Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death |
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Page 11
... mother nutriment , and in effect breathes through its mother's circulation . The embryo is , however , never any part of the mother , never at any time at all a part of the maternal life . The new life is on its own though it lives as a ...
... mother nutriment , and in effect breathes through its mother's circulation . The embryo is , however , never any part of the mother , never at any time at all a part of the maternal life . The new life is on its own though it lives as a ...
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... mother is nature . She must be that original verification , which , later , will come from other and wider segments of reality . All the self - verifications , therefore , begin in that inner light of the mother - child - world , which ...
... mother is nature . She must be that original verification , which , later , will come from other and wider segments of reality . All the self - verifications , therefore , begin in that inner light of the mother - child - world , which ...
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... mother death is only half a death . Each life in turn bursts like a pod and sends forth its seed . When a mother dies , for a second time the umbilical cord is cut . For a second time the knot is loosened , the knot that bound one ...
... mother death is only half a death . Each life in turn bursts like a pod and sends forth its seed . When a mother dies , for a second time the umbilical cord is cut . For a second time the knot is loosened , the knot that bound one ...
Contents
An eye comes out of the wave | 5 |
Give back life for life | 16 |
We take the future from ourselves | 27 |
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