Rethink and recreate the family
In Waldorf Pedagogy we learn to know the child, to every human being, through the various planes of your being. Thus we know that he has a physical body and that during the first seven years this little body is shaped by the individual inner forces of each child and also by the impressions he receives from the outside.. We know that from the 7 years or so until puberty is the vital or etheric body, with memory, rhythm, art… what creates the basis for your future; also that of the 14 until the 21 the soul or astral body, the body of emotions, thinking is increasingly individualized so that when reaching the 21 the Self can be master of itself and begin its path of development and self-education. Four “bodies”, four “planes” of your being: physicist, vital or etheric, psychic or astral and the I.
The human being as a physical organism is thus quadripartite.
Have you ever thought that every social organism made up of human beings could have the same constitution as its components??
For example, the family.
Let's put it with a capital letter because of the importance of this social organism as it is the cradle of every human being.. Whatever the “form” that the social organism of the Family takes, we have discovered that we can also distinguish in it the four planes of its being..
- a physical body: the physical facilities of the house, the furniture, outer space, the surrounding environment…
- A vital essence, etheric that manifests itself in the various activities and processes and in the formation of the community of life. This work of forces is manifested in the dominant temperament different from the temperaments of its members..
- A soul or astral element in which every feeling lives, will and thought. These qualities are provided by the members of the Family. It is the family “climate”.
- The I. The truly spiritual thing about a house, the ideals, that superior life that guides us in the earthly will, something very typical of each Family that gives it its individual nuance, its personality as a group different from all others.
It is very interesting to observe our Family as a living organism. Truly, the life of the Home can only be truly encompassed in all its being if we manage to unite in a conscious way with these constituent bodies..
In order to create an environment in which the person can be a person according to their individual being., Adults must know what elements must come together in the Home.. There is no right or wrong here.. The path is individual, there lies the revolution, patterns from outside are of no use to us. Adults in each Family must find what is appropriate for THEIR Family.
If we reflect on the house, the processes in it, the relationship between its members, your ideals... we will begin to walk an individual path Familiar, a path of Family consciousness.
We invite you to do so!
For Mari Carmen García Baños