Your first baby… Little miracle arrived into the world… New man or woman in the making… What kind of person will it grow up to be?
Parents do their best to raise kids with good values but which values are good? Those they themselves grew up with, of course!
Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not commit adultery – just to name a few.
Ever since birth, we are bombarded with rules, teachings, and opinions suggesting we are so far away from perfection we must better ourselves or be damned. What “better” means is determined by the mind, because it’s through the mind that all the “values” land in our consciousness.
Little children don’t yet perceive all complexities of life but their minds are ready to be shaped. Should we shape them in our image and likeness? Or should we look at ourselves critically and ponder on whether our own upbringing is worth being replicated, over and over again?
What if all people were created perfect, and this perfection was meant to be uncovered through the inner knowledge of the Heart? Doesn’t all imposed dogma drive this inner knowledge to the background and rewire our minds to think we are inherently sinful?
The key is in connecting with our true nature which is Divinity, and Divinity is perfect. Only through Divine help can we move up the ladder of spiritual evolution, and encourage our children to follow.