{"id":2491,"date":"2022-06-03T16:28:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T21:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2022-06-03T16:28:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T21:28:42","slug":"out-of-loss-and-death-wholeness-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inthethickofthings.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/03\/out-of-loss-and-death-wholeness-emerges\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of Loss and Death, Wholeness Emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Out of Loss and Death, Wholeness Emerges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bugle call coaxes memories on this sacred day.<\/p>\n<p>A tender place in your heart becomes raw\u2014again.<\/p>\n<p>And this is the feeling for those you name\u2014and for those known to you only in oneness.<\/p>\n<p>You ask to heal your grieving.<\/p>\n<p>Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.<\/p>\n<p>It is a journey\u2014gently remembering is a path toward wholeness.<\/p>\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is beauty in primal rawness.<\/p>\n<p>Love and grief bond you in life and in death.<\/p>\n<p>The depths of love magnify your grief and gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>Yet it is emptiness and gratitude that lead to knowing beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.<\/p>\n<p>It is a journey\u2014gently turning toward emptiness with gratitude leads to wholeness.<\/p>\n<p><em>Take a few moments now to open your hears to loss and death, knowing, <u>still,<\/u> that you may not feel beauty and fullness in your experiences. And that\u2019s okay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Release any fear around \u201cwhat was\u201d and \u201cwhat will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, trust \u201cwhat is\u201d and the mysteries that unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Your highest good is already waiting.<\/p>\n<p>Opening to it, experience the faces of forgiveness, stability, harmony, peace, and greater love.<\/p>\n<p>You have learned from loss and death, gifts from your loved one.<\/p>\n<p>Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.<\/p>\n<p>It is a journey\u2014gently releasing anything that holds you back from greater understanding is growth toward wholeness.<\/p>\n<p><em>Take a few moments now to release outdated beliefs and old stories about loss and death. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be grateful for loss and death as mentors.<\/p>\n<p>Over days, months, and years, their lessons come back to you\u2014slightly different at each meeting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heartfelt words, where once you felt bereft of love, now complete you.<\/li>\n<li>Skills, confidence, strength, and hearts that release resistance become your inner voice.<\/li>\n<li>Spirits of your loved ones surround you in nature, and you sense their presence in your struggles with the questions of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of this beautifies your being.<\/p>\n<p>Death and loss do not yet wholeness make.<\/p>\n<p>It is a journey\u2014gently trusting your higher mind, open to loss, death, and wholeness.<\/p>\n<p><em>Take a few moments now to welcome beautiful lessons, inspired by loss and death, and how they show up in you. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taps at dusk, signifying all is well, comforts you to know your hearts are always connected.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you grieve\u2014loving intensely, wildly, and eternally!<\/p>\n<p>Some things are lost, and some are gained, yet generations hold fast.<\/p>\n<p>Appearances, mannerisms, and talents live on through you, as you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the experience of beauty, you awaken and surrender in the same act,\u201d John O\u2019Donohue shares.<\/p>\n<p>Death and loss <em>do<\/em> wholeness make.<\/p>\n<p>This is the journey of beauty and healing.<\/p>\n<p><em>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.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>From a higher vantage:<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2022 In the Thick of Things<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of Loss and Death, Wholeness Emerges &nbsp; The bugle call coaxes memories on this sacred day. 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