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Sheer Joy!
Total lack of inhibition
THE NATURAL CHILD - The Natural Child ego state is the part of us that responds
spontaneously and naturally to what's going on around us. It is the source of all
our "natural" (non-recorded) feelings. It too operates in the present. It has no
preconceived idea of what feelings we "should" or "should not" feel, or what feelings
we might have felt in the past under similar circumstances. It is free to feel natural,
spontaneous emotions. It feels joy, surprise, exuberance, alertness, and amazement.
It feels desire. It feels passion. It loves. It trusts. It dreams. It is the part
of us that plays and has fun. It is the part of us that has aspirations. It is the
source of all our intuition, creativity, and inspiration, as well as the source
of all the happiness and pleasure that we experience in life. It is the part of
us that is "real."
Ideally, healthy, emotionally secure people are always aware of their Natural Child
feelings, and use these "gut" reactions to clarify what is going on in the world
around them, and to decide what excites them and what they want to get out of life.