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Originally posted by Edi
I don't think this is what Mayatnik said and meant; I would see it in this way: any possible problems that could arise from such 'invisible friends' can only be dealt with properly if it's possible to talk openly about such things and if the parents try to understand what the child percieves. It is necessary that a child can trust his parents, that everything can be talked about. So from this point of view, it is not about encouraging children to 'contact invisible friends', but about having an open-minded understanding about such things in society in general. This open-mindedness dictates a big part of how the family can deal with such things, NOT concealing things behind fear and conditioning, but trying to understand and help the child.
I agree about being open-minded and im sure a large majority of parents are (unless you or Mayantick know otherwise). But that wasn't the entire impression i got from what he was saying. He and his guide say that Telepathy is a natural ability (and i don't necessarily disagee with that) and gave an example of how children possibly have this ability by referring to "invisible friends" that they talk to. He then went on to express (as i think you are also saying in a sense) that this natural ability is 'dampened' due to the conditioning by parents.
My question still stands to Mayatnik and his guide though if they think children should be encouraged to talk to these "invisible friends" via their supposed telepathic ability. If this is not what he meant then i'm sure he will speak for himself, but i would still like to know his answer to my question.
The reason i ask is because he seems to disagree with the way some parents "knock it out of them" (i.e. the Telepathic ability to communicate with 'invisible friends'). If he does disagree then the other option would be to not "knock it out of them" which was the impression i got from his words.
It must be stated, of course, that just because a child has an "invisible friend" doesn't necessarily mean there is anything there but their own imagination.