Again, with Max that is, what is it about this thinking process of his? And how does it match up with instinct? First, instinct is thought. But it is basic thought. Because Max didn't think to himself, Gee, sounds like daddy is through taking out the garbage, and I can hear him dancing with himself, perhaps I should go and join him? That sounds like fun, maybe I will go in, find my dancing toy, and go and dance with him?
No, what Max did is react to the pictures that he saw in his mind. Which by the way is how we too think when we are doing meaningless tasks like tying our shoes? We don't have to think about it, we just do it. But as we are doing it, our minds show us pictures of previous tyings. Little to no thought, instinct is like that. Here is what Max saw in his mind that made him do what he did. He saw first a picture of daddy dancing with himself, as he has seen it before and it is a memory in his mind. Then he pictured a scene where he was dancing with daddy. This pleased him, and so he got up and got his toy. That's it, no adjectives, no filling words, just a reaction to a thought.
Now in this same example is innocence? Because all Max wanted to do was play! He didn't stop to consider whether he would be welcomed, in fact, he gave little to no thought about anything else. Something he saw pleased him, so he just went ahead and did it!
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