Perhaps the secret of magic is to truly remain a child- and to not be ashamed, in today’s snide and sarcastic society, to be considered foolishly immature but in a childlike way.
Human beings are not as mature as we think ourselves to be anyway.
Maturity is generally attributed to the physical condition of retirement (a withdrawal to a place of safety). What it really stands for is integrity — the adulthood of the mind, emotions and convictions.
An adult is a person who lives on a level of a realistic integrity relating to one’s humanity. This humanity is governed by universal law and it is our reaction to the law that determines the degree of adulthood we have reached. Have human beings been respectful to universal law and even to their very own nature?
Modern humans term an “adult” based on what we are “legally permitted” to do: like drinking alcohol, driving a car or even getting married! And so, many younger humans wait impatiently to be “old enough” to commit a variety of delinquencies and make “legal” decisions that they regret later.
“Adults” are those who can do what is not proper for a young one to do and those beyond the capacity of an elder to do. This in-between is what we assigned ourselves to be what “maturity” is about. It is erroneous to conclude that we are as old morally, mentally and emotionally as we are physically.
Maturity demands integrity. In today’s humanity, integrity is in short supply and in even shorter demand. I daresay, it is an aspiration!
A truly mature human to exist on this day will be disgraced, dishonored and even crucified (can we say Jesus Christ) and such a human will ascend beyond this physical plane and will be the prime example of what we all aspire to be.
Truth is, human beings do not want to grow up. We want to live in a world where someone else thinks for us, where we are protected, do as little as we can and gain as much as we are allowed to gain from our efforts. We expect to be supervised, catered to and even be under the benevolent care of an invisible deity. We want to remain in a world of childlikeness.
Maturity, as it is being used now, has very little to do with value and how human beings function. Mankind has a unique place in the physical environment because we have the power to question and to rationalize our existence. With our will and individuality, we break universal laws. Like a child learning through play with the world as the playground.
It is with this childlike wonder that we destroy as much as we create. This process is both joyful and painful. Learning love is the reward.
Childlikeness, not to be confused with childishness, is simplicity. In it’s innocence, there is trust. if a child trusts us, then we try to be worthy of that trust. It makes a world where humans are inspired to keep the ideals, beauty and truth of each other. Misusing and abusing that trust is childishness.
Human beings are mostly childish and distrustful. This behavior perpetuates a cycle of hurt people who hurt people, of humans who want to receive but do not give and who take more than they need thereby upsetting the universal balance that is maintained by universal law. The consequences of breaking that universal law, of disrespecting one’s nature, are suffering, struggle and strife.
Therefore, the real magic is to be a fool each and every time: To not fear new beginnings or starting over or embarking on a new journey, to not know what to expect, to trust like you’ve never been betrayed, to love like you’ve never been hurt, to accept that you may not know much about anything but the moment you have is now and to have faith that you have all you need.
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