The Wisdom of Childhood

[Jacobsrw]

A week ago I had reflective reminiscence of childhood that almost brought me to tears of joy. In reflection of childhood experience we may tend to undermine the symbolic features that entailed wonderless and joy.

The inertia we have when maneuvering our way through the ambundancy of that which we refer to as reality. Sounds, images, sensations that are indescribable as children yet bring such ecstasy through experience. Something as simple as climbing a tree, searching for anonymate objects or chasing flying insects, successively brings fourth an ambiance that is far beyond comprehension. These experiences as children demonstrate how profound we would look at the external, though as we age things become categorised and limited, formulated  in such a way they can lose potential.

It's so misfortunate that as the human mechanism develops it moves from an abundant lens of wonder to logical machine dissecting the reality in which we experience. In use of intellectual pragmatism for for the sole of survival this is necessary, although this shouldn't need to be the same implementation for wellbeing.

This movement is a must needed change, the wisdom of childhood is something adults must re-embellish to embody  unorchestrated equanimity. The joys of being a child does not mean replicating that of a child, rather shifting into a place of wonder and innocent observation without perpetuating ideas and accumulated beliefs. This is one of my most sincere wishes for humanity.

Edited May 12, 2018 by Jacobsrw

[Prabhaker]

13 hours ago, Jacobsrw said:

The joys of being a child does not mean replicating that of a child

Jesus saw children that were being suckled. He said to his disciples: These children being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom.

Jesus says, “Be like a child,” so you start practicing how to be like a child. But a child never practices. A child is simply a child, he doesn’t even know that he is a child, he is not aware of his innocence. His innocence is there, but he is not self-conscious about it. But if you practice then self-consciousness will be there. Then this childhood will be a false thing. You can act it but you cannot be a child again – in the literal sense.

A saint, a sage, becomes like a child in a totally different sense. He has transcended, he has gone beyond mind, because he has understood the futility of it. He has understood the whole nonsense of being a successful man in this world – he has renounced that desire to succeed, the desire to impress others; the desire to be the greatest, the most important; the desire to fulfill the ego. He has come to understand the absolute futility of it. The very understanding transcends.

[tsuki]

A child becomes an adult by being taught that it musn't be unruly.
An adult becomes a seeker by telling himself that his mind musn't be unruly.

One cannot rid oneself of unruliness.
Ones unruliness is necessarily unruly.
It does not submit to anything.
It gets to play whether you like it, or not.

Reconciliation is the path to transcendence.
One can only solve himself by solving all problems.
By seeing that having problems is not a problem.
It's play.

[Jacobsrw]

@Prabhaker could not agree more. It is paramount the deconstructing processs through self realisation and transcendence.