SHACK 1070 CHILDLIKE

 

Rakuten Kobo

There is a story I often tell. A young athletic Judo ka is contesting for a medal at the UK Albert Hall in the days when Judo was not an Olympic Sport and certain prohibitive techniques were allowed within the Shinpan (referee) discretions. The young Judo ka sat behind a row of Japanese Sensei's of which was his own teacher. The opponent was announced and lo and behold he was three stone heavier, a UK wrestling champion and  had a formidable appearance.

The young Judo ka was terrified and said to his Sensei 'Look at him he is not human and built like a gorilla, I am terrified' to which Sensei replied ' If you are afraid you have no energy and freeze, if you think Hiki waki (tie -draw) it is a compromise, if you just say are well I'll do my best, still not fully committed, if you go in with anger and fury, you are hasty and miss opportunities, if you haven't cultivated the dwelling in tanden / hara and seika no itten then ? ' at this point the youngster said ' Sensei shall I pull out? What else is there? 'AH! said Sensei ' Only necessary  to enjoy, In life cannot always win, draw or lose. Only necessary to enjoy. The young Judo ka somehow 'caught the energy' and went in with enjoyment and won through a very sneaky and risky technique, in which the Shinpan had to stop quickly and declared  'Shosha' Kakutoku -sha', Winner, Victor.

This morning of the 22nd October 2021 it was sunny but with a chill in the air and I meditated and prayed and I felt light and full of childlike joy and for no apparent reason and indeed does there always have to be reason and the story above came to mind? The night before a day after the full moon on the 20th. I looked out of my window and the Moon was nearly at full, it was bright, light and alone in the sky, I marvelled and wondered and although I know a lot about planets, planetary cycles and the orbits, space travel and my intellect got out of the way, somehow suspended completely overtaken and usurped by awe and I just gazed and gazed and like a child wondered how on Earth did it get there and yet not in words but in silent appreciation.

Then this morning I felt as though I were a child and yet in contrast and juxtaposition I am nearly 83yrs of age, yet I felt childlike, not like a senile or some dementia, I felt really that The Great Spirit, Mother Father God was a real parent so to speak and that wonder of the Sunny Morning, the Moon last night , the trees, pigeons, squirrels, clouds were my Cosmic parent taking me to a magic show, a circus and that indeed the Universe was designed to entertain us, to be in wonder and let our parent delight in our delight, as a human parent delight in the delights of their offspring.  

I realised part of trust and faith in our parents as a child and the hurt and pain when they let us down and we feel we have hurt them because of the natural love a child born feels for their parents(generally speaking, maybe Mother in the womb sent pain and resentment because of her and fathers relationship not going so well and so on) and because our love is not returned we may feel we have done something wrong and unworthy and carry guilt and feel lack of self esteem and confidence and yet not realises at that time it was something in the parents and not really meant to affect their child. I felt in that moment utter trust and faith in God Almighty and somehow I felt God wanted me to feel joy and 'lay back' as it were and let My Cosmic Parent shower the Joy of a Parent of their eager and accepting child, I was in 83 in Earth Human years BUT a child in consciousness and mind, I felt no age at all.

Yet the tug of the human flesh and worldly woes that beset us at this time of massive fear and change can drag me / us / down and forget the abundance that out Creator wants as a delighted Parent to shower on us. Tuning into this abundant mind infused joy of awaiting 'magic and joyous moments can avert the tribulations of the day and spreading the feeling by radiating it to all and sundry it may well lift the atmosphere and so alleviate some dark corner of mind in someone  or situation.

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