Four Primary Principles of Conscious Childrearing

Epilogue

(unpublished talk by Adi Da, 12/17/82)

Children are like Mickey Mouse. They have that same kind of force for us, that same kind of innocence. They have received no bad news yet. They do not operate with mental problems, and they act as if they are immortals. They can become afraid in certain situations, but most of the time they act as if there is no death, no threat, no problem, nothing negative about existence.

We become profoundly attached, emotionally attached, to these beings because they are free Life-Signs for us. This says something about our adult life, about what we accept as adults. We presume that only children should be Life-Signs to one another, but we should not be involved in this mortal vision, either. It is our responsibility to grow spiritually and not be confined to the neurosis of the lower stages of life, so we can be Life-Signs for one another. This is what those who consort with one another should be—free Life-Signs, emotionally, mentally, altogether.

The spiritually alive personality is in some ways just like a child—not uninformed as a child is, but free by virtue of transcending adult information. We take our information too seriously and do not take our Truth seriously enough. We should all be like Mickey Mouse. The reason that we enjoy children is that they have not learned what we have learned. Now that we have learned it, we should not take it any more seriously than children do who have not learned it yet.

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