"Mother"

This triple spiral found in Ireland, deep within the NewGrange mound—now a World Heritage Site—speaks to anyone willing to enter. Spirals incorporate lines and circles and in this case, create an image with no beginning and no ending. Think of the “threes” that surround you. Some people, when faced with the “concept” of a trinity, think: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Some think of Mother, Maiden, Crone. Some think Father, Mother, Child.

[Seeds for Reflection]:
... So many of our most valuable offerings are on the inside, held in the intuitive and feeling experiences as well as in the thoughts we don't usually share (or perhaps even acknowledge to ourselves).  The triple spiral, an image without beginning or end, is an apt description of the continuous stream of consciousness that runs below the surface of group experience, held within each of us.  It is why authentic engagement and safety in group encounter are so interrelated.

... Ancient Delphic priestesses sat on a three-legged stool—the golden tripod—to receive messages wafting up from deep within the earth. The messages, they said, came from “The Mother.”  What messages spiral through you? How do “feminine perspectives” integrate with “masculine perspectives” to create a more expansive holistic wisdom?

... If you were seated in the gaseous fumes of Delphi, what images of trinity might be speaking to you?

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[Suzanne Cheryl Gardner]

My art images are filled with the spiral in all forms. It is the very symbol that calls out to us to remember who we are. I use many symbols and metaphysical concepts within my art images as I feel they connect to everyone through the collective consciousness. They are powerful and can move people's hearts. www.suzannesart.com

[Karen Speerstra]

Thanks, Sheryl, for mentioning the power of three-way
conversations. For me, that calls up: my way, your way, our way.

Another way of looking at this trinity is as Otto Scharmer does in his provacative new book, Theory U, to be published this spring: the three ways are: open mind (thinking) , open heart (feeling) and open will (actions.)

I was blessed to have a wonderful Norwegian mother--Ellen Anderson--who lived that threesome. Maybe it helped that she was a Libra and weighed everything in balance, but I remember she often used to say, "Let's think about that."
"I feel this in my heart." And, "Let's just do it!"

Amy and Alan, you've done a beautiful job planting seeds for future growth.
Thank you.

[Sheryl Erickson]

Just this morning I was part of a three way conference call coming together to create a new organization. Logical mind had given our little circle of three the potential work name of "business development". Early on in the call, as we were spending a bit of time asking ourselves about overall intent and personal meaning of business development for the new organization, the archetype of "mother" popped into my head. The three spiral symbol from Hunab Ku came to my mind's eye right along with the word. What a powerful visual reminder as well as vivid representation of our working together as a threesome.

The symbol (as a visual image) began to spiral and dynamically come alive. Instead of thinking of the category "business development" we began to think of the function we were creating as a function of "the mother", i.e., ever mindful of gathering enough food for the family, healthy nourishment of sufficient amount and quality.

Thanks for calling our attention to this image Karen Speerstra and for the chance for Seeded Conversation, Amy Lenzo and Alan Briskin.