Page 7 - CMS Annual Magazine 2024

ANNUAL MAGAZINE 2024 ANNUAL MAGAZINE 2024

From the From the

Founder Director Founder Manager

The world of children sparkles

with a spiritual glow: Seeds of World Citizenship

We become one with our Creator must be sown at an early age
Dr Bharti Gandhi Dr Jagdish Gandhi

Founder-Director Founder-Manager

Children are God’s greatest gifts to humanity. Their world sparkles with a spiritual glow and is radiant with a Children are open and more receptive to new ideas than adults. The child’s mind is a clean slate. It can be empowered with
Divine light from where they have descended. Their innocent laughter bears no malice, no jealousy and no positive ideas for growth and development or polluted with prejudices, false beliefs and hatred. Herein lies the role of a great
hatred. Love overflows between mother and child spreading mirth and happiness all around. The earth is a teacher.
limitless body for them to grow, develop, innovate and discover. In the midst of children, one loses all worries, Every child is potentially the light of the world but it may also become the cause of its darkness, wherefore the question of
desire for material wealth and even comfort. The effulgence of their electrifying and spiritual energy is enough education assumes primary importance.
to drive away one’s selfishness and greed, lust for power and position and we ourselves become a part of that Shivaji’s mother Jijabai and Mahatma Gandhi’s mother Putlibai are role models of mothers who taught their children good
huge cosmos of energy in the all- encompassing world of children, full of abundant love and happiness. Child is human values right from the beginning so that great achievements were possible when they grew up which changed the
course of human history. Dronacharya was a great teacher who taught archery to Arjuna and made him one of the greatest
the father of man-the best teacher- full of radiance, innocence and gurgling laughter.
archers of all time. Similarly, Confucius was a great teacher whose very words spelt wisdom. It was he who said, “Roads were
It has been my good fortune to have had children around me like a blanket of pulsating energy and vivacity, made for journeys, not destinations,” and ‘You are what you think,” or “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to
motivating me to ‘awake, arise, and stop not till the goal is reached.’ work a day in your life.”
The school is an institution that trains the young mind to work in discipline and prepare itself to meet the greater The prophets of the great religions of the world have all advocated the path of truth, love and righteousness in life. Ram,
needs of humanity in later life. The battles of life are practiced and won or lost on the school playground before Krishna, Mohammed, Christ, Guru Nanak, Lord Mahavira and Lord Baha’u’llah are the world’s greatest teachers for they
the actual matches are played in real life. The school ensures that each little child is educated materially, socially have shown us the purpose and meaning of life and taught us universal values and spirituality. Ram taught us tyag
and spiritually and is able to lead the world to a new tomorrow as an able leader. It teaches us to come to an (selflessness), Krishna gave us the lesson of righteous action (karma), Mohammed taught us brotherhood and equality, Christ
preached love and forgiveness, Guru Nanak taught us to serve all humanity and Mahavira gave us the virtue of compassion
assembly and pray together. It is here that the power of prayer is greatest for the combined spiritual energy that
emanates from this congregation and abode of peace has no comparison anywhere in this world or any part of for all creatures on earth while Baha’u’llah spoke about world unity, peace and justice for all. They have all spoken of the
unification of mankind and striven for the greater good of all.
the universe.
World Citizenship cannot be inculcated in a child’s mind in a day. By the time the child becomes an adult, the ideals of world
Parents and teachers must work selflessly and in coordination to provide the highest quality of education to unity and world peace, selfless service and courageous leadership would have been firmly embedded in the mind. It is the
children. As Dr S. Radhakrishnan has very aptly said, “Teachers should be the best minds in the country.” In youth of a country which can make great changes possible. It is therefore important that youth power is harnessed to work in
Tagore’s words, “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free … words the right direction for the benefit of all humanity. A good teacher teaches not only the subjects well but also imparts practical
come out from the depth of truth…into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.” In the training of the subject and seasons all training with the salt of spirituality. The end result is a total quality person and a total
words of Maria Montessori, “To stimulate life, leaving it free, however, to unfold itself,-that is the first duty of quality leader.
the educator.” With these thoughts, I hope and believe that teachers will rise to the occasion and parents will give their full support to
create a climate and a culture of peace, love and compassion and sow the seeds of world citizenship in young minds.
Mahatma Gandhi has aptly said, “If we are to teach real peace in this world…we shall have to begin with the children.”

4 5