Meet Again

I've been pondering lately on writing something meaningful, hopeful and inspirational for my readers on the topic of Death. Death visits every household, and has been my friend from a young age, and although we know about it, it never gets easier to let go, be at peace or to understand loss when it happens to us. Sure we know that things are born and things die, and we know that our bodies grow old and tired and needs to rest, but what happens when Death visits suddenly, unexpected or to those with so much life left in them? There are no definite answers and perhaps no questions that need to be explained, however we know that when Death comes, beauty also comes with it. We become mindful, we become aware, we awake from our slumber and seek God/Creator/Universe for a more definitive meaning of who we are and why are we here.

Sometimes, even though we cannot wrap our human minds around the departing of others on our spiritual journey, Death can be seen as a new beginning, a release of suffering, and freedom from our earthy shells. Others also believe that it may be of more significance to many with the lessons/blessings of love, heart and awakening that happens when one passes on. Death reminds us how powerful yet fragile we all are, and that we are only here on 'borrowed time'; we at this moment are able to reflect on the mystery that is life and it humbles our human ego, to practice unconditional love, patience and presence, even if only resonating with us for a short time.

Despite the seemingly harrowing experience of what Death appears to be to many of us; it is important that we know that it is not the end. We are, was, and always will be. Vast as the sea, endless like the grains of sand and boundless and radiant as light. Your 'loves' are still with you. They may carry different names in different times, but you are always connected. Many scoff and laugh at the thought of angels and nature spirits, but this world and heavenly realm is real. Because we are too busy to connect with this angelic wisdom does not mean that it does not exist. Sometimes if you are silent and still, you will begin to hear, feel, smell and even see this beautiful world. Trust your instincts and listen to your intuition, because these are whispers from above guiding you on your path in life.

Be joyful darlings, because you will meet your loved ones again… time and space are not the same, but you can be certain that this bond is endless because when you search within through prayer and meditation, the answer resonates…"We are infinite…and we will flow…on and on and on again…"

I will leave you with one of my favorite authors Kahlil Gibran's passages from 'The Prophet' on 'Death':

"You would know the secret of Death

But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?

The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day, cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of Death, open your heart, wide unto the body of life.

For Life and Death are one, even as the river and the sea are one

In the depths of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond; and like seeds 

dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring.

Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Your fear of Death, is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour. 

Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?

Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

For what is it to die, but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? 

And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence, shall you indeed sing.

And when you reach the mountain-top, then you will begin to climb.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs,  then shall you truly dance."

With Love,

Bless-up!

Jair