“For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” KnowsChildrenHas BeensWholePainChoicesCreationEnvironmentalGloriousFrustrationDecayBondageLiberatedChild Of GodChildbirthPresent TimeGroaning Author:Paul the Apostle
“Eve was blamed for the fall of man, and in return all women to come were to inheret her karmic responsibility for the so-called "fall of man". Their punishment was to experience pain in childbirth, and never be trusted by man or God again.” MenPainFallWomenResponsibilityReturnEnlightenmentPunishmentTrustedChildbirthFall Of Man Author:Frederick Lenz
“Quests are a huge inconvenience. Don't let anyone tell you differently, even if that person has experience. The problem is that people forget the pain and aggravation as soon as the quest ends successfully, and then they remember only the glorious parts. In this way quests are a bit like childbirth, even to the point of saying that quests often give birth to glory. Maybe.” PeopleIfsWayGivingPersonsEndsProblemPainRememberBitsForgetHugeBirthGloryGloriousQuestsChildbirthAggravationInconvenienceForget The Pain Book:The Orphanage of Miracles: The Kingdom Wars: Book One Source: The Orphanage of Miracles: The Kingdom Wars: Book One
“Obviously there is pain in childbirth. But giving birth is also a moment of awe and wonder, a moment when the true miracle of aliveness, and of a woman's amazing part in that miracle, is suddenly experienced in every cell of one's body. It is in that sense truly an altered state of consciousness.” GivingStatesMomentsBodyPainConsciousnessWonderBirthMiracleCellsAweAlteredChildbirthGiving BirthStates Of ConsciousnessAwe And WonderAltered StatesAltered States Of Consciousness Author:Riane Eisler
“I wasn't very good about the pain. I started screaming for painkillers after the third contraction and didn't stop until my daughter was eating solid food.” PainEatingDaughterThirdsVery GoodMy DaughterChildbirthContractionsPainkillers Author:Linda Sunshine
“Childbirth calls into question our very existence, requiring an expectant couple to confront not only new life but death, pain, fear and, most of all, change.” PainExistenceCoupleNew LifeChildbirth Book:Childbirth with Insight Source: Childbirth with Insight