The acting of becoming a mindful being has, for millennia, centered on a dialogical process: one in which the child learns to view sensorial inputs in light of the wisdom of those who preceded him.
This is such a beautifully expressed description of parenting, which in today's modernity is unfortunately no longer received wisdom, that I was loath to comment before fully gathering my reflections. I have jotted some of my thoughts down, but cannot contain the echoing overflow that "Generational Dialogue" has provoked, so I will have to write a longer piece in response.
Thank you for this condensed guide on how to reestablish connection between old & young, starting inside the family.
This is such a beautifully expressed description of parenting, which in today's modernity is unfortunately no longer received wisdom, that I was loath to comment before fully gathering my reflections. I have jotted some of my thoughts down, but cannot contain the echoing overflow that "Generational Dialogue" has provoked, so I will have to write a longer piece in response.
Thank you for this condensed guide on how to reestablish connection between old & young, starting inside the family.
"Copybook excerpts" (edited)
from William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence"
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To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
To hold infinity
In the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
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Who respects the infant's faith
Triumphs over Hell and Death.
Child's toys and old man's reasons
Are fruits of the two seasons.
The questioner, who sits so sly,
Shall never know how to reply.
He who replies to words of doubt
Doth put the light of Knowledge out.
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