Guest guest Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 When I count my blessings, they go on and on, big and small, but one of the most satisfactory ones is being a mother. Just to feel that deep, deep love within my heart is one of the most divine blessings I’ve been given. To know and experience it for my child is a beginning, hopefully, to open up my heart, as wide open as I can, to love every being with the same purity and depth. Just this thought alone brings on an intense feeling of love inside me, and washes over me – it gives me a glimpse into how divine it would really be, when I can overlook other people’s faults and shortcomings and differences, and simply love, love, love. Motherhood also showed me the importance of being still. I remember how fascinated I was to place my hand on my belly when I was pregnant, and feel the little kick back in acknowledgment to my touch, my attention. But I noticed that he only did it when I was sitting down, relaxed, or lying back. All day long, when I ran around, I forgot to take time to do a little thing, like playing with my baby in my womb, and he slept, cradled inside, being rocked in motion. But at night before bed, when I was lying down, I’d feel him come alive, awake. And now, I’m noticing a similar pattern with my inner soul-baby. When the body and mind are active, doing things, thinking things, one thing after another after another, the soul-baby probably falls asleep, or stays asleep. It’s when I take the time to sit still, in silence, that’s when it seems to come awake, yawning, stretching itself, slowly comes out, looks around, and expands. It’s no longer trapped in the little body, asleep. It can open up, breathe, smile, learn. I know this because I can feel it – I can feel it open up, breathe, smile, expand, look around, learn. I can feel it because it’s me – the soul-baby is me. All I need to do is give myself time, space and stillness. I try to do this at least twice a day – in the morning and evening, for an hour each, and the more I do it, the more I crave it. I long for the day when I’m not bound and obliged to do-do-do, but when I can ‘be’ instead, simply be. That’s when I can truly be open to the grace that’s being showered on me constantly. Sai Ram and Love. sai_sravanthi_999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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