To remain youthful is to be in constant awe of the world around us. From a young age, most of us are pressured to grow up and become more responsible. Children that grow up with any kind of mental or physical abuse, are the ones who age the fastest. Age really is just a number. While some children feel 80 on the inside, there are 80 year olds who feel as young as 12! Feelings of unworthiness, fear and confusion rob us of self-love, unconditional love and security. Quite frankly there is no room for curiosity.
Purity is a virtuous quality of children. We are simply not born to hate. We are taught to, but the good news is that this lesson can be unlearned. If you take a moment to look at your hands, you will notice how many times a day you are using your hands to do all sorts of tasks, except cause harm. Think of all the tasks that get done all day, everyday. Our hands feed us, bathe us and even hold other hands that we love. Our hands care for us so much that they even pull our blankets over us on a cold night when we are sleeping. Our natural inclination is not to hurt nor cause harm. Returning to our natural inclination is looking through the world with love and innocence once again.
As children, we are also fearless. We are and eager to experience life. No matter how many time we literally fall, we persevere and start walking by the age of 1. Falling off our bicycles, never stopped us from getting back on and trying again and again. We are not afraid of failure. We accept and even embrace vulnerability. Fearlessness allows us to get our hands dirty, which in turn allows us to discover our passions in life.
Childlike curiosity is what makes life fun! There is so much joy in embracing the beauty around us. We’ve just forgotten how to wake up to it all. The reason we no longer see the magnificence of universe that we are a part of, is because we are not looking through the non-judgmental eyes of a child. When we subconsciously label something as bad, we block ourselves from the portal of love and abundance. When we choose to judge someone because we feel threatened, we block ourselves from a possible friendship or other valuable form of human connection. This blocks our curiosity to explore a place or person.
Start by taking 5 minutes, everyday, to look at everything around you with absolutely no judgement. Be the nonjudgmental witness of your surroundings. It will be quite difficult at first, but will bring you much awareness. You will become aware of how much you even judge and berate yourself! Judgement brings unnecessary suffering. It simply does not agree with us, otherwise, we wouldn’t experience so much duality and inner conflict. With more practice, you will perceive a more peaceful reality and start to accept and love yourself more and more.
With self-love and a non judgement discipline, there is absence of fear. Now, we can reignite our childlike curiosity and rediscover our passions in life. We can start to really feel alive again and seek a new fulfilling purpose.
With loving energy,
Tee
Peace of Tee 