This video on you tube has over 5 million hits because it is hilarious. I felt bad for the poor kid, but I truly laughed my head off. It made me think how as adults, we have become numb to the childlike part of ourselves. Clearly in this video, the boy was distressed of the foreign condition he was in and in an attempt to get out of it, he screamed at the top of his lungs. “Is this real life?” he also says.
I was having a discussion with my brother, Luis, yesterday about being under the influence of drugs, specifically marijuana. In the 1980’s he experimented with different drugs, much to my horror. Because of that I was always terrified of drugs. I tried pot on only 3 occasions in my entire life and I hated the feeling. I had wide range of effects from falling asleep to having vertigo for three days and thinking I had permanent neurological damage. For that reason, I will never ever touch pot again. About any other kind of drug, knock on wood, I was terrified of them. I can’t imagine how my body would react. Good thing I was obsessed with exercise.
I didn’t understand how someone who is so sensitive could tolerate pot. He said his resistance is different than mine. Something hit me then in that instant about my brother. Even though I believe it is possible to repair damage to your body from many prior years of abuse, the real sensitivity is lying deep within protected by that “resistance” that was built up. The resistance is kind of a like a wall that protects that pure spark of innnocence. It made me sad, because as I observe the amazing talent he has, his real self is not being fully expressed hidden and numb inside those walls.
We all do this in some way or another. I numbed my free spirit before by engaging in bad choices in relationships with men. I truly believe everyone has a spark of that playful creative spirit. The question is: Is it lit? And if not, how can it be ignited?
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