Death as a Passage...

Date:   7/26/2006 10:10:02 AM ( 18 y ago)

A friend drew this out.
A loved one is dying.

Mercury Retrograde lasts till
the 28th. This is a time when
the veils between worlds are thinner.
Many Souls leave the body during this
time. This is a time to feel our grief
for things we have lost.

This is a time to explore
Conscious Death and Dying.


DEALING WITH LOSS IS AN ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM

Everyone faces the grief of losing loved ones, yet how many people ever attend conferences, workshops, or seminars on how to deal with grief before their loved ones die? It does not make sense that this one common experience every one shares together would be so universally ignored until the last moment. People are willing to talk about their own death, and what happens after they die, yet they are not anxious to talk about how to deal with the pain and grief that comes from the loss of a loved one. When we do not learn to deal with the pain of grief, we have created another elephant in the living room.

* Why do some people always carry grief with them?
Because they have denied the elephant in the living room.
* Why do some people always carry pain with them?
Because they have denied the elephant in the living room.
* Why do some people always carry anger with them?
Because they have denied the elephant in the living room.
* Why do some people always carry guilt with them?
Because they have denied the elephant in the living room.
* What is the elephant in the living room?
Denial of learning how to deal with loss.
* What do you get when you stop denying the elephant in the living room?
Closure.


THOUGHTS TO PONDER:

There are two kinds of grief, external and internal.

External grief is caused by the loss of a loved one.

Internal grief is caused by the loss of God.

There are two kinds of closure, external and internal.

External closure depends up external events.

Internal closure depends on internal conditions.

DO YOU GRIEVE TO GET CLOSURE,
OR DO YOU GET CLOSING TO GRIEVE?
IS THERE EVER CLOSURE ?




GRIEF HAS MANY FACES

It is important to realize the loss is not limited to death. I have worked with people who have carried a depression around with them for a lifetime over the loss of something or someone other than by death. It could be the loss from a love relationship to a job. It can be grief over the loss of ones sense of self worth from integrity to rape. It may a physical loss of limb, or money, or personal property from a fire.
Many people find it comforting to be able to grieve over the loss of something other than another and not feel foolish.

I know about stages other than death
because I have personally been through them.

http://www.emmanuelfullerton.org/fr_paul/SI-2/grief.htm

GRIEF

WE MUST DISCOVER WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
INSIDE NOT OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES
We all have an inner peace we can learn to consciously access.
External rational thought creates external feelings.
Internal conscious thought accesses internal feelings.
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SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE INVENTORY

* 1. Some people will always feel hurt because of the loss of a loved one. True or False?
* 2. Some people will always have to feel hurt when they think of their loss. True or False?
* 3. It is not good to feel angry over a tragic loss. True or False?
* 4. People should not feel guilty over the loss of a loved one. True or False?
* 5. It is possible to grieve and still be at peace. True or False?
* 6. Being let down can make some people feel hurt. True or False?





(k`bl?r-rôs`), 1926–2004, American psychiatrist, b. Switzerland. After studying medicine at the Univ. of Zürich (M.D. 1957), Kübler-Ross became a pioneer in the field of thanatology, the study of death and dying. Her influential On Death and Dying (1969) mapped out a five-stage framework to explain the experience of dying patients, which progressed through denial, anger, "bargaining for time," depression, and acceptance. Kübler-Ross was the author of a number of other books on the subject, and her work has had lasting significance among the medical community, who have generally become more responsive to the needs of dying patients and their families. She was also a powerful force behind the movement for creating a hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. Hospice is an alternative to hospitalization that emphasizes home care for as long as possible; relief from pain; an attractive, noninstitutional environment if the patient can no longer be cared for at home; and personal and family counseling.
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Bibliography

See her memoir, Wheel of Life (1997).

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hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. Hospice is an alternative to hospitalization that emphasizes home care for as long as possible; relief from pain; an attractive, noninstitutional environment if the patient can no longer be cared for at home; and personal and family counseling. The hospice movement was pioneered by Dr. Cecily Saunders, founder of St. Christopher's Hospice (opened 1967), London, and furthered by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth (k`bl?r-rôs`), 1926–2004, American psychiatrist, b. Switzerland.
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