and what is being in LOVE.

Thanks and Regards,

Ankita Nandwani.

To understand something, we at times understand what it isn’t. Love isn’t a need, it isn’t a forever promise, it isn’t always a sacrifice from one end. Scott Peck defines love as “The will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own and another’s spiritual growth”. This definition actually helped me to understand the meaning of love, if you love someone, you prioritize their growth. You extend yourself and it involves risk, courage, understanding and care. However, it isn’t necessary that you show your love. It is a feeling, an understanding which is to be known and accepted.

One more important learning was about forgiveness.

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free, and discover that the prisoner was you.” by Lewis B. Smedes.  You forgive, you open the gates wide open for your growth.

I would like to express my gratitude to Brinda Ma’am and Krishna ma’am for constantly sharing their life stories with us. You motivated us to actually introspect and bring this workshop to life.

Chandni Relwani

Love Epsilon – 2017-18

 

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.”- George Sand

Yes, Love is all we want, may it be self love or love from your partner or from your parents or from your kids or from your loved ones. Through this workshop my belief of what is love has evolved leading to more healthier and happier relationships.

I believe self love is the one which is of utmost importance. Loving yourself isn’t conceit, it’s love. Love means kindness, acceptance, encouragement and care. Conceit is none of those things. With love, doubt disappears, fears fade and there’s a comfort that develops which makes even being alone a place of solace. You’ll help to heal and inspire others just by being yourself. You’ll help them to discover that it’s possible for them to do too.

Thanks to the Zeta group facilitators- Brinda ma’am and Krishna ma’am for conducting such a wonderful class that helped me transit from believing “love is always romantic“, to “love is growing spiritually along with your loved ones“.

 

With lots of love,

Heta Rana

It all started with

“Congratulations!!! you have successfully completed the Life classes and now you will be moving a step ahead to the Love class”

Honestly, with a lot of curiosity and doubt, we gathered for the first love class, wondering what all are we going to talk about for the entire year on “Love”?, How are the mentors going to be?

It is a human psychology, whenever we hear a word, our brain starts building a picture of what we have experienced in the past/whatever we have learnt of that word. When we hear the term Love, it is generally taken as a romantic relationship.

It is only through Love class, I realized that the term ‘Love’ is not only restricted to a romantic relationship. It is beyond that, which all of us have experienced but dwells in our subconscious. Love can be self love, love for your friends, love for your children, for that matter love for anything that exists in this world.

“Love means a strong feeling of affection”. During the Love class, we spoke about the myths and facts of love, marriage, parenting. Personally, I was really enlightened by the parenting session that we had for 3 days. Not because, I am a “new mom” but also because it makes me ponder upon the odds that the parents face in convincing the previous generations and how the scenario would be, if they were taught parenting.The class provided us with a medium to share our thoughts with the family, with facts and research (which is more effective).

I am really thankful to the school management for providing us an opportunity to learn about life, which actually matters and especially to the facilitators- Brinda ma’am and Krishna ma’am. They both made the sessions more lively and enthusiastic by sharing their personal experiences.

Thank you and have a LOVEly  year ahead.