Parents know what’s best for their children. Or do they?

Parents and other primary caregivers often have trouble distinguishing the difference between who we want our children to be, and who they came here to be. Often that difference is vast, and difficult to know, especially when the path of the child has so many unknowns to it.

And let’s face it, most parents or guardians have trouble understanding what their own path is, let alone determining what the path of their child ‘should’ be, so thinking we know what’s best for our children is a bit too much to expect.

In this episode, Thom tells it like it is. He reminds us that it’s not our job to shape or mold our children, but to provide an environment where they can shape themselves. Nature always wins and she always leaves clues, so let’s surrender our preferences and learn to read the clues, and teach our children to read them, so they can evolve according to Nature’s agenda, rather than our own.

And if you aren’t a parent, or don’t plan to be, please listen in anyway. We all have a role in nurturing the next generation, and we can all learn from the wisdom of the Vedic worldview.

Episode Highlights: 

[00:47] Raising Enlightened Children

[02:15] Our Contributions for the Future Generation

[03:28] Foresight for Future Generations

[05:27] The Custodian of the Consciousness of the Youth

[06:33] Where Does Consciousness Come From?

[07:52] Lord Buddha and the Hallway of Mirrors

[09:16] 8 Million Lifetimes as a Human Being

[10:36] Such a Thing as Suffering

[12:04] The Quickening

[13:30] A Checklist of Unfulfilled Desires

[15:14] I'm Beginning to Forget

[16:33] How Can the Grownups Help?

[17:51] The Mis-takes That Adults Often Make

[19:10] Vicarious Enjoyment

[19:58] The Primary Mission of Adults as Caregivers

[21:01] Dharma, One's Personal Role in the Evolution of Things

[22:15] "I'm Not Here to Tell You What to Do"

[23:49] "What is My Highest Nature?"

[25:34] You Don't Know Who These Children Are Yet

[26:13] We Don't Force Our Children To Meditate

[27:14] Teaching by Precept

[28:27] "We Have This Problem Child..."

[29:51] "My Parents Don't Listen to Me."

[30:52] "Do You Trust the Way You've Raised Me?"

[31:58] Awakening to the Wisdom of the Children

[33:16] Help Them Do the Experiments

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