If tears are an indication of how unique my relationship with my mother was, I cry with pride! I’ve come to see grief as pain with a purpose. Interestingly enough, as I cared for my mother in my house the final several weeks of her existence, a lot of what I had learned through spiritual teachings about death had gone out the window. It appeared as although I had been losing her forever! At times, I wallowed in sadness and self-pity.

Residing existence in slow movement, I gazed off into my personal internal area, sobbed, and occasionally argued with that part of my thoughts that did not want my mother to go. Even what I had learned about self-treatment was not available to me since I appeared to exist ‘in a fog.’ I wasn’t getting enough rest and I felt scared and on your own but not for lengthy!

I finally arrived to relaxation on the spiritual foundation that has carried me this far in existence. What a respite these teachings grew to become as I was in a position to see my grief as a journey of spiritual unfoldment. Grief is a regular and organic response to loss yet our society seems to hurry along the feelings about transitions that take time to recover. We grieve what could have been and what we really feel ‘should’ have been, along with not being in a position to see our cherished one once more, on Earth anyway!

The grief that I felt was really just me focusing on the concept that her existence was ending. Using Spiritual principles, I was in a position to then concentrate on the truth, which is that Spirit, which is who we really are, is eternal! She as well, would reside on?

I really feel like a big part of me died along with my mother. Perhaps it was a part of me that was prepared to be put at relaxation. Her death has created a void in me that I can select to fill as I’d like. As I open up even more to greater spiritual comprehending, I am studying to believe in the whole procedure of existence, including death.

I have come to see this &quotmourning after&quot as a time to recover, to recover unprocessed sadness in my existence, including disappointments from relationships, work ending faster than I would have liked, losing beloved pets, and shifting from city to city as I grew up. There are possibilities inherent in life’s modifications that are a gateway to greater individual and spiritual growth. The dynamics of change can be stepping stones to open up to the fullness of God’s love.

I received a card from a friend that stated, &quotWhen the sea recedes, many treasures and gifts seem that otherwise never would have been noticed.&quot From a metaphysical or symbolic perspective, I can look at my mother’s death as being the sea receding. Her death, part of the organic ebb and flow of existence, brought me many gifts.

Grieving the loss of my mother involved surrender. There arrived a point exactly where I had to allow go and allow God, and what a blessing that was! I progressively remembered all that I had been taught about eternal existence and the truth that she reemerged into pure constructive energy as she &quotwent home&quot to God. Another gift I was reminded of when, through &quotcoincidence&quot I ended up in the workplace of a wonderful spiritual therapist, is that we are usually being guided and we are never on your own. Perhaps my grief is just God’s love washing more than me. I cannot seem to get away from God’s goodness!

It is her death that inspires me to transfer forward and get obvious about what I would like to expertise in the subsequent stage of my existence. Comparable to her spiritual ascension, I really feel that I am reemerging into the relaxation of my existence with a more grounded perception in the concept that the Loving Intelligence that created us and all of existence is ever before current, guiding and directing our methods.

God, you are the love that washes away what no lengthier serves me. During this time of grief, I ask that you wash away any limiting perception I have that would maintain me back again.

Diana Kennedy is committed to aiding others in transforming their lives from the within out! She is an inspirational speaker and author. Diana is the of Residing from Spirit website and E zine. She is the Ministerial Assistant at Unity of Tallahassee exactly where she prospects the early provider, classes and workshops. Diana is a certified massage therapist operating at All About You! Massage exactly where she specializes in Relaxation/Deep Tissue massage and spiritual energy balancing. Diana also prospects TeleClasses for the Mind*Physique*Spirit neighborhood. To sign-up or to get in touch with her, phone 850-878-2130, go to http://www.dianakennedy.com, or email living_from_spirit@yahoo.com. To subscribe to Residing from Spirit ? A Breath of Inspiration, email Living_from_Spirit-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.