![]() I am going to embrace you.” You can say, “Darling, I am here for you. You can talk directly to the child with the language of love, saying, “In the past, I left you alone. At that moment, instead of paying attention to whatever is in front of you, go back and tenderly embrace the wounded child. If you are mindful, you will hear his or her voice calling for help. That little child might emerge from the depths of your consciousness and ask for your attention. Sometimes the wounded child in us needs all our attention. But we must also listen to the wounded child inside us. When we speak of listening with compassion, we usually think of listening to someone else. That energy will embrace us and heal us, and will heal the wounded child in us. With our mindful breath and mindful steps, we can produce the energy of mindfulness and return to the awakened wisdom lying in each cell of our body. The practices of mindful walking, mindful sitting, and mindful breathing are our foundation. ![]() When we become aware that we’ve forgotten the wounded child in ourselves, we feel great compassion for that child and we begin to generate the energy of mindfulness. We have to light up that lamp of mindfulness so the light will shine out and the darkness will dissipate and cease. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. We have a lamp inside us, the lamp of mindfulness, which we can light anytime. The suffering of that wounded child is lying inside us right now in the present moment.īut just as the suffering is present in every cell of our body, so are the seeds of awakened understanding and happiness handed down to us from our ancestors. We only have to look deeply and we can be in touch with him. ![]() We don’t have to look far into the past for that child. There is no cell of our body that does not have that wounded child in it. The wounded child is also in each cell of our body. That ignorance stops us from seeing reality it pushes us to do foolish things that make us suffer even more and wound again the already-wounded child in us. It’s like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water. Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. When we become aware that we’ve forgotten the wounded child in ourselves, we feel great compassion for that child. That inability to see is a kind of ignorance. The wounded child in us is a reality, but we can’t see her. The wounded child is there and we don’t even know she is there. We try to keep ourselves constantly entertained-watching television or movies, socializing, or using alcohol or drugs-because we don’t want to experience that suffering all over again. Even if we have time, we don’t come home to ourselves. The block of pain and sorrow in us feels overwhelming. We run away because we’re afraid of suffering. The wounded child asks for care and love, but we do the opposite. But running away doesn’t end our suffering it only prolongs it. You can’t run away from me.” We want to end our suffering by sending the child to a deep place inside, and staying as far away as possible. The wounded child is always there, trying to get our attention. It may be that we haven’t dared to face this child for many decades.īut just because we may have ignored the child doesn’t mean she or he isn’t there. Every time we’re in touch with the experience of suffering, we believe we can’t bear it, and we stuff our feelings and memories deep down in our unconscious mind. To protect and defend ourselves against future suffering, we often try to forget those painful times. We have all had times of difficulty as children and many of us have experienced trauma. In each of us, there is a young, suffering child.
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