The child within is in each cell of our body.

The child within is in each cell of our body. There is no cell of our body that does not have that child within it. We don’t have to look far into the past for that child. We only have to look deeply and we can be in touch with him or her. The suffering of that child within is lying inside us right now in the present moment.

But just as the suffering is present in every cell of our body, so are the seeds of awakened understanding and happiness handed down to us from our ancestors. We just have to use them. We have a lamp inside us, the lamp of meditation, which we can light any-time. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. We have to light up that lamp of meditation so the light will shine out and the darkness will dissipate and cease. Our practice is to light up the lamp of our child within and guide it out of the locked basement of our reality.