This article was first published in "Going Mental" by Daniel McGowan.
Natural Grace and Poise
Look at the photo above, the grace and poise of this beautiful child! You can sense the power in her back as the life force flows freely, keeping her easily erect. Why, as older children and adults, do we lose this dynamic co-ordination? Observe the two-year-old standing easily erect and moving with such natural grace and poise. Observe the twelve-year-old slumping around, moving awkwardly, timidly. This is very sad.
Part of the problem is that most children are put under tremendous pressure to conform to, not only the adults’ ideas of how to behave, but also their version of reality. I am sure you can remember being told by a highly irritated adult, “Do it right, do it quickly, do it my way and do it QUIETLY!”. Too often we treat the children as children. Too often we fail to recognize and respect the store of ancient wisdom that each newborn babe brings with her or him when s/he reincarnates. How inspiring it is to look into the eyes of the babies and see the inner light of ancient wisdom shining brightly! How tragic that the light gets dimmer and dimmer as they are indoctrinated into the system. That wasn’t education we got at school, it was nothing more than indoctrination. We were not educated about the art of living, we were indoctrinated into serving and upholding the system. Part of the art of living is the learning of the conscious control of the individual, by the individual and not by some other person. Children should be given the opportunity and the freedom to do this as the basis of real education.
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