An Impression of Love – the gift of the proprium

The irony of the remembered delight of childhood innocence of ignorance, is that we then spend the rest of our life acquiring knowledge with the hope that it will lead us back to that feeling of awe and wonder and unadulterated delight. We are chasing the state in which we receive love and instantly offer it to others around us, without expectation of return.

But although childhood is steeped in the magical delights of new discoveries that each day brings, it is also deeply based in the life of the proprium that is anchored in hell.

“What?” I hear them say.

“How can the delight of innocence be steeped in what is evil?”

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Janna King
Janna King
3 years ago

This presentation was a much welcome opportunity to reflect on a couple of related challenges of spiritual life that become almost unbearable at times: 1) The appearance that we have fallen from an innocence that was our own and that we must work our way back to. 2) The appearance that the old proprium is a reality in itself. The problem with the nostalgia and sorrow that a accompanies appearance #1, is that it sucks the life out of a legitimate and humble search for an authentic Innocence, which is simply the ongoing prayer that the Lord will lead us… Read more »

Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker
3 years ago

Hi Janna. I love that idea of authentic innocence being ongoing prayer as we walk in trust in the Lord. So lovely – thank you … Your comments reminded me of the passages that talk about angels not having external memories from their time on earth. And it seems to connect with the idea of nostalgia and the use it serves. That these vessels of delight are waiting to be infilled with higher truths … not backfilled with what it was that formed the vessel originally – ie. the initial sensory delights. Here is the number it brought to mind… Read more »