Mom's 18-Point iPhone Rules for Son
my rejoinder
All said
and done gadgets are gods even if we don't worship them, at least we cannot do
without them [we all use them when every other logical and illogical things
fail and when we are alone and incapable of facing our own self];
Technology
is religion it can be both good and bad depending on how we use it and it is
also capable of offering both good and bad;
Putting
the gadgets to the best utility to enhance one's understanding
and learning of the intrinsic facts and truths with a scientific approach
unpolluted by any outside influence or biased conditioning with proper attitude
by seeing gadgets as a better means and not as an end in itself is the
science of modern day spirituality.
All
scientific and technological advancements and utilities have been primarily
intended to improve life and understanding and by all means let us use them and
master them but not allow them to master us.
I vote
for marrying technology and science. At least we are face to face with facts
and deal with known elements rather than claims and counter claims as in the
case of religions.
However
much Moms and Dads try to control, remote control or direct the lives of their
children out of their real heartfelt concern, the fact is every life at the
basic level is mere body mind organism and at a higher level each life
manifests the doings of the impersonal universal self or soul whatever you call
it or label it as it operates through its own logic which is beyond
[it could be beneath or above] normal human logic or understanding.
So
ultimately each life makes its own imprints. Sometimes as a coincidence it
could happen as per the wishes of parents but not necessarily always.
I always
believe JK's wisdom of allowing the 'inward flowering' to take place and
silently perform our duties as parents according to our limitations and love
and mostly according to their [our children's wishes and wants as
after all we want to see our children happy, peaceful and free.
Discipline
is an inner stuff and it grows with a sense of responsibility [response-
ability] and personal experience and understanding and self
realization the hard way and can never be imposed externally, at
least with me it has never worked.
Parenting
after donating a sperm and leasing a womb and initially taking care of the
physical well being of the Child is all about weaving meaningful and mutually
respectable relationships psychologically factoring in many socio-cultural
changes and the generational differences. All of these are easily said than
done because the emotional bonds and the innate parental expectations will
mostly cloud many things and project only our interests, intentions prompted by
our notions of their [our children’s] well being.
Wiser parenting, in my personal opinion is
involving without interfering, motivating with manipulating, allowing
independent and interdependent individual growth to unleash its own
melodies rather than orchestrating to our tunes.
Impersonal Universal self [with whatever
nomenclature - God, Soul, Divinity etc- we want to believe in or disbelieve in
it totally] which operates through each body-mind organism will take care of
the appropriate harmony.
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