DISCOVERING THE CHILD AS NEEDED 2

Find a quiet place where you are completely alone and close your eyes. Take several

deep breaths through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Start mentally

relaxing all your muscles beginning with the soles of your feet, moving up your legs until

you find your self-relaxing even your scalp. Try not to go to sleep.

Now imagine that in front of your is a tunnel with a bright light at the end of that tunnel.

Imagine yourself walking through the tunnel towards the light. As you reach the end of

the tunnel, you see that you are at the top of a staircase winding downwards in front of

you. You begin to descend the stairs and as you do you count the 70 steps beginning

with 70 and counting backwards until you get to the lowest step. You will be standing at

the bottom of the stairs.

At the bottom of the stairs imagine a hallway with a number of doors coming off of the

hall. Walk down the hall and open the doors. Inside of one you will find probably find

the little boy or girl that dwells within you.

If you are unsuccessful the first time, it merely means that the child is hiding from you.

The next time you descend the stairs imagine yourself calling out to the child in tones

that assure the child that you mean no harm and are only wanting to meet him/her.

Usually, this brings even the most fearful child out into the open. You will find them in

one of those rooms off the hallway.

When you first see the child, take a moment to describe the child as s/he looks to you.

Here are some questions to get you started.

What is the child doing?

Can you see the child’s face? What does the child look like?

From the expression on the child’s face and/or from what the child is doing, how does

the child appear to be feeling?

Congratulations! You have just raised to a conscious level a very important person –yourself!