Sharing Rupert’s Book for Children

A woman asks how to introduce Rupert’s children’s book to her nine-year-old grandson who gets frustrated when things don’t go his way. Rupert suggests simply letting him read it and look at the illustrations, allowing the meaning to bypass his rational mind and go straight to his heart. If the child struggles but shows interest, she might explain concepts like how feelings of sadness or loneliness visit us but aren’t who we are. However, if he’s not interested, Rupert advises not pushing it but rather modelling the qualities of ‘unwavering love’ and ‘imperturbable peace’ through her own being. This embodied example will plant a seed that may flower later in the child’s life, when he might recognise, perhaps decades hence, that his grandmother had always been demonstrating the presence he eventually discovers in himself.

From event 09 - 16 March, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mercy Center, 9–16 March 2025

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