Gurudev, how do I explain the concept of love to my young children? I found it very easy to relate to God, but the same doesn’t apply to my children.
In the Upanishads there is a story, an 8 year old boy asks his father, ‘Daddy, what is God like?’ So the father took his child outside the house and asked him, ‘What was there before this house was built.’
The child said, ‘Empty space.’
The father asked, ‘Where does the house stand now?’
The child said, ‘In the space,’
‘And if the house is not there anymore, what will remain there?
The child said, ‘Empty space.’
Then the father said, ‘That is what God is.’
Young children may not understand that everything is made up of just one thing (referring to space). So, use your creativity and convince them or get convinced by whatever they say.
