The Pathway of MOTHER

This morning my daughter, Pure Joy, spoke of spiritual practice (called by some sadhana). She voiced concern related to not finding time for prayer, introspection and meditation as her time is so completely taken up with the care of her Little Lightning Boy. She spoke of levels of exhaustion wherein she could not stay awake or focused to pray.

How well i remember those days of holding, rocking, nursing, bathing, touching, touching touching with compassion and peace the little ones given to my care. The extended period of exhaustion was beyond anything i had experienced before or since that time. Yet concurrently there was a joy and peace beyond anything before or since. How i remember breathing in the essence of the little one, the purity, the life force so powerful. It was and continues to be humbling to be chosen to be Mother by Creator, Creation and the Spirit coming in as my child.

We then discussed BEING MOTHER as a pathway to the Center of All Things, my daughter shared her practices now and i shared my practices during that time when i was Mother to little ones. Practices wherein we are for days, months and years continually 'on call' to meet the needs of the little one given into our care.

By necessity related to the commitment to be Mother, there were/are no extended times for going into physically quiet places for long periods of focused melting and melding with spirit. It seems my daughter and i have both come to similiar practices to assist in centering. They are practical and simple and most important they really work to create opening to spirit in a good way.

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Be present in the moment, knowing that BEING MOTHER is The Practice

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Each breath is a prayer. There may not be time to have extended focused prayer/meditation, however a single breath with focus can be the prayer

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Put on Music that is prayer or sing to yourself and your little ones songs that draw us upwards to places of peace

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Read the words of those who love Creator and Creation while you are sitting and nursing your little one

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While preparing food, serving food, eating, feeding the little one put good thoughts/prayers into the food so that this is also a prayer

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Washing self, washing the little one is more than a physical cleansing, it is a cleansing of spirit also

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Washing clothes, washing dishes, folding clothes, drying dishes, this is also a prayer

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All care of the Little One is a prayer

... all is a prayer

... all is a prayer

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All is a prayer

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All is a prayer

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All is a prayer