Coming into the Light of Consciousness

My mother went from being a 1950's stereotypical full-time housewife, married with four children, to emerging as a free-thinking, powerful woman with a successful career. As I watched her change, she became my inspiring role model. Her example showed me how to send down roots for growth, by committing herself to change and purpose. Mom seemed to adopt Will Rogers' saying: ”If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing, love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing."

Her new career selling World Book Encyclopedias began around 1958. That's when I discovered what a latchkey child was. My teenage brothers were gone most of the time and didn't notice her absence. I was used to walking to nearby places like school and Girl Scouts, but now I was walking further, such as to my piano lessons, and I was feeling more grown up. I got used to being alone until she and Dad returned home in the evening. 

I began to notice what Mom was doing differently. She was on the phone a lot more than she had been before starting this work. She was setting up appointments to meet with prospective buyers. When we went to the grocery store, she would meet and talk with strangers in the cereal aisle, meat department, or produce section. Often she'd be getting their phone number and setting an appointment to meet with them. I learned not to get in line with our grocery cart unless she was right there with me. She had the money to pay the cashier, I didn’t. I learned quickly.  'No Mom? No standing-in-line' became my motto.

She was on a mission. She believed that every family with children should have a World Book Encyclopedia. Preferably the white edition with gold trim which provided annual updates. She knew, as sure as she was alive, that education was the key to a good life and World Book was the path to it. 

With the ongoing training by her supervisor, I saw how she was becoming a better salesperson along with growing as a person. Mom changed. She was laser-focused on her goals, ever since she had found her fulfilling career--and life--that meant so much to her. She was no longer distracted or frustrated with her role as a housewife. Now our house didn't have a wife, a cleaner, or a cook. No one cared. I picked up a little of the slack in exchange for a happier mother and more freedom as a teenager.

Mom came into her power as the women's liberation movement was just beginning. The year she was president of the PTA was when I plainly saw how far she had come. By then she had stopped trying to get Dad to wear the pants and play the traditional male role. This was good because it was totally out of his league. He was an absent-minded man who loved philosophy and history and read every chance he could. Household chores, repairs, or disciplining us were beyond him. Mom blossomed as a whole person while Dad came along for the ride, freed from her critical judgment.

As Mom's encyclopedia sales increased and her team flourished, she won trips as awards. I was in college when she invited me to accompany her on a trip she had won--a trip to Paris during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. ....Paris?! Yes yes yes! During that week, Mom and I became re-acquainted and we bonded, woman to woman.

We even went on a double date. She was still married to Dad...What was happening? 

For one thing, she spoke fluent French and I needed her to translate. We met two French men who worked at the restaurant where we dined every night. They thought my mother and I were hot! Her date knew a little English; my date didn't speak or understand any, but language didn't stand in our way. Oo la la, we had a time Magnifique!

Not long afterward my parents retired, moving to Florida. For my Mom, it was a return to the paradise she had lost, when her mother, brother, and she, at age ten, moved away to Chicago. She and Dad flourished, living in their ocean-front cottage while expanding their interests, leading them into an adventurous dive into metaphysics and immersion in one of the spiritual communities abounding in Florida.

Perhaps it was synchronicity at work since I was in Southern California at the same time, involved in self-discovery with The Prosperos. I was excited to connect with my folks on a deeper level whenever we talked. Instead of having superficial conversations, we were inspiring each other. They were letting go of striving, while I was unlearning old patterns blocking me from a more fulfilling life.

Today in my young-old elder years, I realize whatever time I have left is needed for my inner work, making changes, and carrying out my purpose in life. My emergence into greater consciousness-spawning action has not arrived all of a sudden. It has come through the use of questioning, using The Prosperos tools of Translation® and Releasing the Hidden Splendour™️, acting on my intuition and making changes, even if uncomfortable.

One of my conscious choices led me to engage in and complete The Prosperos Advanced Mentor Workshop. Another one was to co-write the book "Finding Your Unpredictable Good" with three other students from our training. (It was published last Fall and copies are available at the Assembly on Labor Day weekend.) I'm excited about recently reaching my goal of becoming a member of the Prosperos High Watch, being involved with the business of our organization.

Just like a snowflake, my mother's experience of emergence...mine...yours, is unique. When you feel your roots growing and the shell of your seed is becoming too restrictive, choose to grow deeper roots while coming up toward the light.

Find out for yourself how your intuition can help you open to your creative wholeness and all the good that flows from it.