My mom, a full blooded Mexican married to
a full blooded Filipino, dedicated much of her life to her little bubble of
happiness - her family. It is with great love and honor that I dedicate this
piece to my mother, the woman who taught me what (and how) it is to be a mother.
Long before my daughter was born it came
to me that motherhood is a sacred journey. Reflecting upon my own mother’s
example towards us, her 7 children (and even a couple of grandkids), I realized
that there is no greater offering to Life than the unconditional love,
incessant care and quality time that a mother gives to her child. (no matter
how much or little it is)
Motherhood birthed in me the awakening of
Shakti and the embodiment of the Divine Feminine.
Shakti is the Great Creative Energy that
drives us both man and woman.
Deep inside every human is an amazing
power to create….but deep within every Woman, is a Sacred Space where miracles
happen - the greatest of which is the Miracle of Life.
Every day a mother is born to the child
that comes to awaken her. Whilst still
within, the babe stirs an ancient power in her womb - nest of all creation, to
come forth to full bloom. This is the calling to Divine Motherhood, the noblest
path in the way of the Divine Feminine.
But what is the Divine Feminine? In a
male-dominated society whose systems and structures were made by men for
men, during these times - the one that we are living in - when women are
breaking through in every field and endeavor, it is of utmost importance that
we REMEMBER what it is all about.
The Divine Feminine, an ancient knowledge
pre-dating any man-made religion or philosophy, refers to the
ever-present force the fuels all creation. It’s your drive. It’s your passion.
It is what brings you joy, but at the same time it is also what brings you
sadness.
As compared to masculine divinity, which
tends towards quiet stillness for the attainment of consciousness, the female
aspect of the divine connotes flowing with the cycles of nature -
fertilization, gestation, birth, growth and maturation, death and transcendence
and then re-birth. It is a strong and dynamic force, like the water from which
Life burst forth, so that She is seen as both nurturer and destroyer, giver and
taker. Her embodiment refers to the manifestation of one’s dreams and pursuits
through a natural creative process.
Now that the world is awakening to new
paradigms, it is important for us women to remember that we have this innate
power in each of us, not only to nurture life in the form of our biological
children, but also through any creative project that our soul yearns to
share and put out there. These are also our “babies” - all the projects that
you can possibly think of…because they are also endeavors that we are mothering
into being.
I don’t remember when I started thinking
this…but I honestly I don’t think that every woman is meant to be a mother. Not
every woman wants to be one even if society insists otherwise! But when she
does become one, she bears a great responsibility - for she molds the mind and
Spirit of the next generation of mothers and fathers of the human race.
Regardless of whether you are a biological
mother (and actually, even if you not a woman), the Divine Feminine lives in
you and all that you do. Embrace her! Reconnect with your mother, the Earth,
and know that everything in nature, that which you are just another part of,
evolves; and sometimes, in revolutionary ways.
Wake up, Woman! Now..2012..is YOUR time!
