Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Tao of Motherhood


Selflessness
Everything which endures can
only do so because Eternal
Consciousness gives it a sentience.
A mother who gives herself
completely to her infant meets
herself in the dark and finds
fulfillment.
In the hours between midnight
and dawn, she crosses the
threshold of self-concern and
discovers a Self that has no limits.
A wise mother meets this
Presence with humility and steps
through time into selflessness.
Infants know when their mothers
have done this, and they
become peaceful.
Who, then, is the doer? Is it the
infant who brings its mother
through the veil of self-concern
into limitlessness? Is it the
mother, who chooses to hold
sacred her infant's needs and
surrender herself? Or is it the
One, which weaves them both
through a spiraling path
toward wholeness? 
You can sit and meditate while

your baby cries himself to sleep.
Or you can go to him and share
his tears, and find your Self.

~Vimala McClure



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