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Child's Upbringing
Eight Letter to Tahira
Tahira you are so naive. You are surprised over Saeeda who is about to be twenty and still talks like
child. This means that you think that a child's mind becomes mature as his or her body grows with age.
This notion is absolutely wrong and against the facts. If the mind, too, matures automatically like the
body then our society would be of a different (nature) altogether. All the troubles that you see in the
world are mostly due to the people whose bodies have matured, but their minds are still immature. The
world would still be safe if with the mind, the body, too, remains like that of a child, because if a child's
mind is immature, then his bodily strength and its potential of wielding power is quite limited, too. He
then cannot cause much destruction and bloodshed. But just think, if a body has the strength of a young
man and we, considering him to be an adult, give all the responsibilities in his care although mentally he
is immature, then what would the result be?
Body and Mind
The result would be the same which you saw in the movie "Frankenstein": The body of a giant and the
brain of a mad man, with the difference that in this case everybody considered that he was really mad.
But nobody considered a young man with an immature mind, as mad. He is considered to be a fully
conscious and a rational person. With this thought in mind he is given important responsibilities.
Afterwards, when he behaves like a child, we get upset. This condition is the first spark that disturbs our
peace of mind and tranquillity. This then leads to difference of opinion, which develops into conflicts
and conflict develops into strife. That child with a mature body neither wants to change his position, nor
does he want to change his attitude. In fact, changing his attitude is something he cannot do. If we have
given him powers which we cannot easily withdraw, then our helplessness poisons our whole system.
We sulk and cannot do anything about it. But if we, too, h