Tyler, Daniel, Andrew
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Tyler, Daniel, Andrew
The purpose of our lives is to be happy
Dalai Lama
If there is a child within then there is also the potential
for child like movements, yes?
The child displays excitement and joy in very obvious ways, before having adapted ‘adult’ patterns. As we work to free the mind and body of hindrances this childlike quality influences how we animate our form. Surely the childlike feeling is there when we are excited and we want to jump up and down, clap our hands and shout joyfully ‘Oh Boy’ for the gifts we are given. Dance as well as forms of body work that focus on self-transformation, provide opportunities to unlimit the body form of restrictive motion. As we expand open, lightness enters and we reconnect with more universal rhythms and the lighthearted feeling of being young. When George Bernard Shaw pronounced “Youth is wasted on the young.”, surely it was out of appreciation of what it feels like to be young. The youthfulness and wisdom already contained in us just gets squeezed out by 'wasteful' repetitious nonsensical activities, and we succumb to ABS (adult behavior syndrome).
The different neutral states of mind are also of a quiet observance of the Now where conscious awareness consumes the external patterns and reflects them with a childlike innocence and spontaneity. The emotional states from antagonism through anger, grief, apathy, constitute 1/10 of possible mental states on the path to happiness yet, most adult patterns tend to exist in these emotions. As we clear our body/mind of hindrances, excitement, joy and happiness become dominant states. The Buddhist, Abhidhamma Pitaka describes in detail the mantel states and refining process for unwrapping the child within. It is a given, that we reconnect with this child, peaceful and serene, pictured as a baby sitting on a lotus blossom, having risen out of the density of mundane thinking or samsara.
As we elevate our understanding of life and our physical experience we enter into these more joyful and happy spaces. The gifts we give ourselves with breathing and being mindful of our body, while observant of the rhythms of the now (Tao), are immeasurable. Developing our awareness of the spaces of the inner and outer movements of our intelligence systems, while breathing, connects us with our own kinetic sense of what is going on in our internal and external world. Comfort, or as the Dalai Lama’s quote above indicates, joy and happiness act as barometers by which we select our actions.
‘Unlocking the inner child’ seems an appropriate path factor. We do have our moments where this childlike exuberance visits and we are caught between the worlds of make believe and the infamous ABS (adult behavior syndrome). The excitement of being alive overtakes us and we are thrilled with the joy of feeling connected with the infinite. What are we to do with such magical moments? Being childlike and surrendering to rhythms of heartfelt joy is as natural as a babies smile.
Being childlike also
means that we become more sensitive to external, ascending and descending forces
playing in the space. Our intelligence’s act directly with these forces
naturally suggesting ‘approaching’ and ‘away’ movement. The tragedy of war makes
us cry and feel sad, while love of and from others draws us closer. Appreciating
our natural childlike abilities to read circumstances and respond in kind ways
can even touch the child within others. For me this all becomes obvious when
watching children and animals playing.
If you have a particular faith or
religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
DALAI LAMA
Peace.
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