RAISING ENLIGHTENED CHILDREN

Bringing children into the world in our age of ignorance can be scary, and it seems that we need no less than a PhD in child psychology to successfully raise happy children.  Thom Knoles is the father of 8 children and has been raising his children for 37 years.  Thom addresses parenting from a place of enlightened understanding rather than a place of conflict.  We will discuss how to discover the character that your child is born with and brings into the world, and the parent’s role in cultivating and nurturing that character.  We will discuss practices for raising a child that is wise in an age of ignorance, and fearless in an age of trepidation.

Topics covered will include:

• Encouraging the wildness of childhood
• Helping your child discover their dharma and manage their karma
• Eliminating fear in the child and parent
• Carefully building your child’s identity
• Raising enlightened children in an age of ignorance
• Fear vs. loyalty based discipline
• Letting children go

SCHEDULE

This class is delivered in three 2 ½ hour sessions, usually delivered Friday evening, and Saturday during the day.  The class is offered at various times throughout the year and it does not need to be taken in sequence with any other course.  This class is conducted in a “semi-retreat” format, which means that students come together with an Initiator serving as the teacher and facilitator, listen to the lectures, then have a Q&A session with the class members and the Initiator.

PREREQUISITE

In order to participate in this class you must have taken INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION and be actively practicing meditation.

DATES

This class is offered at various times around the world by Meditation Initiators.  Please contact your Initiator, or see the CALENDAR for scheduled class dates.

FEE

This class is $500 US.  Payment for the class must be received at least 2 days prior to commencement of the class and payment can be made with cash, check or a major credit card.