Power of Oneness Spiritual Center

MAY 2008 THEME: “INNER PURPOSE”
May 13, 2008 Topic: “Frequency Holders”

Today is Mothers’ Day.

And today’s topic as we continue with the monthly theme of “Inner Purpose” is “Frequency Holders.” I think of mothers as frequency holders. And perhaps that is because the Divine Mother is the frequency Itself. Look to your neighbor and say “I am a child of God.” What does it mean to be a child of God?

How many people think they look like their mother?

This is probably more of a question for people over 30? Do you ever find yourself sounding like your mother?

That makes sense because you are made in her likeness. Having lived in the environment that she established, what you have come to know, you have learned, at least initially, from her.

Do you find yourself acting like your mother?

Again, you are made in her likeness, her behavioral likeness. She molded you from her personality.

When you don’t act like your mother, you are making a conscious choice not to do so. Because, based on your programming, you may feel inclined toward acting like or talking like or believing like one of your parents.

I became very curious about mothers when I was preparing for this talk today. And I researched what mother birthed the most children. She was a Russian peasant. From 1725 to 1765, The mother who gave birth to the most children was the wife of Russian Feodor Vassilyev. Her 69 children included 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.

How many mothers have one child and find that to be a challenge?

What is the definition of a mother? Sure, a female parent. One who gives birth. One who cares for or protects. A superior of a religious community – that would be like Mother Teresa who certainly cared for a great number of people (including those whom others found difficult to love, like lepers). To mother is to aid, care for, minister or nurse. Mother Teresa was a frequency holder, but she never gave birth to a child.

Some mothers do what Matthew says in 5:44: bless them that curse you (and some ungrateful children do curse their mothers these days). Matthew says pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you (That would be for the spoiled child.)

Now, mind you, I realize that there are what they call unfit mothers in the world. There are mothers who curse their children and despitefully use their children. Well, mothers are, after all, just people. Or are they frequency holders?

Mothers, for the most part, have a consciousness of wholeness. They will see your illness. Be concerned about your illness. Treat your illness. But see your wholeness.

Yes. Even “so called” not-so-good mothers are frequency holders. There are mothers who neglect their children. They’re holding a frequency too. The frequency is “I am not worthy of your love or attention. I am not important.” Those mothers may hold this frequency for themselves as well. But what does a child of someone like this hold for himself or herself?

One may believe this on some level and neglect himself or herself. Still another will say, ”I’m going to prove that I am worthy of love and attention” and do great things in the world. Mothers are very influential.

Why do you think they call the hostage holders’ mother to the crime scene? Because mothers are frequency holders. They know that, at some level, this wayward child will be influenced by his mother.

Let’s look at what a frequency holder is. Eckhart Tolle gave me the term “frequency holders.” He looked at them as being people that lead an outwardly unremarkable existence, people who are seemingly more passive and have a relatively uneventful existence. But that would only describe a small portion of the mothers that I know. You know that doesn’t fit my mother. But that doesn’t even describe my grandmother or my great grandmother nor most of my aunts.

But there are other definitions of frequency holders that do.

Tolle says of frequency holders that they become healers or spiritual teachers. That is to say, teachers of Being. I think all mothers are spiritual teachers. And most of them don’t know that they are. But they’re teaching us something about our spirits all the time, aren’t they? Even the ones that are gone.

Vanessa wrote me an e-mail on Monday asking: Is it grandma’s birthday today? I told her yes. That she’d been there (my house) already today. You see, I purposely situated myself to live in the space of two of my ancestral guides so that I could lean into their consciousness. But that’s another story.

I don’t know about you but I invoke my ancestors. I know them for who they are – guides.

Eckhart Tolle says the frequency holders are here to generate consciousness through the activities of daily life, through their interactions with others as well as through “just being.”

Don’t you know something about God when your Mama cooks you a meal? I do. You knew that God provides for you.

Didn’t you know something about God when your mother washed your clothes or when she folded your clothes and put them away? You knew that you are taken care of, didn’t you?

Didn’t you learn something about God when your mother took you to school or let you use her car? Did you learn about the abundant number of ways that God is blessing you?

When I see my mother hugging a so-called stranger, that interaction informs me about the loving nature of God.

Here another way that Eckhart Tolle defines frequency holders: They endow the seemingly insignificant with profound meaning.

In the Book of Ruth, Naomi told Ruth (her widowed daughter-in-law) to go to where Boaz lie and uncover his feet. That led to Boaz proposing marriage to Ruth. Ruth was an ancestor of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Mary, the mother of Jesus, told Jesus that the people had run out of wine at the wedding. That night, Jesus turned water into wine for the guests. Mothers know things. A mother has intuition – she is into It- Spirit – and can speak from that authority.

There’s one more thing that Eckhart Tolle says about frequency holders. There is a consciousness and therefore a quality in what they do, even the simplest task. Their purpose is to do everything in a sacred manner. My mother cleans in a very sacred manner. There is a dedication about it that is amazing. I noticed the same thing about gardening. By the time she’s done, she sore. But she was happy when she was gardening because she was in her zone.

Mother Teresa was in her zone when she was working with the poor and those who were ill.

There was a man interviewing Mother Teresa. He asked, "How can people work with you? This is difficult work."" Mother Teresa replied, "Those who try to change the world; they don't last long. But there are others, those whoare able to love - one person at a time. Those are the people that make a difference."

Gary Simmons tells us in his book “I of the Storm” (on page 42) “to love means to accept, to embrace, to value.” Let’s love our mothers today.

If you find it difficult to think of your mother as someone to accept or value, then think of her as a mirror of that place in you where you are not connected to your wholeness and worth. If you were connected, you could not be intimidated or threatened by anyone. In fact, you would accept and value all Life.

My mother used to tell us about my Aunt Cornelius – that when my grandmother was giving her a whipping, she never ran. Aunt Cornelius would just stand there when Mom tried to get her to run. Mom would try to lead her to her escape but she wouldn’t go. And she wouldn’t cry. She was connected to her Wholeness.

Love and fear cannot co-exist (as was stated in Friday night’s Spiritual Cinema showing of "A Course in Miracles").

Gary Simmons asks the question: What inner resource would enable you to not look at that person as a threat?

Could it be self-confidence or personal power?

The real issue isn’t your mother. It’s what is missing in your capacity to relate to the person from a place of wholeness and worth. So embrace your mother without needing her to change. She’s here on purpose or was here on purpose.

Let’s bless our mothers.

To bless someone is to endow that person with the capacity to be a source of good in your life.

The act of blessing is an expression of faith.

Your blessing is an affirmation that all things are working together for your good.

I invite you to:

Know that you are a child of God – made in Its image and likeness.

See wholeness in others.

Evoke the wisdom of your ancestors.

Allow your interactions with others remind you of the Presence of God.

Be present. Make every act sacred.