Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Children are naturally agnostic. They are receptive, inquisitive and essentially mystics. They are learners, they don’t assume to know and ask many questions. How many parents have been frustrated by children who ask a question, when you give an answer they say, “why?”, you give another answer and they say, “why?” again and again.

Children inhabit a natural openness and a questioning presence (why, what, how, when, where) and practice this with their body. They practice innocence, naivety, tenderness, wonder, awe, mystery and are accepting in nature. They are in touch with their bodies and full range of senses. They are fully integrated and at one with themselves.

We also know that many children in out society are not allowed the freedom to be a child, they are not able to freely be who they are. They have been hindered, squashed, unheard, enslaved, medicated, abused, closed down, pacified and conditioned. They have not been able to enjoy a ‘care-free’ childhood and have been made to grow up far too quickly by adults who are threatened of welcoming this beauty, wonder and freedom into their lives.