Blessing The Inner Child

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene as a map of your own inner life. The little children are the raw states of consciousness that trust without question; they are the openness you almost forget you possess. The disciples’ rebuke reveals a rigid mind conditioned to measure worth by effort and status; Jesus speaks from the I AM within you, saying, let these states be present, for of such is the kingdom. The kingdom is not a distant realm you must earn, but a present mode of awareness you choose to inhabit. When you lay hands on the child in you and pray, you are actually moving attention—confirming, blessing, and reviving a sense of worth already existing in you. The act is symbolic of a revision: you affirm that this innocent, trusting part of you is the rightful ruler of your inner weather. As you sustain that state of blessing, your outer life rearranges itself to reflect the inner decree: heaven is not off somewhere else; it is the quiet certainty you live from here and now.