Are The Children Calling For You?

It is natural for our children—the adolescent mind and child body—to contract in the face of possible danger or when some form of physical or social nourishment is required. It is also natural for our children, the mind and body, to call out when they cannot sense the presence of their parent because the parental aware reality is not aware of its presence. Instead, it views itself solely through the limitations of its child, the adolescent mind, rather than being directly aware of itself.

This calling from the children manifests as resisting or fearing what appears and seeking what they believe is absent or lacking. In other words, outside the true, permanent safety of the consciously present parent, they try to make what appears perfect—as if it could be controlled and set in stone to provide protection. This is like King Canute trying to control the waves through sheer mental will. We should not criticise them, for it is not their responsibility. They are only doing what they can with the tools they have.

It is akin to relying on our children to tell us where to find safety when their level of maturity prevents them from ever discerning this. Why would we do this? Only because we have failed to be directly aware of the aware presence, we genuinely are and have liberated ourselves from listening to the children’s limited view of what we are—as if they could ever know.

When we become aware of this aware reality we are—named in a thousand beautiful ways throughout history—we realise it is always present, always whole, safe, and the source of aliveness. As we attend to the presence of this reality, our children’s thoughts and feelings naturally reflect the safety of their parents being present.

We can then understand that when we hear our children’s plaintive calls of resistance and seeking, we must once again turn to be directly aware of our loving parental presence, unfettered by any limited notion, in complete openness, as the source of our children and all they perceive. Then, in the peace of our being, our universal family can go about its practical business and allow its enthusiastic heart to do what it loves. As our children become increasingly reassured that their parents are always safe and present, it is natural that their calling in the form of seeking and resisting will diminish. We can enjoy their fear-free thoughts and the beauty of their sensations.

But as the flow of appearances can sometimes be tempestuous, their parent must have no doubts about their own ever-present, never-changing, boundless, safe, life-affirming nature if it is to avoid falling back on the children again to organise their safety, which would be an unfair burden on them and only result in them calling for their parent again.

Love,

Freyja