Mother Caspari's Spiritual Journey

Eastern Influences


   Mother Caspari spoke of an eastern master who had told her that souls of great light were incarnating to help create a better world. These souls were choosing their mothers. Mother Caspari was also a student of astrology, particularly Eastern astrology, and definitely believed in the influence of the Sun sign on a child. She spoke to me of the trek to the Himalayas that she had made early on in life. Sitting on top of a monastery there, a Tibetan Monk handed her a manuscript and told her,

"These books say that your Jesus was here!" This profoundly moved her, as she had always contemplated the scripture, "And there are also many things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written."

 

 

Devotion to Jesus and Mother Mary

    Mother Caspari was very devoted to Jesus and Mother Mary, as was Maria Montessori. During their stay in India, the two would pray to Mother Mary daily.

Mother Caspari explained that she felt a very strong soul tie to Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. She said that a new pregnancy reminded her of when Mary had come to see Elizabeth, and the babe "leaped in her womb" at the good news.
  

  Mother Caspari believed the eternal principles behind the Montessori method had actually been developed and practiced by Mary and Elizabeth for Jesus and John the Baptist. In fact, Maria Montessori wanted this painting of the Madonna of the Chair by Raphael to be hung in every Montessori classroom. She told Mother Caspari that in this painting, child John the Baptist represents the intellect, who prepares the way for baby Jesus, the Light, the spirit of the child. Mother Caspari explained to me that Maria Montessori did not want teachers to stop at the intellect. She wanted them to go to the spirit.

   Mother Caspari liked to pray in French. She studied the scriptures closely and read the Daily Word in French or in English every day. She said there was a group of people in the Unity Church who prayed each day for readers of the Daily Word and that it was a wonderful thing to receive those prayers. Once, she joyously described how she healed her foot through prayer. She had suffered from her feet since childhood and sustained a difficult foot injury. She put that foot in the sun and make calls until it was completely healed.

 

Teachings of the Ascended Masters

   Mother Caspari shared with me that one of the greatest joys of her life was to meet Elizabeth Clare Prophet and find the teachings of the ascended masters in 1979. The two became close friends. Mother Caspari gave formal Montessori training to more than five hundred of Mrs. Prophet's students, and informally coached many parents, grandparents and friends of children.

Mother Caspari shared with Mrs. Prophet her experience in the Himalayas, which Mrs. Prophet recorded in her book, The Lost Years of Jesus.

 

      

The Golden Thread

   Mother Caspari always strived to practice loving kindness. Her heart was large enough to love everyone. She always put others first with true dignity. Mother Caspari said that all of her life was tied together by a golden thread. She said her life story would be called The Golden Thread, reminiscent of the words of the Buddha Maitreya

“With a sense of the completeness of divinity, I wish to tell you tonight that there is a golden thread, woven through every circumstance in your lives which is not always apparent because it is interwoven between other threads and it seems to disappear for a moment from your view. But nevertheless, that golden thread of perfection is ever present with each of you, and it assists you in finding—if you will pursue it—the way back Home, the way back to the victory, the glory, the purity and the power of the Cosmic Christ and of the Buddha.”

 

Love is the Key

   Mother Caspari's mission is summed up in her favorite saying, LOVE IS THE KEY! I pray that we can live up to her legacy and follow her example of gentle radiance, humility, patience, compassion, determination and joy.

Parlez moi d’amour,
Redites moi des choses tendres
Votre beau discours,
Mon coeur n’est pas las de l’entendre
Pourvu que toujours
Vous repetiez ces mots supremes
Je vous aime.