This past weekend was Mother’s Day, a day that digs up stuff more than any other holiday. Well, maybe second to Christmas, but still pretty baggage laden. Our relationship with our mother is our first relationship, when we are first born, we do not even realize that we are separate from our mothers until we’re six or seven months old. No wonder there’s a lot there. I lost my mother fairly early in life and am now a mother of three, expecting my fourth, so I’ve thought about the meaning of this role a lot over the years. Whether you had a wonderful relationship with your mother, or it was fraught with conflict or absence, or if you are struggling with your own children or struggling to have children, if there is healing needed, I am happy to share with you what I’ve learned on this front.
Mother as a state of consciousness
I’m sure you’ve heard the term, “Divine Mother.” This is not simply a hippy term. It means that there is a particular sequence on the keyboard of the One consciousness that plays the chord of “Mother.” All that was created came from this consciousness. Her womb holds the entire universe. Every mother to some extent is a percentage of this consciousness. The mothering you remember or longed for is this Divine Mothering consciousness coming through a person. What that means is you can always connect with this consciousness even if your mother is no longer around or…
