The Sant Nirankari
Mission West Midlands Branch joined in a National Initiative
entitled the Big Lunch in co-ordination with the famous Eden
Project. The Thought behind the Big Lunch was that people across
the country sit and enjoy food together, thus creating friendship
by breaking barriers. It has been suggested that there is so
much on line networking going on, but we do not meet with the
people who live next door to us!
The Mission was one of the few centres in Sandwell that officially
celebrated this day. In the Mission sharing of food is common
place and takes place across all the centres across the globe.
This normally happens every time members congregate. John Rennings
of the Friar Park Millenium Centre, was amazed when he heard
that people prepare food every week for the whole community
to benefit from. He was advised that the community kitchen is
an important part of the Mission, allowing anybody desirous
of food the opportunity to visit the centres and benefit from
the hospitality.
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The Lunch took place after the regular
congregation and the members were privileged to be in the company
of Sister Joginder Kaur of Chandigarh, India on this occasion
who neatly presented her thoughts in the concluding address.
She informed the gathering that if we wish to take the message
of the Mission to the world, we must first be satisfied with
what we have received. If we lack understanding then such fractures
in our knowledge must be repaired before we begin our communications.
It was further suggested that the role of the spiritual master
is to connect the soul with Nirankar and in so doing man achieves
the purpose of his existence.
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Satsang was concluded and the Big Lunch
ceremonies commenced. The devotees had laid the tables
with beautiful flowers and a banner had been produced
inviting the community of Wednesbury to join in.
The Mission supports such events as it focuses on the
core philosophy of the Mission of breaking barriers and
bringing people together. As the Mission is also taking
strides towards the promotion of an awareness of Environmental
Issues, it overlaps with the work of the Eden project.
I will end with a short note of Tim Smit the CEO of the
Eden project, "The Eden Project is an attitude to life,
the first expression of which was the creation of the
greatest conservatories in the world in a crater in Cornwall.
Its mission is to point out our total dependence on the
natural world in ways which don't feel preachy and demonstrate
aspects of behaviour and thinking that encourage us all
to explore the boundaries of what is presently called
sustainable living."
The Mission is encouraging its members to be fully aware
of the Environmental issues which are facing the world.
Work with organisations like the Eden project can only
lead to greater clarity concerning the efforts that we
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