Daily Meditation: Wednesday, September 23, 1998

It is important to give children the sense of the divine …

09/23/1998

It is important to give children the sense of the divine world from a very early age. You can start by talking about the angelic orders, making sure you stay at the child's level. You would of course not start listing the Cabbalistic names of the Sephirotic Tree, but you can make them understand the notion of a hierarchy by saying: ‘Here you have the animals, and above them are human beings, who are more reasonable, more intelligent,' and you explain why this is. ‘And amongst human beings there are some who surpass the others in that they are better or wiser.' And the child acknowledges this is true. ‘So why would there not exist beings who surpass even the best and wisest of human beings?' The child agrees with this and this is how they begin to grasp the concept of the existence of angels, archangels, and all the entities of the spiritual orders. Children who have been brought up in this way will later see intelligence and life everywhere, and they will themselves become increasingly intelligent and alive.