that’s even better. But rather than just sitting down and pondering these things, one should learn the proper techniques for such meditations.

	~What to Do In the Event of an Unplanned Pregnancy ~ In 6 Easy Steps~

   So you’ve missed a period or two? You think you might have been fertile that night? You’ve been worrying about your diaphragm fit for 6 weeks and feel a bit queasy this morning? You’ve just done the urine test and it’s positive? Finding yourself in such a situation, what is to be done?
   Before you rush to the phone to cry on your lover’s shoulder (or drive off to punch him in the nose), book in to the abortion clinic, or stand on a chair with a rope around your neck, sit down and try to work through these 6 bits of well-considered advice.

Step 1: Don’t Panic.
   It is not as if this is a life threatening emer-gency. (Quite the opposite in fact!) It’s not even as bad as treading on a rusty 3 inch nail. You have plenty of time to consider things. Just for the moment, don’t think about – “what am I going to do, will I have it or not, what does he want, will I tell him anyway, this wasn’t supposed to happen” – and all the other mind-twisting options. You may be in shock and that’s no time to use your rational mind. There are lots of things you can do about it, so you don’t need to feel that it is now something out of your control. You are probably feeling out of control right now, simply because you previously were. You now realise that you had no control of your fertility, no proper control of the contraceptive methods you might have been using, no control of your own or your partner’s sexual urges, and no control of your mind which led you to believe you were “safe”. But you can get in control – if you don’t panic.
   The very first thing to do is to put on the kettle. While the water boils, as hard as it might seem, have a bit of a laugh about it – even an insincere one is a start. Next, get out some chocolate biscuits. They won’t really help with the dilemma, but they’ll go well with the cup of tea. Next, ponder the great cosmic joke of it all; how life sometimes gives you what you didn’t want or need; how things like ignorance, a few moment’s pleasure, a bottle of wine, youthful naivety, a candlelight dinner, a sexy drive-in movie, an hour’s Latin dancing, a goodnight hug, a kiss, a nice big joint, a factory damaged condom, or just 1¼

seconds of poor judgement, can all unexpectedly lead to creation of a whole new life! Funny isn’t it? After the tea is made, have a biscuit and go on to Step 2.

Step 2: Don’t Give Yourself A Hard Time
   Commonly known as guilt. Guilt, shame, fear, ignorance, sexuality, the unconscious, are all attributes of the two lowest chakras – Moolad-hara and Swadhisthana. That’s what you’ll feel like wallowing in for a while until you find a way to see those chakras from way above. Whereas the forces which caused the unplanned conception are all resident in the pelvic area, the answers to resolving them are not.
   Imagine you are standing at your navel centre. At times like this, the tendency is to look downwards, to the sexual, reproductive, guilt-ridden zones and storehouses of the past’s EVIL, EVIL SINS. “Why didn’t I just …; I feel so confused now; I hate myself for …; Oh woe is me, I’m in deep trouble now, look what someone else has done to me”. All these things are past ways of reacting to the usual sorts of trouble you now think you are in. But they are immature conditionings, and not immediately relevant to the here and now. The guilt you feel is not actually related to this event, but is stored in those same chakras and has just been stimulated very strongly by this particular event.
   Getting pregnant unexpectedly has been every woman’s greatest (subconscious) fear since the menarche (onset of the first period). It is not surprising that you are crying like a naughty little girl, or angry like you just got badly conned, or feel like you just failed the biggest exam of your career. All manner of feelings can arise when motherhood knocks – especially uninvited. All these feelings are locked up in your reproductive consciousness and they can all come flooding up when potential motherhood is awakened and your fertility mechanisms have caught you unawares.
   Whilst it may seem easy for me to just say “drop the guilt, ignore the fear, let go the hurt, don’t worry about the anger” – because that is what is needed – it won’t be that simple. It won’t all go straight away today, but you must see that holding it, dwelling on it, even feeling comfort in it, is definitely a hindrance to resolution of the matter. These sorts of karmas (psychic impressions) are very stubborn and need lots of remedial work. Through yoga postures and the like, attachment to these mindsets can be loosened and transformed. Not everybody rises to this occasion and many can’t or