How do I raise my new child astrally aware?

[Longhorn]

My first child, a girl, was born just a few weeks ago.  I have been attempting to develop my mental abilities for a few years now with some limited success.  I have read most of the literature re: OBE's, astral projection etc. (Bruce and Monroe are my favorites), and noticed that there isn't much discussion on how not to suppress the awareness that we often lose as we grow through childhood.  I don't want my daughter to have an unnatural childhood, but I also feel it is very important for her to be open to the worldview from an early age, that many in this forum know to be true.  Any suggestions on how to promote and encourage psychic/astral awareness in a healthy way would be appreciated.

[Tippycat]

This summer we joined a Unity Church, It's a non-traditional christian church. It highly encourages meditation (in every service), universal conscienceness, and living in the light. Our 9 year old daughter is head over heels in love with the church. She thinks it's wonderful to meditate and to go to her "happy place", she also seems to be more calm these days when dealing with friends and class mates.

[Logic]

I'd say it would be too early for many years.

[Syke]

I personally don't think it's ever too early.
Just don't make it out like it's a big and different thing. You could discuss dreams and what is possible with the mind maybe at breakfast each morning.

If you were to wait too long until you figured it was the 'right' time it might be too late. She might have too many outside influences on her and she'll just think the crazy parentals have been in the sun too long.
Whereas if she knows it's normal from the get-go it'll be fine.

[Logic]

It shouldn't be up to the parent to teach there kids such a thing, after all its their choice what to believe and it should remain that way without a heavy influence in any direction, good or bad.

[Longhorn]

Thanks for responding.  Logic, I wouldn't tell my daughter what to think, but I would certainly teach her how to think (for herself).  If you were raising your child Catholic, you would teach them all about Jesus and the bible. I wouldn't instruct them which way to vote, for instance, but I would keep them informed.  And like so many people have said in the books, I'm beginning not to "believe", but "know".

[astralspinner]

Encourage her to remember her dreams, instead of the typical "It was only a dream, forget about it" attitude.

Paying more attention to dreams increases your recall of them, your lucidity during them, and your chances of becoming fully lucid during them.

Just asking "what did you dream about last night?" in the mornings would probably be a big help.

[Longhorn]

astralspinner: I'll do that for sure, thanks.  In fact last night I was reading Far Journeys where Monroe describes being united with dozens and dozens of souls he didn't realize he had always known, and I dreamt that I was in a giant stadium where 80,000 of my best friends gathered to celebrate my birthday.  Obviously I don't have 80,000 friends let alone best friends, but in my dream I recognized and was so happy to see each one.  Incidentally, it is actually my birthday, but I honestly hadn't even thought about it, so who knows?

[halfphased]

I was recently thinking about this posts and an idea popped into my head.

If you are able to consicously project then I would start interacting with the child in the astral as early as possible.  You could even start when the child was in the womb.  Project to their crib and hold their etheric body in your astral arms, etc.  This would reinforce the experience of the astral very early on.  Try and meet with them every night or day or whenever you want to project.

Not to say that such interaction does not take place.  It seems likely that such interaction does take place, but we just don't remember it.  

I can imagine children who had interaction with their parents in the astral from early on might just be able to be aware of the physical and astral at the same time...

You'll be starting at an early age before they have been taught to believe that such experiences are not possible.  Plus, you'll be there to confirm their experiences.  As oppossed to telling your kid that their invisible friend is not real, you'll get to be their invisible friend

Makes me want to master projecting and have a kid so that I can try this out.

[Chimerae]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

As a child raised "astrally aware" I am FREAKING OUT reading this questions.  So take what I say with a grain of salt, considering that context.

Ahem.

Children are born awake and aware and learn to ignore and to refrain from behaviors.  Children are BORN astrally aware.  

Much of the problem with the pursuit of spiritual truth as an adult is UNlearning early conditioned lessons.

Kids have natural development stages spiritually, just like they do physically, mentally, and emotionally.

I'd like to suggest that it's possible that nobody but your child knows how you can raise your child astrally aware.

Because of my own scary childhood and its consequences, I'd like to point out that astral practices that are appropriate for adults are not necessarily appropriate for children.  You wouldn't let a two year old play in the middle of a busy street nor would you send your infant alone to a rock concert.  Yet, with every benevolent intention, well meaning adults do just those sort of things to their own much beloved children.

What if you let your child teach you?  What if you took the opportunity to touch your own natural awareness as you followed her through her own natural experience, honoring what she sees as real all the while helping her to understand that there are human sets of social rules that while perhaps not so important on a cosmic level are as important as following the rules of a game -- they let everyone play together nice without tipping over the game board.

Or I might just be speaking out of my own woundedness.  

Huzzah for your little one to have a parent who cares so much!

[Astral-Jas]

Oh yeah and remember, encourage the immagination. ANYTHING in the immagination is possible. The chair you sit on was in someones mind as an invention. Work with dreams like the others said, thats good. Meditating can't hurt...