Access to "BEING MOTHER" and the experience of "MOTHERHOOD"
Ontological Access Portal Diagram 1:You cannot solve a problem with the same consciousness that created the problem. Albert Einstein
Ontological Access Portal Diagram 2:
The movie effectively distinguishes "
MOTHER" and "
MOTHERHOOD" using the above access portal (diagrams 1 & 2) which as
"A CONTEXT" provides a powerful audience access to
BEING MOTHER and
MOTHERHOOD as their natural self-expression.
A brief look at each of the portal segments:
A) Mother and Motherhood as Linguistic AbstractionMotherhood per se, motherhood qua motherhood, that is motherhood as motherhood, is neither a phenomenon, nor a concept, nor a definition, nor a term.
Motherhood per se, that is motherhood as motherhood, is a linguistic abstraction that presents being mother and motherhood as a realm of possibility.
When most people think or speak about motherhood, they do not have motherhood in mind as a linguistic abstraction that establishes what it is to be a mother as a realm of possibility, and what it is to exercise good motherhood as a realm of
possibility.
What is a linguistic abstraction?
“Linguistic” simply means of language, that is, something that exists in language.
"Abstraction" is the formation of an idea, as of the qualities or properties of a thing,by mental separation from, that is, without regard to, particular instances or material objects.
Note: We use ontology and ontological in its Heideggerian sense. See Heidegger,
1962, Being And Time Oxford UK: Blackwell. We do not use ontological in its metaphysical sense – what some have termed ontology as ontotheology, as in an “a priori argument for the existence of God” or in the “ultimate substance” sense. We recognise but are not using “abstraction” as it is thought of in the Platonic forms notion of an abstraction, where forms are abstract entities that exist a priori. A linguistic abstraction is constructed, it does not exist a priori.What we mean by linguistic abstraction is an abstract entity that is created (constructed) in language, and generates a realm of possibility that is separate and distinct from, that is, exists apart from, instances or examples of itself or from concepts or definitions of itself.
Without prior instances opens up a "SPACE".
B) Mother and Motherhood as termsWhat is a term?
Drawing on the definition of term in Webster’s Dictionary (1995):
a word or phrase having a limiting and definite meaning When Mother or motherhood is dealt with as a term, one is examining or dealing with a definition that limits and makes definite the meaning of mother and motherhood.
“definition” is defined as a brief precise statement of what a word or expression means.
Put simply, the question is, what are the definitions of Mother and Motherhood?
As a
term, Mother and Motherhood are defined in the
realization of a future in which the needs and concerns of all involved parties are forefilled.
As a term then, motherhood is defined more fully as the
realization of a future (that wasn’t going to happen), that fulfills (or contributes to fulfilling) the needs and concerns of the involved parties, including critically those who granted the motherhood (those who mother you, and those you mother).
By
"realization of a future", we mean: bring into being as a reality a future that existed previously only as a possibility.
By that
"wasn’t going to happen", we mean: a future, that in the prevailing “context”, does not occur as an authentic possibility – does not call into effective action those required to act in order to realize that future.
By
concern, in the phrase “needs and concerns of all involved parties”, we mean: a matter of fundamental interest or importance to a person, what ultimately matters for that person.
By
"involved parties", we mean: the parties intended to benefit from the objective (the purpose) that is directing or underlies the exercise of motherhood.
By
granted, in the phrase “those who granted the motherhood”, we mean to indicate that motherhood is granted to a mother, as contrasted with position or authority which is assigned. Mothers must earn the granting (the opportunity to mother).
C) Mother and Motherhood as conceptsWhat is a concept?
Drawing on the definition of concept in Webster’s Dictionary
(1995):
an idea or thought, especially, a generalized idea of a thing or class of thingsWhen Mother or Motherhood is dealt with as a concept, one is examining or dealing with the domain in which being a mother exists, or, the domain in which motherhood is exercised.
“domain” is defined as field of interest or concern
Put simply, the question is, in what domain do mother and motherhood exist, or with what are mother and motherhood concerned?
Mother and Motherhood as
concepts, reside within the dominion or
domain of the
futureAs
concepts, mother and motherhood exist in the
domain of a
created future, that the mother and those being mothered, come to
live into, and which future gives them being and action in the present.
In order to be effective in dealing with this central issue in being a MOTHER and the exercise of MOTHERHOOD, you will have to deconstruct your existing understanding or "frame of reference" for “future”. And then, create a new "frame of reference" for
“future”, one that provides you with access.
Given people’s ordinary "frame of reference" for “future”, they don’t often think about the fact that there are different kinds of futures. But, there are many different kinds of futures. For example, there is future as “goal”, that is, a future toward which one is working or striving. There is also future as “hoped-for” or “pipe dream”, and future as “feared” or “worriedabout”,and future as “to be avoided”.
One kind of future that does not exist is future as “certain”. The future is never certain; the future always exists only as a possibility. But, the future that exerts the most force on the present is future as “given by the past”. That is, a future that is extrapolated or projected from the past – a future that is based
on an extension of the trajectory established by the way the past has unfolded up to the present.
By
"created future" we mean ...
D) Mother and Motherhood as phenomenaWhat is a phenomena?
Drawing on the definition of phenomenon in Webster’s Dictionary (1995):
an event, circumstance, or experience encountered through the sensesWhen mother or motherhood is dealt with as a phenomenon, one is examining or dealing with mother or mothering as an actual instance or example of being a mother or exercising motherhood.
Put simply, the question is, if I see, or am impacted by, mother or motherhood, what is it that I will see or what is it that will impact me?
Mother and Motherhood as
phenomena, in what
sphere do mother and motherhood exist? The answer to this question is that the
sphere in which mother and motherhood exist is the
sphere of
language.
E) Authentic Compassion as a positive phenomenaAuthentic Compassion is a combined term which uses
Integrity or being
Authentic and
Compassion or desiring to alleviate the suffering of others.
What is ment by Integrity?
We define Integrity in a similar manner to it's definition as distinguished in the work of Werner Erhart and Landmark Education namely:
1. Is keeping your word, and on time
OR:
2. Whenever you will not be keeping your word, just as soon
as you become aware that you will not be keeping your
word (including not keeping your word on time) saying to
everyone impacted:
a. that you will not be keeping your word, and
b. that you will keep that word in the future, and by when, or, that you won’t be keeping that word at all, and
c. what you will do to deal with the impact on others of the failure to keep your word (or to keep it on time).
What is ment by your
"word" as used above. Your "Word" is defined as:
1. What You Said: Whatever you said you will do, or will not do (and in the case of do, doing it on time).
(Note:Requests of you become your word unless you have responded to them in a timely fashion.)2. What You Know: Whatever you know to do, or know not to do, and if it is do, doing it as you know it is meant to be done (and doing it on time), unless you have explicitly said to the contrary.
3. What Is Expected: Whatever you are expected to do or not do (and in the case of do, doing it on time), unless you have explicitly said to the contrary. (Note: What you expect of others is not for you their word – with others, you must make your expectations explicit in the form of a
request.)
4. What You Say Is So: Whenever you have given your word to others as to the existence of some thing or some state of the world, your word includes being willing to be held accountable that the others would find your evidence makes what you have asserted valid for themselves.
5. Standing For Something: What you stand for – that is, what you say that your life is about – whether expressed in the form of a declaration made to one or more people, or even to yourself, as well as what you hold yourself out to others as standing for (formally declared or not), is a part of your word.
6. Moral, and Legal Standards: The moral, and legal standards which you have not explicitly declined are a part of your word.
Ontological Access Portal Diagram 3:
