The Kabbalah of Conscious Parenting (Part 2)

PART 2
Now you have a general idea of how the Tree operates in creation as a whole, in your child and in yourself. Let's consider how you can practically apply this to your parenting. We will go through this by making ten points, each associating with one of the ten spheres of the Tree.

1. Your job as a parent is not to impose your will on your child, but to follow God's will in how you relate to your child. Also, it is not to get your child to do what you want, but rather to help your child to connect with what God wants. To do this, you have to relate with your child in a certain way. You have to remain calm and centered enough to be in touch with your own core, because Kether occupies the deepest level of creation. When you react with much emotion, when you simply try to apply some theory of how to relate with your child, you cut yourself off from the deepest prodding impulses that come to you from the highest spiritual levels. Spending time in prayer and meditation can help you stay connected with Kether in your parenting. As you practice parenting from this deep level, by your example your child automatically learns how to connect with his or her higher spiritual guidance.

2. To know what to do in the midst of any given parenting challenge, go within. Within you emanates the Divine Wisdom of the Tree, guiding you in line with Divine Will. Be mindful of the fact that true wisdom exists in your child as well. You don't have to make your child wise. Your child is actually a manifestation of Infinite Wisdom. Your job as a parent involves helping your child to connect with his or her own wisdom so that your child can make responsible decisions without you needing to exert control. You do this by thinking of your child and yourself as intrinsically wise. By opening your heart and mind to higher wisdom's guidance when relating with your child, instead of habitually reacting based on your superficial likes and dislikes, you attune by you and your child to the perfect wisdom offering both of you the guidance you need to follow.