In the generally accepted model of reality children are viewed as ignorant people. They are viewed by society as empty vessels to be filled to serve a particular purpose. We put these children into schools to teach them to fill these roles. The modern school system is designed to mass produce large quantities of obedient factory workers. Learn this this and this and do what I say. Don’t question me. Raise your hand. Step in line. This model is super effective. The downside is that you get a lot of people who end up doing stuff they aren’t supposed to be doing. You hamper creativity and suck the life out of these future members of society. These once joyful energetic spirits end up mumbling and dragging their feet from class to class, aimlessly wandering, with low expectations and no sense of worth. You end up with teachers that shouldn’t be teachers. Doctors that shouldn’t be doctors. Lawyers that shouldn’t be lawyers and the list goes on. Unhappy faces that walk around everywhere you go.

In the model of Source perspective, a child is the most intelligent being. He is smarter than all the adults because he knows exactly what he wants and has absolutely no resistance to it. He simply goes for it.

If he is hungry, he cries. If he is uncomfortable he lets you know. If he wants to poop, he does so. No one tells him what to do or when to do it. He does everything when he wants to, exactly when he needs to. They laugh, they play, they cry, they run around. Always buzzing with energy. They skin their knees, then get right back up and are already halfway across the playing field. 

Then  progressively the child goes through the process of socialisation. He learns that certains behaviours are unacceptable. Then he begins to develop free will and starts to experiment. He learns what brings pain and what doesn’t. He still knows what he wants and he goes for it. He wants to say something he does so. He doesn’t like something he says so too. But progressively he starts to hold back, to say nothing, to restrain himself or to hide, because mom or dad doesn’t like it or they reward only certain behaviours. These souls seems so chaotic and wilful from the perspective of boring low energy adults. 

“How can we keep up with that kind of energy?”, they say. “We are old now. These kids have to learn that the world isn’t so pretty. Life is a chore. They need to learn some manners and how to do things properly.”

No wonder adults who think like this struggle keeping up with children. They are so slow and stuck in habitual patterns. They don’t go for what they want, they are full of reasons why things won’t work. As a consequence they impose their views on children. The only problem with this is these children don’t know how to get their needs met. So depending on these adults they have no choice but to conform.

As you grow up you learn how to meet your needs directly or indirectly through manipulation.

Children engage with life fully and don’t resist it. Adults find excuses and reasons why they can’t.

No child is born hating the world or other people. No child is born with fear.

Children are learning machines. They absorb everything, test everything, taste everything. They are all creative geniuses.

Take ownership of the child in you. Get in touch with it’s needs and desires. Notice all the reasons you have for why you can’t. Start with easy steps. When you have some easy choice or decision to make, ask yourself what your child would choose. Don’t respond with your logical left brain answer. Let the child in you express itself.

The most intelligent version of a child is the adult who has retaken ownership of his inner child. He doesn’t resist it anymore. He lets it run around when it wants to.

Learn to let go of the resistance you have to moving. Start moving in the direction of that flow. Your inner child is intelligent and know exactly what it wants and what it needs. Start listening.