I myself believe that it is very important that the period in the womb form a solid foundation on which you can build your postnatal house and, from about three years of age when you start becoming conscious of life, your personality. With a sound foundation, you can be certain of having solid ground beneath your feet and that you can build something beautiful. This forms the root of your existence.

If there was a physical or mental deficiency during the pregnancy, then the individual is not well grounded. Or, even worse, perhaps you were chemically overstimulated via the umbilical cord, or mentally overstimulated because your parents experienced extreme conditions in the outside world, such as war, a divorce, or the death of a loved one. Since the natural reaction to too much input is to close yourself off, such overstimulation may have prevented you from getting the nourishment you needed to establish a solid foundation within yourself. Without a solid foundation, without proper roots, how can you grow into a sturdy oak tree, a strong tree that flowers and bears fruit?

Many of us have the potential to bear good fruit, to generate beautiful creations in life, and yet we never manage to do so. Always, just before you say ‘now I am ready to blossom’, something gets in the way and your plans wither. The same happens with plants. They wither when they bloom too often or are just about to bloom, but have not properly taken root. The way I see it, this is because of the foundation laid out in the time in the womb. We wither when our root system, our groundedness, is malnourished and has not been able to develop enough power.

Our consciousness in the womb, or rather our subconsciousness, is the foundation for the remainder of our lives and it determines the logic and illogic – or the battle between the two – later on in life.