SPF celebrates Diwali with Children at Kidwai Cancer Institute, India
Soulbath Peace Foundation’s unique offering to the world was connecting to 53 children and their parents at the Children’s ward in the Kidwai Cancer Institute, Institute of Oncology, Bangalore.
Volunteers from SAHHEAL, a division of Soulbath Peace Foundation planned a happy day for the kids who ranged from 2 – 15 years. The children at the Kidwai Cancer Centre are inmates at the hospital staying there undergoing chemotherapy that usually lasts for about 3 – 4 months. These children were seen from various parts of India – West Bengal, Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Volunteers from SAHHEAL, a division of Soulbath Peace Foundation planned a happy day for the kids who ranged from 2 – 15 years. The children at the Kidwai Cancer Centre are inmates at the hospital staying there undergoing chemotherapy that usually lasts for about 3 – 4 months. These children were seen from various parts of India – West Bengal, Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
What we experienced during our interactions were laughter, mischief, attention seeking but all was fair in this situation because everybody became children. Our activities planned included sharing in a personal space, lighting candles, conversations about things that we love doing and fun times, playing with crayons, sharing badges and the finishing surprise chocolates.
As we returned home to our quiet zones to reflect there was nothing that we carried except smiles from angelic faces who gave us love. So much love and happiness that nothing in the world can substitute for.
“Unfathomable awareness about your deeper true self, your life’s goal, your unique ability and your highest potential can be revealed, only if you are able to look deep inside yourself." - Sri Raj Bhowmik
This awareness that all of us want to seek sometimes in our lives through meditation and enquiry, by going to classes, by searching for the right books, tapes and masters can be truly experienced through the most powerful human aspects of love and compassion. This when truly shared, touches the other person and surely comes back to you in the same undiluted form of pure bliss – and this is true of all of us who experienced it at the Kidwai Cancer Hospital from our little angels who crossed our paths this Diwali.
This experience surely made us reflect on the gratitude factor in our lives and with that essence who ever we are, whatever we do – we have one powerful tool with us – it is the tool of Being Compassionate. It is an emotion that brings you to yourself and the only outcome of it will then be to share naturally – naturally to anyone who comes by our way.
As we returned home to our quiet zones to reflect there was nothing that we carried except smiles from angelic faces who gave us love. So much love and happiness that nothing in the world can substitute for.
“Unfathomable awareness about your deeper true self, your life’s goal, your unique ability and your highest potential can be revealed, only if you are able to look deep inside yourself." - Sri Raj Bhowmik
This awareness that all of us want to seek sometimes in our lives through meditation and enquiry, by going to classes, by searching for the right books, tapes and masters can be truly experienced through the most powerful human aspects of love and compassion. This when truly shared, touches the other person and surely comes back to you in the same undiluted form of pure bliss – and this is true of all of us who experienced it at the Kidwai Cancer Hospital from our little angels who crossed our paths this Diwali.
This experience surely made us reflect on the gratitude factor in our lives and with that essence who ever we are, whatever we do – we have one powerful tool with us – it is the tool of Being Compassionate. It is an emotion that brings you to yourself and the only outcome of it will then be to share naturally – naturally to anyone who comes by our way.
As volunteers we said bye to each other but promised the kids to come back soon in a month. Some of them may stay on, some may pass away into another domain, some new faces may join in but what remains inside each one of us is truly smiles, laughter, naughtiness and innocence that each one touched our lives with.
We feel more human now – that we haven’t lost our humanism after being corporate in the rat race. And surely this human bit that has risen has come from the depths of our own self – My Master smiled through each of the children’s faces that day in the ward and He reminded me again that one didn’t have to do a technique to connect to Him but one just needed to be who they are in their core essence. In our lives this opportunity helped us get aligned to our inner self that is peace and joy.
We feel more human now – that we haven’t lost our humanism after being corporate in the rat race. And surely this human bit that has risen has come from the depths of our own self – My Master smiled through each of the children’s faces that day in the ward and He reminded me again that one didn’t have to do a technique to connect to Him but one just needed to be who they are in their core essence. In our lives this opportunity helped us get aligned to our inner self that is peace and joy.
SOULBATH PEACE FOUNDATION VOLUNTEER TEAM VOICE
- Sadvi (Student, B.E, Bangalore)
"How I wish I had the power to take away all the pain that lies hidden in their angelic smiles. Their laughter generates a divine feeling that touches your soul. Their level of being is far more superior than that of mine. Today I got in touch with that part of my heart that isn't felt too often. I am always so caught up in my day to day issues that I fail to look at the world from a different perspective. I learnt that if god has blessed me with all my organs functioning the way it should ,then I still have a long way to go and a lot to learn in this lifetime. There was a divine light that was gleaming from each of their eyes. They are my true heroes and I salute them."
- Mrs. Smitha Jayanth - SAHHEAL Healing Consultant, Bangalore
"We saw a different side to life today. A life we don't know about . We got away from our mundane , cribbing ,complaining world and spent time with gods own children. My daughter Sadvi, me and Dr. Shantu, went to Kidwai Institute of Oncology Centre -Children's Block. These children have a lesson to teach us. Pain and suffering have done nothing to diminish their enthusiasm, their playfulness, their love and joy. That is why, they are gods own children,who we were so fortunate to meet today. They enjoyed introducing introducing themselves to us, watching 'Tom and Jerry' ,fighting over the badges we gave them, making drawings for us and finally bidding us goodbye,each with a chocolate in hand. The time we spent there today was happy and satisfying both for the children and us. There was no better way to celebrate DIWALI."
- Dr. Shantu - SAHHEAL Healing Consultant & Head SAHHEAL Learning Studios, India.
Sri Raj Bhowmik founded SAHHEAL to sprinkle healing, joy & peace. With these opportunity he makes us realize and believe that in our experiences everyday this can be achieved by the smallest gestures that we do for ourselves. A magnified, engraved unforgettable experience of carrying tons of smiles, loads of naughtiness and laughter with me back is what Diwali at Kidwai Cancer Institute gave me. There was a gentle rhythm in everything and with everyone. Although pain was evident, empathy stood staring into my eyes. The empathy quotient was high as each member understood the other one through their routine of drips and injections. We watched Tom and Jerry, some having drips attached to their tiny hands and the other glued to the screen as close as they could get. OPD, glucose, injection and wards were the common words spoken around, but when one takes a deep look into their eyes, there is innocence, enthusiasm and hope. But more than this they have seen life – Life from a deeper side – that life can be simple and fun when we want it to be – My biggest take away for today.