Your child is not like everyone else; your child is you.
And yet, your child is not you; your child is his own person.
A paradox.
Our souls are that paradox—on a greater scale: the nexus between G‑d and His universe, where His own breath becomes His creation.
That is why we are called His children. And we call Him our Father.


As a child of parents we inherit familial genes that give us the potential to develop characteristic qualities similar to theirs.
Likewise a child of G_d has that spiritual gene, a spark that is the seed of your soul. It has the potential to develop your soul that resembles G_d's qualities.
That seed needs conscious effort to develop your nature to resemble G_dliness.
When you consciously elevate your self-centred nature to align with G_d's character of unconditional love, you mature from the child to His son.
Eventually, it is said the fountains of intelligence and knowledge shall flow beyond the boundaries. The sons will be qualified to water all the nations of the world. All will take on the sublime work of love of others to be in adhesion with G_d's sublime qualities, His nature.