The childlike state

“Out beyond the ideas of right doing and wrong- doing, there’s a field…I’ll meet you there.”
-        Rumi


This popular quote of Rumi makes me think about this ‘field’. If I search for a person in the world who is already experiencing this “field” I would possibly pick up an infant or a toddler. A child- a very small child can possibly be an inhabitant of this area where one does not have any worldly ideas about right and wrong and probably that is why it is said in spiritual wisdom that a child is a reflection of God.

A child remains in a state of wonderment and displays fearlessness and confidence in himself as well as others. One can say that the worldly ideas of right and wrong are still beyond his understanding and he is pure form of innocence. This innocence might be the answer to many questions human civilization is facing in these times. But the question remains the same, how can one achieve this state of purity after one is grown up enough and has been captivated/contaminated by all kind of worldly ideas?


 “Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter      the kingdom of heaven.”
                                           -Jesus Christ

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