I've recently been blessed out of my socks by three young boys who told me they are angels. And I've gone to have three separate conversations with their respective mothers talking about their child's' conversations with God and angels.
Two of the mothers are what I would call "aware". They are open to Spirit and our interconnectedness with all things. They are not what I would call "flakey" - both are grounded and successful in their own right. While both worry how the world will respond to their young sons' divine conversations and recognition that they stem from Source (or God, or whatever you choose to call "It"), they at the same time do not discourage their boys from these conversations. Instead they support and honour them.
The third mother, on the hand, blushed to the roots of her hair when her son told me that he and God and the angels spoke regularly.
"This is so embarrassing," said the mother, "I hope to God he'll grow out of it."
(Ironic choice of language, don't you think?)
"Why?" I asked.
"Well, you know, it's just so childish. It's like believing in Santa Claus. Of course, it's sweet while he's little but he's going to have to stop this nonsense sooner rather than later. People are already beginning to laugh at his funny little ways."
My heart went out to the poor little chap who would, I knew, be torn away from that to which he intrinsically knew he was part - and all because his connectedness would threaten the world's view of how things ought to be - you know, that world that so likes to control and impose rules and order as opposed to just allowing things to Be.
As I pondered these conversations the following struck me:
These children believe - no, they know - that they are sons (or daughters) of God - just as the Christ was. The only difference is this: An archangel supposedly told Mary she would give birth to the son of God and so believing the angel, the Christ was able to grow up supported by his family as indeed being the son of God. The mothers I spoke to had no such messenger visit them even though their sons, like all children, came into the world with the same knowing that the Christ had.
In the case of most children, parents have forgotten their own origins and have conformed to the fears of the world and so do not support their children's knowing that they are sons and daughters of the Divine. In fact, they actively discourage this knowing as "blasphemy".
Man, it seems, may talk or pray to God, but heaven forbid that God should talk to Man. Where, after all, would that leave organised religion... - and world order...
And so we and our children grow up being torn from that which we knew we have sprung. So begins our separation from the Light. And with that separation, and in place of Love, grows the root of fear as we forget the truth of who and what we really are. We spend the rest of our lives trying to remember who we are, trying to determine our purpose and "the meaning of life", feeling threatened, lost, angry, sore and alone, while some small part of us may hope that we'll find our way back to our essence which we somehow, may dimly remember as residing somewhere deep within us... All the while unaware that we have been jinxed by the illusion of fear.
I trust that this post won't cause any offense - it is certainly not my intent. We are all free to follow our own paths, walk whatever journeys we must in order to find our way back to what we perceive to be the Truth. Whatever path you have chosen to walk, may blessings be heaped upon you.
19 comments:
Wow. What a powerful post. My heart began to beat rapidly as you expressed many of my own feelings. Especially having little ones at home, I strive to encourage them to strengthen the relationship they have with God.I was struck by your choice of wording. We sing a song every night called "I Am A Child of God."
I find it difficult to maintain a balance between gripping tightly to my beliefs without seeming to disparage those who see differently. I certainly respect the beliefs of those willing to think for themselves. I applaud you, however, for your unapologetic attitude.
I found it interesting that you would note that not being able to listen to God has no place in organized religion.
That is the basis of my organized religion.
Anyway, I'll politely sidestep my soapbox and tell you that this was a great post.
Until about the age of 11, it's possible to believe in everything. After that, we discourage imagination except in culturally accepted ways.
The kids will be fine - they have angels around them - even if they forget that the angels are "real."
Hi Hoodie and welcome :-) I think as I've said in my postscript we are all free to follow our own paths, walking whatever journey we must in order to grow and return to the our perception of the Truth. I suppose, the difficulty we see in the world today stems from the fear that causes many to experience the inability to respect all those multiple paths.
Regarding my reference to listening to God - it's not so much just listening that I refer to but actual "dialoguing" - there are, I feel, many religious structures which would find that deeply threatening. But having been part of several different religious structures, I do also understand where you're coming from.
Glad you enjoyed the post :-)
You're quite right, Reya - they will be fine, though as the one mom said to me, "he's going to have such a hard time - he's so sensitive, so aware and the world just doesn't know how to deal with children like him." But as you say, the angels will always be with him and he will always be an angel himself, even if the world does eventually clamour too much upon his consciousness that he forgets his origins.
If only that mother could feel what her little son does, she'd abandon her need to be "of the world" instead of just in it.
Children are amongst our great teachers.
Hopefully, one day the world will run out of those little boxes so many of us try to squash ourselves into in order to remain acceptable. And, may it be the children of today that pave the way.
Vanilla, l love your thought provoking posts:)
Forgetting origins is the purpose of the idea of original sin: to erase our direct connection to our genetic memory with myths of divine debt to a savior and innate inability to be good without the aid of the church.
My son had so called imaginary friends, talked about past lives, and God. I wrote everything down so we could remember it for when he got older and would forget it all.
I only know that there is much more going on than what we can literally see.
I wonder how these boys came to speak to you of such things.
You are so right, Kat.
Thanks, Cleo, I also look forward to the day the world runs out of little boxes.
Forgetting origins is the lesson of this lifetime, G&G.
I think that's wonderful that you wrote it all down, Colleen - and yes, there is undoubtedly far more going on that we can see.
As to the children speaking to me - I don't know, they (and children generally) seem drawn to me (I find it unusual since I made a decision when I was a child not to have children). One mother said she thought her son recognised a kindred spirit in me. Who knows.
That was awesome!
Sad that parents these days just push their children towards achieving what they had always wanted to achieve themselves or need to be achieved just for the sake of so called "social standing".If a child is moulded a bit differently,it is a matter of shame and the poor thing is inevitably just pushed to his/her limits and end up growing up to be totally someone else.
Such profound thinking and so thoughtful,loved it dear :)
I always like the belief (is it from Islam?) that you should always treat strangers well because they may be angels.
this one is really thought provoking and no certain answer can be given because i believe it is still up to each and every family in particular. When our parents havent been taught any beliefs how are they able to make us believe. In the end everyone comes to their own God. Some realize it earlier, some later and this Light is different for each and everyone as the origin of this Light is different.
It happens that parents dont believe but their kids do and nobody can explain why it happens. Because all this is deep inside of us. And wу might even not realize that the answer is always there, we just have to look for it :)
strange topic to talk about
Thanks, Sameera - too many parents it seems expect their children to be "a certain way" - so much to the detriment of the child and its own journey. I suppose they think they are doing their best but one has to wonder at their real motivation - acceptance by society at all costs?
That's lovely, Jon - hadn't heard that one before!
Nothing like provoking a bit of thinking, Lena - thanks for stopping by :-) And you are so right, all the answers are always within us, irrespective of the circumstances.
You think so, eh, Ropi? :-) Why?
thank you for the lovely post - ah the faith and openness of children.
gods and angels take no offense and I bet they even believe in non-believers!
namaste!
As the Extreme Pilgrim said on the BBC the other night, "my father house has many rooms, I'm just not sure I'd choose to live in the room that St Anthony chose."
G'day from Australia,
No offence at all. I really enjoyed the post.
It is so difficult now with multiculture all around us and various beliefs and even Gods. God speaks to us in different ways, even if we have the same God.
I can't say as I have ever really heard a voice, but I see Him and His creations everywhere around me.
Atyllah? Yo, Atyllah! Where are you, quirky chicken? I just dropped by to tell you that I tagged you for a quirky little meme, and I hope you'll do it for me. I'd like to know you better. Your assignment, if you choose to do it, can be found here:
http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2008/01/im-quirky-like-that.html
Oh, and please say hello to Vanilla for me, will you?
Interesting and thought provoking. A somehow strange but very good post that I enjoyed reading.
I wonder if notions of God and angels come to us naturally or we have to be taught about them. And if we had never, in any way, been exposed to religion, would we still have the idea of Divinity? Interesting...
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