What Kids Really Want
March 23, 2009
Kabbalah explains that humanity is progressing in such a way that each generation is more evolved than its predecessor. To put it differently, the new generation has new desires, higher aspirations, and new dreams. According to Kabbalah, the level of egoism in the youth is always higher than in their parents. This is why the values that predominated in the parents’ generation are cast away in the next. The old values seem empty and meaningless since they do not fulfill the new and greater needs of the youth. This is also why they reject the education we provide them and find no interest in life.
The problem is that we have yet to acknowledge this process and learn how to cope with it. We will only be able to change the poor state of today’s youth by adapting our education system to the level of evolution (egoism) of our children.
The message of the wisdom of Kabbalah should be adapted to suit each generation. The message can be conveyed through movies, games or stories. If we begin to explain to children how things work beneath the surface, they will feel that they are being taught how to succeed and how to better understand their own world. They will feel that they are being exposed to new channels and new avenues in life.
You do not need to talk to them about spiritual matters or about abstract issues, but simply hand them the right approach to life, teach them how to see life on a slightly deeper level. They will get the message naturally and easily. In truth, it is not at all difficult to explain that behind the scenes of this life lies something hidden from our senses, that there are subtler forces at work in our world than the ones we perceive, and that we should consider them. As they live their normal lives, children will begin to sense the existence of an inherent tie to nature, one which we, adults, have grown accustomed to overlook.
Children will still live their normal lives, except now they will know that there is a higher, systemic order, and this will provide them with a fuller consciousness, a broader outlook on life. They will no longer be frustrated and disoriented, and they will not need pop stars as role models. Instead, they will grow up finding their own paths to self-fulfillment.
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