 | The joy of knowing about reincarnation is that when someone close to you dies, rather than feeling heartbroken that they have gone, you can celebrate their immortality knowing that they are moving on to the next stage in their evolution. My husband died recently after a long illness. |
His death was not unexpected and as I had been his carer, there was almost a sense of relief when he finally died.
Of course I was sad that he was no longer in my life, but I had a strong sense of his presence and knew that his being was still around somewhere even though we would never again see the person he was in this lifetime.
I knew that, through the way our family, friends and I had loved and cared for him, with dignity for the man he was and respect for his continuing journey, we had enabled him to move on gracefully towards whatever awaited him on ‘the other side’.
The response from friends was amazing. He was clearly loved by everyone he met. His children and grandchildren were devastated when he died, but instead of mourning, they decided to celebrate his life. They collated a video containing photographs of the happy times they all had as a family and posted that on Social Media as a way of announcing the news of his death.
That inspired many others to recall their memories so that, instead of offering the family condolences, they celebrated with them.
There is no need to be ‘heartbroken’. Our hearts can remain full of the love we all shared, and our thoughts can focus on the memories of good times.
Yes it is important to grieve, to allow the feelings of sadness to come up so we can let them go, but death can also be a celebration of a life well lived and now complete.
Carmel R., Australia
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Of course I was sad that he was no longer in my life, but I had a strong sense of his presence and knew that his being was still around somewhere even though we would never again see the person he was in this lifetime.
I knew that, through the way our family, friends and I had loved and cared for him, with dignity for the man he was and respect for his continuing journey, we had enabled him to move on gracefully towards whatever awaited him on ‘the other side’.
The response from friends was amazing. He was clearly loved by everyone he met. His children and grandchildren were devastated when he died, but instead of mourning, they decided to celebrate his life. They collated a video containing photographs of the happy times they all had as a family and posted that on Social Media as a way of announcing the news of his death.
That inspired many others to recall their memories so that, instead of offering the family condolences, they celebrated with them.
There is no need to be ‘heartbroken’. Our hearts can remain full of the love we all shared, and our thoughts can focus on the memories of good times.
Yes it is important to grieve, to allow the feelings of sadness to come up so we can let them go, but death can also be a celebration of a life well lived and now complete.
Carmel R., Australia
If you enjoyed this article, you may also like to read:
https://www.unimedliving.com/the-way-of-the-livingness/myths-of-religion/reincarnation-bogus-or-unalterable-reality.html
