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To represent the spiritual aspect of education, the design can also be interpreted
as a person sitting in meditation. It represents the aspect of the spiritual curriculum
in which students sit in silence to focus within to discover their divine essence
as soul. Through meditation, in which we focus at the point between and behind the
two eyebrows, one can connect with the inner Light and Sound. Meditation leads to
peace, gives students the ability to concentrate which improves their studies, and
opens up a doorway to experience firsthand their true nature as soul, the inner
spiritual realms, and God. The blue color of the lotus petals represents the peace,
serenity, and love which the Darshan Academy spiritual curriculum provides with
its period of meditation and its focus on ethical values. The five petals of the
lotus flower signify the five inner spiritual realms experienced in meditation.
The red color of the semi-circle below the flower represents the divine love and
blessings of the Creator, supported and nurtured by those who made Darshan Academy
possible. This especially includes the founder and inspiration for the school, the
great Master Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj. It includes the poet-saint, Sant Darshan
Singh Ji Maharaj, after whom the school was named. It also includes those who developed
the spiritual curriculum and programs and those administrators, teachers, and staff
who lovingly use those programs to teach the students. The words, "Be good, do good,
be one" were given by Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj. "Be good" means to become a
good person, in which we are the abode of ethical virtues, including nonviolence,
truthfulness, purity, humility, love for all, and selfless service. "Do good" means
to be of service and help to others, including those who are different from us,
as one family of God. It also means to love and serve all creation, including all
human beings, living creatures, and our planet. "Be one" means to perfect our spiritual
practices and experience the oneness of our Creator. By doing so, we help to bring
about a world of peace, unity, and love.
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