Spirituality of Parenting

The approaches of the western world on parenting is motivated or energized by popular psychology which as you know is the study of the mind. It is a PASSIVE one. This approach takes into consideration that the mind of the child is the source of his/her existence and must be given ample space and liberty to develop. And so, the child is seen as self-existent as a matter of speaking. In this case, the parent does not have much personal responsibility for the child's progression. The parent, needless to say, spectates in parenting also. It is abstract.

The Eastern perspective is very much the opposite. It is very concrete. In the Eastern approach or the Scriptural/ Spiritual approach, the mind or brain of the child is not the source of his/ her existence, but the pneuma (spirit) that energizes what psychology refers to as the mind. The spirit of the child is the source of the child's intelligence, capabilities, and abilities. For the intelligence, capabilities, and abilities of the spirit to bear fruit, two things are very much required

#1. The spirit is trained to be single-minded. For this to happen, the spirit must be ACTIVELY trained to walk strictly by the principles of love which translates to respecting the dignity of all creation (i.e. ensuring that no creation is being used outside of its intended context and that everything that is said and done contributes to the dignity of all creation i.e. people, place, animal, plant, things). Principles are to the spirit what walls are to a water channel. These principles become the lens through which the child would see the world.

For that reason Proverbs 1:3 reads receive instruction in wise behavior and the DISCIPLINE of wise thoughtfulness, righteousness, justice, and integrity;

Also, Deuteronomy 6:6-7

The double-mindedness of the spirit creates stagnation which shows itself in multiple forms, in some cases, developmental issues. The single-mindedness of the Spirit allows progression and development which translates into development of intelligence.

It is for this reason Proverbs 5:23 reads:
He will die for lack of instruction (DISCIPLINE), And in the greatness of his foolishness, he will go astray and be lost.

Proverbs 23:13 Do not withhold DISCIPLINE from the child; If you swat him with a reed-like rod [applied with godly wisdom], he will not die.

N.B. Death and its manifestations in the Wisdom Literature is attributed to a lack of spiritual management/ Discipline.

And, requirement #2. The spirit is filled with knowledge/ information. What food is to the body, information and reasoning is to the spirit. The more information is sowed into the spirit, the more intelligence is revealed. Intelligence is defined as the ability to or skill of applying knowledge. Therefore, the revelation of the intelligence of a spirit is limited to the knowledge sown into it. But, the benefit of the knowledge input is highly dependent on the training of the spirit.

This is standard.

The interesting part about this is that once these principles are set and maintained anything that the spirit encounters that is contrary to this discipline, it sees as wrong and cannot accept. And if it persists, the spirit is stirred into irritability or anger. This is what is called in Scripture, indignation.
All of this translates into parenting. The integrity of the parent, in this case, trains the child. The parent's integrity is what allows or disallows the actions or behaviors of a child regarding love (as expressed above).

This is not taught in our western world. It is not even known.

But MOST IMPORTANTLY, the Eastern or Scriptural perspective of parent-child relationship is that the Parent has authority over the child. Whatever a spirit (in this case the parent) has authority over, it spiritually extends itself over so that the thing (in this case the child) is in the energetic field of the spirit and the influence of the energy of the spirit (of the parent). This naturally brings the child into an innate instinctive submission to the parent in infancy. Also, due to that connection, a parent will also know instinctively if something is wrong with their child. This connection does not only allow energy to be communicated from child to parent but also from parent to child. Because of this a child also instinctively knows to a certain extent what the integrity of the parent will allow. What they are not instinctively sure about, they will test.

AGAIN, this is not known in the western world. The western world is psychology driven, not Pneumatology driven. Also because of that discipline is frowned upon by the professional Psychologists from which society takes information from.

Introducing: The Pneumatologist and the Alchemy of the Divine Energeia

What is Alchemy?  More importantly, who and what are the Sons of the Divine Spirit of the Universe? These are the first and most vital questions to be answered before a study of the following pages should be undertaken. If the reader has no previous knowledge of these subjects not even through conscientious study of these subjects, the answers to the above questions will have little to no significance.

To the first question, Alchemy has three basic definitions.  For the purpose of this work we shall refer to only two of the three i.e. a power that changes or transforms something in a mysterious or impressive way; and, an inexplicable or mysterious transmuting. Within the context of this book we formally recognize this power referred to in the definition, as the Spirit, which is Energy, Breath, Mental Disposition which we all acknowledge to be one and concurrently the same and not individual components of ‘Spirit’. The context of Alchemy in this work is therefore not limited nor confined to physicality but Spiritual Alchemy. 

To the second question, a Son of the Divine Spirit of the Universe is either a male or a female individual that by means of expressed consent to divine contract with the Divine Spirit of the Universe (who is all, and in all), and in conformance with the same, formally renounces their pre-existing identity (a descendant of Earthly man ) by embracing the personal identity of the Heir of the Divine Spirit of the Universe, (Spiritual descendant of God), resulting in a supernatural change of spirit, energy, nature, for that of God’s.  

This is in fact birth for the individual into the lineage and race of Gods making them One and the Same Joint-Spirit with the Heir of the Divine Spirit of the Universe as Brother, and the Divine Spirit of the Universe as Father. By contractual conformance of personally identifying with Him in the status of Heir, the individual simultaneously shares the Heirs pre-existing covenantal identities which results in you as Joint-Heir becoming a beneficiary to the Gift of the Powerful Divine Spirit of the Universe.

It must be understood that in this context, there are two genera of men on the face of the Earth presently, Earthly man and Supernatural Heirs of the Divine Spirit of the Universe, the body of Earthly men and the body of Heirs of the Divine Spirit of the Universe, the race of Earthly men and the race of Heirs of the Divine Spirit of the Universe. 

The race of Earthly men, by virtue of their mindset, is spiritually limited.  The race of Divine Heirs, on the other hand, by virtue of their mindset is Spiritually supreme. 

The Pneumatologist and the Alchemy of the Divine Energeia is principally for all of the race of the Heirs of the Divine Spirit of the Universe who are out rightly not certain of themselves or just not very settled about the parameters of their divine contract or the parameters of their Heirship, as well as, the mechanics of their Alchemy.

 
Those that are of the race of Earthly man can also benefit from the spiritual mechanics found in this book but their spiritual abilities will not function in the same capacity as of the race of Heirs of the Divine Spirit of the Universe. If you would like to experience the power that this book explains, joining the race of Divine Heirs is as easy as simply identifying yourself with the Heir of the Divine Spirit of the Universe. 

This by no means is a religious matter that comes with routine practices. Anyone can personally identify with the Heir of the Divine Spirit of the Universe and function through Him without religious and rule-keeping obligations. Rule-keeping systems do not supersede existential reality.