The Shift from Self to Presence: What Mothering, Gardening, and the Unified Field Taught Me

This morning as usual, I was packing lunches for my kids balancing colors/looks/protein choices and preferences from my 12 yr old and 6 yr old (one is a meat eater, one a vegetarian at a nut free school) , and that was after my morning routine of giving plants in the garden with some handholding shower, which was after myself care routine of zhanzhuang and a couple other simple Qi flow meditation practices, I realized that I understand why relational healing and relational intelligence matter so much to us.

that deep, subtle shift when our care turns fully toward another being is real. And it holds profound spiritual and neurobiological truth.

I am turning these into routine practice so that I can be a better “weaver” of the system and build a better future I want to live in together with others.

Nurturing children and human relationships isn't that different from nurturing/growing a garden, which i learned from COVID time. Turned out to be my best teacher: I insist on staring my plants when i water them manually -- also helps i have a smaller semi-urban garden:)

Before I start rambling, let’s unpack it here, why these things are related, and why they matter.