Do you know your inner child? Did you connect?
The inner child is what we all have and many people do not know about it.
It is not he or she, it only is :), this is my opinion.
We first have to recognize it and you can give it a name you like. Talk to it and it will always be ready to help.
I saw a lot of different things written about the inner child and it seems that the awareness always only goes to a hurt inner child, maybe therapists have another perception of it.
In my opinion, it is not as difficult to get rid of this hurt, the best way is to forgive. This should be possible because children do not usually carry problems for a long time, problems can be solved with love.
Give your inner child a name
My inner child is George, and sometimes I need it’s help.
The first time I got aware of the inner child, was many years ago. I have been reading a book about Huna practice. Gorge is a name the Huna people gave the inner child, but their perception of it seems to be different as well. My experience is, that it can be easy to connect.
Gorge helps and does amazing things.
It is very playful, and we should love it, it likes to be loved. If you recognize it and talk to it, it will always love you.
It likes to fly with you on the back of a bird or play with frogs or whatever your fantasy is.
You never will feel alone, and it understands you.
If you lose something, it helps you to find it again; if you need, for example, a parking space, it will open one up for you.
My inner child helped me to find a lost part
Once I have been at the shore, it is a stony shore, lots of big and small stones and shells and wood and…
There was a wooden dock, and a part of a device fell through the wood of this dock in between the stones. It was so small, like half of the nail of a pinky finger, and the same color as the stones.
If I would lose this part, I would have to throw away the whole thing, which would cost me a few hundred dollars. First, I was very upset with myself and sat down to think of what to do.
I remembered my inner child and said, please, Gorge help me. When I looked down, I did not believe that I could find this part ever again.
I said Gorge, now is the time, proof that you are real. I went to look under the dock and in between the stones, and after a while, I found the tiny little thing I never thought I can find again.
Since this time, I know even more and for sure that it is true, and I can rely on it.
It helped me often with other things, but I had never done something difficult like this one again.
If you feel like dancing playing singing, this is what the inner child likes best.
If you remember and connect to it, you never will be sad or depressed for a long time again. Remember it, and you will easily let go of negativity.
It is waiting for you.
And know, all people are able to connect with each other through their inner child, sometimes you can ask your child about somebody else’s child and get an answer about how it feels.
If you have not yet connected with your inner child, then take time to close your eyes, and you will find it. It is waiting for you.
Go and talk to your inner child and seek its help. It can be very, very pleasant to know it is with you all the time 🙂
Here are a few quotes from famous people. About the inner Child
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man but shines into the eye and heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
In every real man, a child is hidden that wants to play. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
I want to giggle myself to sleep each night and jump on the fluffy, comforting pillows of faith. ~Terri Guillemets
A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who does not play has lost forever the child who lived in him. ~Pablo Neruda
“I am often accused of being childish. And I prefer to interpret that as child-like. I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things. And I tend to exaggerate and fantasize and embellish. I still listen to instinctual urges and I play with the leaves. Also, I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. It has been after such times of joy that I have achieved my greatest creativity and produced my best work”. ~Leo F. Buscaglia, Bus 9 to Paradise
In my soul, I am still that small child who did not care about anything else but the beautiful colors of a rainbow. ~Papiha Ghosh
If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society. ~Jean Piaget
Seriousness is a disease. ~Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. ~Heraclitus
See > The 3 Stages of Spiritual Awakening.
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Do you know your inner child?
Erika,
What a lovely post. Thank you for the reminder that the inner child is not always hurting and suffering and that we can enjoy the fun and adventure of life by connecting with our inner child. In my work with clients, especially during the mind body therapy session, I often encourage them to remember a time way back when they felt lighthearted, silly, happy and adventurous, when life was good and they lived in the joy of the moment. And Pablo Neruda is my very favorite poet.
Warmly,
Dr. Erica
Yes ,if we remember life gets easier.
It can prevent to get to much in negativity 🙂
Thank you Erica
Thx for this post. Im here running my business and my state was down and you let me know that despite whats on the line I can relax.
I appreciate this so much 🙂
Hi Mason,
Thank you for the comment.
Believe it ,this article got a least 3 people out of a hole .
I works ,hope it helps you as well 🙂
Erika
I love letting the child in me out to play. I teach Sunday School to a group of 4 through 7 years old. We have so much fun when I let my hair down and play and act silly with them.
Rachel recently posted Don’t Fear Your Fears
Happy to hear this ,Rachel
It is a gift to us ,to be able to do this.
Hopefully more people will find the child.:)
Erika
What you call your inner child I simply think of as my “inner knowing.” I am just as playful now as when I was a child, if not more. However my playfulness now has a more mature point of view . . . sometimes.
Hi Mary ,
Good to hear you are playful.
In my opinion the inner child is not only from this lifetime .
No wonder it has a more mature point of view sometimes ,if needed 🙂
Thank you for your comment
Erika
Erika,
This is a delightful post … the inner child should always be embraced . Children look at life with such curiosity and somehow they often lose it growing up. I have always remained a child at heart. Recognizing the child within can be a powerful source for healing emotional trauma, large or small.. we have the ability to comfort pourselves in ways others can not … so this is a wonderful post … thank you 🙂
Thank you ,Lesly
I think we only have to remember, often
we forget about how to comfort ourselves .
Hey Erika,
This is interesting. When we are child, we are not afraid to try new things.
When we enter adulthood, FEAR is one of the main factor for not able to achieve the things that we want. Let’s connect to our inner-child and just do the things we love and have fun while doing it.
Justin
Right ,Justin
this is the way, if we connect we can have fun again.
Fear is from outside and if you look at it not real,
lets connect to the inner child 🙂
Hey Erika,
You know the inner child will help you see things that the adult mind overlook. When we go back to innocense, our beliefs somehow become stronger. I guess it’s because we don’t believe in the impossible. Yes in business we should tap into the inner child so that we can become numb to what we can’t do and only focus what we can! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Sherman ,
I am happy to see you know your inner child,
for the inner child nothing is impossible ,
It helps us to go forward fearless.
Thanks for your comment 🙂
Hi Erika,
Thanks for the positive side of the inner child. When we hear that phrase, it is mostly going inside and “fixing things.” Here you have shown us how to let it out and play.
I do it every time I pass a swing. I don’t know why, but I just can’t resist swinging and feeling that tickle in my tummy like I did as a child. I also like to do spontaneous things when it hits me.
Let our inner child come through! Great post and wonderful message.
Donna
Thank you Donna ,
Makes me happy to know you like to let the child out and play.
I think this is beautiful to be able to be childlike sometimes.
Lets swing 🙂
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Oh my gosh Erika,
Reading through this you sound like me. I won’t water my garden without a sprinkle. I play in the snow, making snow angels and wrestle with my dogs.
If a song comes on that I like – eve in a gas station – I will dance!
Your quote In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ~Friedrich Nietzsche resonates with my soul.
And yes, Forgiveness is the key for anything that has happened before. I’ve done lots of inner child work to go through that process so now I can be a kid again and will be to the day I die.
-Donna
Hi Donna ,
I am happy to have a companion in this 🙂
I think it would make life so much easier to people ,if they could find the inner child.
When I was writing ,I looked before if I can find something about and found only hurt inner child therapy.
But I think kids have the ability to release hurt more easily and the inner child as well for sure .Why concentrate on hurt only?
You should write maybe your experience down as well and lets spread it ,it will help some people for sure 🙂
Lets play ,thank you
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