MOTHERING THE MOTHER🔗

. The Vedic rishis have created different kinds of techniques, methods, paths to connect with the cosmic consciousness, to experience the cosmic energy. I can say the most sweet, authentic and beautiful path is connecting with the Divine in the mathru bhava, as a mother. Our Masters have done so much of research and development in the inner space they created thousands, actually millions of paths. People ask me why Hindus have crores of Gods. It is because we have done so much of research and development in the field. I ask them why do you have different varieties of cars, because you have done so much of research and development in that field. So much of thirst for luxury, comfort, so naturally you developed different kinds of cars.

Our Masters had such thirst for inner fulfillment that they developed multiple ways to achieve the ultimate experience. Vedic tradition offers millions and millions of paths to achieve the state of super- consciousness, enlightenment. The path of relating with the existence in the form of mother is such a sweet divine path. For most human beings it is the easiest path: you can make an immediate connection. Even if one has not lived with one’s mother one will carry the feeling, that beautiful memory or the idea of mother/child relationship. Even those who have never lived with their mothers have had enough ideas from others about how a mother/ child relationship can be.

The inner space can easily connect with the Divine if you perceive God in the form of mother and child relationship. It’s very easy to relate with the Divine in the form of mother. This is the path of mathru bhava..

So first enter into that mood of mathru bhava. Then whatever you chant, whatever you do will take you to the deeper and deeper spaces where you can experience the true divine energy, the true mother energy.

Close your eyes and inhale and exhale as deeply as possible, as slowly as possible. Feel your manipuraka chakra, your navel centre. Remember your physical mother who gave you this body. Give her your deep respect and gratitude for giving you this body. Whether ideologically you feel connected to her or not is not important. Feel grateful and give your respect just because she gave you this body. Feel connected to her. She is the gate through which you will start feeling the mother of the universe. First feel connected to your mother who gave you your body, the body in which you are residing. Give your respect to her body intelligence. Just because of the intelligence of her body your body came into existence. So thank her. Thank her body intelligence which gave you beautiful body in such good shape. Give your deep humble respect and gratitude to her. Offer it at her feet consciously. Let your inner space be filled by her and your deep loving feeling towards her. She is the gate through which you will experience the cosmic mother.

Meditation:

Now with that same emotional feeling, visualize your child to be. Create every detail of what it will be like after it emerges from your body: the physical, emotional, social and spiritual details of how your child will be.

THE POWER OF VISUALIZATION

One more thing: we will be working with so many techniques related to visualization; you will be asked to visualize so many things. Generally, we have a very deep disrespect for visualization. We always think, ‘Oh… with my imagination, what can I achieve?’ Understand: your whole life is nothing but your visualization. Your whole life is nothing but your imagination! So, it’s like using one thorn to remove another thorn. If one thorn enters your foot, you take another thorn and remove it with the other thorn, is it not? In the same way, so much of imagination has entered without your knowledge, without your consciousness. To remove them, conscious imagination is going to be put into you and the process will be done. So, whenever meditation instructions are given, just put your total energy into making them happen. Don’t bother about your opinion of them.

Physiology of Conception

Conscious Conception – History and Overview

Throughout history human beings have been mystified and fascinated by the miracle of childbirth. Just as seeds planted in the darkness of the earth seem to sprout and produce plants by magic, so the growth of a new being within the human female inspires wonder and awe.

While animals mate in specific cycles and then conceive their young, human fertility is not so dependable. Human conception has a wider frequency band, and is also more variable. Humans may engage in procreative activity many times before creating a child.

For this reason, many people of recorded history did not connect sexual activity with pregnancy. Pregnancy was considered a blessing or divine gift, conferred on the expecting mother by heavenly grace. The child was not seen as belonging to a specific father, but rather to the mother alone who then chose a husband to help her raise the baby. Inheritance was passed to the child from the mother. If the husband owned his own land, he could keep it or confer it to the child, but he neither controlled the mother nor the assets she owned.

Over hundreds of years, humans made the connection and the fight for paternal rights began. Men realized that if they could claim rights to the child they would also own its mother and all of her assets. They could also dictate the child’s future. Ultimately the paternal system was established, where a woman’s value was determined by her ability to bear children to the man who controlled her. Inheritance became directed to male children, and so boys were prized above girls. A woman’s worth was greater if she "gave sons" to her husband.

Ironically, this social system is belied by medical science. Science clearly demonstrates that the sex of a child is determined by the father alone. The mother contributes an X chromosome (a strand of genetic material), and the father contributes either an X or a Y chromosome. XX will be a girl, XY will be a boy.

Furthermore, the leading cause of infertility is male-based. Successful fertilization occurs when the male cell, called spermatozoan or sperm, merges with the female cell, called ovum or egg. The woman usually produces just one egg during her fertile time If she produces more, and they are each fertilized, she will conceive twins or triplets). The man however, produces millions of sperm. Only one will actually merge with the ovum, which immediately develops a protective coat to prevent the entry of any more sperm. But if the man’s number of sperm is not several million, he will not be able to create a child.

More than 90% of male infertility is due to low sperm count or incorrectly formed sperm. In comparison, female infertility is a less common factor in the inability to create a child. Approximately 35% of infertility problems can be traced to female causes.

In ancient traditions of pre-recorded history, when enlightened cultures had spiritually based science, children were created by the sincere intentions of the aspiring parents. Parents prepared to invite a new soul to join them by engaging in meditation, exercise and proper nutrition, and by harmonizing their desires to foster a new being with as high a vibration as possible. Their families and often their friends and communities joined with them to support their aspirations and welcome the new soul.

Cultures that engaged in this practice were wide-spread across the ancient world, including Hawaii, Ireland, Egypt, India, Tibet, the Inca and Maya cultures of central America, the tribal cultures of North America, and many tribes in Africa.

Of these civilizations, the one which has survived best into the present day is the Vedic tradition of India. Vedic culture still permeates contemporary Indian philosophy care and spirituality. A revival of Vedic healthcare, called Ayurveda, is disseminating internationally as its inherent wisdom becomes recognized.

One component of this wisdom is the practice of conscious conception and birth.

When a child is seen as the opportunity to enrich the planet with a wise, compassionate new being, its creation becomes a work of love and dedication. All possible effort will be gladly made by the aspiring parents to attract and invite as high a soul as possible into the body they create together.

Often the decision to become parents is inherent when a human couple chooses to live together in a committed way. Much difficulty can be avoided if the pair are able to determine whether they truly desire a child, or whether they are being directed by family and social pressure. The conditioning produced by social expectations is intense in the sphere of childbearing. Conscious awareness of this conditioning, along with examination of one's motives and wishes, allows the prospective parents to make a genuine choice. At times the drive to bear a child can be intense but the parents are not clear about their reasons. Shining the light of awareness onto the decision-making process opens the door to clarity and honesty.

Once the decision has been consciously taken, the focus becomes the physical health of the parents. The mother's health is not more important than the father's, for he provides the strength and support on which she will lean during pregnancy and, in fact, for the rest of the child's life at home.

Chronic illness and disability are not an obstacle to childbirth in either parent, if the parents and healthcare givers are able to work creatively around the problem. However, a realistic understanding of the physical limitations and maximization of health potential are needed to provide a steady, stable foundation from which to venture into pregnancy.

When physical health has been determined, the next choice is usually timing. Most people plan their timing according to financial stability, upcoming holiday schedule and other mundane concerns. But with increased consciousness, other factors can beautifully enhance the child's arrival. For example, one pair of sisters who had been very close throughout their lives planned their children to arrive together, as much as possible. The babies were raised as siblings and given similar names to enhance their emotional and spiritual connection.

When timing has been discussed, it is ideal to take several months to establish a conscious lifestyle, if that is not already in place. The mainstays of conscious lifestyle are:

1) Meditation or other spiritual practice

Many cultures have specific foods they offer to pregnant women, which are believed to strengthen the mother or child and ease the childbirth. Most of these beliefs are helpful and beneficial and can be supported as long as they present no danger to health.

Whatever dietary modifications the mother undertakes, it is best that the father join her. Apart from the convenience of meal planning, it allows the parents to align biochemically and spiritually as their intake is harmonized.

There are many methods of planning for a fertile time during the human cycle. Human males are usually fertile at all times, although their fertility can be enhanced by wearing loose clothing and keeping the pelvic area cool. Sperm can be damaged by too much heat. Adequate rest, nutrition, and the avoidance of too much alcohol and caffeine also contribute to healthy sperm.

Human females are usually fertile approximately once every month, for about three days. The monthly cycle can vary from 24 to 48 days , but it will end with a menses, when accumulated blood is passed out of the body. This blood is the lining of the uterus, or womb, the feminine organ that carries the baby. If conception does not occur, the lining peels away and is expelled. Then the process of building a new lining begins again.

The monthly cycle roughly follows the moon. Moon, month and menses have the same word root. In ancient times when there was no artificial light, women almost always became fertile (an ovum or egg was released into the womb) during the three days of the Full Moon. The menses or period would then pass from the body at New Moon, when the sky was dark.

Conception can be enhanced by sleeping in darkness except for the three days around Full Moon, when a small light can be kept in the bedroom. This practice, helps the feminine cycle align with its original source. It is also a good practice to regulate an irregular cycle and reduce menstrual problems.

The other method of determining fertile times is more medically oriented. During most of a cycle, a woman will pass small amounts of mucus from the birth opening, called the vagina. At fertile times this mucus becomes slippery and liquid like the white part of an egg. It may have small streaks of blood in it (caused by the egg releasing and traveling into the womb). The rest of the cycle the mucus will be less liquid, more sticky and there will not be so much of it.

The woman can use her personal calendar: she will ovulate, or release her egg, approximately the middle of her cycle, halfway after her menses. For example, if she has her period every 28 days, she will be fertile from about day 13 to day 16, halfway between one menses and the next. If she has a 42 day cycle she’ll be fertile around 3 weeks, or 21 days, after her last menses.

When planning to conceive, a woman can watch her mucus and she can sleep in darkness, except for the three days at the middle of her cycle. In this way she can maximize her chances of releasing an egg and of having it fertilized.

At the time of fertilization, there is usually one ovum and many millions of sperm. The scene resembles the night sky, with one moon surrounded by millions of stars. Once a sperm has reached the ovum and merged with it, the merged cell is called an embryo. The embryo surrounds itself with a protective coat to prevent further sperm from interfering. Then the cells begin to multiply at an astounding rate.

Some women release more than one ovum at a time. If both those eggs receive sperm, the conception will be twins (three fertilized ova, or eggs, creates triplets, and so on).

Multiple conception can occur in two other ways. If a fertilized ovum divides into two, and both halves continue to have embryonic growth, a twin pregnancy occurs. These twins will be identical : they will look very much alike and often have similar habits and behaviors. Identical twins are frequently especially close to each other as they grow up.

The final way that multiples occur is a less common phenomenon in which a woman will release an ovum more than one time during a menstrual cycle. She may ovulate once early in her cycle and then again about 1 week before her menses. Rarely, she may even ovulate during the menses.

If she has extra ovulation, and both eggs are fertilized, she will have twins of different ages. One will be a few weeks younger than the other. Usually both will be born when the older one is ready to deliver. These twins will not be identical, and may not look alike nor have the intense bond that identical siblings are notable for.

Energetically, A child is born from the muladhara of the father and the muladhara of the mother. A boy child has 51% male and 49% female energy. Likewise, a women is 51% female and 49% male energy, just a difference of 1%. Today, Biology has proved that no man is 100% man, and no woman is 100% woman. This is the basis behind our symbolic representation of Lord Shiva as Ardhanareeshwar, the figure that is half male and half female. Whether we accept it or not, we are an embodiment of both male and female energies. We are whole, not divided.

Every mother and father is unique, just as every baby is unique. So there can't be any rules as to how they should be. But these guidelines might help you in feeling more aware of the process and how best you enjoy both pregnancy and the baby.

A child's bio-memory is formulated first in the mind of the mother and the father. What you visualize is what you bring forth in the world.

When sex is the point of happiness leading to conception, the child so born will also be oriented only to mere physical pleasure and will be self-gratifying and selfish. (Hiranyakashyapa and Hiranyaksha were born thus. Their mother insisted on sex before sunset, from the great tapasvi, their father).

When togetherness and appreciation of each other is the dominant factor in a couple's relationship, a beautiful caring child will be born.

When the child is born as a means of future security for the parents, the child will be calculative and afraid to share.

When the purpose of the child is to bring joy, the child will be a mischievous KRISHNA.

When the purpose of having the child is to fight war the child will be a terrorist.

When the purpose of having a child is to invite GOD into the family, divine souls like Paramahamsa Ramakrishna, Sharada Devi, Ramana Maharishi are born.

When the child is born as an offering to the Guru, a great soul like Swami Vivekananda is born. The child himself will become a Guru. When such children are born the world will be heaven. They create heaven on earth.

Preparing for Conscious Conception and Pregnancy

Now as a couple you have decided you want to embark on the grand adventure of inviting a child into your lives. What is the next step?

Ideally, the preparation for conception should be three months at minimum. Western researchers have found that the "average" couple – by this they mean youthful, healthy and spending intimate time together two to three times per week – will take from three months to one year to conceive a child. So those first three months can be used to prepare fully, rather than being part of creation process.

First, both parents should have a full medical check-up. This is often done as part of the wedding plans, but if the couple has waited more than one year since their wedding, the check-up should be repeated. Any medical advice should be carefully followed and difficulties corrected as much as possible. The less physical problems the parents have, the less likelihood of transmitting them to the newborn, and the less possibility for complications of delivery and delivery.

After the check-up, parents can initiate a healthy dietary program. There will be a few special cautions for pregnancy, but generally the diet they take up now will be long-lasting and will become the mainstay of family life. In this way the child will begin its life with healthy eating habits and a correspondingly healthy body.

Research has learned that when food intake is changed for forty-two days, the quality of our blood becomes completely new. So if we change our eating for three months, that is a little more than two blood cycles. This ensures that new healthy blood fuels the conception of our new baby.

Describe diet

Once the eating patterns are established, or while they are being established, it is time to organize a daily meditation practice and exercise program. We’ll present guidelines for both of these.

Both husband and wife can follow the same program. Sharing the lifestyle and activities harmonizes the energy between them and strengthens their ability to co-create a child that fulfills both their wishes. It also lays the foundation for later parenting, in which the parents support each other’s decisions so the child does not learn to play them off against each other. If the parents are not communicating in harmony, the child may find that one will say no to a request and the other will allow it. This teaches the child to manipulate and control the parents. When all parental decisions are either supported completely, or at least discussed seriously and thoughtfully so the child can see the respect and consideration between the parents, the child will internalize this attitude and also learn to discuss its wishes in a thoughtful way.

When both parents take up the conscious lifestyle, it also ensures their commitment to make it long-term and to sustain it as a permanent shift.

During these physical preparations, the parents also begin to visualize their child and to issue the divine invitation. The body has not yet been created, but just as we invite guests to a celebration before we decorate the home and cook the feast, we send out the call that we are inviting our new family member. In this way, the parents align with the vibration of the baby they want, and when the body is created It will also align.