Hi Vineeto,
Reading this was such a great reminder of the contagious nature of naivete. I paid particular notice to this when I was running errands whilst feeling excellent the other day. It was clear that those delightful and naive ripples, spontaneously emanating from me were having an effect on others. And the other thing - I was no longer trying to hide anything, those naive vibes and currents were gladly “let loose” on the world haha, this could be done because of the sure knowledge that they were wholesome by all means. Normally when ‘I’ look from ‘my’ ivory tower, ‘I’ can deceive ‘myself’ that ‘my’ sorrowful and malicious vibes and currents are contained/hidden, but that is not so at all, and this is only fully grasped it seems when no longer in the thick of it all.
You wrote something to me a while ago, that the changes which happen naively, on the level of the ‘be-er’ go unnoticed to the ‘do-er’/’controller’ - this is how I experienced those naive ripples to operate. In that I could interact with someone and they might not be aware of what happened and yet they had a good time. As Richard wrote (paraphrasing) it is on the level of vibes and currents where the real power-play happens. Which comprehending all this it is so clear that as long as ‘I’ am still in existence, the absolute best thing that ‘I’ can do (‘be’) is naivete. That by ‘being’ naivete ‘I’ am already accomplishing more for peace on earth than any moralistic endeavour that ‘I’ could engage in as the ‘do-er’/’controller’. And I have observed this myself, how an unselfconsciously artless person can wipe away in an instant the seriousness and severity that is plaguing another, simply because of what they are ‘being’.
It does actually make sense to me, that the way to peace on earth is to be having fun being alive.