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It is indeed sad to see how many young children
are exposed to such harsh behavior, and even worse that many
teens and parents are accepting this as an inevitable phenomenon
in life. It is discouraging that all the efforts taken such as
bully-awareness books, media attention, academic study and curriculum
additions have proved futile. Though the solution for stricter
supervision may help reduce the incidences, it would not remove
the root cause of this problem, namely, the basic attitude of
children to bully and to tolerate being bullied.
Since the basic attitude of bullying
and to accept being bullied stems from impressions in the subconscious
mind, one would need
a tool that is even more subtle and
powerful than the gross solution of supervision, to over come this attitude.
Incorrect impressions and personality defects such as these can be easily removed
by engaging in activities that develop virtues and divine qualities. Spiritual
practice is the key to developing divine qualities in an individual, thus enabling
the spiritual practitioner to be rid of such of defects and to develop the
strength to stand up to bullies.
Hence, if every child is introduced
to Spirituality at a very young age, then the question of our
children growing up to be
bullies or being mentally weak
and thus susceptible to bullying would not arise. One form of spiritual practice
that can be introduced to children that is simple and can be easily done
even at the age of three years old is repeating (chanting*) the
Lord’s Name.
Since this is done at the mind level, it not only helps develop the divine
qualities of Lord in the children, but also form a divine sheath
around them protecting
them from unforeseen perils such as bullying. |
