Set-aside adulthood, embrace and nurture Inner Child

Set-aside adulthood, embrace and nurture Inner Child

It’s never too late to be with your Inner Child’s natural realm. 

Any creative expression is in fact, a child’s true mother tongue, for it resides in the heart or the Manipura chakra.  So when we open our heart to our Inner child, we are, truly opening our heart to all, thereby finding the source of our true power: Love.

Don’t deny or deprive the voice of your Inner Child ---the feeling, playfulness and creative self.

On account of society’s brain washing, the commonly held parlance is that only a selected number of people are born talented whilst the rest should not even contemplate on it. This erroneous belief has deprived many of their natural birthright: the ability to bring out their Inner Child in them through creative pursuits. The plain matter of truth is that anyone, be it male or female, from 3 to 68 years can take a fling to express  oneself through the medium of any form of art, be it pottery, dance, music, playing instruments, gardening, sculptured carpentry, chiseling stone work, etc.

For example, as one learns to allow oneself to play with clay, overcoming the inner criticisms or self doubts, one re-learns the language of the child and embraces the Inner Child by agreeing to meet it half-way. Invariably, unconsciously too when we project our feelings through clay play or any creative activity, we are, in fact speaking the language of the Inner Child. In clay-play, dancing and instruments, every participant gets to experience their Inner Child as that is what is encouraged during the session with the help of the dominant and non-dominant hands stretching out to give their best to the creativity, thus paving the way for opening of the “right brain”.

Invariably, none makes a conscious effort to write with the non-dominant hand as we are led to believe that we cannot write with the “other hand”, and we blindly accept it. We often view the other hand as a retarded one, considering it is practically not trained or preferred to be used and therefore it stays frozen. The paradox is that it is this very “other hand” which takes us back to our state of Inner Child. Be it  pottery,  writing poetry, dancing or in the learning of instruments  we advocate the usage of both hands to bring out and project the Inner child in us and thus be aware that creative expressions are fun and makes one feel good about oneself and the world.  Watching a person, be it an adult or kid, release bottled up sentiments, such as fear or anger is a profoundly moving experience and can immerse them in the ‘Child’ state to experience a very powerful, yet unique and enjoyable means of self-expression as in  dancing, drawing, painting or clay play, etc.

The expressive arts have a great deal to offer in healing the Inner Child, as they are creative pursuits done by setting aside the adulthood  for a period of time , while one experiments for the sheer joy of the experience (with absolutely no pressure to perform and nothing defined as right or wrong during the experimentation).  On account of the right brain enjoyment, multi-sensory activity gets closed down by restrictive parenting with a left brain school that emphasizes more on verbal logic and memorization rather than self expression by way of arts.  Except music, dance, drawing, painting, and needlework, most other creative pursuits of arts such as artistic pottery, gardening, chiseling stone or carpentry and the like are treated as step-children by the curriculum and the first to be junked when it comes to budget allocation.

Even at Corporate level, those who find themselves embracing their Inner Child are the ones who carry home less stress, as they have absolutely no pressure on them.  They can be spotted easily at work as they not only have no ego but are down to earth and a friendly lot, being spontaneous. The Inner Child in them blossoms to bring out solutions at workplace that only an unbiased can provide.

Remember, your Inner Child can get angry at any time and be demanding if you  have not paid attention to  what it has to say … so give due credit and abide by what it has to voice out . Your Inner Child can never go wrong and looking at it differently, I may add that one’s conscience, instinct and Inner Child will tally in what they have to say to you.

Let’s look at a situation from the legendary Epic which clearly demonstrates the Inner Child. 

Once, Krishna and Arjuna were walking in a village together. Arjuna was pestering Krishna, asking Him why Karna should be considered an imparallel Donor and not himself ( Arjuna)? Krishna turned two mountains into gold. Then said, “Arjuna, distribute these two gold mountains among villagers, but you must donate every bit of it.” Arjuna went into the village and proclaimed he was going to donate gold to every villager and asked them to gather near the mountains. The villagers sang his praise and Arjuna walked towards the mountains with a puffed-up chest.

For two days and two nights Arjuna shoveled gold from the mountains and donated to each villager. The mountains did not diminish in their slightest. Most villagers came back and stood in queue within minutes. Now Arjuna was exhausted but not ready to let go of ego, told Krishna he couldn’t go on any longer without rest.

Here Krishna called Karna and told him to donate every bit of two gold mountains. Karna called two villagers and said, “Those two gold mountains are yours” and walked away. Arjuna sat dumbfounded. Why hadn’t this thought occurred to him? Krishna smiled mischievously and told him, “Arjuna, subconsciously you were attracted to the gold, you regretfully gave it away to each villager, what you thought was a generous amount. Thus the size of your donation to each villager depended only on your imagination.

Karna held no such reservations. Look at him, after giving away such a fortune, he did not expect people to sing his praises. He doesn’t even care if people talk good or bad about him behind his back. That is the sign of a man who embraces the Inner Child in him. Giving without expecting in return is a child’s outlook.”

No matter where you are, be it at workplace or at home, be rest assured that your Inner Child is the one who can prompt you to take the right decisions in life. The Inner Child is your birth right. Establish a claim over it and experience it  Begin the practice to invoke and try it out now. 

Wish you all the best in your endeavors to bring out the Inner child in you ! 

MALINI KALYANAM

www.malinipottery.com

(The writer is a freelancer, social activist, Pottery artist, Agnihotri , Mudra therapist, Recruitment Consultant, Reiki Grand Master, Yoga practitioner, Pottery artist, freelancer,  Spiritual  Writer, Content writer for Govt -Poompuhar art / crafts, Color Therapist

Malini conducts workshops on Inner child, yoga–mudras-dance fusion, Pottery and building Terrariums, but not necessarily in the same order.  

 

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