Recognizing that during play, children experience the dissolution of rigid self-boundaries and discover their interdependence with others and the world.
Rabia taught that the lover and the Divine become one through devotion—boundaries between self and other dissolve in love. Young children in imaginative play naturally experience this interbeing: a child becomes a dinosaur, merges with a playmate's storyline, exists in a shared reality where their individual identity temporarily loosens. This is not confusion but spiritual wisdom. Language in this state becomes collaborative and inventive rather than ego-driven. When caregivers honor the child's experience of interbeing during play—entering their imaginative world, speaking in their invented language, accepting their temporary identity shifts—they validate an important developmental truth: we are not isolated selves but interconnected beings. This foundation makes boundary-learning less about protecting the isolated ego and more about honoring the other's right to exist alongside us. Children who experience interbeing develop language and boundaries rooted in relationship rather than control.
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