Loves All Things: The Clan Mother Of The Seventh Moon Cycle

"Mother, show me how to love beyond my human fear, teach me all the joys of life behind the veil of tears. Let me find the pleasure of a lover's gentle hands, let me know the wisdom of respect without demands. Oh, Keeper of Forgiveness, teach me how to see beyond the petty judgments, supporting human dignity. I will learn your Medicine Of Mother, lover, friend, teaching others how to love and broken hearts to mend." 

LOVES ALL THINGS is the Clan Mother of the Seventh Moon Cycle and the month of July. The color connected with her Medicine is yellow and her cycle represents “LOVING THE TRUTH” found in all life forms. She teaches us the wisdom of compassion and how to be a loving woman and nurturing mother. 

Loves All Things is the Keeper of Sexual Wisdom and shows us that every action of physical life is as sacred as our spiritual growth because they are the same. When we behave as if all acts are sacred, there is no judgment. This Clan Mother teaches us to love our bodies and to honor the pleasures of being human. She shows us that breathing, eating, walking, playing, working, observing a sunrise, and dancing are all acts of pleasure given by the Earth Mother to human beings. She asks us to do everything in life with a happy heart. In her wisdom, Loves All Things teaches us that we can find the joys of physical life, without trying to escape our pain through becoming addicted to false pleasures or compulsive behavior patterns. 

Loves All Things is the Guardian of Unconditional Love and is connected to Grandfather Sun. Like Grandfather's sunlight, which shines on everything without withholding warmth or life-giving sustenance, this Clan Mother loves all her children equally. Loves All Things uses a form of unconditional love to show us that she does not judge our behaviors. She is willing to love us enough to allow us to go through the hard self-imposed lessons that are the consequences of following the crooked trail. Having to experience the consequences of our unloving actions may not give us pleasure, but remembering and avoiding those pitfalls in the future will always bring us back into balance. This Clan Mother holds the wisdom of allowing and does not smother her children or impose rigid rules. She uses her ability to allow us to go through the hard life lessons on our own but is always waiting to nurture our disappointments and mend our broken hearts.

Loves All Things teaches that every action in life is equal because the reaction is equal to the original deed. If we are good to our bodies, our bodies are healthy and good to us. If we nurture and respect ourselves, we will command that same respect and nurturing from others. If we lie to ourselves, others will lie to us in kind. If we think positive thoughts, good things will happen to support our attitudes. If we apply the love of truth to all things, we find ways to know and love the Self. This Clan Mother instructs us in a way that applies the concept of free will in its purest form. Her foremost understanding is that we will evolve, no matter what happens. Healing and growth may take many cycles of the Medicine Wheel, but she is willing to love us unconditionally through all those Rites of Passage until we love ourselves enough to break the patterns of self-induced slavery.

The freedom found in loving the Self without conditions is the talent that makes Loves All Things the Guardian of Children. She allows children to develop loving self-expression, encouraging them to be their personal best. This Clan Mother uses the child's love of discovering life as the guideline for raising the young. She teaches the child within us to accept love, to give love, to find ways to love the self, and to love the truth above all else. 

Loves All Things is the Mother-Nurturer, a sensual lover, the Keeper of All Acts of Pleasure, and the Guardian of Sexual Wisdom. This Clan Mother embodies the attributes of the devoted friend who sees the strength of our personal Medicine, as well as our weaknesses, accepting both sides without judgment. Patiently, she supports us in our growth process by pointing out our talents, urging us to grow. Loves All Things ignores our unwillingness to use the talents we have at hand, because she understands that one day, on our personal healing paths, we will find it in ourselves.