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Laurie - it is hard to support others who have not found it in themselves to support us during our greatest need. You have to do what is right for you. It is sad when those who we thought were our best friends can't deal with our grief. I have also had that experience also.
Happy Birthday in heaven Michael! hugs Teresa and everyone
Okay thanks Sandy - here's the post. PM me if you'd like to talk about my specific experiences.
In response to Jill talking about seeking faith in something -
Jill - faith is very personal and has to be a personal journey. All I can say is that since I have lost my Daniel, I want to be where he is, I want to understand that he's okay, that he is experiencing amazing things that we simply are not meant to know yet. So the only way I could get through some days, even though I am not a religious person, would be to find a place where I FELT spirit is. Most churches were locked during the weekdays because I would randomly go to a few (I didn't have one) just to be in a sacred space. Locked doors. Feeling so alone and empty and not knowing what to do with myself or where to go to get away from this crushing reality, I went to a place I had visited with my son one mother's day. We had hiked the beautiful grounds of the Ananda Ashrama where there are 100 acres of consecrated sacred land. A sanctuary for all people of all religions really. That is exactly what it is. It is the Temple of Universal Consciousness. Finally there I am able to be quiet and feel that there is definitely more than this physical plane of existence. I have always had psychic experiences so because of my own experiences I KNOW that spirits exist. I know because I have seen them, communicated with them. That has not always accepted by 'religious" doctrine. In fact raised as a southern Baptist, they would say fear based, crazy things to me and I felt I never fit into traditional doctrine. I didn't choose these experiences. They started when i was 3 years old for peet's sake. So I have been searching ...
The point is we all know that there is a something inside us all. A small voice. A conscience or God or whatever you want to call it that guides us if we listen. But it is more than mere thought. It is a knowing , a feeling of connection with something divine, of being part of that divine presence. And indeed the amazing electrical connections in the universe are a fact. Just think about this, human beings can only see, hear, experience 1% of the electromagnetic field. Does that mean the other 99% doesn't exist? No, we just can't see it. Think about the POSSIBILITY that your child is not dead, that their true essence, their true being, their spirit is very much alive. I believe we are not here to be punished, but to learn. And the wisdom (and pain) I have gained from losing my son is immense. I want to go back so badly and change the things I did that were unkind or selfish. Hoping that I could change things. But I will try hard not to be that way again with anyone. I still feel like he is with me and I can still make him proud.
So I PRACTICE. I have learned to meditate daily. To deliberately create peace in my home. To invoke spirit. To acknowledge the divine father, mother, and/or mother nature that we all come from. It doesn't have to be faith in any "God" that someone has taught you about. It's just to find that divine space in yourself. That's where you'll find your faith. If in nothing else but in the most incredible, incomparable love that you experienced with your child. Just start with that. Because that love that we have been so blessed to have is what I believe will bring us together one day. I simply could not go on if i didn't believe this to be true. That doesn't mean I don't have doubts and don't cry all day like all of us here. I do. I am devastated and will always be. I will never be the same and have not found the "joy and bliss" some speak of when they talk about their faith. But I have to return to that hope and to the faith that there will be another chapter to come where I will be with my precious boy again.
No Connie, you didn't say too much, I feel we are all able to say anything and everything on here, but I found what you were saying so extremely interesting...I want to believe it so much. hugs to you today x0
Sandy I was really expressing a lot yesterday and thought I had said too much maybe. I will send you the post
Happy Heavenly Birthday Michael...
Thanks Sandy for your comments...this experience really sorts out the people in our lives...
Happy Valentines Day my friends...
Connie you posted something yesterday that I skimmed through about having "experiences" and believing our kids are around us in a different form. I was real busy at work and I want to read it again and I can't find it. If you have it can you repost it, I wanted to read it more clearly today. I'm curious as to what you have seen your whole life. I struggle with where my Randy is, the not knowing is very hard. I do believe in heaven but I dont' even know what I want to say. ugg so very hard. This time last year he was in rehab and I took him a card and candy. I miss him so and I know we all feel the same whole in our entire being and our hearts. Love to everybody...
Hey Laurie...I don't blame you for not going. I'm sorry about your friend. Some people can't cope and don't know what to say. One of my best friends has really let me down also. Just ignores the whole situation like everything should just be ok and we just go on. What a joke, right? It is a very lonely place we are. Sending you love and hugs.
Thinking of you Theresa...Happy Birthday Michael, sending lots of hugs your way x0
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