Why Babies are Magical

Babies are magical because we connect so easily to their Love, their Essence. A baby does not keep the door to its Love locked. Whosoever desires may enter and immediately is showered with Love. A baby does not know itself as its body, does not perceive separation. A baby is a more clear reminder that "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience" (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin). Perhaps we are not conscious of this, and that is why the baby is magic. When with a baby, there is no need of this knowledge, no need of conscious affirmation of this understanding. We FEEL it. We hold the baby and we know we are holding perfection. We know we are holding something Divine.

Babies are magical because they allow us to enter the land beyond expectations and judgments. With a baby, we naturally celebrate ALL that it is. Love pours from our cells, flows from our glances and we are caught showering the baby with Love. Unlike in our other adult relationships (or even with Children), where we apply many conditions to the act of giving love, babies beckon us to do it freely. This is freedom: to Love without condition.

We see the baby and are overcome by the magnificence of creation and existence. But what are we celebrating? If it were the matter itself, we would get the same sensation from any material object. But although the baby resides in a divine temple that is its body, it is not only the temple we admire and love; it is the indwelling consciousness, the spirit of Life. We see it, in its full potential. We look at the baby and know anything is possible. It is a celebration of Life.

And what allows us to be so open with the baby. Because the baby is still identified with its Essence. We know it carries no judgments, no static presuppositions about us. The baby is open to receive all. A baby does not care about the size of our nose, the state of our teeth, the clothes that we wear or the cut of our hair. The baby shows up with a heart fully open to receive. The baby offers love unconditionally to us, as we are able to offer it to the baby.

A baby distributes delight. How? Because a baby delights in all things. As a conscious understanding we know this is possible because God is in all things, God is all things. So the undiluted/unconditioned response to all things can only be delight - a joyful celebration of Spirit's manifestation in the world of things. This is a baby's smile.

Babies are fearless. They explore the unknown in their every movement and every glance. They experience the mystery of living, which is the truth of experience. The Truth is that it is always a mystery. The baby loves us fearlessly. A baby isn't worried about what it is wearing. It doesn't do anything special to attract your love. It fearlessly receives and accepts all things. It lays gleefully as you wipe its butt clean, laughing, giggling in its nude vulnerability. Imagine such freedom. A baby is not deciding what to love and how to be loved, the baby IS Love, knows this and lives it. Can we live Love too? Surely this is what we are here to do.

And so it is that babies are magical. It is also why they are the world's greatest teacher when we are open, humble and courageous enough to listen. They teach us what freedom really is.