Tuesday, January 10th, 2017
Focus: Being innocent means speaking my truth and living my truth, and doing so in a loving way.
Innocence is what we find within ourselves when we stop being suspicious and fearful. When we let go of our socially conditioned caution we discover we have a core of innocence and playfulness. Innocence is demanding, because it asks that we stop doing things the way we so often feel expected to.
Innocence is a state of self-love and self-acceptance that has almost nothing to do with the restlessness of the fearful part of the ego. Children like to play at whatever it is they play, not caring particularly if they are any good at the game. Often they laugh at their own ineptitude. What matters is if the game is fun, not whether it is one of high achievement. In our achievement-based culture, where even small children are now placed in highly competitive programs, we tend to lose sight of this.
Being innocent means speaking your truth and living your truth, and doing so in a loving way. It means letting go of illusion. It is a new kind of freedom, one that so many people don’t know. Innocence lets us live from the heart. It allows us to see clearly. It permits us to live in the now. It makes it possible to listen to our souls.
Excerpted from the article:
How to Reclaim Your Innocence: Projection is the Opposite of Innocence
Written by Allan G. Hunter.