Sparkling Together

Jyoti Ma

Description

Sparkling Together contains eight stories that depict the adventures of Starbright, from Planet Om, and Sky Heart and his sister Rose of Planet Earth. Each story encompasses a real life challenge common to childhood experience, including: self-esteem, negative feelings, environmental awareness, a new home, new friends, an unemployed parent, a new sibling, illness, death of a pet, and death of a grandparent.

Sujets

• Children's

Informations

• Publié par: Integral Yoga Publications
• Date de parution: 26 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780932040022
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

Sparkling Together
Starbright and His Earthling Friends

Stories by Jyoti Ma Pictures by Chandra Devi
Integral Yoga® Publications Yogaville, Virginia
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ma, Jyoti, 1946-
Sparkling together : Starbright and his earthling friends / stories by Jyoti Ma ; pictures by Chandra Devi.--1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Sky and Rose Heart and their new friend Starbright have a series of adventures on Earth and the Planet Om, discovering along the way the virtue of love as the key in moving through the challenges they face.
ISBN 0-932040-54-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
[1. Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction. 2. Interplanetary voyages--Fiction. 3. Love-Fiction. 4. Science fiction.] I. Devi, Chandra, 1971-ill. II. Title.
PZ7.M1112Sp 2004 2004056553 [Fic]--dc22
Copyright ® 2004 by Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville
All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. First edition published 2004.
In addition to the complete line of publications by the Reverend Sri Swami Satchidananda, Integral Yoga Publications carries the following books for children:
Imagine That: A Child’s Guide To Yoga Yoga for Kids – by Kids Enlightening Tales
Design by Jyoti Ma and layout by Ananda Siva, Yogaville, Virginia
Printed in Hong Kong by Palace Press International, San Rafael, California
Integral Yoga® Publications Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville Buckingham, Virginia 23921, USA www.yogaville.ORG
In Memory of our Gurudeva, the Reverend Sri Swami Satchidananda, whose Sparkling Playfulness, Divine Wisdom, and Universal Love inspired these stories and pictures.

 
Contents
Lifting Off to Planet Om
Shining Through Grey Clouds
Camping Together
Moving Might Be Fun
Making Friends
Naming Baby Sister
Holding on to Hope
Facing Sad Times
Lifting Off to Planet Om
One bright fall morning, Sky and Rose were playing ball in their backyard. Suddenly, Rose stopped and dropped the ball. She stared upward toward the sun. A mysterious object was slowly coming down. Could it be? “Look!” she yelled. “There’s a spaceship landing in the empty field!”
“Oh, come on, Rose,” said Sky. “You don’t really believe in spaceships.” Rose couldn’t say a thing. She just stood there without moving an inch. Sky turned around. Was he ever surprised.
“I can’t believe it!” said Sky. “Come on, Rose. Let’s go!”
They hurried toward the field, half excited and half scared. The hatch of the spaceship slowly slid open. An Earth-like boy appeared with a bright star sparkling in him.

“Hello! Who are you?” asked the boy, smiling in a friendly way.
“Uh…uh… I’m Sky Heart and this is my sister, Rose Heart.” Sky felt he was in a dream. “This can’t be real,” he said to himself.
“Who are you?” asked Rose, charmed by the boy’s sparkling star.
“I’m Starbright of Planet Om. I’ve come here to invite some Earthlings to our Star Family Fest. Would you like to come?”
“Sounds like fun!” said Rose. “But we’re not supposed to go anywhere with strangers.”
“Come on, Rose,” said Sky. “We’ll never get a chance like this again. Quick, run home and ask Dad and Mom!”
“But Mom’s at her Yoga class. Remember, it’s Saturday.”
“Then just ask Dad!” yelled Sky.
Rose ran faster than ever. “Dad! Dad! Can Sky and I go to Planet Om with Starbright?”
Dad was on the internet. He looked over.
“Okay, honey,” replied Dad. He thought that his children were just playing a new game.
“Thanks, Dad!” Rose ran out the door.
“What did Dad say? Can we go?” asked Sky.
“He said okay,” replied Rose.
“Great!” said Starbright. “Let’s jump aboard!”
Inside the ship Shooting Star, Sky and Rose were amazed. Starbright sat behind a big panel with a keyboard and bunches of buttons, switches, and levers. Above the panel was a long screen with a rainbow design.
“All systems are go for liftoff,” announced Starbright. “T minus 10 seconds and counting: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Ignition. We have liftoff.”

As Starbright pressed the keys, the shades of color changed on the rainbow panel. “I need to get these colors just right to keep the ship on course,” said Starbright. He continued to press the keys. “Good. Now it’s perfect.”
“What a beautiful rainbow!” remarked Rose.
The attention of Sky and Rose switched over to the star that was sparkling through Starbright.
“Everyone on our planet is born with a star. Our stars help keep us alive,” said Starbright.
“Our hearts help keep us alive,” replied Sky.
“But they don’t look like his star,” added Rose.
“That doesn’t matter,” said Starbright. “My star is filled with love. The same love lives in your hearts.”
“Are you sure?” asked Sky. “Just what is love?”
Starbright replied,
“Love is knowing that you are special and everyone else is special too. Love shines out to others by your good thoughts, words, and deeds.”
“But I don’t always feel special,” said Rose. “I’m just a kid.”
“Sometimes, I even feel lonely being a kid on Planet Earth,” added Sky.
Starbright replied, “If you try, you can feel special even when you’re all alone. Anyway, you won’t feel lonely on Planet Om.”
“Now hold on!” announced Starbright. “We’re about to touch down.”
From the speaker came a voice, “ Shooting Star this is Planet Om Ground Control. You are clear for landing.”
“Roger, all systems are go for landing,” replied Starbright.
They landed safely on Planet Om. Starbright’s family and neighbors had gathered at the local park for the landing.
“This looks like a park on Planet Earth,” said Sky after they landed. “But it feels different.”
“Wow!” someone said excitedly. “Starbright has brought back two Earthlings!”