To Linda: On Problems With Your Birth Mother

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Dear Linda:

 

I share your struggle.

 

The relationship with my birth mother is highly dysfunctional as well.

 

Here are some random quotes that brought me comfort. I pray to Amma that you

are comforted too.

 

 

"O sovereign goodness of the sovereign Providence of my God! I abandon myself

forever to Thy arms. Whether gentle or severe, lead me henceforth whither Thou

wilt; I will not regard the way through which Thou wilt have me pass, but keep

my eyes fixed upon Thee, my God, who guidest me. My soul finds no rest without

the arms and the bosom of this heavenly Providence, my true Mother, my strength

and my rampart.

 

Therefore I resolve with Thy divine assistance, 0 my Savior, to follow Thy

desires and Thy ordinances, without regarding or examining why Thou dost this

rather than that; but I will blindly follow Thee according to Thy divine will,

without seeking my own inclinations.

 

Hence I am determined to leave all to Thee, taking no part therein save by

keeping myself in peace in Thy arms, desiring nothing except as Thou incitest me

to desire, to will, to wish. I offer Thee this desire, 0 my God, beseeching Thee

to bless it; I undertake all it includes, relying on Thy goodness, liberality,

and mercy, with entire confidence in Thee, distrust of myself, and knowledge of

my infinite misery and infirmity."

 

 

 

Saint JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL (from the Christian tradition"

....

 

prabh maath pithaa ka(n)t(h) laaeidhaa lahurrae baalak paal ||

God is my mother and father; He hugs me close in His embrace, and cherishes me,

like His tiny baby.

Guru Arjan, Raag Raamkalee, 957 From the Sikh tradition

 

Our true Mother and Father is God. In the worldly sense, you were born of your

parents, but God gave you this body. Your father was not there to mould your

body. God moulded your hands, feet, nose, ears, etc. Everyone is born after God

moulds them. You can't find such a master sculptor anywhere! Look how He has

made our beautiful eyes, nose, mouth, hands, feet and teeth. And since God

created us, He is our Mother and Father. God is the Mother and Father of your

atma whereas your parents are the mother and father of your body. God is also

your Brother and your Friend. Don't all kids sing, 'Ghanshyam, Ghanshyam come

and play with me.' Then the verse says 'Tvameva sarvam', meaning, 'God is

everything for us.'"

Pramukh Swami Maharaj from the Hindu tradition.

 

Lindaji

 

We did not get to chose our Mother and Father but we did get to actually "find"

our REAL (REALLY REAL) Mother . The Mother of Us All.

 

One more post on this is forthcoming.

 

May Her Arms be like salve to your apparent abandonment.

 

With Love,

 

GeorgeSon