Clarity of Innocence

First, let’s look at life for people these days.

We all want the power we were born with. All life does. It’s a natural right.

Humans look at an infant and assume it needs taken care of.

That’s the last thing it wants. That’s the last thing any life wants.

It wants a safe place to get stronger. It already has its own power. It needs to grow and develop its abilities. That’s all it wants from us. It will pay us back with pure love and trust!

Just like all other life, it has no interest in being obedient. It just wants to be fully itself.

It will only cooperate with us if that’s the goal. If so, it will be a generous, faithful, and fun partner.

Humans, in these times, take over the lives of our infants and children. We no longer stop at just keeping them safe while they proceed to learn life through their own drive and efforts.

This, of course, sets up a conflict.

The humiliation, the resentment, the hurt, and the resultant anger, will follow that infant right through their life.

The power to survive, which we call self-esteem, will become crushed in this situation. That individual will usually struggle with these issues for life.

That’s what we all do now!

The infant’s self-esteem becomes traumatized to various degrees.

Self-esteem and confidence are natural in all life. When traumatized, what do you suppose happens?

How do you react when you feel weak? You still have to get through each day! Your power doesn’t do it for you anymore.

You fake it, don’t you! You have no choice. The only other option is to roll up in a ball and cry your heart out. At this point, you no longer want to give them that satisfaction!

Also, your trust is no longer strong enough to allow you to be that vulnerable in their presence.

You push on. Your heart is not in it anymore though.

That’s what arrogance is.

Faking it! Demonstrating the determination to grow up all by ourselves.

This can’t be done though. Outside of survival itself, an infant’s strongest need is to be fully accepted exactly as they are. Appreciated and understood for everything that was created at conception.

That’s what we all crave from the bottom of our hearts.

We need that! We cannot grow up all by ourselves. We are dependent on others in this way!

Acceptance for who we really are is something that none of us get, not now.

Not in these times, and all because we choose to take over infants’ lives rather than respecting their identity and their efforts.

We haven’t always done this. There have been times when we stood back and permitted their own growth.

The degree of conflict throughout society always follows how much of the strength the children are forced to give up. It’s always in exact step.

More control consistently turns into more conflict.

Allowing our offspring their own power always reduces conflict.

Without real self-esteem or confidence, we have to muddle through our childhoods without any real energy driving us. Our power has been deactivated.

That’s the only reason we feel better on drugs. With our power intact, we would be horrified at that choice.

When we finally get to strike out on our own, we don’t have the power to do it! We began losing that at around the age of two.

Meanwhile we push on, without any real heart or hope in it.

We appear arrogant, not sincere.

The recovery of self-esteem is long and hard, but worth life itself to do it.

It comes down to accepting the feelings we already have, but don’t want. Too bad, because they are already us. We lived them. Like it or not, they are part of us now.

Accept all of them, and it opens the door to begin becoming strong again.

It’s also necessary to stop presenting a false image of strength, confidence, and ability. Any deception prevents healing!

It feels discouraging at first because nothing changes. As time goes by though, things do indeed begin to change.

We feel stronger and more secure. We begin to realize we are our own person.

It’s never too late. Any power at all feels better than none. Our own power makes happy beyond measure. The approval of others for our real identity is a close second. That’s just a matter of finding the right group, which happens by itself with inner power.

Thanks for listening!

Good luck on your journey,

Take care,

Norm.