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Childhood Innocence

CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE

When children are born into families and societies with deep spiritual roots connected to Source and nature, their chances of retaining this foundation is exponentially increased. Teach them the basics of humanity: to love and respect the Creator, one’s parents, oneself and all others.

Children can be our greatest teachers. They enter the world with unconditional love and a sense of wonder. When they are taught to share, to respect the beliefs and property of others and how to demonstrate love, they will enter their teen years more prepared to handle life stressors. These children will soon grow to be our leaders.

Be mindful of the foods and drinks you give them. Check into controversial topics such as vaccinations and immunizations, looking for side effects and even the need for such things. Know the side effects of medications ordered for them, read labels and avoid offering foods with toxic substances. These toxins are unnatural and can cause great damage to one’s physical, mental and emotional health.

When the child is young, they may overreact to things you say. You may not even realize that the words you are saying are causing harm, because they are taking the words literally. As an example, when my son was around four years of age, the phrase “you’re dead meat” was a phrase that I had adopted. When my son acted out, I’d tell him, “You better stop or you’ll be dead meat.” Now, my intention was never to kill my son. It was careless words. Yet, one day he reacted so strongly to the words, it shocked me into reality. I discovered that he had asked a neighbor boy what “dead meat” was. With this discovery, my son went into great fear that he was going to end up like the dead cat we had seen on the street. We really have to be wary of what we say to the youngsters we come into contact with.

Young children have not developed the difference between fantasy and reality. Thus, they are literally programmed by television, movies, books and video games. What they are focused on becomes their reality. Research is showing that these “recreational” activities are at the cause of the increase of criminal activity and suicide among pre-teens and teenagers. The repercussions of their choices are unknown, because the outcome of what they are learning from these activities is not based in reality. This truth hit home for me decades ago when I heard the story of an 18 year-old who had killed a friend of his. He shot him with his father’s gun. He had no animosity towards his friend; he was just doing what he did everyday while playing his video game. He truly thought his friend would just get up, without injury. The same week another teen was killed when their friends were playing “Russian Roulette.” None of them realized that they would be harmed. All of them were mentally stable older teens. Scary, indeed.

The increase of criminal activity among young children is partially due to video games they are addicted to. Look at the storyline of these games. Do they match the qualities you want in your child? One may think that certain games are not bloody or violent, yet they still teach the child to lie, steal, physically assault others, betray others and such activities in order to be the winner. Are these values that you want to instill in your child?

I often have clients who can “see” into other dimensions share that they have seen dark entities enter their child from a tv screen. When my grandson was four, I found out that for months he had been terrified at night by a monster. He was wetting the bed because he was too afraid to go to the bathroom. This turned out to be one of the antagonists from a video game he played for hours every day. He didn’t know the monster wasn’t real. Yet, the one that visited him was real, a demon posing as something he was afraid of. I taught him to tell the monster to leave and not return. Thankfully, that was enough to stop that specific incident.

There is the added problem of violence within the home from parents and siblings who have unresolved emotional trauma. Unchecked, this fosters the next generation to “do unto others as they have done unto me.” Childhood innocence is being robbed by many at an early age. We must get back to our roots of putting the Creator first and loving ourselves in a way that allows us to love others unconditionally.

Encourage games that focused on cooperation rather competition. Foster their creativity by encouraging them to use their imagination. Watch a young child at play. They will create rules as they go and change them as needed simply for the enjoyment of the experience. At that stage they have not placed themselves in a box of set rules. Being the winner is not a goal, that is a learned goal. If a child invites you to play with them, set aside all you are doing and follow their lead. Allow them to create the rules of the game. Focus simply on having a good time.

It’s not too late to regain some of your own childhood innocence. Look at the rules in your life that keep you in a box, destroying your creativity. Which beliefs have you taken on blindly? Which ones are you ready to release?

Go outside and play like children. Find some children to play with. If you have no children around you, then draw with crayons, write silly stories or play games you enjoyed as a child. Make sculptures with clay, paint rainbows and flowers, chase bubbles. Take a walk in nature, looking at all like a child, seeing it for the first time. Release the need to label the plants, animals and insects you encounter. Sit still and perhaps you will be gifted by the touch of a butterfly or the activities of insects around you. Regain your childhood innocence!

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
(Deuteronomy 6:5-7

 

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