Having opened a yoga school 3 years ago, working day and nice with
fierce passion, finally finding what feels like my dharma, up to this point
anyway….a few things have been neglected. For example, romantic vacations with
the hubby where we lay in the sand half naked and drinking margaritas all day.
now involve me teaching yoga in tropical
places, having discussions on
dharma, artha, kama, and moksa, and entertaining a group of yogis all week long. Great stuff but can take a little of
the spark away! Family vacations have also fallen to the wayside, and my 6 year
old was starting to question this, reminding me, that we promised we would go back to Disney when she was 6 and her
sister was 3, three years ago. She was right on schedule, and I wanted to be
truthful to her, because to me, the number one rule in parenting, is
to follow through with your word.
I looked up from my computer and told her to pray about it because we
didn’t have enough money right now, but if she prayed and believed it would
most likely work out.
Less than a month later we have our room booked and we are
driving to Disney next week. Wow, powerful manifestor, these little ones are. I
want to teach her to have faith and that she is a co creator, but how do I make
sure I do not cross the lines into the spiritual materialism many of us have
encountered over the past decade.
Other comments I have heard this week are “Me and God did
this.”-Cool she sees herself as a co-creator!! And then… “Mom, some kids don’t
know Jesus…. Or Santa Claus..”
STRIKE. There is
was, the confusion that I knew would kick in at some point coming from a family
of Yogi/Philosophers who are more
spiritual than religious, having an evangelical Christian grandmother, and
an Atheist Grandfather who was mocking me in my head since I heard the
statement comparing Jesus to Santa Claus.
I went from teaching her to have faith and being a
co-creator, to teaching that God is like Santa Claus, oh and by the way you
will find out once day that all adults are big LIARS. Even though my #1 parenting advice is truthfulness. All I could in that moment, surrounded by the image of my
family (in my mind) laughing, shaking
their heads in disapproval of what a lousey mother I was, was to look her deep in
the eyes, lump in my throat, and say,” well honey they are not really the same
thing.” Thankfully the comments
stopped there, for now.
I have since decided that all I can teach her is to be
strong in her relationships. Her relationships with Faith, with God, and with
the Gifts we receive.
I paid off my car last week and received an overpayment
check of .02 Cents. My husband laughed, and almost threw it away. To me it was
important to make the trip to the bank and deposit that check because it
represents my relationship with receiving gifts and abundance in my life. We shouldn’t reject the gifts that come
into our lives, we should go to the source of the gift with Gratitude weather
it is from Santa, the Bank, or the Divine. It always goes back to the Divine. I will continue to
teach my daughters the Truth, and that is, when we are Grateful and Faithful we
just may discover our strength and feel a glimpse of just how much we are Loved.
As for the Santa Myth, I will deal with that later.
