How Does Faith Serve you?
Padma Gordon
What is Faith and how does it serve us?
How do we cultivate it? In our Faith Group for Rare Mothers, we are exploring these questions together in a safe space. We are sharing deeply from our hearts and listening attentively to each other.
So far we’ve had three meetings and it’s been incredible. As the practitioner, I am witnessing how these beautiful Rare Mothers are supporting each other by sharing their challenges, triumphs and insights. There is so much wisdom in this community and gathering together is a way for you as Rare Mothers to share your heart’s wisdom. It’s clear that the path of the Rare Mother is soul-tempering and has the potential to yield a specific flavor of wisdom and insight.
For instance, one Rare Mother shared about a miracle she had experienced when a medication her daughter desperately needed arrived on her doorstep as if by grace. When we experience these miracles, whether they are great or small, this builds our Faith in our fellow human beings and in the Divine (please call it whatever feels right to you).
When someone goes out of their way to help you, to be kind, it registers if you let it in. Receiving the gifts that the universe offers you is key. If you don’t, they pass you by and it’s like a flash flood in the desert; the ground can’t absorb the nourishment of the water. The same goes for you. The opportunity is to learn to receive the miracles that are happening in your midst as nourishment.
I’m also seeing that the amazing Rare Mothers who’ve been showing up for our Faith Group are having deep insights about how to work with their minds and the negative thoughts that arise when they are afraid. Let’s consider what we do when we are afraid, we try to control things, right?
The mechanism of control actually interferes with the Universal Intelligence that is running the show. When you notice the static in your mind, the negative thoughts about what might happen or ask yourself, “How will my child ever have a life?” this gets in the way. You do not need to know the how. Let the Universe handle that. You show up and set the intention of what you DO want rather than what it is that you DON’T want. This takes practice and it is a learnable skill. Learning to interrupt your negative thinking is one of the keys to freedom. Are you longing to be free?
Come join us for our next Faith Group this coming Tuesday, December 22 at 10am PST. Everyone is welcome. Come as you are. You can leave your camera off or on. You are invited to join us for this deep dive into the exploration of Faith. I look forward to being with you.
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