Daaji’s day began at 7 a.m. with his routine walk in the company of plants in the rainforest around his house.

At around 10 a.m., he had a meeting with the Wellness team in his office behind the meditation hall. He also met up with Ronald Rose to discuss the Heartfulness initiatives in villages.

Later, he was joined by Kotiveera Nagaiah Konduti and his team from Miryalaguda, who presented him with photo frames engraved with tiny marble stones. They also gave him some samples of marble stones of different shapes and sizes.

As he was about to leave, Daaji met the seekers waiting outside the office and distributed prasad to all of them.

In the evening, at around 5.30 p.m., he answered a few questions for a recording by the media team. He also recorded a message for the Zee portal on the question:

How can children grow up emotionally secure and mentally equipped to deal with the chaos of life?

There are so many things happening around us. What kind of a world are we gifting our children every single day? Who is the creator of this chaotic style of life? Should we blame the parents, the grandparents, the children themselves, or anybody else?

Children will learn to deal with such chaotic lifestyles based on the responses and the training parents and grandparents give them. Under stressful and time-bound situations, children notice how their father or mother deals with the problem, and they imbibe the same. They learn to deal with such situations in the same way. For example, if parents are restless, children will also be restless when they themselves handle their own chaotic lives. So, parents have to set an example and lead their lives in such a way that children can remember and follow their footsteps.

Our responses also depend on genetic disposition. Are we genetically restrained? Yes and no. Through a mutated genetic pattern, we can create responses that are unlike our parents. For that, some level of training is a must.

A meditative mind can change certain levels of genetic expression. A meditative mind is a poised mind; it responds based on every situation. And all the responses coming from a meditative mind will be very peaceful. It will surpass all the genetic expressions.

So I highly recommend teenage children, especially after the age of 15, learn how to meditate. And children who are below 15 can simply learn how to relax and center themselves within their hearts so that the whole situation can be improved and elevated to better confront life in all its unpredictable phases.

Daaji conducted an individual meditation session for Hemangi Radhakrishna Shenoy between 6.20 and 6.45 p.m.

He invited Dr. Paul Luu, Ministry of Agriculture, Executive Secretary of the 4 per 1000 Initiative from France, and a few other guests for dinner. After dinner, the group settled into Daaji’s office at home for a chat.

Paul Luu discussed the conference planned for February 2023 at Kanha on soil health and regeneration for government and NGO leaders from the Asia Pacific region. He also shared his thoughts on what can be done to mitigate environmental destruction.

This was one of the final activities of the day for Daaji.