A Mother's Self-Awareness & Daily-Life-Practice
- Didileia
- 4 days ago
- 3 min read
"Diversity is not Division"
Nature is wise to create diversity so that a variety of strengths and skills are provided to fulfill different roles and needs. When diverse strengths work together on a common creation, great things are achieved that are more than the sum of the parts. More than ever, this is what we are all being called to do; to value and contribute our individual strengths and creative intelligence in service to the common good. And this is always what is required within family - to value, nourish, and contribute individual diversity to the abundance of the whole. This is my effort at Blue Sparrow Ayurveda; helping mothers nourish diversity within the wholeness of family.
Not Forcing to Thrive
My youngest child's experience has taught me the value of not forcing to thrive. I have observed and accepted nature's time for flourishing and learnt to abide by natural laws and individual needs of different natures within family. I realise just how many destructive and damaging ideas there are in our societal and educational structures. Being "outside the square" is quickly turned into a problem. There is a snowball effect and walls of thought that feel like working against the tide. A sense-of-self is hard to cultivate amongst the ocean of opinion and ideas about what someone else thinks. It takes daily diligence to choose our inputs and what we receive from life outside our body and mind. It takes intention and choice to "keep our power of attention" and not "give away our attention for nothing" as Dr. David Frawley puts it. Choosing how we use our energy is also important. Dr. Frawley has also made us aware of depression and anxiety being the result of over-stimulation and excessive Vata environments. Too much movement creates exhaustion, dessication, and depletion. We can counteract this with patience and calm, steady movement. Reassurance, kindness, and nourishment become keywords and mantras to cultivate self-awareness and choose our response to our daily experience - to live consciously.
Sitting in Space
"Life is about quality of experience not quantity."
I have recently felt like I am treading water in the middle of a vast ocean. Infinite space and going nowhere despite expending lots of energy and effort make me realise that I need to stop and sit in the stillness for a while for clarity to emerge; for devotion to quality to propel me forward with focus of effort towards joy.
Remembering compassion and the times I struggled sheds light on a worthy creation to craft. My mind turns to providing a quality of experience that is healing and helpful. My mind turns to mothers and needing to trust our inner wisdom and knowing. My love turns to inclusion and support. My heart turns to not creating division and shining a light on our shared existence. My life-experience is rooted in diversity within wholeness with "a foot in two worlds" in many forms. There is racial diversity, cultural diversity, colour diversity, spiritual diversity, and diversity of natures offering a treasure chest of gifts, strengths, and skills. "Diversity is not division" rings true.
The Present is our Point of Power
Right now is the only time that counts! This moment is what we have to work with! We can learn from the past, and impact the future with today's choices. What will we choose to create? What action will we choose to take to create an outcome in the field of time? This is what Karma is - action!
"Here. Now. Breathe. Relax." (Dan Millman)
If ever there was a helpful mantra, this is it! I have found Dan Millman's books, "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" and "The Life You Were Born to Live", profoundly helpful. There are many great teachers who echo universal wisdom and help us be self-responsible to craft our best life. I will be breathing, grounding, sitting in the stillness, connecting with nature, and using my mind to hear my heart. The power of feeling will be my guide to navigate towards joy and contribute my diversity to the wholeness and well-being.
