Here is how Sugar Maple described to me the importance of innocence:
“To live in the moment unburdened by past or future, without preconceptions, before thought diminishes potential, is innocence. Innocence is the natural state of our being. It is a deep inner richness arising from complete trust and surrender to life. To move in the world in innocence is to live in unity with the Divine Natural World beyond the suffering of illusory separation. With reawakened innocence, we are rebirthed to wonder and beauty in sacred communion with all life.”