Please use the brief outline below to give you an overview of the Ceiling on Desires Workshop and use the Complete File to conduct a Ceiling on Desires workshop.

Ceiling on Desires (COD) Workshop: Time, Money, Food, and Energy

I. Part One:  (Please have slide ‘COD PowerPoint’ ready)

A. Introduction

   +Facilitator use slide 2 of ‘COD PowerPoint’ file

   +Please have someone record answers on poster-board 

   +COD slideshow (slides 3 – 7)                                                         

   +Divide everyone into 4 groups but do not assign resources at this point             

B. Story: “The Magic Seat” (slides 8 – 16 & “TheMagicSeat” Word document)

C. Discussion:

   +Facilitator explains the structure of the workshop.

   +Assign each group one resource:  Money, Food, Time and Energy.

     -Within these groups discuss ways of how the assigned resource is wasted.

     -Discuss how this wastage affects you and your surroundings

     -Discuss techniques that will help stop or reduce the wastage of these resources

Note: Facilitator distributes techniques document, one to each group

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II. Part Two:                                                                                                                             

A. Activity: Prepare skit/song/commercial or use skit provided in the document.

   +Presentation/skit is about why COD is important and how to achieve it based on Baba’s teachings.                                                                                                       

B. Present/discuss/summarize work from previous activity

C. Story:  An incident in Parthi

D. Swami’s video