Our relatedness with other living forms provides us something we sorely need: a reverence for the life of all creatures great and small, and an expanded view of our place in nature__ot as rulers over it, but as participants in it.
In the Christic tradition, this is the meaning of _'becoming as a little child.' _Little children don't think they know what things mean, in fact, they know they don't know. _They ask someone older and wiser to explain_things to them. _We're like children who don't know but think we do. _We're meant to shine. _Look at small children. _They're all so unique before they start trying to be, because they demonstrate_the power of genuine humility. _This is also the explanation of 'beginner's luck.' When we go into a situation not knowing the rules, we don't pretend to know how to figure anything out, and we don't know_yet what there_is to be afraid of. _This releases the mind to create from its own higher power." _
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
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In the Christic tradition, this is the meaning of _'becoming as a little child.' _Little children don't think they know what things mean, in fact, they know they don't know. _They ask someone older and wiser to explain_things to them. _We're like children who don't know but think we do. _We're meant to shine. _Look at small children. _They're all so unique before they start trying to be, because they demonstrate_the power of genuine humility. _This is also the explanation of 'beginner's luck.' When we go into a situation not knowing the rules, we don't pretend to know how to figure anything out, and we don't know_yet what there_is to be afraid of. _This releases the mind to create from its own higher power." _
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