RAINBOW SPACE

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RAINBOW SPACE
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READY FOR THE THREE AGREEMENTS?
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AGREEMENT 1 WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT!
YOU
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AGREEMENT 2 WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS!
YOUR THOUGHT
YOU
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AGREEMENT 3 THE WAY WE THINK COMES FROM THINGS
WE HAVE SEEN, FELT, TASTED, HEARD and SMELLED.
YOUR THOUGHT
YOU
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READY FOR THE BIGCHALLENGES?
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• BIG CHALLENGES
• To think VERY hard
• To LISTEN to each other
• To work as a TEAM
• DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGES? YES OR NO

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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO?
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• WE ARE GOING TO
• LISTEN to a STORY
• TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
• EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
• TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNERD FROM EACH OTHER

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READY FOR TODAYS STORY?
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THE ELEPHANT STORY RETOLD by VANESSA ANDREOTTI
and LYNN MARIO DE SOUZA
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Once a group of curious people came to an
intelligent man called Buddha. They asked
Buddha Sir, some people say that what is real
is what we see with our eyes and can feel with
our hands. Other people say that this is all an
illusion, that our minds cannot understand what
is really real. What do you say? Buddha told
them a story similar to this one
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Four blind men were given the task of finding out
what an elephant was. None of them had known an
elephant before. Each one created a different
story about the elephant. The first touched its
tail. He said 'an elephant is a rope'. The
second touched its ears he said 'an elephant is
a rug'. The third touched its leg he said 'an
elephant is a pillar'. The fourth touched its
trunk he said 'an elephant is a hose'.
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The blind men started arguing. They each thought
his story about the elephant was true and the
only possible story to be told. They all said
I know I am right!
I know I am right!
I know I am right!
I know I am right!
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After that interesting discussion they started
listening to each other and their ideas about the
elephant started to change.
Rug, rope pillar
Rug hose
Pillar hose
Hose rope
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Finally, after some more discussion and thought,
they came to only two conclusions. Two blind men
agreed that the elephant was a man and the other
two agreed that the elephant was a bird. So, they
went all around the world trying to convince
everyone that their stories were right!
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Buddha concluded that all people are like the
blind men because different people understand the
world in different ways according to where they
are coming from. Like the blind men we keep
trying to convince each other that our stories
are right that what we think or experience is
what everyone else should think and experience.
But no one knows for sure what the
elephant/reality REALLY looks like.
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THE END
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• NOW IT IS TIME TO
• LISTEN to a STORY
• TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
• EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
• TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER

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DRAW A PICTURE OF YOUR THOUGHTS OR WRITE THEM DOWN

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• NOW IT IS TIME TO
• LISTEN to a STORY
• TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
• EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
• TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER

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CHOOSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW TO EXPLORE OR
WRITE YOUR OWN

• I WONDER
• Is the elephant everything around us?
• Do different people see things in different ways?
• Is what we learn at school only one version of a
  story?
• If Buddha is right, why do people keep fighting
  for their stories?
• Is Buddha also a blind man?
• What did the elephant make of the blind men?

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• NOW IT IS TIME TO
• LISTEN to a STORY
• TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
• EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
• TALK ABOUT what we have LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER

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THINK ABOUT

• WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED
• ABOUT YOUR OWN THOUGHTS?
• ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN YOUR CLASS?
• ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD?