Out of Loss and Death, Wholeness Emerges

 

The bugle call coaxes memories on this sacred day.

A tender place in your heart becomes raw—again.

And this is the feeling for those you name—and for those known to you only in oneness.

You ask to heal your grieving.

Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.

It is a journey—gently remembering is a path toward wholeness.

Take a few moments now to speak the name of loved ones who have died and to honor the deaths of all those unknown to you.

 

There is beauty in primal rawness.

Love and grief bond you in life and in death.

The depths of love magnify your grief and gratitude.

Yet it is emptiness and gratitude that lead to knowing beauty.

Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.

It is a journey—gently turning toward emptiness with gratitude leads to wholeness.

Take a few moments now to open your hears to loss and death, knowing, still, that you may not feel beauty and fullness in your experiences. And that’s okay.

 

Release any fear around “what was” and “what will be.”

Instead, trust “what is” and the mysteries that unfold.

Your highest good is already waiting.

Opening to it, experience the faces of forgiveness, stability, harmony, peace, and greater love.

You have learned from loss and death, gifts from your loved one.

Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.

It is a journey—gently releasing anything that holds you back from greater understanding is growth toward wholeness.

Take a few moments now to release outdated beliefs and old stories about loss and death.

 

Be grateful for loss and death as mentors.

Over days, months, and years, their lessons come back to you—slightly different at each meeting.

  • Heartfelt words, where once you felt bereft of love, now complete you.
  • Skills, confidence, strength, and hearts that release resistance become your inner voice.
  • Spirits of your loved ones surround you in nature, and you sense their presence in your struggles with the questions of life.

All of this beautifies your being.

Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.

It is a journey—gently trusting your higher mind, open to loss, death, and wholeness.

Take a few moments now to welcome beautiful lessons, inspired by loss and death, and how they show up in you.

 

Taps at dusk, signifying all is well, comforts you to know your hearts are always connected.

Yes, you grieve—loving intensely, wildly, and eternally!

Some things are lost, and some are gained, yet generations hold fast.

Appearances, mannerisms, and talents live on through you, as you.

“In the experience of beauty, you awaken and surrender in the same act,” John O’Donohue shares.

Death and loss do wholeness make.

This is the journey of beauty and healing.

Take a few moments now to appreciate how death and life are intertwined and to be present to the deeper meaning of loss and death. 

 

From a higher vantage: May I practice remembering, opening my heart, releasing welcoming lessons with gratitude, and allowing a deeper meaning of loss and death to hold me. It is in these quiet moments that I will experience the warmth of wholeness.

 

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