Geezmaneez Firedraake,
I guess you never had any kids. There's a time and place for
everything. Kids do more than run. There are times when you teach them
to focus their energy, times when you teach them to see, and to listen
to the world around them, times when you teach them to feel, and to have
compassion for who and what are weaker than them. Then, when they run
wild, they stop to listen, to see, and feel on their own. These are
first steps of awakening. When they practice this on the world around
them, they will naturally do it on the world within, when that part of
their development comes.
Peter
Firedraake wrote:
>
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:59:21 -0400, "John E.M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> posted article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, which said:
>
> > We are often getting spiritual instruction when we don't realize it.
> >
> > I've realized that parents are giving their children deep spiritual
> > instruction, though neither understands the value.
> > Following instructions such as "Be quiet." "Hold Still." "Do what you're
> > told." "Stop running." "Play nice." etc., will give a child spiritual
> > depth. These are the same instructions spiritual masters give. Parents
> > are unconciously giving forth universal laws and for a child to go
> > against these laws causes the child to be out of sync with the universe.
>
> Whaaaaat? A child naturally wants to run. A child naturally wants to move
> around and be animated. For a parent to make a child stop running, be
> quiet and hold still literally "forces" a child to stop doing what comes
> naturally, thereby making him out of sync with the universe. If a kid
> feels like running, he runs. A kid who has been punished for running by an
> adult stops running to avoid reprimand by adults who disapprove.
>
> The universe says to run. Yo mama says to be still. Which one is more
> fun?
>
> <sigh>
> Firedraake
