A Question         Sandy Jones

Dear Sandy,

I just finished listening to the third chapter of Oprah and Eckhart Tolle and I am enjoying it very much. It seems that I get more and more out of Eckhart . I have read his book "The Power of Now" and I have other cd's by Eckhart. I have listened and read a lot of other people and what they have said. I have read books from William Samuel. He has helped me along my journey. But I don't seem to experience the child within or if I do I don't recognize it as such.

The other authors don't talk about the child within and I wonder if you could tell me how you experience the child within.

Would you say that living in the present moment is experiencing the child within? Would you say that feeling your Oneness with all there is is experiencing the child within? Would you say that living in awe of all there is, is experiencing the child within?

Your Friend C.

 

Dear C.

I read your email yesterday, and I have been pondering 'what words' one can use to describe The Child.

I can say this; you will know it when you 'see it' or I should say 'feel it' or 'sense it'---Whatever it may be, there will be no doubt as to 'what it is'.

It is Real, more Real anything. It is closer than fingers and toes, it is your Geuine Identity always and It has always been Here and It never Leaves us---and It is not 'just a metaphor' for something 'abstract'--It is Real; for me, for now, the most Real of all things I have.

I try to write about it, describe it for you. But it is so nearly impossible. So, I delete everything I come up with....although it is simple when found, it can be explained in an infinite array of ways and from a vast amount of differing percpectives

My friend William wrote about The Child and what It is and he ended up with a 400 page book; "The Child Within Us Lives! A Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Metaphysics."

So if you have not read this book, I suggest you do.

I doubt if I can put it into words any better than Billy does.

However, when I cut it all down to the exact description of It--- for me, I experience This Child as something like, very really truly, as if I am being 7 years old and holding the hand of 'someone' whom I trust implicitly, secure and home. It is as if I am holding the hand of someone who is always here, always with me, never leaving or forsakeing me--I am safe--always, without even the slightest bit of doubt---This is It.

It is the Peace Beyond Understanding that Jesus speaks of. It is Real, this I know for sure.

That's It, that's all.

Like running into the arms my long lost love. I am Home. I am safe. He is here and Everything is alright and there is nothing to be afraid of.

This is what has found me and leads me. I call It Grace, The Child and Grace are Same One.

I just dropped everything and fell in Faith, fell in pure faith. It came gently and very silently, but instantly, to hold me.

I trusted Life and I am trusted.

This soft and gentle, quiet presence leads me now and It never leaves me---It is The Child, The Divine Child, The Christ Child; This Love that holds me and guides me through the world of time and space---

When I let go of everything, or should I say when everything cherished was ripped from me--I trusted, my heart was so full of faith--I was nothing but faith--I was without doubt that This Love is Real and That God is Real and That Love is real and Good is Real---and in that act of faith, in that instant, as soft and silent as it's arrival was-- It was--I was held by Grace--In the twinkling of eye Love came and took my hand. Instantaneously, no time between the letting go and Love's appearing. It was here. It was always here. I did nothing but turn to It in pure childlike faith. This is The Child of God, The Light of Truth, It is my Wayshower, It is with me always and I need nothing else.

That's the best I can do to describe it.

Let me know if it does or does not help. I am interested. And I do appreciate your question.

Much Love to you, Sandy

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