A Christmas Story

On Saturday 13th December 2008, the youth arm of the Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Centre of Trinidad and Tobago hosted their biggest christmas production ever. It was a light evening of educational entertainment extended to the public and neighbouring communities of San Fernando.

Theme: HOPE - Heal Our Planet Earth

Audience: Mixed (BKs and non BKs)

Age group: Families, ranging from 5 months old - 80 yrs old

Number of Attendees: 400, of which 150 were children under 12 years and 100 were youth from 13-30 years of age.

Venue: Raja Yoga Centre, San Fernando, Trinidad

Brief Overview:

The evening began to take shape with a drama entitled "HOPE - Heal Our Planet Earth"

The curtains opened with a heavenly Golden Age where everything was in pristine perfection. Happiness alone could have prevailed because all negativities were trapped in an ancient golden vessel. This vessel was guarded by the Fairy Queen who herself used to proudly enjoy basking in the goodness of the earth. One day to her horror, a little boy named Chuck, accidentally knocked that vessel down thus freeing all evils into the world. The happiness that used to exist was now tarnished and the world began to be plagued with sorrow.

The Fairy Queen being most upset with this accident thought it befitting for Chuck to understand the magnitude of his mistake and decides to send him into the future for 4 days. It is there that he himself experiences his heart being broken by cheating, greed, attachment and ego of mankind. He realised that human beings had become very selfish and was only thinking about themselves until he met a little boy, Adam who showed him that there is still a bit of kindness trapped in the hearts of people. It just needs to be released. This gave Chuck HOPE.

Through the voice of God, Chuck and the Fairy Queen are inspired to bring out that goodness by sharing the secret of developing a deeper bond with oneself and God. When we connect with God, His light and magic fills our lives with light thereby adding a warm radiance of divine love into the world.

HOPE continued to ring in the air with Christmas carols, instrumental and a puppet show. The evening was crowned with Santa Claus distributing gifts to all children present who were under the age of 12.

It was a fantastic evening of spirituality, fun and education.