Empower Your Children With Energy and Freedom

This article was originally published on the Celestine Vision website, September 2017.

During the year 2000, I was working as a secretary in a busy doctor’s clinic when I was given a copy of The Celestine Prophecy. Blown away by its content, I soon realized the profound effect my energy could have on other people and quickly became aware of how other people’s energy affected me.

As you can imagine, working in a medical centre, you don’t always see the best side of people in this job. When tempers ran high from long waits, I would often receive the brunt of their frustration – this negative energy affected me physically and emotionally, and I would often feel drained and depressed when I went home.

When I read James Redfield’s books, I learnt that I could negate negative energy and fill myself up with positive energy from nature and meditation. I learnt to focus on sending positive energy to those I interacted with and would often be pleasantly surprised with the change in someone’s attitude towards me. Abusive patients would often become calmer and even apologize to me for being rude or praise me for how hard I worked.

“We can assist each other in giving and receiving messages by projecting energy. When we uplift each other we avoid the competition of energy talked about in the Fourth Insight.” – Eighth Insight

As my positive energy was reciprocated when I sent it to those that seemed stressed and unwell, I began doing this in the supermarket, bank, and anywhere that I went. Even if I couldn’t see immediate results, I knew that I was helping. I felt stronger, calmer, and more in control of my life – and actually started to feel that my role in that clinic was transcending beyond booking appointments to helping people in an energetic way.

Relating the Eighth Insight to Children

One experience that I remember clearly whilst working in that surgery, was observing the exchanges between a mother and her daughter I came to know. When I asked this mother to take a seat, she would turn to her four-year-old daughter and say, “Where would you like to sit?” and I often felt surprised by how she would involve her daughter in making decisions. The doctor also told me she found it interesting how this particular patient discussed everything with her daughter as if she was an adult; when the girl needed to be weighed, this mother said it was her daughter’s choice as to whether she would like to stand on the scales or not. Everything was discussed with the child; the mother didn’t make decisions for her as if her daughter was incapable.

Remembering the characters from the Eighth Insight, Karla and her daughter, Mareta, we should keep in mind that it is possible to involve children in making decisions that affect them, and it empowers them if we guide them in their choices by giving them attention, love, and support.

Empowering Our Children With Freedom Of Voice

Revisiting the Insights as a parent has been a totally different experience for me – as if there is a whole other set of lessons available to learn. No doubt, it would be easier if our children always did as they were told, but as they grow and find their voice, we must expect that they will quickly learn to express their opinions. I remember when mine were toddlers finding their independence and they’d say “Me do!” when they were putting their shoes on or brushing their hair. This response often took a bit of patience and a deep breath to accept if I was in a hurry to be somewhere but, ultimately, I knew that their confidence would soar later on in life if I let them do things for themselves.

To empower children to have confidence in themselves and be the best that they can be, all they need is our love, patience, and praise. We must remember that our sons and daughters want to feel important and be heard, needed, safe, and loved – not ordered about.

Most children play up or explode with emotion when they’re not getting the attention or support that they need. This isn’t to say that as parents we don’t do our best for them; we may be juggling a busy life and several children – and, we, too, have melt downs when we feel exhausted and overloaded. Sometimes, we all need a ‘time out’ to gain energy and peace from the universe.

Children mostly gain their energy from us and this can leave us feeling depleted, but with time, they too will learn to gain energy from the source if we show them how. Personally, I like to meditate very early in the morning, and my children have learned to give me this time and they respect how I raise my own energy from communing with my Creator. I invite them to join in and take some deep breaths as we practice gratitude for the day, enjoying the plants in our garden. When you tap into the creative force of the universe first thing in the morning it sets you up to have a more prosperous day and ultimately be a healthier version of yourself.

Creating a kids’ garden where they have all their favourite plants, ornaments, rocks, and shells that they collect from the beach, can be a great way to allow them to have ‘their’ space to go and reflect. As they grow, we can encourage them to spend more quiet time in meditation to fill up their energy from the universe, but until they get there, it’s our job as parents and caregivers to send them energy and give them our praise and attention.

The Celestine Prophecy has been a guiding light in my parenting growth, and Karla’s example as a parent has always stayed with me, helping me to create a loving foundation of respect for my children. It helps to remind me that we are truly raising individuals, who will one day step out into this big world as adults, and we want to prepare them with the knowledge of how to receive and give energy on a daily basis as the need arises.

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