Happy Mother's Day!

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Life begins from a mother's womb,

Mine began in Sandhya's embrace.

She nurtured me with love,

Doing her absolute best,

Of this I have no doubt.

For this, my gratitude knows no bounds,

Forever indebted to her grace.


Life begins in Mother Earth's womb,

Sustained by her bountiful gifts.

Supported by her seasonal cycles,

Her acts of creation, growth, sustenance, and death.

The Earth, ever so beautiful, grounds me,

Eases my anxious thoughts,

Absorbs my troubles into her belly,

Renews me with a glance at her beauty.

Forgive our callousness,

We are slaves of our minds,

Unaware of anything better.


Life begins in the Dark Mother's womb,

In connecting with Mother Kali.

Her image once filled me with fear:

Her symbols of death and destruction.

Until I realized that to live is to die every moment,

Dying to my likes, dislikes, attachments, and fears,

Life is Death, they are inseparable.

Mother Kali, your image reminds me of death, the great equalizer,

Highlighting all that frightens me,

Yet your love compels me to embrace my fears.

How can I ever settle this debt?


For everything I owe to you,

You granted me the gift of motherhood.

Can I dare be all that to my children,

To remind them of Life's Truths with tenderness.

Can I teach them to embrace reality,

Or can I really teach them anything at all?


Perhaps not, I can teach nothing.

I can only understand them, embrace them for who they are.

I can love them for themselves.

I can pray for right action as an offering,

In the unfolding of the joys and mysteries of their existence.

And to gracefully step back when my time recedes,

May the Mother endow me with this wisdom.


Happy Mother’s Day!


 

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