Becoming like little children who are creative and counter-intuitive, without self-consciousness –unafraid of what others may think of us – is key for genuine spiritual growth. We can’t truly walk in faith unless we care only what God thinks about us and unless we have a willingness to look foolish and be the unique person God created us to be. In fact, the more we grow up spiritually, the more we resemble a child, the more nonconforming we become, and the more passionate we become, because we are becoming more like Christ who Himself was extremely passionate and an extreme nonconformist for that day.
Hi,
There’s a meditation guru (Nisargadatta Maharaj) who adviced to be acutely self-conscious for a while in order for it to melt away … I’m practicing his method and after googling on “self-consciousness”, I came here.
Nice to have this view. Nisargadatta also uses a term “bala-Krishna” which means “child consciousness” (Krishna, equivalent of Jesus in India, when he was a child).
– Tony
I believe in the internal feeling of acting like a child! It’s great spiritual advice.
It may not work for your career and industry or job.
Sari
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