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here is a spectre haunting the world.
Go to any dinner party, any gathering around
the barbecue, any place where adults gather,
and the conversation is just as likely to turn
to the problem of children these days.
They can’t spell, they can’t add up, their
noses are buried in their electronic devices,
they can’t speak in complete sentences.
Worse, they have no resilience, no sense of
proportion. Their grandfathers stormed the
beaches of Normandy, they collapse if they
don’t get the cinnamon sprinkles on their
latte; robust debate was the meat and drink
of a previous generation, now people find
they can’t sit down to a Thanksgiving dinner
with family.
Is this just another example of how each
generation always thinks the next is weak
and fragile? Do the anecdotal stories of
young men who can’t get themselves off
the couch, and young women crying when
their boss corrects their spelling indicate
something fundamental has gone wrong?
If it has, the first question is: What has
happened? And the second, and more
important question is, what to do about it?
So, what has gone wrong? Much ink has
been spilt on this question, but the basic
answer is that people have forgotten who
they truly are. They have lost connection
with the limitless consciousness within. As
a result, there is a rise in fear and insecurity
in society.
Hence a bright, intelligent, capable young
man or woman can go to pieces over
something minor. They lack the depth of
About
T
SARAH MANE
Sarah Mane has been studying Sanskrit
since she was a teenager. Today she
teaches
practical
self-awareness,
philosophy, meditation, and Sanskrit
to both children and adults. Sarah also
coached individual clients and business
professionals all over the world. A few
years ago, seeing the crying need in the
world, she was inspired to take all she has
learned and reformulated it into a simple,
enjoyable, and practical program.
Conscious Confidence: Use the Wisdom
of Sanskrit to Find Clarity & Success is
her first book from Findhorn Press.
Learn more at www.sarahmane.com
self-knowledge and the emotional literacy
to deal with the normal ups and downs of
life. Their confidence is egg-shell thin, and
cracks at the smallest opposition. There has
been a hollowing out from within.
So what can we do? Let’s look at a few
suggestions from the ancient wisdom
traditions.
Plato (the ancient Greek philosopher), tells
us that children should be cured of self-will
by three years old, and fear by six. He tells
us that the natural discipline and guidance of
the mother first, and then the father as well,
will do this. This implies that if there is no
such focused intervention then the child will
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