Life, Death and Rainbows

[Kazbadan]

My sincere condolences for the death of your father.

When my grandfather died i feeled sad and i cried a little. In the next day i was much better: he was old (83 years) and i realised that i lived all that it wanted to live. It was his hour, and it was  not  a violent death.

Now, like your father (what does it mean father in law?! my english...), he is a rainbow. Maybe my grandfather is the violet color in the rainbow and your father is the blue color, next to him [].

[Eol007]

Kerri,

Can I echo Kazbadan's condolences please.

May kind thoughts be with you and yours at this difficult time,

Stephen

[Nay]

I never know what to say to people when they've lost loved ones..[:I]

Just know that you and your family are in my thoughts.  You are right that he is much happier and whole again.[^]

It is soooo wonderful and precious what your daughter said!  From the mouth of babes! They are alot wiser than alot adults I know..[]

Hugs~ Nay

[Lighthouse]

Thank you for your kind words.

Kaz, an in-law is one who is related through marriage, he was my husbands biological father.

This may sound strange but I am more happy for him than I am sad.  I got to speak to him for a few minutes the other day and he told me he was going to meet his creator.  i told him that this was true, however, it didn't mean that he would cease to exist, it simply meant that he would not inhabit his failing body and he would be free of his physical limitations.  I also told him I envied him in many ways.

Unfortunately, the rest of the family thinks much differently so I'm not a very good person to console someone.  My mother-in-law said, "How could he do this to ME?"  The man had type 1 diabetes his whole life and led a life of martyrdome to his demanding, abusive wife and physical decline.

I'm actually very happy for him.  This far outweighs the twinge of greif I feel for knowing I will not see him again for a long time.  

Anyway, thank you for your condolonces, I am just happy that my daughter is starting off way far ahead of even myself in her spiritual growth process.  

And I will see him again... in a blink.

Kerri

[Euphoric Sunrise]

quote:Originally posted by Lighthouse

"When grandpa VC died, he turned into a rainbow and now he knows who he really is." "Don't cry, Grandma... You can still feel grandpa VC, you just can't see him anymore."

That must have been beautiful to hear. It was certainly beautiful to read [] I think many could learn from her. Actually the second statement echoes what i've been thinking myself recently.
Death does not have to be the end, nor does it have to be completely sad. I'm sorry if that comes across as offensive or inappropriate, i do not mean it that way. I believe those who have passed physically still exist, they just exist in a different state, a metaphysical one. Communication is still very possible. But then, i guess i'm sort of stating the obvious to many by saying this stuff here []
All the best to you and your family []

[boydster]

quote:Originally posted by Lighthouse
This morning my daugher woke up and told us, "When grandpa VC died, he turned into a rainbow and now he knows who he really is."  Also, this afternoon when my mother in law was hysterically crying, she said, "Don't cry, Grandma... You can still feel grandpa VC, you just can't see him anymore."  

This is very interesting. Check out this picture:




It is an artists rendering of incarnate man and his relationship to his higher self. After the death of the body, the soul withdraws into the higher spiritual body depicted above surrounded by the causal body--which resembles a rainbow.

Your daughter probably got to visit grandpa in a dream and saw him as he is now.

Kerri, I'm with you--I've never been able to relate to grief at death. I have sympathy for those who feel a personal loss. But I don't feel the loss personally.

I myself have communicated with relatives and friends who have passed while I was asleep. They always seem to be very happy and satisfied with their new lives.

[Lighthouse]

Thanks,

I showed the picture to my daughter and she was pretty indifferent and more interested in waking up her sister to start the day. [] she just takes it for granted... which is great []

Looking at that image and thinking about what she said, it really makes a lot of sense... Grandpa VC died... Turned into a rainbow... now he knows who he is.  Sounds like that image and withdrawing into his higher self... who he really is.

[]
Kerri

[Lighthouse]

My father in law died last night and I'm visiting with my husband's family.  My father in law and I had a very special relationship in that we have similar beliefs regarding life and reincarnation (he was from India and moved here in the 1960')  We would have lengthy conversations about life and God... I don't really think anyone else in the family (anyone in his biological family) could talk with him at these depths.  Strange but I have not cried over it yet... I love him and miss him but feel he is much happier than he has been in a long while.

This morning my daugher woke up and told us, "When grandpa VC died, he turned into a rainbow and now he knows who he really is."  Also, this afternoon when my mother in law was hysterically crying, she said, "Don't cry, Grandma... You can still feel grandpa VC, you just can't see him anymore."  My mother in law does not necessarily share the same belief but it is nice to see that my daughter is adopting the mindset that I'm teaching her... that death is an illusion.

I thought this was very sweet and it was a nice reassurance that she's understanding some of the concepts that I live by.  It takes a 4 year old to come up with the rainbow analogy... []

Kerri