Sacred Innocence

What is more powerful, the imagination of a child or the wisdom of an Elder? Thinking on this, I pondered. Power is something that is given to oneself. Power is something experienced, but often chased after as something to attain. Innocence is generally something that is destroyed or colored as one ages and experiences life in all its pains, fears and sharp experiences. Innocence is something remembered, loved and cherished. It is also something overlooked.

Fleeting moments of laughter stitches. Momentary frolicking in a pile of hay. Reminiscing about tea parties with your own children as you sit as a member in a youth's theatrical imagination. Then, you have to stop laughing and go back to your paperwork. You have to clean up all those itchy strands of straw and feed the horses. You have to clean the tea set and pick up the boys from soccer practice. The life you've been living with adult needs and adult values takes over.

So, what is more powerful? Child or Sage? The imagination of a child is still not segmented into colors and shading of experience. The imagination of a child is actually experiencing how to organize their synaptic activity in a way they want. They start out reaching for dreams instead of postponing them. And what of the Sage. The Sage would have experienced quite a lot of life. Been a child. Been a mother/father (if not biologically, to others in their life). Seen death. Seen the ways of human nature and mother nature. The Sage Knows. Two iconic figures in life that bring a strong reaction. The young Maiden. The elder Crone. Yes, we are all knowledgeable of the young lady figure we see in the Triple Goddess statues. The vibrant maiden ripe as a peach and ready to begin her journey into womanhood. What off the child? What of the one that is fresh from birth and still able to sense the Before? The connection between Life and Death is close as well as a wisdom very similar to the Sage... an honest clear sense of Knowing.

So, I suppose that would be the Child Sage... quite similar to the childlike Buddha mentioned in the Osho Zen Tarot card "Awareness." The childlike Buddha appears after a cool fire burns the veil of illusion. The Child Sage is beyond illusion. So why do we see the innocent as naive or weak? It is because we know the many things in this world that will devour the innocent and tear it asunder. But, how can you render an idea? You can't, at least not very easily. The idea of innocence is something that lives on as each child is born. The potential of life, the exploration of the simple as well as complex matters of the mind, heart, spirit and surrounding environment. The innocence within may hide behind a shadow of fear or doubt... or even an active ignoring of said inner child. We know this because we live in the 'real world.' We don't all go frolicking around... but... neither does the inner child. There is a time for contemplation as well as rest and play. As much as we need an adult opinion and responsible nature, we need to allow ourselves to let loose our mind and spread imagination in new and inventive ways. We need to set aside stress and fears so that we may actually be able to enjoy life. That is, indeed, the innocent nature of humanity. The battery behind our exploratory nature is the pure light of the Child Sage, the untouched one. Though we use this battery to explore things of all sorts that color the light in shades of study, expression, motherhood, career, sexuality and things not normally associated with youth, it remains vitally bright and brilliant white like whitest wool before staining or the canvas beneath a portrait.

The innocence of self is important when your energy centers need filling. It is a sacred thing... a sacred state and something to be honored, not overlooked. The wisdom of the inner child is joy of the game of life. If you can appreciate this, then maybe you're not as far away from your Child Sage than previously thought.

Blessings to you and yours,
Greymentality