Contacting your inner child

[Idle Thoughts]

I was wondering if there are any threads or any information on how to contact your inner child?

I just have the strongest feeling that i have to do this very soon.

Also lately I have been listening to a song regarding someone contacting their inner child and I am driving to work with tears in my eyes because this song is moving me so much.

[Quiet Knight]

Not sure how to contact my inner child, but I know he is there and I let him express himself.

I am aware him, as well as my parent and self, and my body and spirit; yes a little crowded in there. It seems that my inner child and body has the most basic needs and wants, and yet we don't listen to them it seems, as much as we should. I think they are in some ways more connected to each other, then other aspects of our person.

I have found that they have need and desires too, and if we don't pay attention to them, and help satisfy those needs in a proper and timely manner, that they can rebel and try to take over or even die from neglect.

I have found if I pay attention to mine, they know it and they let me know what they need and want, and then I find legal and acceptable ways for them to express themselves.

I guess I have gotten to a point, when I have a urge, feeling or thought, I can usually automatically realize where it is coming from. You maybe already hearing them, and not realizing who it is, and maybe that is all they want, or maybe not.

I don't know if my experiences have helped or not, but this is my realty.

[Galaxyspiral]

My inner child has never left me and i won't let it either.

Let yourself go to discover and re-awakwen your inner child, take risks without over analyzing...children don't over anaylze they just see and do, be creative...let your mind and body be free to do so...that means if you get paint out don't keep thinking oh god if it gets on my clothes or on the carpet it's going to take ages to get out...kids don't think like that...they love and adore mess and creation, believe...for kids there is no question of if something is real...when young they just have the amazing ability to believe without question...think back to when you believed in Santa and the tooth fairy and i think the most important is to be curious...too many adults lose this ability, this gift, they no longer become curious with what is around them but kids are, they will touch, see, hear, taste and smell everything, they relish new experiences and do not shy away from them....it's a big wide world out there so unlock that inner child and explore...see the world through the eyes of the chld and approach it with the chld like curiousity that they have.

[Sheli]

I think it might be easier than you may think it is. For me, When I would come across situations or memories or emotions that were child-like, I somehow just knew it was 'the child in me' so I would speak to her (not out loud, most of the time ) and say things I knew she needed to hear. Especially when memories would come up of damaging things from my early years, I would be smacked with the reality of the raw emotions that came with the memory. I immediately realized it was way more than that poor little child could handle so I spoke to her and told her it was ok, she didn't have to bear it any more - I was the grown up and I could handle it so I told her I was taking it from her.

That's one of the not so pleasant things but there are other times when I know the child in me would like to do something so, maybe I'll go by the mirror and stop to make a silly face or, maybe there will be a silly child-like thought or joke in my head and I'll allow myself to laugh or giggle, out loud or not.

So, maybe the answer is - allow yourself to and just do it. Just start talking to her/him.