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figures which exist all over the earth. A friend of mine has written a book, containing a collection of mandalas from all countries and it is remarkable how beautiful they are. So I advised all my colleagues to make the children color mandalas. The results are fabulous. The children are soothed. Even disturbed children feel relief from their nervousness through this process, which also has to be taught. Of course, it is more complex than it sounds but it is so very important that a famous psychologist called Edward de Bono has advised scholars and scientists to use mandalas under the name of Euristic patterns. Those of you who are interested in that subject will find a lot of literature on mandalas for adults and children as well.
So I will finally end my lecture by telling you how wonderful it is to teach the new generation and how much I owę to the encouragement I received from Paramahamsa Satyananda, when I told him about my first experience in 1973. Ever since, I always think of what he told me the first time I told him of that little step. He gave me two words, and those two words I hand over to you. He said, "That's it."
Next year on the 11th, 12th and 13th of November, R.Y.E. will organize a convention in Brussels, the capital of Europe, on the theme of "Yoga in Education" and Paramahamsa Niranjanananda will be our guest speaker. The invitation is extended to all of you.
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