Ever since starting hospice
work about twenty years ago, I've often wondered why we Americans
seem to have such a fear of death. The more I've learned about death
– and walked side by side with it - I've come to the conclusion
that there is absolutely nothing to fear about
it: We are simply “going home” to where we came from when we were
born. And rather than a scary experience, death can be a sacred,
beautiful experience, a gateway into that which feels like the
unknown, but actually when we get there, we will recognize it as the
“known,” actually our True and Real Home – where only Unconditional
Love exists to bless and heal us.
One of the very plausible
reasons I've heard about why we're so fearful of death was through a
man who has studied conscious aging for many years. He is Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (God bless his soul, as he made his final transition last July.); and he points out that the reason we are so awkward
around death, and therefore grief, too, is because we've taken it to the
hospital in the last 100 years. As soon as I heard this, it rang very true for me.
We've also become a very
materialistic culture which honors the “image” and outer material
things, more than the inner, spiritual matters. We almost worship
youth and therefore tend to - perhaps without intending to - discount age, aging, and the wisdom which comes
with life experience, growth, and development.
We are also a culture that
tends to be left-brain oriented. We rely on “hard evidence” as
opposed to the softer evidence that we know in our hearts to be true
that often comes from and is related to our intuition. I have heard
that in these changing times, all of us are increasing our ability to
intuit things. The love vibration on the planet is increasing; and
this is partly why there is so much polarization and strife on the
planet today.
In fact, sometimes I say that the entire planet is undergoing a kind of Hospice experience! We are dying to the old so that the New may be welcomed and honored. Even though where we're going is a very exciting and loving place, sometimes it's very challenging to leave the familiar. Although we all know that something new is "dying" to be born on planet earth - no pun intended! - it's difficult to know how to give birth to something we have very little experience with.
For starters, I believe that this is a time for all of us to move from our judgmental, critical minds, and into our hearts. If we can live and embrace our hearts more fully, we can live in love and allow people to be who and where they are. This is true unconditional love. We do not have to convert or change anything. Just let it be - allow all to be, the way it is. This is the Way of the Goddess, the energy that's coming onto the planet full force today too.
Today, as we on the one hand honor the Old Time Religion that has brought us where we are, I invite us to move into the Heart and as we Open up the Heart and move into it, allow that love to permeate ourselves and our loved ones... then move out into the world and permeate the Entire Planet! What a world we could live in if MANY of us could hold and maintain this Love Vibration Frequency.
May Peace Prevail on Earth! May our missions be accomplished; we honor the guardian divinities and spirits! Shalom, Blessed Be, and May there be Love, Truth, Beauty, Trust, Harmony, and Peace for all living things, everywhere. (the Melchizadek's Prayer)
Yours on the Journey, Maria Dancing Heart~~~
Warning: This writing will be part of my upcoming new book, Deathing as a Peak Experience
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