Return to Innocence
Dictionary.com states that “innocence” is:
noun
the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
freedom from legal or specific wrong; guiltlessness: The prisoner proved his innocence.
simplicity; absence of guile or cunning; naiveté.
lack of knowledge or understanding.
harmlessness; innocuousness.
chastity.
There are times in this physical life where forms of innocence are experienced. Most of those times can be linked back to some point in childhood. As we are born here, there is a purity in our essence, free from conditioning. We don’t know good from bad, right from wrong, or white from black. Everything just IS. Traumas and conditioning can happen pretty quickly, and often do, but there is a period of this blissful ignorance where we see things as they are, and have a blank canvas to paint on in our minds…even if we have yet to develop the ability to verbally articulate.
Further into adulthood, we get bogged down in living within the system and following societal standards, all the while masking our pains. The purity is covered up with thick layers of muck, and is often forgotten. We “strive” to be the best worker for our employer, aiming to move up the corporate ladder, and get the biggest houses and fanciest cars to impress others. We look down upon those that don’t agree with us or live a different lifestyle, as if they are somehow “less than”. We pour hate on others for the color of their skin, or their political or religious affiliations. The fire only gets bigger as we watch others do all of these things, either in return or to others in general, while we then attempt to pretend that we didn’t. As we know, contrast is needed to understand opposites, so only when we see something outside of ourselves, do we truly know how we feel about that particular item. When it is all within us, we apply personal bias. Have you ever seen someone who cannot stand when other people are sloppy, yet will tolerate their own disastrous messes as if they don’t exist? Yet, the simple existence of the messes caused by someone else creates a wave of conflict within us, because we realize that it is part of us, too.
And then, it happens. We watch our children playing, laughing, wearing Halloween costumes, opening Christmas presents…free in thought, blissfully ignorant of anything else. We watch a couple walking up the sidewalk, holding hands and sharing smiles. We help an elderly person carry bags. We listen to someone who is dying to be heard. In these moments, we scrape away the layers of muck and expose ourselves to that innocence again. It might not last long, and it might not last long enough to keep the muck off of the spot completely, but it’s there. The love is there.
I’ve used this analogy before, but think of the sun. In our eyes, it’s big, it’s hot, and it’s there…every day. If you were to stand out in the sun for a long time on a clear day, you would be really uncomfortable, maybe burned, and would seek shelter and air conditioning. However, add some contrast in the form of clouds and cold air. When the sun catches a break in the clouds, a ray of light shines down on the Earth. In the brisk cold air, you step into the path of the ray of light, and you feel its delightful warmth. You don’t want to leave the ray of light, because it feels so good compared to the cold when the sun wasn’t shining.
Much like the sun, there is going to be clouds and cold air in our lives…it’s not always going to be blue skies. If all we had were blue sky lives, we would not truly appreciate the good things and the pure love innocence…as we would not know any different to compare against. Only when clouds and cold air are thrust upon us, do we truly appreciate the sun and its rays. Only when we experience the negativity, do we appreciate the love. And whether or not we notice it, the love is always there. It is there, like the sun, in an unconditional form. It just IS. Our job is to get back into alignment, and step back into the path of the ray of light. To wipe away the layers of muck, and feel the difference in the innocence. The muck won’t be gone forever, but we can adjust and manage to clear enough away to realign, and thus appreciate the true value of the innocence.
We, as humanity, need to return to innocence. We need to see that we are larger than a lot of the problems that we fight over, a lot of the divisive topics that we go to war over. We need to think bigger than skin colors, higher than political parties, and wider than religions. We are souls, all connected from one source, the pure, innocent, unconditional love. We need to remember this, and utilize this in our daily living going forward. We can bring this innocence in from the higher perspective, where we understand that now as adults, the responsibilities and the contrast won’t go away, but we can handle them with love.
It is also important to include forgiveness. Forgive those who have caused pain. Forgive yourself for not knowing any better, or for beating yourself up. It was in these painful, dark times, that you were able to really begin to shift to a new vibration. Don’t dwell in the contrast. Forgive, release, let go, and return.
Rather than damning gloomy weather and spinning around in the vibration that perpetuates more of it - appreciate the clouds and cold air for their purpose, and for their ability to show us the value of the sun. Step back into the sunlight, and feel all of its warmth. Share space in the sunlight with others, so that they may understand how it feels, and they may in turn create space for others as well.