Religious Education
I don’t think Religion should EVER be a part of school life, but I think an exploration of the spiritual is definitely something that should be there. Show the child there is exploration of the non-physical and let them look if they want. I don’t know what insights might come from allowing youngsters to explore the world they are so close to (as compared to adults0 but to me, that should be the purpose of awakening minds - whole new worlds could open if we get developing minds working on things without having to first fight through the hide-bound rules that get imposed on them by twelve years of authoritative training.
Where might humans be if we’d been allowed to explore, with guidance solely for safety and skills, the world around us as we grew? If we hadn’t had repressive systems mandating not only what we could learn but placing limits on what it is allowed to mean? How many times has humanity been held back, repressed and diverted from knowledge that has flowered later when it burst finally through the dogma, falsehoods and fixed ideas of those interested solely in keeping people under their control? Where might the mental sciences be if there hadn’t been the systematic slaughter of all who showed the slightest sign of psychic or other paranormal abilities - abilities we ALL experience even now at low level?
The Prussian model of education was never designed to free the mind nor develop the utmost capability in children. It was designed to remove the will, crush the free expression, stifle the creativity and produce obedient cannon-fodder. And worse, those who took it and mandated it into the Western societies knew this to be the case.
April 28th, 2009 at 5:04 am
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