Transitioning a Death

Transitioning a Death

 

When I was still young, my paternal grandmother died and it was my Dad who took the time to talk to me about certain rituals he had developed through life, to honor those who had passed. At the time, these rituals did not seem pleasant to be a part of. He photographed the body and was very much as ease in touching the body of the departed. Remembering following his lead and touching my grandmothers body, was not easy. What I felt was chilled – yet the touch felt tender. Connecting on this level in years since that time, lessened the taboo associated with the living and the dead, changing the loss into a grief of passing rather than death itself.

 

If your beliefs of death are a lifeless permanency to existence, I am sure you are in disagreement. Death in any form continues a cycle of rebirth. Whether this is death in the mortal sense, or death of a relationship or part of your physical life, which seems to have terminated, another door or windows to your existence are preparing to open in a new form and possibly understanding. At times, the less than mortal death of aspects of your life have reasons which are not understood, though a core reason is the rebirth into a new cycle, or repeating a cycle for understanding which might not have been recognized previously. When we do understand, the cycle takes a new form and expands on the death being experienced through new sound relationships or new avenues in our lives to expand upon our knowledge. The stronger the cause and affect of the death in our life seems to take, the stronger the cycle of change will be given a rebirth. At these times, the best you can do is hold on for the ride of your life. As if the only question being asked is "how much are you wiling to release to a new birth?"

 

Wars and religious opposition are repeated cycles since the order of release has been known. The feeling or mindset that through destruction to hold on, a cycle will change creates and unending cycle of repetitious behavior. So much lost and nothing gained. When death is glorified as an achievement rather than found to humble the soul with grace, another will occur until the knowledge is understood. For each death of a cycle of life, a period of grief will ensue in cleansing what is no longer needed and bringing forward the greater desire and path to walk. Very simply, if you are willing to let go of those aspects of your love for a new beginning, they will fly back in a new form.

 

We live in a splintered world at this time – hunger, unemployment, housing and views seem to be the largest of obstacles rather than the fabric of the peace in many people's lives. 46 million people in the USA feel like they are standing at the Abyss of all imaginable reality and loss. Those numbers added to the peoples across this world and the sum is staggering of people who are enduring the death of a cycle they felt was life. Embracing, touching, and feeling a tenderness of the death will bring a new cycle of rebirth. Death is only transition, never permanent in any form. How we choose to hold our vision of rebirth creates our future, whether mortal or immortal. Keeping the dream alive and energized with hope will change the canvas and fabric of not only our life, but this planet. The choices at the abyss – fly or fall from your dream. Each individual has a self-choice. How do you choose to see the rebirth?