Motherhood is the Highest Thing!
Shri Mataji said, "We are mothers and we should be proud of our motherhood. Motherhood is the highest thing a woman can achieve… And I think that is the greatest thing that can happen to a woman is to be a mother… It's much worse that you have to tell your children something to be done, and you love them so much that you don't want to say that, then you have to play some little sweet tricks with them to bring them round… It is such an interesting and a beautiful life to be a mother, we should be proud mothers."
In recognition of Her strength, love, devotion and compassion, many people call Her "Mother". She treated everybody as Her own child. Personal care and attention were hallmarks of Shri Mataji's programs.
Being a mother for thousands, Shri Mataji always emphasized the importance of mother's role for the prosperity of the whole society, "Motherhood is the highest thing. I tell you, the race, any race which does not have superior mothers cannot exist. Any country which doesn't have mothers of a great quality cannot exist. It will perish, no doubt about it. The mothers have to look after the preservation, not only of their own children, but of the whole race, of the whole nation. It is a very important thing. Wherever the mothers have failed, the nations have failed. So try to understand that it is the mothers' duty to do this… Everything passes through the mother to the children."
