Grieving over a death...


Q:  What words can you offer that might comfort someone grieving over a death?

A:  Your "departed" loved ones walk beside you even now, and if they could physically send you just one last message it would very likely be this:

"Now I am at peace. I am supremely happy. I am in a "place" of profound and unspeakable beauty, where all are bathed in showers of unconditional LOVE. I am home, and before long, you will be too, and we will be together always... but until we meet again, let me also share this with you... so that you can better understand those things that trouble you most.

I now know that the love I feel here, was at all times on earth too, and all one must do in order to feel it, is to KNOW it is there. This love that shines on you now is there to comfort and consol, to heal and restore, and to bring laughter and joy. You have set lofty goals for yourself and the challenges you've chosen are admirable, but with this love and the faith that you can do all things, even these noble callings will one day soon be little more than baby steps in your march to gaining dominion over every time-space illusion. You will prevail. Your dreams, as well as the obstacles placed on your path, are gifts given you so that you might sooner see this Light that now surrounds you.

Of these gifts, my parting was one. You need not be sad, for even now I am with you, though you must close your eyes to see me. The illusion of death presses you onto greater understandings, for only when faced with darkness can you begin to seek the light. And what will you find when your seeking is done? That there can be no endings, goodbyes, and sadness, without beginnings, reunions, and happiness, and that I am and You are, unlimited Beings of Light adventuring throughout creation so that we may rediscover the magnificence of our own divinity. We are Gods rolling like thunder through the heavenly landscapes of eternity, where there are only miracles, there is only love, and Everything is holy.

Before you on earth, there remains unlimited potential for the most fulfilling time of your life, in a universe conspiring on your behalf. The world is indeed your oyster, though your "work" is not yet done, and you will be happiest if you let go of the past. But if you must, take solace in your times of sorrow by knowing that I am always there, that I will be at your triumphant homecoming, and that I too have prepared a place for you in a blissful celebration that is only just beginning.

I love you so. I am well. God speed."