Spiritual parenting is about the intention to love, support and guide our child or children to what is best for them on all levels - body, mind, emotion and spirit. We divinely create these beautiful beings with Goddess's grace, birthing them into the world.
We cannot hold onto our children nor impose our visions upon them as they have their own paths, their own visions. Spiritual parenting teaches me to let go of my own limiting beliefs about what I think is best for my children.
Loving my three children has been the easy part of parenting for me these last thirty-four years. Spiritual parenting them has been quite a challenge, though. It involves much praying, asking for guidance from the Divine and understanding the inspired message of Kahlil Gibran in "Children" from the book "The Prophet."
Children
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."
And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
As I read "Children" once again I am reminded to let go and allow my arrows to live their lives, sometimes fall on their face, be there to comfort them and to cheer them on as they soar once again with the grace of their own Higher Power leading the way. Thank you beloved Father, Mother God for blessing me with three arrows, my teachers.
Read my related posts:
Surrendering
Let Go and Let God
Love
Daily Prayers
Prayers for Protection
Namaste
Love & Blessings,
Maureen
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About the Author
Maureen Brennan Mercier has been a Metaphysician for over 27 years and has helped many people in all areas of their lives. While taking a meditation class in the summer of 1983, Maureen discovered her gift of channeling and began her spiritual journey.
Maureen's new found connection with her higher power helped her through the tragic death of her husband only weeks later.
Raising two children alone and overcoming other challenges throughout her life has give
Maureen more strength, compassion and emotional intelligence. Her love of people and her great passion for life continually inspire her work.
Meditation Classes
Maureen teaches meditation classes using simple guided imagery and channels spiritual guidance for the group, which is uplifting. Each person is able to ask a personal question at the end of the meditation and receive specific spiritual guidance for their life journey. The energy during the meditation is very loving, compassionate and nurturing which is healing in itself.
Intuitive Readings & Spiritual Guidance
Intuitive Readings are based on the client's questions about relationships, career issues, emotional issues, health issues, attitudes and beliefs, loved ones who have passed on and more. Maureen goes into a meditative state where she accesses specific guidance in answer to the questions being asked. The channeled information she receives during and intuitive reading is spiritual, yet very practical. After a reading with Maureen, individuals feel more relaxed, reassured and more positive about their lives.
Reiki Training & Reiki Healing
In September 1992 Maureen received her first degree Reiki training. After years of practicing Reiki healing in small groups, workshops, centers, and retreats throughout the United States, Maureen received her second degree Reiki and Reiki Master Degree in August 1999.
Gratitude
Maureen is extremely grateful for the gifts of healing she has received over the years and is committed to being a channel of LOVE, GUIDANCE and HEALING. Her life's work is about assisting individuals with their healing, spiritual growth and the remembrance of who they truly are - DIVINE.
Further Reading
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Distinguishing Vital Vibrations from Soul Vibrations
we tend to attribute passion, motivation, charisma, energy to the soul, but most of the time, these are expressions of the energy of the vital nature, perhaps tinged by the soul's influence to some degree.
October 7, 2026
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Is It Possible for the Mind to Recognise the Presence of the Soul in Another Person?
perceiving the action of the soul by the mind is only possible under specific conditions.
October 7, 2026
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Changing the Driving Force of Action from the Mind and Vital Nature to the Psychic Being and its Guidance
the spiritual seeker works to overcome the pressure and habits of the external nature driven by the desires of the vital and ambitions of the mind, by contacting and following the quiet guidance of the soul
October 6, 2026
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Listening to the Voice of the Soul Rather Than the Voice of the External Mental and Vital Nature
The mental and vital elements of the being work together to fulfill the desires. The knowledge base used is by reference and is limited. The solution is to shift to the standpoint of the soul which is capable of 'knowledge by identity'
October 4, 2026