In this post: Read about two additional characteristics of spiritually aware children (spiritually conscious children; spiritually awakened children; spiritual children; intuitive children) – their ability to look at life with a high perspective and the need of spiritually aware children to connect with nature.
Spiritually aware children walk with an awareness that adults work hard to achieve and re-remember. This post is a part of a sequence of six posts focusing on the beautiful gifts spiritually aware children, offer.
(1) Wisdom
The first post in this sequence opened by trying to understand together the context of this discussion and the many questions behind it. We also stopped to ask what spirituality is. A question and definition underlying whether and how we can define our children as spiritually aware or not.
The first post also deepened the discussion of the first characteristic I felt should be brought to awareness: (1) The great wisdom spiritually aware children offer us.
This post focuses on two additional characteristics:
(2) Perspective
(3) The unity of spiritually aware children with nature.
(2) Perspective and spiritually aware children
What is perspective? And specifically that of spiritually aware children.
Let’s look at two of my clients as examples of perspective in their age-appropriate themes.
(all client cases presented anywhere on this website are always a case that represents several similar cases. This is important so that those of my readers who can track will not unintentionally see the fields and energy of these clients. Furthermore, parents and children of all the cases included in any case description have given their permission for inclusion).
Delilah is a nine-year-old girl.
Many of her school friends are starting to observe what the others wear, how they dress, their hairstyles. Delilah, too, likes to dress up and try different hairstyles.
But she sees it as a game.
Being comfortable in whatever she wears is more important to her than its exact current style. And she does not choose her friends by their ability to dress according to the recent trends.
While being a child, like any other, at the same time, she can clearly distinguish what is important (for her) and what is not. She enjoys dressing up, choosing her clothing, and so forth, but it does not become more important than other considerations. Such as, who is nice? Which other girls make her feel good? Or in what clothing does she feel comfortable and empowered? She goes to school in her joggers and simple shirt. Being comfortable is her priority.
It’s interesting to witness that often, the mothers, and sometimes also the fathers of these children, who know what feels comfortable to them, try to “help” their child dress in a more socially acceptable way, as they perceive conforming to social norms as a key to future success, while their children and teens know much better.
Graham, an 11-year-old boy, insists his parents recycle.
Graham is happy to get his older brother’s hand-me-downs, asking for used clothing instead of new, even on his birthdays. His mother shares that he has been like this since he could communicate his will. And now, at 11, he invites everyone to see the big picture of the environmental crisis that most of us still have a hard time facing.
Another characteristic of Graham reflects his ability to take a higher perspective.
As his mother shares: “When Graham’s older brothers, whom he adores, fight between them, he either looks at them with a loving smile or just goes to do something away from them. Once, we asked him about this, amazed at his ability to never fight with anyone. We hoped his brothers might learn something from what he answered.”
“After contemplating whether to share his perspective next to his brothers, he reflected that he does not see any reason to get into a fight over stuff, ‘We have so much, and others don’t,’ he said. He also told us that they are his brothers, and he loves them, and he does not wish to ‘ever ever ever’ fight with them.”
“’Mom,’ he added. ‘When I came, I chose not only you and Dad but also Conner and Josh.’
“Finally, he added that when Conner and Josh fight, their energy is not pleasant, which drives him away—helping him watch out for himself.”
Reading these examples, I hope you see where we are going here.
Spiritually aware children often walk with a different view of what happens around them. Either because they can experience a bigger picture, or because they are very sensitive to what is right for them. A fundamental attribute of awareness.
Learning to see the big picture. The forest, and not just one tree.
As adults, those of us able to take that extra step back and see the bigger picture often learned this ability over a long time and through many life lessons and challenges. And when we can take that higher perspective, we are doing so with intentional awareness.
For example, suppose we got fired from a job we thought we liked. When breathing into such a surprising situation, we will be able to see that when one door closes, another opens—assisting us in taking that deep breath needed for the new to evolve.
Our boss comes to the office in the morning and screams at everyone, and we can tell ourselves, in an aware way, “Something happened to her this morning, and this is not about me.” Hence, instead of being insulted, we may listen to her or reach out.
Children see their teacher upset, and they know so too. Those of them walking with an enhanced perspective can see beyond what is happening in that specific moment. Although they will not necessarily be able to express that in words.
Observing them, we will know that they do not take their teacher’s behavior personally. As they get older, and when a language of awareness and seeing the others’ point of view is reinforced in their upbringing, it will allow them to keep this beautiful ability and make their walk of life lighter.
There are numerous such examples of moments in which children can behave, perceive, or know something one layer beyond the visible. Distinguishing what is theirs. Hence, by holding a greater picture, mostly not in an aware way, they can walk life less harmed, as less is taken personally.
Perspective as inner guidance
This amazing ability to perceive the greater picture also serves them as inner guidance, and it keeps them walking aligned to their true self. Aligned to their essence, by not acting according to outside expectations when it is not right for them, but listening within and being loyal to themselves.
It helps them avoid collecting the many accusations that society offers all of us, of not being good enough or worthy. By their ability to distinguish what is related to them and what relates to others, and by seeing the greater picture of events, they can guard themselves from much unhealthy noise.
Limits of characterizing…
As with all the characteristics addressed in this sequence, their existence and the degree they are welcomed depend on the viewer’s eyes. We all come from different cultures and backgrounds, yet we all wish for our children to be happy. Opening up to their perspective and views may also guide us, their parents, in our parenting journey.
What examples can you share of your child, or students, walking with a higher perspective?
(3) Unity with nature
A second characteristic in this post is the unity spiritually aware children have with nature.
All children, all humans, can communicate with nature’s elements. Most spiritually aware children come with the potential for deepening connection. They need nature and flourish in its embrace.
In today’s fast-paced world, our communication with nature is often echoed in the “little” details of life. In the sense of expansion when purchasing or receiving flowers or plants, which is an entirely different sensation than buying or receiving a box of quality chocolates. In the expanded breath when seeing little animals, birds, or spots of green along our path.
Then, more profoundly, it is in the sense of expansion when looking out into the horizon, spending time outdoors, in the garden, park, or beach.
Every adult I know loved, as a child, to collect rocks or “just walk” through puddles along their way, if permitted. It’s an instinct stemming from ancient and profound human wisdom. The knowing that we are nature, and that nature is us. That without Mother Earth, our lives here are not possible. That Mother Earth and all of her creatures are created equally and are all worthy.
Spiritually aware children thrive on their connection with nature.
Spiritually aware children thrive on their connection with nature. They need it as they need food to nourish their growth and clean air to breathe. Apart from nature, they contract and lose a part of themselves. While out in nature and connected, they expand and become whole. In oneness. In unity. Walking the moment.
Spiritually aware children bring forth a connection to Earth. A relationship that many of us adults also had as children but have mostly forgotten. They connect to Earth and all of its elements. Caring for the soil, the rain puddle and a drop of rain, the small and large animals, the flowers, and the seeds.
When they are outdoors, something within them widens. They are more relaxed, calm, flowing, and graceful. If we were to look at their energy field, we would see that it clears and expands. Once their luminosity widens, they become lighter.
Don’t we all feel this way when we are outdoors in nature? In my practice, many families of spiritually aware children report that they see a completely different child when they are outside—witnessing a deep connection. Sometimes it is as if there is a conversation taking place. An intimate communication between their child and all that is around. With a tree they touch or the rock they ask to collect.
When we cultivate this connection our children bring, we gift them the association back to themselves. When outdoors and expanding, feeling lighter, or sensing the mounting joy—an inner joy of just being—we gift our children with a moment of remembrance. The remembrance of who they are—their luminous essence. So much more than their little dependent physical body.
Some may ask, do they need to remember? Wouldn’t you, as an individual, as a spiritual being yourself, prefer not to forget?
More on the invitation of our children for us, parents, to connect to nature here.
What is your experience when you are with your children in nature?
Summary
This was the second post, out of six, about spiritually aware children and who they are.
Read the first post, on wisdom HERE.
Read the third post, on (1) Technological Abilities (2) Being on a mission to ___, and (3) Being a lighthouse for others HERE.
Learn about my journey, and the insights it offers to parents in The Promise We Made: Three Universal Soul Promises We Made to Our Children 🙂
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We are so blessed by the children …. and by you, Efrat ❤️
Thank you Elizabeth!