I was watching a conversation on one of the social networking sites the other day. It was most likely facebook as I do spend a considerable amount of time there sharing Seth’s words and posting things that I hope will remind others of how loved and wonderful they are. If we aren’t yet friends on Facebook please do join my page here.
So, as I was saying…the conversation that I was watching was centered on religion and children, I know, I know…one of those conversations that we all know we shouldn’t get into. I didn’t get into it instead choosing to watch others reactions and opinions.
Throughout, there was a common theme of opinion and it was this ‘parents should bring their children up in a religion, regardless of which one, so that their children have a basis of faith in which to live and that as they grow older they should then be allowed to embrace the family religion or move on to something that suits them better’.
Now once upon a time I would have agreed with this. In fact, I christened both my children into the Catholic religion because I believed that as a parent I had to do so in order to provide a faith based upbringing (and to get them into the private Catholic schools we have here in Australia, but don’t tell my priest OK).
Today I want to share with you a different perspective and ask you a question.
In the new age of Aquarius and the new ways of BEing that we, as a collective humanity, are entering, does this still hold true?
Is it really necessary for our children to be indoctrinated into a religion in order for them to grow up with faith and a moral compass?
I believe that my decision to have my children baptized came from my past conditioning and an old belief system that taught me to give my power away, and I gave it away to the religion that was chosen for me by my parents, who got it from their parents and so on and so on.
In this new evolution of humanity that is coming we are finally taking back our power, releasing our past conditioning and choosing what beliefs we hold onto and which we let go because they are no longer serving us.
The opinion that started this post is an old belief system and past conditioning and it is disempowering. Not only that, it is a judgement of myself as a parent and a giving away of my parental responsibility to give my children the life they deserve, free of ‘shoulds’, ‘musts’ and ‘have-to’s’.
I’m choosing to let go of this particular set of beliefs.
What do you think? Is this a belief that you have had and is it time to let it go or are you choosing to keep it?
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