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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

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One cause of the modern disregard of the standards of obedience, and the growing irreverence for parents, is the absurd idea that we have " chosen our parents,'' and they are only secondary after all. It seems strange that one must remind Theosophists that every child who receives even the average amount of care, owes a debt to its mother and father which the noblest work of service to humanity will hardly repay. The fact that a child possesses qualities which differentiate it from its parents, does not necessarily prove that it is an " old soul." The mysteries of prenatal influence have not yet been solved.

The true basis of reverence is love. Where love reigns, there will be no probability that the ideals of parenthood and sonship will be neglected. This answers the vexed question concerning prayer. Some have feared that if a child is not taught to repeat a prayer, and later the " Lord's Prayer," it may develop an irreverent spirit. But if a child is taught to love the immanent, omnipresent Father, if the mother talks with the child as she should, all these contingencies will be avoided. Admirable substitutes for conventional prayers may be found in the excellent compilation by Whittier, Child Life,¹ and in verses like the familiar

"Every day is a fresh beginning,
Every morn is a world made new," etc.

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