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Vol. 3, Education
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1. The Education of the Infant
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Silence
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Vol. 3, Education
1. The Education of the Infant
Silence
When an infant reaches the age of two or three years, it is most beneficial if it is taught a moment of silence. But one might say, "How can a silence be taught?" A silence can be taught by attracting an infant's attention very keenly, and this can be done by rhythm. When you make a certain noise by clapping your hands or by making a rhythm, and when you attract the attention of an infant fully, then if you wish it to be inactive, you can hold it in an inactive condition for a moment; and that can do a great deal of good. It could become a kind of religious or esoteric education from infancy. If an infant can keep his eyes from blinking, and his breath and the movement of his hands and legs suspended for one moment, it accomplishes even at that age a meditation.
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