3 -4 Jan 2009, Trivandrum

IAM classes were conducted for the CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) personnel stationed at the Trivandrum International Airport.  The total number of participants exceeded 150. All the Officers including the Commamdant actively participated in the classes. The peronnel  stationed there have to deal with a lot of physical and emotional stress due to tough working and living conditions over an extended length of time. By the time we finished the class, we could see the change in their expressions.

At the end of the first class, the officials were so enthususiastic and impressed with the results that they immediately arranged for two more classes so that the entire unit could benefit from the course. The management staff of the Trivandrum International Airport also requested a class exclusively for them. We were taken aback by the response it generated. Of course, it was not the class itself, but Amma’s Grace that they could palpably feel. Since Amma is visting Trivandrum Ashram at the end of January, the Commandant of the CISF unit promised that he would come for Amma’s Darshan – along with his entire unit of 250 personnel. That would be some sight!

With aeroplanes taking off and landing every few minutes in the nearby landing strip, it might not have been the ideal  place for a mediation class, but then, as we had been telling them all along, the outer situations are not the problem – it is how the mind  interprets the situation that matters.
So, every time a plane passed over us, we decided to interpret the drone of the engine in the vein of Om…and it actually became fun !

We decided to visit the unit again for further classes in the near future.

– Mohan