Post by STORMDANCER on Jun 2, 2011 8:41:02 GMT
Children are wonderful. I love my daughter Niamh. One of the things that fascinates me about children is their straight forward honesty. They just say what’s on their minds without thinking or worry about what anyone else will think about what they have to say.
We must have a child like heart. It is the quality of child likeness in order to experience the ‘all that is’ we must see and receive it like a little child , in other words we must have a child like heart…What kind of heart is that you ask?
What are the qualities of a child like heart?
Our heart needs to be childlike in its simplicity … When I use the term simple I am not using it in a derogatory sense, what I really mean is children are basically uncomplicated creatures. They are simple in their forthrightness, simple in their actions, and they can be very frank.
You can pick a small child up and he might look at you in the eyes and say ‘ How come you have such a big nose?’…No beating around the bush there…. Lol …. Just right to the point. Your friends may have thought it, but a little child just says it….. They certainly are forthright.
This quality is true in all areas physical, emotional and spiritual. In the physical are they let you know when they are hungry, they go to sleep when they feel sleepy…. It doesn’t matter who’s around or what’s going on. When they have a physical need they must be satisfied.
On the emotional level if they are feeling lonely or if they need love they will come to you and seek affection. Their minds are curious to discover the nature of the things, sometimes they destroy the things they discover but they are indeed eager to know.
In the realm of the spirit they are filled with wonder. They are open to mystery and believe that anything just might be possible. Their tendency is to believe rather than disbelieve, their imagination is un-feathered and open, and their spirit is receptive.
Has your life become cluttered with so many things that you have forgotten the simple things that make life worth living?
Have you forgotten how to share your feelings?
Have you forgotten how to share your needs?
Have you forgotten how to show your love and affection like that of a child?
We need to be simple, straight forward and honest like a little child. I am starting to learn this at the moment I spent many years being scared to be who I am and worrying how people would judge me. I am now working at just being me and looking into the inner child which in many ways holds the strength I need to open up and grow. Our heart needs to be childlike in its teach ability too. We mention that children are passionately curious but they are also extremely teachable. Children want to learn and they are very easily led…. If you tell a child a story they will listen in awe , if you show a child a magic trick they want to know how it’s done, so they can do it too. Whether it’s learning to build a sand castle, learning to ride a bike, learning to fish, or learning to swim and do their hair, children recognise their basic need for help and structure, and they listen and they follow an example, they are teachable, easily moulded. That is the characteristic of a child like heart…. Free of dogma , flexible and bending…. Not trying to put someone down or be better.
Have you maintained a teachable heart?
Many people loose that attitude , they become prideful and don’t want anyone telling them what to do, or even suggesting that their may be a better way to do it….. Sometimes they feel they know it all and this is one of the quickest ways to be disqualified from learning.
Our hearts need to be child like in its trust , by nature children are trustable… Now you can certainly train them to be otherwise and through various experiences in life they may become otherwise… but children have an inborn ability to trust.
Have you been burnt so many times that you find it hard to trust?
People can disappoint you and some most definitely will. Sometimes it is even hard to trust in what you believe in ‘god’ and the universe, but unless we trust we can’t really have faith because that is the essential of what faith is…. Trust…. The only way to re-discover trust in the universe and in god is to spend time with it, focusing in the ‘I am’ and meditating in the reality of the unconditional love of the universe. When you see how much god loves you, and when you know you are loved by the universe, you will find that you are able to trust because god and the universe are trust worthy.
Our hearts need to be childlike in its forgiveness. Have you ever noticed how forgiving children can be? This is even more amazing in the light of how children can hurt one another yet they can be fighting one minute and best buddies the next. When a child does something to hurt or anger another child many times a simple sorry is enough to restore the relationship and even when we as parents do things that are hurtful to them…. Our children forgive us and keep on loving us.
How is your forgiveness factor?
Do you forgive others?
Or are you holding grudges against people?
We must remember just how much we have been forgiven ourselves, if we really understand that we will be more forgiving to ourselves, and the universe….. I know I have been blabbing for long enough nearly finished lol…….
Finally our heart needs to be childlike in our responsiveness. Children respond to what they are taught, I suppose because they are trustful, they are eager to take immediate action. That is because the nature of children is that they are responsive. I believe the responsiveness of children is based on a desire to please their parents, certainly children are self willed, children want to do what they want to do, but on the other hand I believe that there is always a desire deep down inside to please mum and dad or even a teacher. We do want to make our parents happy no matter how old we are, we do want to make mum proud and dad proud and we want to hear those words… ‘well done’.
Do you have those child like qualities?
When you come to the god the ‘I am’ in simplicity, with a teachable heart, trusting in the ‘ all that is’ and others and responding to the great universe then the doors to enlightenment and your spiritual path will become wide open to you and all who have a child like heart.
Have you grown older and forgotten how simple it is to link to the ‘all that is’. It is not too late to return to that awareness.
Peace and Love
Storm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Even when I was a child I still kinda beat around the bush lol.
