God's breath

We all feel babies are divine. Why? because they are innocent, they respond the way they actually feel, they do not know right from wrong, they are so helpless, and so on.

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Are these divine traits? That way even animals are divine. There is hardly any difference between an animal and a baby. Or between a cute little puppy and a cute little baby, if that sounds better.

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I have a different take on the matter. I do not think babies are divine. Divinity is a collection of qualities, of emotional responses, a wish to act in a way that protects others fully. When we look upon a baby and feel 'so good', it is we who are feeling divine at the moment. We are looking at the baby without inhibitions, without strategy, without judgement, with no expectations, full of love, with a will to protect this helpless person to the fullest, with a desire to make him happy, willing to undertake the silliest of antics publicly to win a smile, not disappointed with lack of response.

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Aren't these the traits written in all scriptures as divine traits? When the scriptures say, the divine exists in all of us and we wonder how do we realise that, how do we bring it forth, just think of this example of your own behaviour when you interact with a baby or a child. Personality changes when faced with a baby. It changes to the divine.

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If we behaved like that with everybody, we would be considered unhinged. We know that the baby would not consider us cuckoo, so we indulge in our 'free' behaviour to the fullest with him. Why not be free inside at least, when dealing with an adult? Why not try to think of him as an overgrown baby, much much younger than you. We will be giving the divine inside us more opportunities to appear in the 'real' world and spread the lightness.

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