The Daily Turn On! How children teach us about the Divine

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Did you know ... Children often experience the Divine in a far more vivid way than their older counterparts. In his book, The Secret Spiritual World of Children, Dr. Tobin Hart, Psychologist and Associate Professor of psychology at the State University of West Georgia, in Carrolton, GA, explores the fascinating and inspiring, other-worldly anecdotes from children. Tobin began his journey into the spiritual world of children when his then seven-year old daughter casually mentioned her angel that frequently visited her.

Children often talk about their "imaginary friends." Have you ever listened to your child talk to one of her friends? The details of the conversations are truly fascinating. Often these imaginary friends become evident to the parent years before the child can actually articulate the experience. Sadly, these friends become lost or forgotten as children age. What happens to make these "friends" go away. Perhaps, society trains children to desensitize themselves to the other-worldly.

In Tobin's book, children recount fascinating narratives of auto accidents, or "men dressed in gold" who caught a boy as he fell unharmed from a window three stories high. What is going on here, and why do children have these experiences more often than adults?

The message to Hart's book seems to be that by accepting our children's spiritual lives perhaps we can reawaken our own innate spiritual union with the Divine.

What experiences have you had with the "other side" that has had a profound impact on your perspective of spirituality?

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