The aim of the RISE and SHinE Program for Youth is to facilitate youths and young adults to contemplate upon, digest and implement the profound teachings that not only tell us that all are one and the goal of life is to experience that innate divinity that we share with all others in creation but also show us the Way to journey our unique paths in simple to understand concepts and language. The RISE and SHinE Youth Program uses a trilogy of books put together by Sheela Awat inspired by Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The River Trilogy which comprises of THE JOURNEY OF THE RIVER, THE RIVER BEHOLDING THE OCEAN and THE OCEAN uses the analogy of a river flowing back to its source, the ocean – to convey profound spirituals truths.

In addition to the broad framework of the River Trilogy, the Program for Youth includes two special detailed components – firstly a step-by-step elucidation on how to Master the Mind and secondly, the study of and putting into practice the learnings of, Kathopanishad. Both of these detailed components are based on the teachings of Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai as expounded in his Master the Mind series of discourses and his Kathopanishad series of discourses.