World Wide Perspective: The Center of the Wisdom of the Soul
As we grow, develop and mature as human beings, we are under the influence of our parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, neighbors and teachers. They help scaffold our learning and awareness. They can become the friction that polishes our rock, so to speak! They carry our rocks downstream, until we can stand on our own two feet! They get us to the goal, which is independence and a sense of freedom, secure that we have the skills, knowledge and maturity we need, going forward. Once on our own, we take that accrued and applied wisdom, knowledge and awareness and continue on our own towards even greater development and awareness, if we remain open and willing to learn! We can unconsciously or subconsciously become our parents ideas of us or become what we think they would prefer until or unless we continue to transform through greater growth and aspiration. As we go, we can attach and identify with various aspects of ourselves that will most likely relate to mom or dad, a grandpa