The need to Propagate my Genes comes from the belief that this is the purpose of life.
When the purpose of life is to propagate one’s genes, we get very lost in the task of providing & protecting our off-spring.
Raising our children to the best of our ability becomes the focus of our life.
Our attachment to our children becomes so strong that we would even kill another to ensure their survival.
It is only after successfully bringing up our young, and they have flown the nest, that we realise there must be more to life than this.
I now know that bringing up my children was a privilege, but not my purpose in life.
It was a privilege for which I am eternally grateful to them for the opportunity.
I now appreciate the bond that exists between my children and my Self that is without either need or attachment.
My children have been, and continue to be, essential to my vision of fulfilling my true purpose in life and the expansive growth that I am attaining from that experience.