Engaged Parenting As 'A Help To Life'...A Resolute Vision: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Mind and Matter Share One Nature

Hello, Dear Parent Friends of the Web!

Here is a touch of my wisdom... to make a difference in the tapestry of life.

Simultaneously and Repetitiously

Matter evolves from mind, and dissolves into the spaciousness of mind.
Thus, mind is matter, and matter is mind.

The crux of the matter is that mind endures,
but matter evolves and dissolves.

Mind is the womb of all events in life
as they evolve to dissolve, and dissolve to evolve.

Mind-events - the objects of mind - arise and dissolve incessantly,
conditioned by the scheme of global interdependence
as 'being or non-being'.

Mind and matter are, thus, an inseparable union, and
a continuum of 'emptiness and appearance' - as
they fashion each other relentlessly.

Mind contains the entire cosmos as 'mind, and objects of mind'.
It is the paradox of 'one and many, at once'.
What a wondrous marvel!

Mind, 'the ocean' vast and supreme, flows incessantly.
Its waves of life merge into one another through interdependence.
LOVE, as 'compassionate activity', pervades it all.

Essentially, mind and matter share one nature, as 'ocean and waves'
Mind's balance, though, may only be sustained with investigative insight.

We, together, are the waves
relentlessly merging into one another
as 'the individual' and 'the collective'.

Let not be caught up by 'the currents and waves' of our thoughts.
Experience the depth of the ocean in this very moment.

Let me walk you along the path of peace and grace. Humanity cries out loud for help.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Mind Tamed

Hello, Dear Parent Friends of the Web!

Here is a touch of my wisdom... to make a difference in the tapestry of life.

From Darkness to Brilliance

Brilliance is the presence of higher mind.
It is the spontaneous emanation of virtuosity
when we, as parents and elders, display an attitude of equality
towards all things and events that manifest
as 'phenomena' in the universe.

Indeed, it is in our best interest
to model life-experience with radiance,
~ by way of body, speech, and mind ~
consequently, to epitomize LOVE without conditions.

The children, in turn, will only reflect
the wisdom of our compassion
by giving us a safe return of what we give to them.

Let me walk you along the path of peace and grace. Humanity cries out loud for help.

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COMPASSIONATE ENGAGED PARENTING AS A HELP TO LIFE

Compassionate, Engaged Parenting as 'a Help to Life' is a plea-on behalf of today's child-which closely examines our sacred role of parenthood. It is a penetrating presentation of what it means to be a holistically informed parent in a world of confused ideals, diverse offerings, opportunities, and possibilities. In light of the poignant truth that the author states insightfully, "Tomorrow's humanity is about today's child following the footsteps of the parent", it must be every parent's bounden duty to safeguard the institution of parenthood aimed at elevating the position of today's child-the builder, and the architect of humanity. The message here is a call for the exercise of tireless affection, and time-sensitive attention on the parent's part, as life-models and mentors of a precious developmental being, from the very inception of life to its culmination. Consequently, a cultivated way of life, informed by humility and engaging interaction with the child may truly bring about lasting peace and joy for all, thus serving humanity for generations to come.

'ROOTS OF MORAL SENSITIVITY AND THE EMERGING TREE OF LIFE'

'PARENTING AS A HELP TO LIFE'

Parenting as 'A Help to Life' is an exposition of one world citizen's well-lived educational wisdom. It is a plea and a life-prescription for parents and children, hand in hand. It is about the peaceful preservation of our matrix of existence-infusing each breath of being with unconditional love by way of thought, word and deed. It is about 'respect' for the individual made of the collective and vice versa centered upon the penetrating truth that life is selfless but not self-centered, in harmony with reality as a whole.

This is a Special Greeting!

‘Tomorrow’s Humanity is about Today’s Child — Following the Footsteps of the Parent’

Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Well-wishers!

Welcome to a new academic year filled with hopes, dreams, and aspirations to make our world a better place to live. The children are our future! Their lives rest in our hands, by way of direction and purpose.

As I have embarked upon my renewed vision in aid of the child, I am delighted to note that I deeply cherish my life-experience grounded in my cause to enlighten parents.

The Mildred Gunawardena Center for Parenting - grounded in virtual space - continues to offer parenting support - as highlighted in its website’s list of offerings - as, and when, assistance is sought.

Institutional requests - to seek my life-wisdom and expertise - are gladly honored in accomplishment of my higher mission to make a wholesome difference in the life of a child.

Please do not hesitate to contact me either by phone (tele: (440-781-5933) or via e-mail: Nelunika2014@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

'HEALING BREATH, THE WIND OF LIFE'

Healing Breath, The Wind of Life is a meditative and reflective exposition, intended to purvey the human reality that exists in swift and sheer transience grounded in interdependence and co-existence. Breath, in itself, is the selfless wonder of life. Its ephemeral character entails a sublime call for our contemplative attention while mind travels along the path of 'the present' through space and time. May the readers of this compendium of reflective thought ponder over their deeper human purpose which, in an ultimate sense, must be to touch the vast ocean called 'life and being'-untainted and unbiased by compartmentalized thought.

RHYTHM OF NATURE, THE RHYTHM OF LIFE!

'Rhythm of Nature, The Rhythm of Life' is a meditative and reflective exposition, intended to purvey the illusory human reality that exists-within the peripheries of afflicted, dualistic mind. Reality, in an ultimate sense, however, is the very ground of infinite potential from which ceaseless phenomena-as 'being' or 'non-being'-come to be, defining existence, or non-existence, characterized by interdependent co-emergence. 'Rhythm of Nature, The Rhythm of Life' is the melody, and the evanescent wonder, of deep interconnectedness and interpenetration that underlies all of 'form and being'. It is the awe-inspiring energy of vitality that is orchestrated throughout the entire cosmic scheme or spectrum of phenomenological existence, as synthesized experience in relativity!

NATURE IS EVERYTHING - 'A Seeds of Wisdom Presentation' Book 1

Nature is Everything—Book 1 is a ‘Seeds of Wisdom for The Maturing Intellect’ presentation for the children of humanity—aged six years and above—who deserve to be immersed with knowledge at the base of TRUTH. Our temporal experience is the product of sensory impressions and associated emotive and cognitive thought processes. However, when a child matures with intellectual curiosity and imaginative reasoning, grounded upon his experiential journey of life, it is time that his human tendencies—marked with unique individual sensitivities—are matched with phase and time appropriate opportunity, to penetrate the depths of knowledge. As you may note, the content of this book calls for investigative and reflective attention. The propitious transmission of seeds of knowledge, while there is demonstrated readiness to embrace information, is the key point to make. Therefore, pointers to in-depth understanding, exploration, and discovery of life in the universe must take place in the form of an unfolding story of LIFE; it must begin from a discernible point in history. Along this process of discovery—as to who we are, and what we are—by means of this beautiful unfolding story of LIFE, the very experience of ‘living to learn’ or ‘learning to live’ must be grounded upon the base or bedrock of morality, as the compassionate, underpinning wisdom of the universe. Differently expressed, the nature of our universe at its core, or ground, epitomizes the ultimate wisdom or TRUTH in action—as compassionate healing of the highest order; it upholds the principles of EQUALITY and RECIPROCITY in consideration of all beings and forms that wish for their happiness. The manifest universe becomes a field of eternal redemption—placing moral responsibility upon the exercise of FREEDOM—in response to the actions of human FREE WILL.

NATURE IS EVERYTHING - 'A Seeds of Wisdom Presentation' Book 2

‘Nature is Everything’—‘A Seeds of Wisdom for the Maturing Intellect’—Book 2, is an enlivening presentation of our sensory world of phenomena. Our sentient configuration, in whatever form it may take, is the very consequence of a collaborative union; it is based upon the relation and combination of substances—inorganic matter, in the form of emergent physical frameworks governed by the conditioned interactions of elemental substances, and organic matter, in view of life-elements subjected to processes of natural selection. Thus, our sensory body—along with associated sensory-events—is none other than the product of interplay between its reflective elements (of subjective sense-bases) and the projective elements (of objective sense-stimuli), in terms of Nature’s substances that pertain to the relative dimension of ‘life and being’. However, it must be emphasized that the substratum underlying the existence of all spatial bodies of relativity is the primordial essence of LOVE. This book, in particular, intends to elucidate the unfolding story of LIFE—in its magnanimous splendor—from brilliance to darkness. Every phenomenon—from the infinitesimal to the infinite—is the very unobstructed interpenetration and engagement of all phenomena. We call this the universe of implicate order!

THE ACTIVE BRAIN - A Vision for Intellectual Wellness - BOOK 1

The Active Brain (Book 1) is a systematically sequenced mathematical exposition from ‘The Precious Jewels of Mrs. “G”’ collection of offerings. It has been thoughtfully created for the benefit of people of all ages—beginning with the universal child—not forgetting their mentoring counterparts dedicated to intellectual wellness and education. It is a graphic presentation of mathematical wisdom, color-defined to bring forth precise concepts, their patterns, and relationships. This edition, in particular, focuses upon the very first step along the hierarchical sequence of mathematical evolution—The Number Concepts.

THE ACTIVE BRAIN - A Vision for Intellectual Wellness - BOOK 2 VOLUME 1

The Active Brain (Book 2) is a systematically sequenced mathematical exposition in two volumes from ‘The Precious Jewels of Mrs. “G”’ collection of offerings that have been thoughtfully created for the benefit of people of all ages, beginning with the universal child—not forgetting their mentoring counterparts dedicated to intellectual wellness and education. It is a graphic presentation of mathematical wisdom, color-defined to bring forth precise concepts, their patterns, and relationships. This edition, in particular, focuses upon a new dimension to envisioning the number concepts 1-9, on base 10, while projecting the two basic mathematical operations of merging (in volume 1) and splitting numbers (in volume 2)—in equal quantities and in unequal quantities.

THE ACTIVE BRAIN - A Vision for Intellectual Wellness - BOOK 2 VOLUME 2

Here's My Life-Mission for A Better Humanity

‘Tomorrow’s Humanity is about Today’s Child —

Following the Footsteps of the Parent’

Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Well-wishers,

This is a special communiqué to apprise you of the continuing mission of Bainbridge Montessori in its commitment to serve the child by awakening the parent. A memorable rich history of over four decades—since the school’s founding in 1970 by my beloved mother and educational visionary, Mildred Gunawardena—has very poignantly called my attention to serve a higher purpose in aid of the child. I have chosen to take this direction with a fulfilled, spacious attitude so that I may reach out to a greater circle of ‘parents in kind’—transcending boundaries in space and time.

My mother—a pioneer pedagogue in Montessori—prepared me to follow her footsteps with a passion so that I may cause a worthwhile difference in defense of ‘the universal child’. She was a dedicated, silent activist, uninhibited by the ideals of a conventional mindset. She, in unison with her life partner, my dad, stood resolutely—as role-models—to provide the child with inner security, in partnership with ‘the engaging parent’. A sacred human purpose was set for me from the very inception of my life, thus enabling me to grow and transform solely through well-embraced LOVE, in and around the Montessori prepared environments founded by my parents.

As I often emphasize, I believe in a better humanity beginning with child, prompted by my solid and lasting Montessori grounding of an entire lifetime. I invite you to support me in my special endeavors to pursue a heartfelt passion—as a peaceful activist on behalf of the child—via consultations, speaking engagements, seminars and books authored by me.

Bainbridge Montessori Mildred Gunawardena Center for Parenting will be open to all parents and educators—Montessori or otherwise—who believe in bringing forth lasting peace and success in the life of a human being through the cultivation of ‘selfless wisdom of knowledge’, in harmony with the long and well-cherished, cross-cultural, holistic vision of my mother.

Information in relevance to our school’s continuing mission and purpose—along with my special offerings—may be accessed by logging on to www.bainbridgemontessori.org. You may also reach me by e-mailing to Nelunika2014@gmail.com

All parent and educator referrals will be appreciated with gratitude. Please contact our school’s office if you require any further assistance with regard to any or all of our offerings.

Sincerely,

Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

June 10, 2012

‘Tomorrow’s Humanity is about Today’s Child —

Following the Footsteps of the Parent’

Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Well-wishers,

All parent and educator referrals will be appreciated with gratitude. Please contact our school’s office if you require any further assistance with regard to any or all of our offerings.

Sincerely,

Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

Bainbridge Montesssori's Continuing Mission and Its Pioneering New Direction

By Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

Dear Parents and Friends,

Bainbridge Montessori's continuing mission 'to serve the child' has a pioneering new direction.

Beginning September of 2011 Bainbridge Montessori initiated its new direction under its extended title:

'Mildred Gunawardena Center for Parenting'.

Bainbridge Montessori is proud to announce that it will be 'a visionary model school' exclusively, for children of parents enrolled and supported by the parenting center.

The Mildred Gunawardena Center for Parenting will also be open to the following audiences:

parents to be
grandparents/guardians interested in the well-being of children
professionals working for the welfare of children

This center will continually conduct a series of seminars and workshops in specialized areas of study - to be held monthly, beginning October 2011. These will be open to all interested parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals.

The ultimate mission of this center is to raise the position of 'today's child' through the parent.

Indeed, our rich experiential history of forty plus years (since1970) is replete with ample precedents for this new direction.

Please help us to sustain our well-earned reputation, through our long history of dedicated service to humanity, by passing this information to all those who need our assistance.

We may be reached at nelun@yahoo.com or via telephone: 440-543-9135

Sincerely,

Nelunika Gunwardena Rajapakse

Welcome Dear Parents and Children of the World

The Voice of the Universal Child as expounded by Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

I am the child
I am never perfect
Nature never intended so
The law, direct

I tread along the footsteps of parent kind
Fashioned by conditioning
Of matter and mind
Through day and night

I long to be nurtured from the heart divine
With engaged attention of unconditional kind
Where no walls of mind separate
Fathers, mothers, and children in kind

I ask for forgiveness
When I do not reach expectations
I ask for compassionate understanding
In times of limited perception

No labels cast upon me
will set lasting direction
For truth is sum equality
vested upon me - the universal child
by parent unconditional

Thank you, for your thoughtful consideration!

The Voice of the Universal Child as Expounded by Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

To My Parents and Elders... The Role Models of My Life,

I am a charismatic presence
Please look me deep
Living my clock of time
Of potence, unique

I am the radiance
If you so choose to see
Patiently and placidly
As time reveals

I live in oblivion
To your judgment calls
I am the very nature
Of universal law

I am cosmic wonder
Awaiting to emanate
Through each moment
Of no resistance, as truth dictates!

Will you my mother, my father, my elder
Share your unconditional love
In surrender to preconceived notions
Of your adult ego's conduct?

Will you balance your view upon me
With harmony and respect?
Toward the unparalleled laws
Of nature, direct

Will you then nurture, my nature
With time-sensitive attention?
Unveiled or untarnished by human convention
That will leave, no more, its imprints of stressful confusion

Thank you, for your introspection!

The Universal Child

The Voice of the Universal Child as Expounded by Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

To My Parents and Elders...The Role Models of My Life,

My senses are the windows to my world
Awaiting the joys of kind thought, deed, word

My mind is tender, it does not judge
It stores in pictures of life around the clock

From infancy to childhood
And stages beyond
Images afloat and never really lost!

A river of memories
Forever, to condition
My mind, body, spirit
The truth, be awakened!

We, the bearers and sharers, together
Of all events that life brings
The sprouts of mind-matter

We are one circle infused with love
An unbroken chain of causes and effects
The truth very much!

Be cautious of ill-will by self to other
Whether any being or form
It is law of the universe

Love given, love returned
Our human purpose, indeed, well served!

Thank you, I cherish your effort to look deep.

The Universal Child

The Voice of the Universal Child as expounded by Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

The Voice of the Universal Child as Expounded by Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child April 20, 2011

By Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

With each breath I inhale

I will ingest the fresh breath of the universe.

By this, I will heal myself, in body, mind, and spirit.

I will remain in gratitude to all beings and forms

that share each fresh breath of interdependence

along with me.

With each breath that I exhale,

I will let go my bodily impurities and my mind's tensions

so that I may be uplifted in body, mind, and spirit

I will not let frivolous, insubstantial matters in life

disrupt the harmony and balance

in the trinity of my being

All in all, I will dwell in mindfulness to be strong

without arrogance or conceit.

Today's reflection for the Universal Child - July 16, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

Breath, the force of life
Breath, the ultimate truth of existence
Breath, the partaker in myriad forms and guises
Breath, all over at once!

Breath, to emanate vibrations of varying frequencies
Breath, sometimes, wholesome
Breath, other times, unwholesome
Breath, still other times, of neutral nature

Breath mundane, when differentiated or agitated
Breath divine, when undifferentiated in meditative equipoise

Breath, the interface that links mind with body
Breath, the generator of form and being
Breath, the indicator or barometer of selflessness
Breath, the playful wakefulness of Wisdom-Compassion!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child - July 08, 2010

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child - June 05, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

Life breath... I treasure

Life breath...I am awake!

Life breath... I cherish with compassion

Life breath... I guard with respect

Life breath...I surrender

Life breath... I share with all beings and forms

Life breath...pervades one tapestry

Life breath...both personal and universal

Life breath... its just now!

Life breath... in this infinite moment

Life breath...the swift and momentous wind energy

Life breath... the energizer

Life breath... the harmonizer of all cries of life

Life breath... the healer

Life breath... the ultimate wonder!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child April 20, 2010

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child April 12, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

Precious breath of the universe
Comforting all beings and forms
in co-existence

Precious breath of the universe
patterning myriad life-forms
as mirages

Precious breath of the universe
pervading through all that is...
as life, unequivocal

Precious breath of the universe
tainted by confused thought
as passions unlimited

Precious breath of the universe
emanating the aura of cosmic conditions

Precious breath of the universe
to be cherished, together,
with present moment awareness

Precious breath of the universe
contains it all
as the web of phenomena
of interdependence
and co-origination
in this instant

Precious breath of the universe
it is consciousness
of being and becoming
here and now
just this moment!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child Monday, March 29, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

Breath is a cycle
Breath inhaled
Breath exhaled
Breath is a whole
Just this moment!

Breath in
Breath out
All because of cosmic being
Just this moment!

Breath is the product
of unconditional giving
and unbounded love
presented as universe
Just this moment!

Breath never dwells in the past
Breath never dwells in the future
Breath is the absolute truth
Breath is the union
Of wisdom-compassion
Just this moment!

Breath is whole
Breath is potent
Breath is reality itself
Breath is luminous love
Breath is stillness
Just this moment!

Breath is the secret empty essence
Beneath all of being!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child March 22, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

My breath is colored by the emotions that ride upon it

My breath can be the wind of passion
I transform my passion to compassion

My breath can be the wind of aversion
I transform my wind of aversion to loving kindness

My breath can be the wind of delusion
I transform my delusion to wisdom of selflessness

My breath can be the carrier
of a multitude of emotions
in a given day

Sometimes, of unwholesome nature
Other times, of wholesome nature
Yet, some other times, of neutral capacity

My breath has the potential to reflect
all hues and colorations

I am the driving energy or force
beneath my emotions

My breath is conditioned by me alone
I am the caregiver and caretaker
of my life-energy

May I reap the blessings of love
by the mindful choices I make in life!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child March 6, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena~Rajapakse

My breath is the rhythm
of the universe

My breath is the purity
and freshness that sustains
all of life
both sentient and other

My breath
as every sentient life-breath
is the inseparable
and undying exchange
of energy with
plant based organisms

My in-breath Oxygen
Is the wonder of nature...
the unconditional giving energy
of the vegetal kingdom

My outgoing breath
Carbon dioxide is
the sentient breath of gratitude
towards the plants

My breath
is without beginning
and ending
as it spirals through
all living things
in kind

My breath is the vast reservoir
of rhythmic energy
that sustains numerous
physical frameworks
of the universe

My breath is the melody
that rings through
all of existence!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child March 3, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

My breath is filled with selfless LOVE
of all beings and forms
that compose the universe

My breath is the cosmic pulse
that ticks and flickers
through all things in existence
as interdependence

My breath is everyone's breath
It is infinite and unbounded
It is beginningless and endless

My breath is conditioned
to assume the form
I give to it
with my feelings
and emotions

My breath must be preserved
in its original purity
untainted by confused thought

For this, I must dwell
in the beauty and preciousness
of this moment
as 'here and now'!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child February 25, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

My breath is a vast powerhouse!
It is simultaneously
personal and universal
by nature

My breath penetrates all of life!
It has an inconceivable,
unfathomable presence
everywhere
I put my attention

My breath is everybody's breath!
I cannot hold ownership to it
by myself...
I share it's selfless spirit
with all others in my universe

My breath
as breath all over
is the very reason
for the inseparability
of all things in existence

Breath is the emanation
of unconditional LOVE

Its silent plea is selflessness

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child February 20, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

Breath is the mover of life!

Breath is sense contact
Breath is feeling
Breath is attention
Breath is sense perception
Breath is conception
or mental formations
also called cognition

Breath is life energy
Breath is a vast network of energy
It weaves through every cell
of the body, internal
and the body, external

Breathing in
I thank the breath of my universe
I share this breath with all other beings
while I oxygenate my life-being

Breathing out
I let go my body's impurities
and my mind's impurities
my passions, fears, worries
and anxieties

Breath is my survival
Breath is my world!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child February 19, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

Breath is everything!
Breath is life
Breath is activity

Breath is movement, internal
Breath is movement, external

Breath is mind
When in balance
it is harmony
When out of balance
it is disharmony

Breath is body...
as sense bases
sense fields
and sense consciousnesses
When in balance
it is health
When in imbalance
it is ill health

Breath is the body...
of our environment
- the world -
When in calm
it is peace and order
When in disarray
it is volatility and confusion

Breath contains both
constructive and destructive potential

The key principle is...
to safe guard our breath
of life all around
We must preserve
its balance and order
in every possible way

Then peace will be
our natural abode!

Today's Reflection for the Universal Child February 18, 2010

By Nelunika Gunawardena Rajapakse

Each moment, I am a fresh breath of life.

Each moment, I exchange my breath with all beings and forms of the universe.

Each moment, the trees become my external lungs.

Each moment, the rivers become my blood.

Each moment, the earth becomes my flesh and bone.

I am a composite of recycled earth, water, fire, air, and space.

I am made of earth's substances, of diverse combinations and proportions.

I am a constellation of atoms and molecules.

The universe resides in me; I am the universe!

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