MOTHERING

What is Mothering?  This morning, we will not include the process of Gestation, the growing in the dark of new life.  We speak of the nurturing of new life, and the bringing forth of the female qualities of life in the great homogeneous span of the Great All.  The spectrum of this process is quite wide and varied, from starseeds that follow an internal directive fueled by their own bodies to mammals who care for young many years after their birth.

How does the job of Mothering accomplish, and how is it different from Fathering?  First, let us do a study of polarities and the female and male energy principals:  Female energy is dark and sinking, womblike, close and circular; Male energy moves outward and upward; it searches and reaches, spearlike and piercing.  This is why in so many civilizations, females have kept home and hearth, while males have done the work outside.

However, Mothering is not so simple.  It is not so singular, sleek or clean.  It is not so gender aligned nor so insular.  Does not a Father do some share of the Mothering?  Does not a neighbor or a teacher do some share of Mothering, even if they are childless?  Mothering is a feeling, a quality, a purpose, a ritual, and a rite.  It is a channel that is fed by intuition, tradition, and energetic principles as they are bent and adapted to the environment at hand.

If you are reading this, you had a Mother.  How were you Mothered?  By whom and by what?  How has it influenced your outlook on the world and your Cosmology?  How do you Mother, yourself and others, because of these influences?  Understand the function of your form, and how your form causes you to function.  How much of this can be related to Mothering?

On this, the day dedicated to Mothers, reflect on Mothering.  What does this mean to you and how does it contribute to Who and What you are?  At the very least, remember your Earth Mother and her constant, unfailing contribution to your existence. 

Stop and give thanks—to Gaia, and to all of the Mothers, 

and to all them who Mother in the name of Love.

Blessed Be This Day  

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe,
Spirit Elders who share their wisdoms with me
from the other side of the veil. 

Sunday, May 11, 2014

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