for me...i feel the initial shock and saddness, and obviously feel like ****...
but when i start thinking about it from a pagan point of veiw, i start thinking about the cycles, the energies, and feel stronger from it. No energy can be destroyed...just refocused elsewhere, so for me someone isnt 'gone' they are just in a different place, and we give back what we take from the great mother, and it is all part of the cycle.
I dont feel that someone is dead and its forever and i will never see them again....i feel i will, i feel they just need to travel down a different path for a while that i cant get on...but oneday our roads will meet again.
thinking like this fills me with peace, dont get me wrong, i still feel sad and still miss them, and wish that it wouldnt happen right now, but at a different time, but that is something i have no control over, and for me, if i have no control it is pointless to dwell on it.
I agree Tei. People live on in all of us as we're all connected to the universal energy. I get comfort from that.
It's the missing bit that hurts the most. And it takes a fair bit to tap into that energy to 'feel' them again. Not everyone can do this and even if you can, it can take a lot of energy.
I fully believe in the cycle of life. That once people have done what they were sent here to do or learn, then they go to the next stage, to contemplate the lessons they've learnt or taught in this lifetime before they begin their next turn on the wheel.
You miss the person like crazy, but I think my biggest comfort is that I know they're still around, that I can still talk to them, ask them for help or guidance, you may not get it in the same form you would have with them being on the earthly plane, but you still get it. It could be from the shape of a cloud (I've got a giggle happening here because I can imagine Lu doing rude cloud shapes to us all), a street sign that has a word in it to prompt you for the answer, all manner of things.
I've had a bit too much of the death thing in my life, have lost friends and family, but on the flip side of that, there have been some amazing births, children taking their first forays into the world on their own individual journeys.
Subbing cause I'm interested... although I wouldn't call myself pagan some of my beliefs have a somewhat pagan flavour... I'm of a mongrel spirituality I guess.
I agree with Sop. They are still around, even if not physically. And yeah you miss them like crazy but I just have to trust in the universe that these things happen and there is a lesson to be learnt from it all. For eg what's happened recently has taught me I need to reconnect with my friends, even here on BB. I've not been on here much in the last year or more and I'm going to change that. I'm going to see friends more, and family. I'm also going to spend a lot more time with my kids. Take more photos. Because you never know what will happen tomorrow. You just have live in the now.
Yup yup, I agree with Tei, Nettie and Sop. I feel that their energy has moved onto a higher plain (so to speak) but that doesn't mean that they're not still with us, they always will be there, just.... different than before.
Argh I know what I wanna say but I can't find the words to explain it.
I honestly wish I could say that I was pagan, but truth is I don't know enough about it.
I believe that the energy/soul does not die, just because the physical does. I believe a body is just a "shell" so to speak. When this breaks down or can no longer serve its purpose the energy/soul is released back onto a higher plain of existance.
For most people I call this "Heaven" but its mainly so they feel more comfortable.
I also believe that they can come back for us to help us and guide us at different points. Almost like intuition, rather than being a "gut instinct" its more like a whisper in your head.
I also believe that, in the right circumstances, we can tap into the energy through different mediums.
For example, after a long time of wondering, I got myself an amethyst pendulum. I use it daily and I believe I connect with different spirit/energy's on different days.
I have no idea if this is down pagan lines or not TBH.
There have been some days when I am sure I have chatted with my little Niki and that has given me a lot of peace.
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The Pagan viewpoint on grief?
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