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Remember Mindfulness – sit comfortably

The child within

Childhood can be tough. Traumatic events leave emotional scars as well as physical ones. The absence of love causes lasting psychological pain. A damaged child learns to be wary of attachments because:

• Love is conditional (manipulation)
• Love makes you weak and vulnerable
• Love must be searched for and can be lost
• Love hurts but emotions need to be hidden. Many of us have had bad childhood experiences that still affect us. The way they have influenced our attitudes to life may be small – or large: Don’t do that, you’re not clever enough to try or don’t say what you really think – it’ll get you into trouble. Addiction is often rooted in some kind of  attachment problem. Do I recognise the suffering of my inner child and see there is more work to do?

Past suffering remains a measure of who we are, a characteristic of our inner child. To comfort this child, we must understand our suffering, because some good may come of it in the end. This can seem contradictory but is often a theme of religious teaching. Today, I will treat others with kindness.