Children see – why don’t we?
October 14th, 2007 by jim1537
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 lose 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.
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