| Are you entangled in adulthood? Do daily demands of | | | | she arrives. I coax her out by releasing preconceived |
| maturity override your innate childlike sparkle? Do you | | | | notions, remembering to breathe, relaxing, opening to |
| believe that the inner child is less important than the | | | | the flowing energy of nature, trusting myself, following |
| adult self? Are you afraid that an unleashed inner child | | | | joy, laughing out loud at my no-nonsense seriousness, |
| could dismantle your life? | | | | chucking the need for formality-based credibility, being |
| The Tibetan encourages us to embrace and | | | | tender and sweet with myself, ditching my |
| acknowledge the magical child as the link into the new | | | | mission-heavy sense of obligation, playing more than |
| consciousness. The magical child is the part of us that | | | | working and living life as a cosmic game. |
| is pure, spontaneous, playful, fresh, excited, full of | | | | The popularity of Harry Potter and other magical |
| wonder, curious, trusting of the mystery and wise. In | | | | books/movies indicate the openness of the collective |
| infancy and early childhood our psychic doors are wide | | | | consciousness to the magical child. We're beginning to |
| open. We see through the veils, hear the song of the | | | | trust that he/she really exists inside of us. Ironically, far |
| Universe, are in contact with beloveds in spirit and | | | | from being an obstacle to adulthood, we're not fully |
| remember past lives. Then supersensory doors shut. | | | | grown-up until this extraordinary cherub is linked into |
| The magical child is obscured under family/ community | | | | our heart-soul and cherished for his/her exquisite |
| conditioning, demands to mature—be responsible, | | | | wisdom --unburdened by ponderous reflection -- a |
| lack of support for the mystical perspective that | | | | happy Knowing of the Mysterious Magical Realm. |
| validates the "imaginary realm" disdained by adults. This | | | | Then adulthood isn't simply contrived maturity based on |
| is compounded by an inevitable shattering of | | | | a dulling sense of responsibility, predictability, |
| innocence—a trauma, crisis or long-term wearing | | | | doggedness. Rather its a wide platform of dominion |
| away of mystical play—that plunges us onto the | | | | that includes the keys to the car—freedom to be in |
| solemn ground of "reality." Sadly the magical child is | | | | charge of our lives while inspired and excited as the |
| buried—sometimes forgotten for an entire lifetime. | | | | magical child shares the front seat, interpreting and |
| | | | | drawing outside the lines of the Map of our Path, and |
| The adult runs the show and only "indulges" the inner | | | | supplying the pizzazz to skip along the yellow brick |
| child self on holidays, vacations, at the movies and in | | | | road of life eager to see what's around the next |
| fleeting moments when no one is looking. Our | | | | corner of the Mystery. |
| attachment to being credible, responsible and | | | | The Tibetan displays his dancing magical child dancing |
| respected compels us to send our child self to his/her | | | | aglow with jovial spirited delight and mirth. He |
| inner room—ignored and discounted. But then we get | | | | teaches: |
| cranky for no reason and feel drab, staid and | | | | "The magical child is the Eternal Child who fills the soul |
| humorless. | | | | with quintessential innocence, freshness, purity, |
| Who decided that the inner child should take the back | | | | openness and a resounding YES to all that is. This child |
| seat to the adult? Aren't they both equal in importance | | | | gambols on the Tree of Life, unafraid to go out on a |
| to our wholeness? To diminish the inner child as | | | | limb, calling the Universe to come out to play. The |
| insignificant stultifies and deadens our central core | | | | Divine Youngster's genius animates a dazzling |
| where the magical child resides. Energy is blocked, | | | | creativity proudly displayed to Source for loving |
| unable to stream through the magical child, which | | | | attention. He/she floods the soul with bottomless JOY |
| creates a disturbing imbalance in the psyche. We | | | | and knows that all is well in the Universe. This Cosmic |
| forget that the magical child even exists as a vague | | | | Youth trusts the Divine Plan's orchestration of the self's |
| lackluster that bestirs a yearning for something more in | | | | individual Path and opens fully in each moment to |
| life. | | | | receive the boundless gifts showering the soul. |
| The magical child expresses our natural state of being. | | | | "The magical child is the Gateway to the new |
| Society bridles the inner child's wildness and conditions | | | | consciousness. The new paradigm represents such a |
| us to fear our unsophisticated, ingenuous, spontaneous, | | | | dramatic shift into collective JOY—truly a golden |
| unconstrained essential individuality. Afraid of losing | | | | age—that it takes the vision of the magical child to |
| control and possibly being rejected by the community, | | | | actually register the augmented shimmering quality of |
| we become tightly wrapped—keeping the magical | | | | energy currently impacting humankind. Otherwise |
| child's play at bay—determined not to be a fool. So | | | | people, entrenched in usual expectations of ‘normal' |
| the dismissed magical child, like a shy animal who lives | | | | reality, are blind to what is unfolding right in front of |
| in the woods, waits at the edge to be invited out. | | | | them. Because the veils are thinning, the Masters can |
| We are now being asked to reclaim, believe in, | | | | appear in full manifestation. But humankind's brain is |
| embody and celebrate the magical child. We need to | | | | programmed to allow in only minuscule bits of Light and |
| trust this great Keeper of Wonder. He/she transforms | | | | therefore is unable to register inter-dimensional form. |
| our life from a black and white movie to dazzling | | | | However, the magical child exists in |
| technicolor. A happily expressed magical child issues | | | | multidimensionality—experiences all aspects of Light |
| cascades of creative pizzazz that infuse each | | | | manifestation and especially love to provide the |
| moment with glittering gleaming potential. Then every | | | | sensitivity to hear messages from the Angelic Force. |
| day is special regardless of our duties and | | | | "The Wizardry Youth automatically receives the |
| obligations. | | | | supersensory gifts of the new consciousness such as |
| Many of us have explored inner terrain in therapy and | | | | clairvoyance, telepathy, clairaudience that unveil and |
| become acquainted with our wounded child. We've | | | | clarify the larger reality based in the Magical Realm. |
| probably spent hours connecting with and sending love | | | | This dimension issues the Great Forces of Being. |
| to that hurt child for healing. This profound work is | | | | Therefore the magical child is the connecting link to the |
| often crucial to our transformation. However | | | | Masters, Angelic Force and extraterrestrial family. He |
| sometimes this self-examination creates a relationship | | | | she eagerly serves to make the loving hookup |
| with the inner child based on pain, wounds, trauma. We | | | | between the student and the Masters real and tangibly |
| often connect to the inner child's moments of | | | | recognizable. Once the student experiences this bridge |
| shattered innocence to release frozen emotions. | | | | at a fully conscious level, he/she reaps tremendous |
| While this loving attention is healing, we often | | | | benefits from deep communion with the Masters. |
| reference only the childhood hurts and forget to | | | | "The magical child, with eyes wide open, serves |
| access the pre-wounded magical child who is eclipsed | | | | humankind by recognizing/invoking the dimension of the |
| by the wounded child. We assume that when the inner | | | | soul and bringing an everlasting youth that lightens the |
| child stops hurting, our delving is finished. But it has only | | | | heavy loads carried through all incarnations. The Divine |
| just begun! Then its time to call out the magical child | | | | Child is the essence of spontaneity that |
| waiting in the wings. | | | | wholeheartedly embraces the improvisational |
| Otherwise, the only venue for the magical child's | | | | becoming process of Source Itself. The outcome is a |
| expression is through the wounded child. This rejection | | | | tremendous creative channel overflowing with |
| denial of the magical child would exacerbate already | | | | possibilities. The magical child's endless curiosity, |
| inflamed childhood injuries. If we expect only the | | | | coupled with a brightness that creates an overlay of |
| wounded child to surface, our preconceptions may | | | | exquisite vividness and freshness, leaves no stone |
| ironically keep recycling these hurts because we lack a | | | | unturned in the quest for greater realms of magic. |
| reference point for the magical child who hid behind | | | | "Unburdened by expectations and false conclusions, |
| the wounded child to safeguard the magic. We may | | | | the Eternal Child holds the blank canvas on which to |
| fear looking at life through the eyes of a child because | | | | paint the Mystery's present moment. His/her purity |
| we associate that with relieving the nightmares of the | | | | dispels all cynicism and hardened defenses which |
| wounded child. So we retreat into adulthood in | | | | makes self available for extensive contact with all |
| attempts to leave childhood far behind. | | | | dimensions. Collaborate with the transition into the new |
| If having only known the wounded child we might | | | | paradigm by using the imagination to look through the |
| believe that our magical child never existed or was | | | | eyes of the magical child who gives permission to |
| destroyed by childhood torments. But nothing can | | | | exist in the magical realm and brings a playfulness that |
| extinguish this divine spark of being so present and | | | | opens the channel for access to higher realms of |
| eager to connect. We need to create a relationship | | | | consciousness. |
| between the magical and wounded child so that the | | | | "The magical child is the Wisdom Keeper who, from |
| magical child can teach the wounded child trust and | | | | his/her exploration of the Tree of Life and all of its |
| openness. Our adult self can parent the wounded child. | | | | mighty branches, knows the Universal Truth. This |
| But it's the magical child who can re-infuse the | | | | wonderful youngster brings boundless gifts and wants |
| wounded child with a natural wellspring of wonder. | | | | nothing more than to help with self's mission. Don't be |
| Then the wounded child is no longer isolated and | | | | shy—simply unleash the magical child into all areas of |
| joyless. | | | | life and get ready for reams of fun, surprise, laughter, |
| How do we evoke this magical being? I'm always | | | | creativity, aliveness, authenticity and excitement. The |
| delighted when my magical child pops up at the most | | | | Masters frolic with humankind's child-self creating Fields |
| unexpected times, filling the moment with happiness, | | | | of Amusement that evolve the Universe into ever |
| wonder and MAGIC! Unable to demand that she | | | | widening circles of Delight. |
| surface, I enthusiastically tell her how special it is when | | | | |