Children see - why don't we?
Little children are a delight and a miracle - they bring with them
a sense of absolute and utter wonder and share with us a world of
magic and make believe where all things seem possible... As adults,
we may look at our children and feel such a world to be
heartwarming, but at the same time we may try to prepare these
toddlers for the "real world" ahead of them. "Honey, there's no
one really here in your room. You see something? No way. Don't
be silly. It's just you and me," a dad might instruct their small
child when the child appears to be playing with an invisible friend.
Believing that their child is just letting their imagination get a
little too carried away, a parent tries to remind their child of
the "real world." This world is the simple reality of our common
five senses; nothing else or potentially beyond. Living in this
reality means that all that is considered true is what is provable
in physical form. If you can touch it, taste it, smell it, hear
it, and see it with your own two eyes, then it passes the test. It
is real! Adults typically see this type of mind set as logical,
rational and intelligent.
But what do children really see? Is their world of supposed make
believe just that; only fantasy and whimsy? Or do children indeed
see, hear and sense things radically different than most adults do
- even possibly much more than adults do? Is a child's playground
filled with imaginary playmates who don't really exist, or are they
in tune with something we, as rational adults have learned to tune
out, turn off and disconnect from - potentially permanently?
When children are born, they are literally wide open - to anything
and everything. They wish to explore, see no limits, have no fear,
and are willing to pretty much try or do anything. Of course as
parents, we must keep our children out of physical danger; protect
them from accident and injury while guiding them through this
sometimes very tricky journey. But what about their so called
imaginary playmates...?
The Imaginary Playmates of Children
I remember one of my long-standing clients telling me the story of
his nephew who was about 1-2 years old at the time. As he would
peacefully lay in his crib, he would point at the ceiling and just
laugh and smile and chuckle continually. His eyes would be riveted
to one specific area of the ceiling. This toddler was completely
and utterly fascinated with this tiny little spot in the ceiling.
There was nothing apparently different regarding this particular
area of the ceiling that any of his family could see with their own
two eyes. Then his inquisitive eyes would start to look as if he
was following something moving in the room - slowly and
methodically with absolute fascination and joyous laughter, he
would track the movement of something -- or was it someone?
When my client told me this, I let him know my feeling; I felt that
this was my client's father, his nephew's grandfather who had
crossed over into spirit several years ago. His imaginary playmate
was real, not just in a physical body any longer. As a mentor,
guardian angel and special friend, my clients dad was helping and
assisting his own grandson, as part of his spiritual function from
the other side, still being of help and support to those left
behind, exactly as he would do if he was still here in his physical
body.
This explanation made complete sense to my client - in fact his
entire family got it. They would all watch from a distance this
wondrous little boy play with his imaginary playmate pretty much on
a regular basis. With spiritual security and comfort, this little
boy felt safe within his little world and was being protected from
danger and harm at the same time.
A gifted psychic I've known for decades who sees spirits recently
recalled a story of an experience regarding her daughter when she
was about two years old. She walked in one day to check up on her
daughter and found her playing peek-a-boo from behind a door with a
little child in spirit; it was a little Indian girl. Her daughter
was elated and simply having fun! My friend quietly observed her
daughter playing this innocent game of peek-a-boo with a playmate -
just one that wasn't in a physical body.
In fact, I cannot tell you just how many countless times I have
heard stories from clients about their children seeing spirits;
whether passed on relatives like Grandma or Grandpa, spiritual
master teachers who are master guides assigned to watch over and
guide these toddlers, as well as little playmates. Children see
them all the time. Most psychics pretty much agree that all
children are legitimately psychic and indeed see. As I alluded to
above, children come into this world wide open - not just in terms
of curiosity about their physical surroundings and activities, but
also an open book psychically.
All Children are Psychic
In the usually protected and insulated environment of a child,
whether in his or her playpen, crib and home based surroundings;
it's easy for children to see far beyond this physical world.
Because they are already psychically in tune in the first place and
in a relaxed state of being and safe place, their magical realm of
the spirit world is part of their ever-present toy box. Relatives
and loved ones, master spiritual teachers, and little playmates on
the other side often take great pride and pleasure in watching over
newborns and youngsters who they are spiritually connected to.
Providing protective energy, guidance, love and support, they are
like a big brother, a loving parent, and see these children through
the eyes of universal love and affection. But these children also
see them - and are not afraid. Why? Because they're utilizing a
natural God given gift, and in addition, what is there really to be
afraid of? If any of us as adults are scared, it's based on our
attitudes that we've developed in our grown up lives. For
children, to wave to their angels and little playmates who may be
playing with them from the other side is quite normal for them.
They start to lose their psychic gifts when they're about 4-5 years
old
As parents keep reinforcing to them over and over again that their
imaginary playmates aren't really real, the child starts to adopt
this mindset and begins slowly but surely tuning all of this out.
Right around the age of 4-5 is when the child usually starts
turning off and disconnecting from their natural psychic gifts.
This age coincides with the time period when children begin
attending school. With school comes the "real world" which entails
interacting with other various types of children from friends to
bullies, bringing about the need to develop physical and
psychological interactive and survival skills. Children must now
begin learning very logical and linear school assignments such as
ABC's and arithmetic, which of course develop the logical part of
the mind. Pencils, paper, crayons and very literal assignments
become the focus of this new realm. So here we see the magical
spiritual realm definitively fading away and disappearing from
consciousness, potentially for the rest of the child's later adult
lifetime.
If you don't use it, you lose it
As adults who are not in touch with their psychic ability, the
question might be asked, "How come I can't seem to bring back this
ability if I once had it?" There are many reasons why one might
lose touch with this very universal experience: most of what we
did between the ages of birth to 5 years of age is no longer a part
of our current day by day life and experience, so it is gone, along
with a new mind set being reinforced for decades, which replaces
the frame of reference we had as children. We can be looked upon
as creatures of habit; reinforcing the material world as all there
is that we can see for such a long time, which overwrites what was
once within our mental framework. That is yet another explanation.
It would sort of be like continually rewriting a computer program
and clicking save. The old information has been replace, deleted
and long gone for good! But most if all, if you don't use it,
you lose it. Just like if you didn't exercise for thirty years,
you would lose your muscle tone and become out of shape. If you
studied a foreign language in school, even spoke it, but eventually
passed the class and stopped speaking it, you would forget it in
time.
Be that child again
How would you feel if you were denied one of your five senses? If
you really stop and think about it, I'm sure you would feel fearful
of something like this happening, let's say, losing your sight for
example. Imagine the terror of not being able to see!
Think of being denied your own natural psychic ability possibly in
the same way. We often have routinely denied ourselves this
precious gift; an open door to a world far beyond the material
world of facts and figures, logic and reason, where all that is
validated is what can be "proven."
Let's start to go back to the innocence and elation you felt as a
child - a little at a time. Remind yourself of this purity daily;
see the world as if you're looking at it for the very first time -
every time. This way you will live in a world of true wonder.
It's like peeling away the layers of an onion; returning to the
core of simplicity, inner vision and receptivity to a world so vast
and wondrous that our rational minds could never begin to grasp it.
Whether we see spirits or simply listen to our intuition, feel
things, or hear a spirit message in a dream -- our guides giving us
a message when we're wide awake - our vision can once again become
a child's vision which is most profound and transcendent - far
beyond the blinders that were put on so long ago.