I am also a mother. I had experienced unwanted pregnancy and pondered also on different options. With the RH Bill, I have life to share. But instead of my experiences, I prefer to share the result of my inner dialogue on Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines:
The question
about life and free will stir the air.
People who are called human rights advocates are fighting against the institutional church
who stands as pro-life on the passing of Reproductive Health Bill (RH
Bill) in the Philippines. Both groups
are in a way coming from the essence of the Divine Creator – free will and the reverence
to God-given life. However, the unity on
the matter needs a higher understanding of life and free will and may not
be resolved by our own human judgement and ways.
Free will is a gift from God. When the Divine Creator made human beings as co-creators on
earth, He/She gave humans the gifts of free will and the law of cause and
effect (law of karma). Free will enables
human to do whatever it may want to do on earth, there are no restraints. God will never interfere to any personal
decisions of any human being. God does not lift a finger if something goes astray
because the free will is balanced by the law of cause and effect or the law of
karma. Human beings reap the fruits of their own labor, as the life goes into a
cycle of life, death and re-birth, until the soul go into remembering that
essence of the spirit, and decides to go back to the full essence of the Divine
Creator.
Life comes
from God. Life comes from the
Spirit. There had been so much debate on
where in the conception does the human life begin. This question forgets that everything begins
from the Spirit. All the inner teachings for different religions know this. Life does not begin in any of the tri-mester
of pregnancy. It begins long before the physical manifestation. The signs of life in a mother’s womb is just a physical manifestation of life that begins before the conception.
The soul decides to live on earth and chooses his/her
own race, country, parents, situation and so on, all situations needed to learn
the lesson of his/her life. Everything is a sacred contract. There is a soul mission and purpose for every incarnation.
Some souls may decide not to pursue
the incarnation for different reasons such as
parents not ready to conceive nor raise a child, or just to give parents
a lesson related thru the conception. This can be seen in some cases of
miscarriage or fetal deaths, and others.
While other souls are firm in their decision to incarnate, and this can
be seen in the live births, no matter how the challenges of the the conception can
be. This can be seen in some case of of
babies surviving even with abortive attempts by the mothers. However, some souls can become undecisive to
live upon birth, and this can be the case of some babies born with congenital
problems related to the brain or head as in the case of hydrocephalus,
meningitis, cerebral palsy, and others.
The debate
on the lifel is one matter that can only be resolved as humanity or Filipinos
grow on the awareness of life and spirit.
There is no need to fight over this since the law of karma will takes
its course on any matter. As a nation,
what the Filipinos need is to provide the growth for the understanding of
spirit and life and application of free
will with full understanding on the cycle of life. Decisions made on the matter of pregnancy
should not be with the understanding that life begins from the spiritual
plane and its only God or the incarnating soul knows if the physical birth is
prevented because of abortion or any intervention during the pregnancy. In this case, the law of karma applies, not
even the human judgement can be applied on this. This is a soul relationship between the
parents and the soul of unborn baby. All mothers have inner knowing if a physical incarnation is prevented, because the
conscience plays a big role in knowing the truth.
I am praying and calling on others to pray:
1. For the church, to continue its role in
evangelizing Filipinos on the sacredness of life without condemning those who
opted to choose to be pro RH. Vigilant
yet with loving understanding for those who oppose the Catholic Church
teachings.
2. For the state, to consciously promote the
human rights under the spiritual law of free will, that free will is meant
for everyone to have the right spiritual choice for oneself and to understand that life
is spiritual in nature not just physical.
3. For all to understand that conception is a
physical manifestation of the intention of a soul to incarnate.
4. For the parents to reflect on their free
choice regarding pregnancy and that they be guided with the spiritual law of
the cycle of rebirth.
5. For those who are undecided to bear the
pregnancy, that they may converse with Gof about their fear and the situation; that they may also communicate to the incarnating soul about their decision on pregnancy. (Note that the soul responds either by pursuing the physical life or in
many cases, deciding not to incarnate anymore that miscarriages, natal deaths,
happen on its law.)
6. For those who are challenged with fear on
pregnancy, may they understand that it is the Divine Creator who provides for
all our needs. God is more present for
those who believe in the miracle of life. We don’t raise life alone. God is our partner if we allow the
intervention.
7. For us all to continue to pray for
enlightenment on this matter as bearer of life.
8. That this challenge hasten the process of oneness in all.
As the process goes, Divine Source will manifest more in our lives.
May the
Light of the Divine Source pour unto us!
May the Love
of the Divine Source fill our hearts!
Lights ans Love,
Lilian
