Inner Child

[seekingmuch]

I understand the concept. But, it weirds me out.

Anyone have success with it?

 

[HereIStand]

I've heard the term but don't understand how its applied.

 

[SpiritSong]

My understanding, and I may be wrong, is that it is your younger aged self and is within you and has desires to play or to be healed, if you were deeply hurt as a child. It is the younger you, pleading with your older you for the ability to express your childlike wishes in today's life somehow.

A friend of mine sets a "play date" for herself and her inner child once a week. She chooses a game to play, a sandbox to visit or a swingset to swing on....

 

[seekingmuch]

I've heard the term but don't understand how its applied.

For me, since my emotional abuse was so bad as a kid, I really hate looking at photos of me real young. I don't want to reexperience all that pain and agony and loneliness.

I actually came up with the idea I'd write a book about a younger me that was loved and appreciated and accepted. I figure I became an adult at like 5-7 years old. Had my first of three ulcers at 6-7.

God told me once I had scars all over my body. Emotional wounds.

Honestly, I have a really hard time believing God is this loving and kind person that doesn't judge you and accepts you for who you are. It also didn't help the churches I grew up in preached God was this fire-breathing dragon just looking to see when you screwed up. I've totally dumped that idea, finally.

I have no frame of reference for believing that about any man since my father was a useless, hate-filled P.O.S. to me my whole childhood. He bought me things but those, I've found, were actually his way of paying me off for his bad behavior. I saw Jesus once and it scared me half to death. When the Holy Spirit shows up, which is rare in the last 3 years, I think, "what have I done (wrong) now?" and feel fear.

 

[SpiritSong]

I think you should write that book. I think it is a great idea! A young you that is loved, cherished and treated respectfully.

 

[Halbhh]

I understand the concept. But, it weirds me out.

Anyone have success with it?

That came from way back in the 80s from such writers as Alice Miller (and others), and became popular in the 90s. This idea of the "inner child" was about finding that inside yourself that was lost, covered up in defensive protections in early childhood, hidden away, and forgotten, while trying to survive a childhood of abuse, which is very, very commonplace. Trying to recover yourself, your authentic real feelings, in effect. At best, the effort to get in touch with yourself, meaning finding your soul.

It's a step that can help, because if a person recovers more in-touch with their soul, they can begin to feel the pull of the Spirit towards the One Who is Love, and Who can rescue them from the darkest and deepest pit.

I did do a lot of work back in the early 90s trying to recover being in touch with my self (soul), and I think that probably did aid me to begin to really hear and be rescued by Christ's message of Love (which you encounter in the 4 gospel accounts). But, even if I had not done that effort, still His words may well have pierced through to my heart anyway. So I can't say it's necessary. One could simply have a quiet time of meditation, instead, for example, trying to be real, be here, be present, be. And then listen to Christ's words. It's amazing what His words do. He did for me what years of various efforts could never quite accomplish.

 

[seekingmuch]

I think you should write that book. I think it is a great idea! A young you that is loved, cherished and treated respectfully.

Thank you!

 

[seekingmuch]

That came from way back in the 80s from such writers as Alice Miller (and others), and became popular in the 90s. This idea of the "inner child" was about finding that inside yourself that was lost, covered up in defensive protections in early childhood, hidden away, and forgotten, while trying to survive a childhood of abuse, which is very, very commonplace. Trying to recover yourself, your authentic real feelings, in effect. At best, the effort to get in touch with yourself, meaning finding your soul.

It's a step that can help, because if a person recovers more in-touch with their soul, they can begin to feel the pull of the Spirit towards the One Who is Love, and Who can rescue them from the darkest and deepest pit.

I did do a lot of work back in the early 90s trying to recover being in touch with my self (soul), and I think that probably did aid me to begin to really hear and be rescued by Christ's message of Love (which you encounter in the 4 gospel accounts). But, even if I had not done that effort, still His words may well have pierced through to my heart anyway. So I can't say it's necessary. One could simply have a quiet time of meditation, instead, for example, trying to be real, be here, be present, be. And then listen to Christ's words. It's amazing what His words do. He did for me what years of various efforts could never quite accomplish.

That is a touching story. So sweet of you to share. )