Spiritual Parenting Tips

On Children … by Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

for they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,

which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them,

but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children

as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,

and HE bends you with His might

that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;

For even as He loves the arrow that flies,

so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Basic Rules to Remember:

1.    Do not assume that you are the more advanced soul and/or their teacher.

2.    Children learn what they live.

3.    Nurture their Nature.

4.    Astrology helps:

            *what is the essence of their personality (Sun)

            *what is their emotional body like (Moon)

            *what is their outlook as they mature (Rising sign)

            * how does their mind work and how do they communicate (Mercury)

            *how do they give and receive love (Venus)

5.    Teach them about the Universe/God/Divinity and how to have a relationship with that force.

6.    Give them tools to thrive physically, emotionally and spiritually.

7.    Be as honest and dependable as you can be.

8.    Teach them about their bodies.

9.    Show them that love is unconditional, but like is conditional.

10. Nurture their independence.

11. Let go of the results of your parenting (intention).

12. Remember if you can love them and feed them, that is enough.

Shanti,

Jill