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Ciel -
Good post. And it's good to remember what one believes about death, if one has taken the time to think about it. For those of us that have, it's when we forget that we get scared.
posted by
sannhet
on April 13, 2005 at 12:17 PM
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I know who you are talking about...
i hope that he will manage to cope with the loss of his friend...my prayers are with him.
posted by
Marshallengraved
on April 12, 2005 at 11:53 AM
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Hiya, Alf! Good to see you about the place!
I agree, early experience and having some definite beliefs about what's next does really help!
posted by
Ciel
on April 11, 2005 at 2:26 PM
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Ciel...
Good words. I became familiar with death very early in life, and I am glad that I did. I see others go through terrible things when they lose someone. I am not immune to deaths effects, Of course I still feel sadness and loss but I am so comforted by my belief that they are only just beginning their journey rather than ending it. I hope your friend finds peace with it.
posted by
A_Norseman
on April 11, 2005 at 2:13 PM
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I have several poems on the theme of death in my poetry blog...
on the current page 10 is one called Guillotine, that touches on reincarnation, too... Maybe it's a good time to bring some of these up front again...
posted by
Ciel
on April 10, 2005 at 11:36 AM
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Reading the books of Elizbeth Kubler-Ross and taking note of
near-death experience reports-- I have known several people personally who had some--, and through my own perceptions as a reader of energies, and channeling, I am quite convinced that I have a good notion of what comes next. But it doesn't make that dread of sorrow and temporal loss any less. Just more bearable.
posted by
Ciel
on April 10, 2005 at 11:32 AM
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I consider myself an enlightened person
and yet I still have not come to terms with death. I too do not fear it for myself but when I try to contemplate how Micheal would live without me it just brings me to a place that I cannot bear. It is easy to hold an academic concept of death and the afterlife. For me, reincarnation is the promise of seeing loved ones again. But it does little to allay my fears for those I will one day leave behind
Mike's Goddess
posted by
mikes_goddess
on April 10, 2005 at 10:50 AM
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Metta and Manboy, thanks for both your comments here...
This is surely one of the hardest parts of being human...
A quote from a channeled group-consciousness that nearly always raises a tear in me-- the kind that comes from someone understanding what no one seems to understand... "...We admire you greatly: we know full well the courage it takes to be human."
posted by
Ciel
on April 10, 2005 at 10:20 AM
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Thanks for this Ciel.
My beliefs surrounding death are much the same as yours but for some reason I need an occasional emphatic reminder that all is not as it seems.
This world encourages us to immerse ourselves in entertainments and satiety of the senses as the pinnacle of existance. All of this stuff is irrelevant unless we can find in all of it the love of our fellows. Otherwise it is all masturbation.
Manboy
posted by
man-boy
on April 10, 2005 at 9:50 AM
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Ciel
I recently loss my father... ok, 8 months ago, but yesterday I cried like I just found out... I consider myself a very spiritual person and understand that death, is not death - but faced with the death of my father, the spirituality flew right out the window and there was no comfort to be had... I went from having the most beloved person in my life ripped from me (at least physically) and there is no one to replace that love - only God, which should be enough -- and is... once you walk through the pain... but you have to take that walk to get there... sometimes it seems there is no way through... thanks for this post and its understanding nature of the emotions of one who has lost someone they love - regardless of their beliefs.
~Metta
posted by
Metta
on April 10, 2005 at 9:49 AM
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