The September winds brought rain, watering the land, washing the roofs and my soul too, and, along with the birdsong and the grass sprouts, my inner child returned. My heart was filled with joy, for it was me returning home.
My child arrived waking me up in flashes, asking me to look, to look at the stars having fun in the dawn constellation and telling me about the “golden hour”, the spark of the first look between a mother and her baby.
Thus, a new perspective emerged from this gaze and an understanding began to form in my heart — transitory, as they all truly are — that later I decided to write, in three parts: The Gaze, Releasing and Mother Gaia.
Releasing
Being born, giving birth to oneself, in a soul spiral the baby makes itself present, revealing itself for the first time. In this dance shrouded in mystery, the woman opens herself to the movement that comes from within when she gives birth, when she realizes herself in creation and being a mother.
To be born is to separate and the brief gesture that confirms this release it is now conscious, voluntary and altruistic — the cut of the umbilical cord.
In Nature, the mother, in her wise instinct, cuts the umbilical cord right after the birth of her baby, as it needs to become independent as soon as possible to survive. We humans, in our civilizing process, move away from this natural wisdom by delegating the responsibility for this cut to other hands, depriving mother and baby of fully experiencing this initial moment of exceptional importance.
There is benevolence and compassion in cutting the umbilical cord, because in this single gesture, at the same time, the baby’s magnificence is honored and the limitations of its incipient humanity are recognized, something fundamental for its natural and healthy growth, with a generous heart in self-esteem, and always open and confident in the guidance of its own Spirit.
The physical intertwining, essential to life during pregnancy, is undone at birth and, unequivocally, when the umbilical cord is cut, allowing the experience of this intimate connection to ascend to more subtle levels, honoring this unconditional love revealed in the dawn of the first look.
For the baby, cutting the umbilical cord is the first gesture of trust in its spiritual Self and respect for its freedom to follow its own inner wisdom, affirming its presence. There is compassion, as there is recognition of all the unconsciousness of this little human being at the beginning of its long journey of learning and the relevance of always doing so hand in hand with its own spiritual Self. The mother’s creative, expansive love then withdraws into her own heart and shines in compassion. There is no greater mastery than the mother’s creative silence before her child, with her observant, careful and benevolent gaze.
Cutting the umbilical cord is liberating and represents the affirmation of a responsible mother about her mastery in front of her baby, her relationships and herself. Recognizing herself as human in her own eyes, in the face of her motherhood, she opens herself to her own Spirit, listening to its Love and guidance. By releasing the bonds of immaturity, of childishness, she rekindles her divine child-mother with all the beauty, joy, enthusiasm and vigor, renewing herself with each birth and releasing revived in each discovery of her and her baby, with each dawn on this horizon of possibilities.
The soul spiral of birth and the conscious liberating gesture that follows it mark the completeness of human creation and evolution. By releasing the bonds and performing the liberation, the mother reaffirms her responsibility and presence in this evolution, trusting and allowing the void where the seed of the mystery of creation rests. And the intertwining between her and her baby is then resized into the universal maternal breast, full of generosity, abundance and longevity.
January, 2020.
Maris. 