ABSTRACT
Kairos time is qualitative, something beyond chronos time which is measurable and ordered. Kairos is an ancient Greek word that means the right moment or opportune or critical moment; a “passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved”. Attuning at birth is how converge with the totality of birth’s interconnected experience. A unifying experience which lies hidden in the background awakens the spiritual significance of birth as a sacrament and proof of divine presence. A feeling of spiritual otherness or numinousness is a common aspect of being-there in that moment. Joy is a multifaceted co-existing phenomenon. The experience of joy at birth harbours a message, hinting possibility. Joy at birth is a grounding attunement that transcends everydayness and reveals and announces the sacred quality of the occasion as “a powerful sacred moment”.
