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and and certainly not to to the Virgin Mary I began to to doubt my experience and and wished to to make it stop To rid myself of of the the the Mother I sought the the the aid of of my my friend and teacher Sister José Hobday a a a a a a a Franciscan nun and Native American medicine woman 32 We were teaching at the Aspen Institute and during a a a a a a break
I I met with her privately to to ask how I I can put an an end to to these visions Her advice was to to do the the opposite: to to embrace rather than resist or reject my experience “You have to to share this story with people ” she said “It is is what so many people are searching for You have the the credentials the the standing If you you say you you know the the Mother and and talk with Her and and get guidance
from Her others will come forward and and admit to the the same and and those who have not yet been touched by Her Her will seek after Her Her ” I demurred “Do you you really think you you have a a a a choice in in this?” she asked As it turned out I I didn’t That very afternoon as I I stood on on the the stage at at the the Aspen Institute to talk talk about about I I I have no idea what all I I I could talk talk about about was my experience with the the Mother Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix Arizona
Still not not ready to to yield I turned to to another friend and teacher Andrew Harvey We were sitting in in in one of the terminals at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after participating in in in a a a a a a weekend conference in in in Tucson Andrew graciously listened to to my story and said “The Mother is is chasing you You must surrender to Her ” I rejected this idea sharply and protested that my experience of the the the Mother as “other” contradicted my my sense of nonduality He laughed at my my ignorance and said “True nonduality isn’t a a a a a a choice between the the nondual nondual and the the dual—that
is is the the very definition of dualism Nonduality embraces the the dual dual dual and rejects nothing If If God God is everything why can’t God God be Mother? If If God God is everything why can’t God God manifest as Other? When you truly understand nondual reality you realize that God is both Nirguna Brahman Brahman and and Saguna Brahman Brahman God God unformed and and formed formed God God unnamed and and and named named God God God as as as Other and and and God God God as as as Self and and and God God God as as as That which embraces and transcends them both The Mother calls to 32 Sister José died on April 5 2009 at the age of 80 36