The Loss of Innocence

Living brings a loss of innocence.  The mind and ego are what create the loss of innocence.

The purity of our true nature and identity becomes tarnished when we experience life through the mind and ego. They lack the perspective to handle such matters. They do not know. They can offer only opinions, beliefs and judgments.

The mind and ego do not know right from wrong. They assume the answers to life’s questions are simple and that any answer can take the pain away.

For instance, we can watch a movie concerning death and killing, because in a sense, it is viewed from a distance and we tell ourselves, “it is only a movie” -- but in a real situation, such as what a soldier experiences on a battlefield, the mind and heart collide and feelings get suppressed, as a way of coping.

These experiences invite shock and a loss of personal innocence.

The ego seeks self-preservation, while the heart wants redemption for the horrors it has observed. The greater damage is often done to ourselves, not just the deceased in the movie. We live with the horror of ourselves and the question, “How do I live beyond this moment of time where guilt has replaced the innocence of my youth?”

Without our loss of innocence, we would never question what appears to be true, so we can discover within what is really true about life, ourselves and existence. We have begun the great journey of life back to the source of all of life’s answers; back to knowing who, why and what we are in consciousness.

There will always be casualties in conflict, but there will also be discoveries too.



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