Parvati Magazine December 2013 - Remembrance | Page 10

MEDITATION

OPEN THE DOOR
To Your Inner Child

MEDITATION
grenous for us to bring ourselves to understand that
we are in need of healing. Finally, the wounded
child has our full attention.
In order to heal, we
must look within to get
to know aspects of ourselves we have left behind. The wounded child
gets locked away in the
recesses of our being until we open that door.
Perhaps a pressing force
such as an accident or
heartbreak brings us face
to face with that door,
but only a deeply gentle
touch can turn the door
handle for us to feel safe
enough to walk in. Here
are some ways you can
open the door to your inner child.

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o matter what age you may be or how much inner work you may have done, a wounded inner child may remain untouched, hidden away, asking for love in some way. Despite our parents’ best effort, it seems that many of us, at some level, did not receive the
love we needed as a child. That part of our psyche becomes frozen in time, “wanting
mummy” or “wanting daddy” in some way, seeking the love it needed and still needs, until
we thaw our inner walls and become still enough to listen to its call.
When the wounded child is in the driver’s seat of our lives, consciously or unconsciously
we push that which is good for us away because we have lost the willingness to receive,
believing fundamentally that the love we need does not exist. We create situations in our
lives that prove our feelings of wounding. We may sabotage a great relationship, or sell out
in our job or demean ourselves to make an opportunity happen, because we deep down
feel that love is not possible for us.
Used to making our way through life on a fraction of our true potential, we can be like invalids hobbling about on a broken leg, trying to convince ourselves that we are ok. We feed
the wounds with temporary pacifiers like money, sex, drugs, entertainment and foods in an
attempt to fill a void we don’t want to see. Sometimes it takes our broken leg turning gan-

Find a quiet place and
give yourself permission
to feel. Just as a loving
mother would fully accept all your joys and
wounds without reserve,
meet whatever arises in
you, to the best of your
ability, without judgment.
Think of yourself welcoming your whole self with
open arms. Take time to

do this every day and
notice how much more
energy, freedom and joy
naturally arises. Ask yourself the sincere question,
with an open heart, “How
do you feel? How come?
What can I do to better
love and support you?”
Listen and receive the information with warmth
and gratitude. Breathe it
in.
Take a box of wax crayons and some paper
(newsprint is fine) and find
a quiet, uninterrupted
place. Let yourself scribble, doodle, do whatever
you want without judging.
Have fun letting your inner child play. Just notice
what is there, the colours,
the shapes, the mood,
the expression. How do
the images make you
feel? What is being communicated in them? Quietly see if any thoughts,
emotions or images come
to mind. Breathe in and
welcome any information
that arises.

Pick up the pencil in your
non-dominant hand, that
is, the one you do not usually use to write. Then ask
your inner child if it has anything to say. Start to write
without editing, even if
the text is scribbly and
hard to read. See what
comes up, as it is, without
judging. Breathe deeply
and embrace whatever
arises, as a loving mother would. Welcome the
voice of your inner child
into your heart.
Find a quiet and relaxed
place, either sitting on a
chair or comfortably lying
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