In our culture, time is expressed as something that is linear. The roads we drive are straight, the calendars on which we chart the goings on of our daily lives are geometrical, the years that we measure time with are chronological and so on. Everything is a mathematical equation. And so by default we often see our inward journey as linear also. However, the landscape of the inward journey is organic, more like a spiral. As we travel on this spiral we are radiating from our center, our origin and as we do so, often perceiving the same objects that have life within us, but simply from a different vantage point.
The question then becomes, “What is my origin?” Our origins point back to our childhood, and a child that is still alive and well within us. There are a number of conditions that shaped us as children. Perhaps our parents were loving, supportive and attentive. Perhaps they were distant, distracted and aloof. Perhaps they were a combination of these things. Perhaps we felt alone and abandoned as children, perhaps we were even abused.
As an adult any wounds or apprehensions I had then are capable of still being as fresh as they were at their onset. When I come across a difficulty in my adult life, if I can seek more deeply and embrace this truth, turning in towards this child with love and acceptance, perhaps that it never received. If I apply myself, if I make an effort to understand this misunderstood child, I can make an impact to heal this child within me that is living still and is actively effecting my relationships and general outlooks with its thoughts, fears, and wounds.
What amazing growth we could experience in our lives if we were able to pause when the moment arises, look within and tend to this child! How impactful it could be if we could put a stop to that pain and insecurity and permanently change the trends of our lives! What beautiful territory is waiting to be charted by a more whole YOU!? This is not only possible, but absolutely probable when we look within.
At the same time, the child within us is not always a being that needs to be tended to, it also needs to be listened to and learned from. This child is the summation of all the purity in the
universe. This child within us is innocent, it’s needs are simple. This child within has no ulterior motives, and is not capable of manipulating others. It has no desire to. It has the ability to see to the heart of a matter easily and expresses it’s basic needs without greed. It clings to truth. It loves unconditionally. It keeps no record of wrongs. This child within can identify with the pain of others, it cares, this child is readily compassionate. This child gives without reservation or selfish regard. This child within trusts The Spirit and others without suspicion.Oh how we could live more fully, and more sincerely, the child within us as our guide.
