Grief Reveals Us
Dedicated to anyone grieving
Natural cycles teach us everything there is to know about life and death. The tree in a garden will witness more people in its lifetime than a human ever will, which is why I chuckled when the new owners of my California home told me they had never owned a tree before.
The only certainty we have in life is that one day we will die. It’s only a question of when. There is nothing else in our life that is as certain as death.
Everything else is simply stories, structures and systems that we created or inherited — which tell us, once again, not only how powerful we are as creators but how much we don’t really know when it comes to the non-physical world.
Walking On
Many Indigenous people believe we do not die, and instead we walk on. This means there is a continuation of our journey rather than an end.
And the truth of the matter is that no one really knows what happens beyond beliefs, stories and recollections from people who share their near death experiences.
A friend sent me these words by Tara Branch, from her book True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom In Your Own Awakened Heart:
“In the Lakota/Sioux tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most wakan, most holy. There’s a sense that when…
