Seeking enlightenment is usually something you do on your own or with other seekers, and completely separate from family life – and so it has been the least accessible to mothers, who are in most cases tied to their family. In my book Enlightenment Through Motherhood I illustrate how motherhood is a path that leads to a new kind of enlightenment, one where we embrace all parts of our humanity – heavenly and earthly, rational and emotional, masculine and feminine. This post is