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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION EVERY CHILD IS UNIQUE. That's such an obvious statement that it's almost unnecessary to say. However, we usually speak about the uniqueness of our children by describing what they "do." This manual is designed to help you understand the uniqueness of your child's essence: the being-ness rather than the doing-ness. In addition to this manual, our reference text for this material is The Invisible Garment: 30 Spiritual Principles that Weave the Fabric of Human Life (available at www.generosityincorporated.com). In it, author Connie Kaplan makes the radical suggestion that each person "signs a life contract at the moment of birth," a contract containing a specific group of spiritual principles (or influences), and that throughout our lives we "wear" these principles like an invisible undergarment which constantly informs, guides, and girds us. The model that we have come to call the garment pattern represents the individual's promise to (or contract with) life. This way of thinking suggests that each of us is born to deliver a gift to the world through our beingness. While that gift is primarily defined by one principle (the Sun principle) all of the principles in our contract work together to create a distinctive life pattern. Other systems preach that we are here to work out karma, to be in school and learn lessons, or to fulfill our individual destinies. This system is simpler. It states that we are unique configurations of spiritual energy, here to let Life live itself through us. Our life experiences are the forms through which Spirit delivers the gifts of the soul into the realm of form. You will need to have The Invisible Garment on hand in order to make use of this manual, because we refer often to the Thirty Principles described there, without much explanation. What we can tell you here is how to construct the picture of your child’s garment as we will focus on it in this book. http://www.generosityincorporated.comshapeimage_3_link_0
DESCRIPTIONS AND EXAMPLES EACH CHAPTER IN THIS MANUAL will consist of a description of the topic under discussion and will give one or more specific examples so that you can concretely understand our topic. The basic text is written by the authors, but we have also included descriptions and examples from parents who took a course with us based on the material. We have not used names and are intentionally not identifying the participants or their children for obvious reasons, but we have taken care to be faithful to the messages they have shared with us. WAYS TO WITNESS IN EACH CHAPTER we will also make some suggestions about how to witness (i.e., observe) your child's principles at work in his or her life. It's hard to really “see” your child because a parent's eyes are often not “clear.” We see either through "rose-colored" glasses, or we see through eyes that are far too critical and controlling. Perhaps one of the most valuable aspects of this work is learning to see a situation by looking at the principle rather than looking directly at behavior. WAYS TO SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO WITNESSING our children, it's equally important to support them properly. We will offer suggestions about how to do this, and we will share wisdom with each other on the discussion forum. EXERCISES EACH CHAPTER ENDS WITH SUGGESTIONS of how to put this information to work in your parenting style. Some of the suggestions may not be applicable to your situation, as you would obviously make different adjustments based on the child's age and specific life circumstances. In addition to this manual, it will be helpful for you to own a copy of Connie Kaplan's book, The Invisible Garment. You will want to refer to it often as you contemplate the meaning of your child's contract with life.

A Manual for Spiritual Parenting

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A Manual for Spiritual Parenting

by Connie Kaplan with Tamar Frankiel, is now available as an e-book for only $5.95 (116 pages).  Based on an online class, incorporating the discoveries and insights of many parents, this book shows you how to use the Thirty Principles to parent your child from a spiritual perspective - and how to grandparent, and even how to re-parent yourself.  In addition, this update of Connie's work shows how to understand the formation of the personal ego, and how to use your astrological placements to understand your and your child's relationship to the larger world.

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