Mother/Pregnancy

Mothers/Pregnancy

Babies need the warm touch and unconditional love of a real live person. Infant who is held "in arms" is in state of bliss, for woman, pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood can and should be a mystical experience - a blissful time of merging into oneness, breaking down the boundaries of "I-and-not-I", as we merge with our baby's growing body-mind and are no longer "alone" in the world. 

In 'First-world' cultures, a mother generally keeps her baby close to her body for many months after birth - day and night - while she carries on with her routine as usual, until the baby initiates separation from the mother by starting to crawl. Then she remains within easy reach for her wandering and exploring infant, still nursing on demand for two to four years, and giving help only when required. (Their babies almost never cry; and their children seem to grow up joyful and self-reliant, and rarely argue or fight.)

In 'Now' cultures, If a mother/caretaker is a natural mystic and return to work, say, feeling connecting to her baby and sending calm, loving thoughts knowing that her baby has been left in loving hands - her baby will experience Oneness without her physical presence. Far more commonly, a mother feels tired, stressed and guilt-ridden, and either 'shuts out' or worries about her baby while she is away - and so transmits separation anxiety to her child. Some cultures separate mother and child at birth, wean babies early and expect them to sleep alone in a cot. Our society suppress the feminine, our loss of the divine mother, by depriving infants to experience oneness with the flesh and expect to be independent in early months. Outcome of disconnect have insecure and frightened ego which we see as 'normal' there is no blame attached to this; it is simply how parents are expected to behave in our culture. 

Sadly most first-world cultures are now following in our 'advanced' footsteps and copying our UNNATURAL methods of Childbirth and Childcare.

Many have Awakens and starting to Re-Think and do as 'First-world' Cultures caring for new born.