Purple_scorp, love your image...so fitting for this symbol
Children are incredibly spirited….they’re little beings are totally open….they are intuitive and flexible….united they would live in a utopian society….love, beauty, happiness, above all else harmony….ooh and definitely no boundaries! Children have a zest and enthusiasm for life! As far as they know, we’re all made of the same stuff!
At least until the adult world starts separating black from white. We begin constructing a world for our kids that is full of contrasts. Like fish in a net, they crash full force into it and some of them fight and struggle against it…but they underestimated their peers and parents intelligence. To be safe they retreat and hide their essence and emotional selves deep within……a very dark but safe place.
Another thought I had… children begin to pick up messages about themselves and their worth through their first experiences of being touched or ignored by others. As they grow, they develop playacting roles that can exhibit either a persecutor, the rescuer or the victim. It’s not uncommon for any of us to play these three basic role…..it all depends on our situation and or who we’re with. .
We encounter duality everywhere in our physical world, for example, light, dark, up, down, right, wrong. And we use these dualities as parameters to help understand and define our world. But there is a greater context here then black and white. It’s about discovering who we are under our skin.
When we step back and allow these colors to overlap, we begin to heal a bit of the split that the world consists of simply this and that. We can actually perceive infinite shades of gray between the extremes!!! We begin to see we are all bound by blood….that black and white are by no means natural enemies…….together they magically blend in a warm embrace.
When things are changing all around us, what do we hold onto? It can be through others, it can be the energy of Gaia, our Earth, it can be magic….but all these energies need a place to start from….they need You!! And you consists of, black/white, body/spirit. past/present, which join and unfold together to create a synergistic outpouring of magnificent energy!
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