Who is giving unschooling advice?

I received a copy of this by e-mail, because I was a member of that unschooling page, and my facebook settings sent mail.

From someone I will call Living Lightly (though that wasn't the real name, it was kind of like that, though not quite that clever or alliterative).

Living Lightly

"Babies Are Thinking and Attracting Before They Are Speaking... Even though you are only months old in your physical body, you are a very old and wise creator focused in that baby's body. And you came with powerful intentions to experience contrast and to launch clear rockets of desire into your Vibrational Reality for the purpose of expansion. People often assume that because a child is not yet offering words, the child could not be the creator of its own experience, but it is our promise to you that no one else is creating your experience. Children emanate Vibrations which are the reason for what they attract - even from their time of birth."

--- Abraham

Is this page more about unschooling or about channeling and vibrations? It's hard to tell when there's not a sidebar intro or purpose or owner listed. I don't think this "Abraham" is an unschooling parent, and things like this aren't as helpful to unschoolers as plain ideas in normal English: "And you came with powerful intentions to experience contrast and to launch clear rockets of desire into your Vibrational Reality for the purpose of expansion "

Wow. Thanks for your strong opinion and input Sandra. I created "[this unschooling page]" recently (very recently, I'm still creating) out of passion and love of free thinking. My family has always learned through our own natural life experiences. I am just glad that I have found a group of people who do the same and truly understand what "learning" is all about. I personally feel that "vibrations (energy)", the Universe and "unschooling" are all connected. You can't possibly have one without the other. I apologize I haven't gotten around to putting up a "sidebar intro, purpose or owner listing" (does that bother you that much that you had to point it out!). The folks who operate "Abraham-Hicks" have one child. How was that child raised/educated? I'm not sure, nor does that even matter. I find the words (not everything they write, but most) of "Abraham-Hicks" to be powerful, creative and inspiring. Creativity and inspiration go hand in hand with "unschooling". Period. I didn't create this group to come out here and "educate" people about unschooling (clearly that's more of your area), but rather share ideas and feelings and also meet some amazing people along the way. When you said, "things like this aren't as helpful to unschoolers as plain ideas in normal English" it just shows me that your ideas and views of "NORMAL" and unschooling are perhaps slightly different than mine. And that's fine by me. ♥ Sending you light and love on this beautiful day. :)

You know who I am, but I don't know who you are. That does kind of bother me. If I posted as "WonderMother" or "HappyLifewithKids" and people had no idea whether I had unschooled or not or who I was, would it make any difference?

There are MANY families who have unschooled richly and well without the writings of those who channel "wisdom" from elsewhere. To me it does matter whether others unschool. If this is an "unschooling experience" list that isn't intended to be about unschooling experiences, that would be good for readers to know.

Or maybe name it something about Abraham, so those who aren't interested in that will know, and those who are will be at peace to imagine everyone thinks it's necessary for unschooling. I know for a fact that it's not necessary.

I don't "know who you are". I know you have books and blogs on the "unschooling" topic. I know you have created some wonderful materials and references about unschooling. I have this group, a Facebook page and my blog (named like lightlyliving but not exactly that). That gives my readers more than enough information to get to "know me". If I connect on a deeper level with people it's then that I let them in and share more personal information about myself and my family. "There are MANY families who have unschooled richly and well without the writings of those who channel "wisdom" from elsewhere."

I never once said that this "Abraham-Hicks" was the almighty source to unschooling! I only posted a QUOTE from them because it very much has to do with WHO we are as humans and where we come from. Which all stems back to natural learning and the fact that we were born NATURAL LEARNERS. So posting a quote all of a sudden means that I want all of my readers and Facebook friends to follow them and be interested in what they have to say? And "channeling wisdom from elsewhere" makes no sense to me. The Universe is very much a part of everyone and everything. This "unschooling experience" is MY experience with unschooling. The people here choose to be here and we learn from each other. It's obvious you have an issue with what's being share and offered here. The door to this group works both ways. You are always welcome to leave. For the record, Abraham-Hicks is NOT the focus of this group nor our blog. It is simply a website we enjoy visiting from time to time. And we are NOT saying that you have to believe in a certain something or someone to be an unschooler. But what this group IS about (and what we stand for) is respect, inspiration and positivity. We always welcome others views and opinions, after all, that's how we learn! However, bashing peoples beliefs and ideas is never welcome and I won't tolerate it. Now if you'll excuse me I would rather focus my energy and attention to something more positive. It's very simple, if you don't enjoy, agree with and/or like what you see on our page, group or blog then don't read it! ♥

-=-I never once said that this "Abraham-Hicks" was the almighty source to unschooling!-=-

Sorry. I misunderstood the "can't have one without the other" part in your first response, then. I looked at the blog and I still don't know anything about you except that you have two young boys, but that's good to know! For years I had two young boys, before Holly came and they weren't the only two. I don't think I'm the only person here or in the world who cares about the credentials or experience of the people whose ideas are being shared. I might be. I'm not hiding who my family is, though. When I say "here we are" I share our real lives and names and faces. Others have said that has been valuable to them. sandradodd.blogspot.com (links to other pages with more family information).

"-=-I never once said that this "Abraham-Hicks" was the almighty source to unschooling!-=-
Sorry. I misunderstood the "can't have one without the other" part in your first response, then."

What I said was: "I personally feel that "vibrations (energy)", the Universe and "unschooling" are all connected. You can't possibly have one without the other." This had nothing to do with "Abraham-Hicks" directly.

Glad you had the chance to check out our blog. What is is exactly that you are wanting to know so badly about me? Does it bother you that you can't put a "face" to the name? That does bother a lot of people which is interesting. I choose not to spill my personal information or photos of myself or my children to the World Wide Web. We live a very nomadic life and are constantly changing locations. We have put our exact location and even pictures on the blog in the past (now erased) and have had some bizzare things happen. I care about the safety of my family and therefore I am very careful with what I share out here. this has nothing to do with "hiding" anything from anyone! If that was the case I simply wouldn't blog or have anything to do with Facebook. We have made some ultimate connections and friendships through the Internet, all of which never knew anymore about us than you do right now. As I said before, if we do feel a connection with someone we will share more details about ourselves. I am glad that your readers have found you exposing your everything to them as valuable. But I can assure you our readers and friends find just as much value in what we share with them through our blog and Facebook as yours do through photos, biographies and backgrounds. We have done a lot in life and our lives are very interesting and intriguing (as I'm sure many of yours are too!). We choose to unveil our real life stories, experiences and moments with everyone piece by piece instead of just dumping all of the information out at once onto the pages. Everyone has their own unique style of writing. This is ours. If you are the type of person that "has" to know details and every little thing about a someone in order for you to "accept" or connect with them, then you definitely won't enjoy following/reading our story and experiences. I write from the heart and only share what feels right. ♥

i just had a wee look and all the comments seem to be gone from the post so it is just yours that are there and it doesn't quite make sense!!

If someone still has the ability to get into that group (as I am banished and cannot delete my own comments now), the full exchange is here. I had it in e-mail. I made paragraphs of the separate entries and the ............ dividers. If someone could add this link to my poor orphaned comments (or ask the owner/moderator to delete the whole thing rather than just delete her own parts, or both), I'd appreciate it.

I posted a link to your webpage and told Angie that you said she was free to delete the entire topic if she wanted. And then she did. And she booted me from the group as well. I'm curious if there's a bump in visits to your webpage? It all happened pretty quickly.

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