The Endless Pursuit Of Truth And Real, Lasting Knowledge and the Mona Lisa
In 1987, I was still quite new to the path of healing and transformation. I had left my old, spiritually disconnected life behind, and I was open to an enhanced understanding and experience of spirituality and its mastery. I had developed quite a meditation practice, temporarily eschewing committed relationships with others in order to develop mystical awareness. I remained excited about the possibilities for my life, as I had finally made conscious contact in May of 1987 with the God that could reach my heart and limited understanding.
But who would have ever thought that the love of this Universe would initially appear as the vision of Divine Mother nursing a baby?
The sacred image of a mother holding and feeding a baby inspired me to reach a different part of myself, a part that had been closed off to me by the lifelong effects of personal and intergenerational trauma and patriarchy.
For millennia, the Divine Feminine has been silenced by a patriarchal worldview. I never accepted God as “divine Father” as Jesus did two thousand years ago, because I was repulsed by our patriarchal culture and my damaged, overbearing father, two very poor examples of the divine masculine archetype.
It is essential to understand that spirituality is not merely a pursuit of the masculine, structured, and analytical mind, but also an acknowledgment and honoring of the feminine energy within us all, and, ultimately, the balancing of these energies so both aspects merge into a divine synergy. This state of being is the harmonious and collaborative effort between divine or spiritual forces and human agency, leading to positive and transformative outcomes.
The profound vision I experienced—of the Mona Lisa holding a baby—taught me this lesson. The image, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, is more than just an artistic masterpiece; it is a representation of the feminine divine. Da Vinci, in creating a self-portrait as the Mona Lisa, was paying homage to his own feminine nature, recognizing the creative force that lies within.
The image of the Mona Lisa holding a baby as a nurturing and birthing presence is a powerful metaphor for the rebirth of the self. It speaks to a universal truth that transcends gender—our capacity to birth new realities through compassion, intuition, and creativity. It embodies the love and goodness we all seek, and the profound, healing power of connecting with this divine aspect of ourselves.
This vision brought me dramatic, though temporary, healing of my body and mind, and a new energy permeated my being. I had been rebirthed into and was now swimming in the sea of love and transcendent meaning, though I still had not connected the dots, or started consciously rebuilding my new self.
But, my lifelong loneliness had disappeared!
The experience of the vision lasted twenty-nine days, then seguewaid into a mountain top experience on June 22nd that finished the healing process of my damaged body and mind, while temporarily allowing me to see, and to perceive, with an unlimited mind (I will cover that experience in another chapter).
