Affection & Compassion

"Life is ongoing,
and the spirit seeking incarnation
is attracted by the specific energetic quality of the parents,
even as they engage in intercourse.

The environment at conception is important;
it is recommended that during lovemaking a couple meditate on:
love, compassion, consciousness, or gentleness,
and avoid anger, attachment, jealousy, aggression, or fantasies."

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"The basic human condition, or human quality is human affection. That's the key
thing, right? It is possible to develop, or promote, that human quality, because
human nature, I believe is basically compassionate. Negative emotions are also part
of the human mind. However, the dominant force of the human mind is still
compassion.

Conception takes place when a male and female come together, due, I think, to
genuine love. That means they respect each other, are concerned with each other, and
share a sense of responsibility.

In that way, human life begins. Then during those few months in the mother's womb, the mother's state of mind has a strong influence on the development of the child."

(From Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health)

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I can remember so clearly my state of mind when I was pregnant with Birdie, I was clear and I felt so peaceful. Birdie was a calm baby, even when she moved in my belly, there was a calm about her. She was peace. Then when she was born she was pure peace, beautiful stillness. She was born meditating in a way....a perfect, peaceful, beautiful little Buddha.