I’ve experienced a lot of death in my life, many family and husbands and friends passing, and I talk to many people as they are helping loved ones journey through their own process. As our Mission Statement reads, I promote the reality that we survive in consciousness after the change called death. To comprehend this, I promote the practice of daily separation of consciousness from the body via meditation. Once we experience our existence beyond physical circumstances, the fear of death is removed.
The less fear of death we have, the more we recognize how powerful we really are. This frees us to begin to live more fully, in every moment, now. If you don’t meditate, you may fail to see the connection. That’s ok. I wouldn’t want to wait until the end of my life to overcome a fear of death. I’d want to do it slowly and gradually beginning early, so by the time I’m ready to go, it has sunk in to me and I find it easier to accept and welcome each stage.
Healing fire
Two friends passed this week. It’s been a hectic few days and I didn’t get home until almost dark last night. I did what I always do for a quick decompress and recharge: I went outside and built a small fire in the pit, tossed in a foiled wrapped sweet potato and sat watching the flames for an hour. I decided to sleep outside, so I hung a tarp over an oak branch in my west woods in case the rain fell. I watched the sky all night long, as well as the raccoons, opossum and armadillos as they filed past me on the trail. The crickets were loud and even birds were awake, and not just the owl in the hammock down the block.
I find when I sleep outside on the earth, when I can hear the outside sounds and be in nature alone, doing that helps keep me connected to what’s real. It helps me find myself, since sometimes it’s so easy to get lost in the world.
Daily meditation does that for me, even on days I can’t get outside.
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