The Motherhood Of God
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Uranda April 29, 1954 p.m.
In our period of meditation on Sunday evening we began a consideration of Mother God [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/father-and-mother-aspects-of-god.html], and tonight let us continue in the pattern of that meditation, to the end that we may come to know the reality not only of Father God but also of Mother God. Our hearts are filled with a deep sense of the beauty, the wonder, of this sublime subject of meditation.
When we think of the full expression of womanhood as it finds manifestation through the reality of the female form and the female experience of motherhood, we think of something exquisitely beautiful, unutterably wonderful. We have all watched the pattern of fulfilment, how even a woman who is considered to be plain or even homely is transformed by the wonder of love, and there is a beauty of being which shows forth from her whole expression of life; and then, as she approaches the expression of motherhood, the experience of sharing with God the work of bringing a new life into the world, that face, no matter how it may have been classified according to the world concepts of prettiness, begins to take on that Madonna beauty which is a revelation of God's glory on earth. We have noted that glory is related to the increasing vibrant expression of life. We have read the words, “The glory of the Lord filled the temple and shone round about,” and as we have beheld the development in the pattern of the mother-to-be we have seen how the temple of her body is filled with the glory of the Lord which shines round about. If there be any perception in the one who observes, there is surely a sense of hallowed ground, something unspeakably sacred, holy and sublime.
If we as human beings, in our pattern of relationships on earth, see and behold such things and recognize them and know them in relationship to the mother-to-be on earth, how much more beautiful, how much more sacred and holy, how unspeakably divine, how gloriously sublime, must be the picture that begins—even though it be but faintly at first—to take form in our consciousness as we begin to consider the reality of Mother God. And as we yield to contemplation, we feel a certain thrill in meditation upon this holy subject, where the consciousness so centered is definitely aware of the basic truth that even though we may not have understood what it was that was missing from the realm of being in the range of our perception, and no matter how fully we may have given heed to the thought of loving Father God—and without in any sense detracting from Father God, we know that that deep restlessness, that unspeakable inner longing, was in part at least the desire to know Mother God. For even though we here on earth, as the children of God, might come to know Father God, we could not here develop a true and full consciousness of the sense of being at home—at home on earth or anywhere—without the presence of Mother God. And so, having once seen the vision, we know that we cannot rest, we cannot feel ourselves to be at home until, to our aspiring hearts and minds, the mystery of Mother God is unveiled.
It would perhaps, for the moment at least, be pleasing to pause to speculate somewhat upon the unspeakable beauty that must be revealed through the form and being of Mother God. We might meditate upon the infinite wonder of Her love. We might consider the pattern of Her oneness with Father God. But for the moment such desires must, in part at least, be set aside, for speculation would be an idle waste of precious time, which must needs be spent in finding and learning to know the secret of Mother God. Having found Her, we will then have time to spend considering Her beauty, the wonder of Her love, and enjoying the unspeakable security and sense of “at-homeness” which springs from a vivid consciousness of Her oneness with Father God.
To be certain that we move in the right direction in our search—and we are reminded of the words of the Father spoken by our Lord on earth, “For he that seeketh findeth,” and there is assurance in those words, “He that seeketh findeth”—but to be certain, we check ourselves, our position and our direction of movement in the pattern of the One Law. And as we pause we realize that under the Law it would be impossible for Father God to be, to create, or in any manner to achieve, except in relationship to Mother God.
This assurance springs from our knowledge of the Law: it could not be otherwise. We may not yet know very much about Mother God, but we are assured that our search shall not be in vain, because, under the laws of God, the principles of being, we know that Mother God must be somehow a reality. Convinced of this one thing, that Mother God IS, and that if we are the children of God then we surely have a close relationship to Her, and She has much meaning to us, we find the question arising, “Why is it that we have not seen more of Her? How is it that She has been either unknown or so obscure that no clear picture of Her has been found in the consciousness of humanity as a whole?”
This question could send us on paths of meaningless speculation, and yet we know inherently that somewhere the answer to the question is inherent in the question itself. We have the assurance, whether we have developed a clear realization of the truth of it or not, we have the assurance that we are the Children of God. Whether we have so lived that that fact is revealed in our lives or not, we have been called the Children of God, and we have recognized the reality of Father God.
We remember the Master said, “Except ye become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” And how, in the normal, natural state, shall a little child appear except in company of mother? Are we, as Little Children, condemned to search through the dark alone without Mother—Mother God? If we are to come as a little child, normally the little child has the mother, and mother is not far away. And then, if this be true, if this truth finds an answering chord in our hearts that surely it must be so, another question arises in our minds for which our hearts seek an answer, “What do we find in the little child?” We know of this Little Child. This is the starting point.
We have assurance that Father God is somewhere in His mansion, but here is the Little Child. What is it that we find in the Little Child? Oh there may be answers such as trust and love, etc. But what is revealed in the little child? “Oh,” we may answer, “the need of a mother's care. And there is the need for the father's provision.” The Father's provision—we have thought of that before. We know the need for the Father's provision, and the Little Child has the need of a Mother's care. Yes. But what else do we find revealed in the Little Child? What else?
As we look at a child, an earthly child, the tendency is to say, “Why, he is like his daddy,” or “She is like her mother.” The revelation through the child is, or should be, something of a revelation of the parents, something peculiar to itself—this child—but not just a revelation of the father, a revelation of the parents, of mother, for the mother has an influence upon the child. And if we look at the child, this little child, and if we be the Children of God, we can surely find an indication of more than relatedness to Father God; there must likewise be a revelation of Mother God. For how could we be the Children of the Father except by reason of the Presence, the reality, and the nature of Mother God? Mother God has not been, in times past, adequately revealed to the awareness of mankind. The Children of God have recognized the need for the Father and His provision, and they have stopped for a sense of security in relationship to Father God. But how could such a thing be without Mother God?
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”—two parts of one thing, male and female—and if Mother God IS, and there must be the conviction that She IS, what would Father God desire for Mother God, unless it should be a beautiful Home, a place where She could live and find the fulfilment of Her Being? A beautiful Home. “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden.” And for whom would He plant the Garden? You may say, “For His Children.” Oh, yes, He no doubt had His Children in mind, the Children-to-Be. But if a man plants a garden, is it not for his wife? If Father God planted a Garden eastward in Eden, didn't He do it for Mother God and that they, in Oneness of Being, might share it with their Children? Is God less thoughtful than the human male who desires for his wife a lovely home? “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” For whom? Not just for the Children He expected to have someday when the Home was finished, as we say, when the work of creation was completed. Would His first thought not be of a Home for Mother God?
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the earth.” This would appear that the “we” or the “us,” the plural, intended to retain direct control over heaven, whatever that might be. “Let US make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the earth.” Their place was to be on earth; their home was to be on earth; and the dominion of God should manifest on earth through them, those who were created in the image and likeness of God. And God did so: “Male and female created he them,” and let them have dominion over the earth.
Male and Female created He Them
And Mother God: can we bring forth that which is not like unto ourselves? No. Nor can God. If God had not recognized the reality of the female in relationship to Himself He could not have brought forth the female. You cannot give what you do not have. You cannot make that which you are not. That which you bring forth must come out of the nature of your own being. And so it is with God.
“Male and female created he them.” Then it was done in the image and likeness of God—the likeness of the male and the likeness of the female, the likeness of Father God and the likeness of Mother God. “Let US create mankind in our image, after our likeness.” And God did so: “Male and female created he them.” If these words then be true, male and female patterns of Being are in God, and here is presented to our minds and our hearts another assurance, not only of the reality of Father God but also the reality of Mother God.
Mother God. We have heard about Father God, and we have considered a home in heaven, instinctively if not consciously feeling an assurance that surely there Mother God would be, for we cannot be at home without Mother. And so at the level or the sphere of our function, a man seeks a mate and she becomes the mother in his home, and his concern for mother is not limited to his own personal mother. Mother is in his home, even though his mother is not. Mother. In the likeness and the image of God, “male and female created he them.”
Mother God
Why have we not seen more of the revelation of Mother God?
Let us pause for a moment. How much of the revelation of Father God have we seen? Can we have a greater revelation of Father God than we have of Mother God on earth? Could it be? In a particular person it may seem to be so, but look at humanity, look at all of us together. Could we expect to have a greater revelation of Father God than we permitted of Mother God? Obviously the answer is No, no matter how we might try. Would Father God say, “It's all right. If you just reveal Me, I don't care whether you reveal Mother God or not. After all, She doesn't amount to much. She's just—oh well, forget about Her”? Does it sound as if the God of Love would express in any such fashion? No.
Here on earth, in the home as human beings know it, will the husband and father permit a recognition of himself that does not include a recognition of wife and mother? Perhaps in some distorted patterns it may seem to be so. But what man is there upon the face of the earth who would arise and say, “I have achieved this greatness, I have accomplished this great thing, without regard to any woman anywhere. Look how great I am. I have never had a woman's influence in my life, never a woman's inspiration,” and so on? What great man, really great man, can you think of who achieved that greatness without regard to woman? If you can think of one you are better than I. I can't think of one single one. There may be some egotistical male somewhere who thinks he did, but I can't imagine his concept of his own greatness standing up very much, or else he is not telling the truth about the influence of the woman—one or the other.
If there is greatness there, woman is there somewhere, and we all know it. And how many examples we have seen—not that he would put her on display and subject her to some unpleasant experience of being projected too much into the forefront, for he is considerate of her in her nature, but he acknowledges her. He speaks for her, and he would not accept acknowledgment which attempted to reject her. There is the point. A real man, having achieved anything, may with due humility accept an acknowledgment, but if that assumed acknowledgment was a rejection of his wife or his mother, as the case may be—or both—would he accept the acknowledgment? Not if he is a man; he would reject the supposed acknowledgment, for to him it would be utterly empty and worthless if, to receive it, he must reject the one or ones who helped him in the attainment. Is God Himself less fair, less true, less honorable, than a man?
Human beings have floundered about, with their lips acknowledging God the Father, trying to achieve something by reason of begging God for this provision or that, but by the very attitude which human beings have shown they have rejected Mother God and then wondered why Father God was so elusive, so hard to find. “Why did He not acknowledge all the acknowledgments we have extended to Him?”
“O God, You are so great. O God, You are so wonderful.” We have repeated such things with our lips and proceeded in our lives, regardless of our lips, to reject Mother God. And God is honorable, and God is fair, and God is true. We did not have to have a consciousness of the idea of Mother God in order to acknowledge Her, although it is better that we do have that consciousness. How is it that we have rejected? Didn't the Master touch upon this point, for He said that there would be some who in that day said, “Lord, Lord, have we not done many wonderful works in Thy name?” And He gave assurance that He would reject them, saying, “Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for I know you not.” Why?
“Lord, Lord, have we not in Thy name done many wonderful works? We have given acknowledgment to Thee.” And the answer comes back, “Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for I know you not.” And God is fair, and God is honorable. And if these things had been done in His Name, would He refuse to acknowledge it? If there had been true response, would He reject it? Certainly not!
So we see another step in the picture. How is it that we have rejected Mother God? We claim with our lips to accept Father God. How are we to accept Him? Can we violate the dignity of the Divine Home and expect to be accepted of Father God? What man among us, having a wife and a home and perhaps children, if an intruder should appear and threaten the safety of his family, threaten the dignity of his home, an intruder who perhaps threatened to ravish his wife—what man among us in such a case would say, “Ah, dear intruder, proceed to do with my family as you will; do with my home as you will. It doesn't matter. I'll call you friend. I'll welcome you.” What man among us would do such a thing? I wonder. If there were one, I would not call him man. No, he would reject the intruder.
And so, do we expect God to be less honorable? And where is the Home? God created heaven and earth, and He planted a Garden eastward in Eden, the earth. This is the Home, right here on earth; this is the Home. And the intruder, devastating the Home, disregarding the integrity of it, attempting to violate—what?—the Body of Mother God. We have considered the violation of the Body of Father God. Have we considered the violation of the Body of Mother God? If in wilful self-activity, man intrudes upon the Home and seeks to violate the Body of Mother God, will Father God receive him? Or will He say, “Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, I know you not”?
If God provided for the means of the manifestation of the Body of Father God, would He refuse to provide the means for the manifestation of Mother God? Would He say, “Now, Mother God, I'm going to keep You in heaven. I'm going to provide a means by which I can express Myself on earth. I'm going to have a body down there—that's part of Our Kingdom, part of Our Realm. I created that. But Mother God, You keep out of it now. I'm not going to give You a body down there. It will just be Me down there.” Down where? In hell? No!—a thousand thousand times No. For if God provided the means by which the Body of Father God should appear on earth, just so surely He provided the means by which Mother God should appear on earth. And in the manifestation of the Body of Father God and Mother God on earth—on Earth there should be a Home, a Place Divine, for the revelation of God, for a revelation of the Heavenly Home.
And yet we well know how restless we have been upon the earth, seeking home and not finding it. Has any man among you sought to produce a home, only to find that even with a loving wife, and perhaps with children, it did not turn out to be a fully satisfying home? And has any woman among you sought to establish a home, and even with a loving husband, and perhaps with children, to find that it did not turn out to be? Oh you tried so hard to make it so, you struggled, you did a thousand and one things; and yet that elusive Spirit of Home, for which your whole soul longed, somehow did not appear, and you either blamed husband or wife or children or friends or mother-in-law or father-in-law or someone, or you decided, “We can't know the true essence of Home here on earth. We will have to die and go to heaven, and then we will find the true Spirit of Home. We will have to consider ourselves as pilgrims here, pausing for just a little while on our way Home to Heaven.” Some have come to such a conclusion, but it is not the truth.
If we have not known Home on Earth it is because we have not known on earth the true provision of Father God and the true loving care of Mother God. How could we think to find Home on earth without Mother God? It would be so foolish for us to make the attempt. And this earth is to be the Home where the Master taught men to pray, “Thy kingdom come.” Where? In heaven? Presumably it is already there. Where? On Earth! “Thy kingdom come”—Thy control be established here on earth. “Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven”—as it is in heaven, which would include Mother God, the manifestation of Mother God on Earth as surely as the manifestation of Father God, and then the sense of Home. What did we do when we as human beings fell? We drove Mother God from Her Home on Earth.
Let us consider your body as a human being, man or woman. You have in that body the elements of the positive and the negative aspects of being, but, male or female, there must be a balancing out in the expression of life in relationship to male and female. Home. If the home be desecrated, would Father God depart from it and leave Mother God to suffer the indignities of the intruders? Certainly not! He might come Himself, as Father God, to see if the Spirit of Home could be established on earth, if it was safe to bring Mother God into it. But do you think He would bring Mother God into it until it was safe for Her to appear? I don't.
There may be some creatures claiming the male aspect of being who, returning to a place where there might be danger, a place where intruders had come, would pause well outside the gate and say, “Now, dear wife, we are back home. We are back home. I don't know whether it is safe for us. You go in and see.” There might be some male creatures who would talk that way, but no man. And how much less God. Yet we expect the revelation of Mother God on earth when it isn't safe for Her to appear?
When the revelation of Father God was made manifest on earth through the body of our LORD, the treatment that He received was such that He decided, “It's all right now, I'll send Mother God into the world”? No, not quite! He insisted that the intruder be cleared out, that the Home be made safe. And then what did He say? And then the body of those who responded and yielded should be—what?—“as a bride adorned for her husband.” The manifestation of Mother God must be through human beings, and that manifestation will not, cannot, come in the sense that makes the reality of Home until the wilful intruders have been cleared from the Home.
