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What Does Alive Mean?
PART ONE
Death is seen in two ways; physical death of the body and a
metaphoric death of a situation or experience that changes to
offer something new. We already know that when one door closes
another opens. We know that if we lose our job, our home, a
relationship or career, that these are examples of a death of
sorts for our life. Death in the terms of change. We also go
through mini-deaths while alive during a Kundalini awakening
and/or the Ascension process. We evolve as we live in this
physical life.
However, I do not want to talk at length about the symbolic
death in this particular article. What I want to talk about is
physical death. Death has been a huge synchronicity for me
lately. It's not that people around me are dying as of late, but
just that the concept, thought and talk of death has been around
most recently. So I chose this to be the topic of discussion.
This is a hot topic for me. I feel very close to death. It seems
to be a passion of mine. I am not sure if this is something
everyone feels or maybe I'm one of a few. The Angel of Death
fascinates me and really makes me feel connected. Isn't that a
twist! I love to walk in most cemeteries. They are beautiful and
peaceful. And just to note, the dead aren't usually there! There
may be a few stragglers but for the most part the cemetery is
the last place you will find the dead. They are living! Some are
in the in-between and working on their stuff to cross over to
the next dimension or their next evolution and most have crossed
over and continue on living, creating and evolving.
Death reminds us to ask the question, "What are we?" And "What
are we doing or being here?" From there profound realizations
and conscious spiritual awareness can ensure. And it's
definitely also near and dear to my heart because Death is the
ultimate for all of us (here in this physical reality). It's the
ultimate fear for many or the ultimate for this experience where
we then move on to the "Other Side" or higher dimension and live
some more. (Let's put aside the fact that I also believe that
our minds are our creator's and we can manifest ourselves into
ultimate health and become immortal. This could be for a select
few who choose it. Though, however, life and death have a course
to lead for us as well and the limited lifespan we have allow us
to really live to the fullest till we can reach a higher way of
being and living and evolving. My Husband and I hosted a radio
show a few months back with someone who talks about just that. Go here for a listen. So back to our regularly scheduled
article. :) )
To me, death is not the opposite of life. Living unconsciously
is the opposite of life. When our physical bodies die, we still
go on and live. I've had too many experiences and connections to
know anything else but that this is fact for me. Knowing this
allows me to go on and live even more fully. When I slip back
into "unconscious" land, as will happen from time to time, I
will get my reminders or I will force myself to remember and
then I am back to living again!
Just the other day my 3-year-old daughter was asking some pretty
profound questions that were hard for me to answer in a context
she would understand. She asked me, "What does Alive mean?" And
I said, "wow! that one is hard for me to explain to you." I did
ramble on a bit about energy and how everything is always alive
but am unsure how I could help her understand with her limited
understanding and vocabulary.
So what does Alive mean? Before I dive into that beautiful
question, I want to answer what death is (to me at this point in
my evolution). We go through mini-deaths all the time. For those
of us with four seasons, we watch the trees and flowers bloom
and die every year. So this is a great way to explain how I view
death. We do go on. We do not die. We are energy first and
always. Our bodies make up our energy while we are living on
this planet in this dimensional reality. Then there comes a time
when we shed our physical bodies ( "die" ) and our energy leaves
our body, expanding into the full soul's capacity that we are
and we continue to evolve and live in a new way. Ascend if you
will.
Most of us have experienced profound grief to the depths of our
soul's at least once in our lives. If you haven't, you may
wonder if you are the lucky one or not. That is a debate unto
itself. Moving on. :) I've experienced a few deaths of loved
ones in my life. The very first was the hardest on me and
forever changed me and how I viewed the world. Isn't that always
the way.
It took me ten years to realize he was contacting me from the
Other Side. Or maybe he was finally ready to contact me because
I was ready to hear him. Either way, when we are grieving it is
often times very hard to see the signs our loved ones send from
beyond the "grave". They are there. It's not usually wishful
thinking, but we will tell ourselves that because we are deep in
our grief.
And many others will try to downplay our signs because of their
own limiting beliefs. You will know in your heart. There is no
need for confirmation from another when your heart feels it
rings true. When we get quiet we can finally listen.
Death can be hard whether you have all the faith in the world
that life does go on after this one (and I do). We are human and
we are going to miss those people that have moved on and our
day-to-day contact with them. They've lived with us and shined
their light on our lives for even a brief time. They are so
honored on our paths and they remain in our hearts forever. But
we must go through our grieving stages, no matter how fast or
slow and allow the pain to recede naturally. No burying any
emotions that come up, but rather allowing them to be there and
allowing them to float up and out of us like a blossoming
flower. The experience is always divine and always honored. We
bless them as they have blessed us with their presence. You
grieve...and you move on. They are still living and expanding
where they are and we must do the same here till we meet again.
We must go on. But it does take time. The pain does diminish in
intensity, I promise you. But it will always be there...a part
of the new you and your new expression. You will take this
person or persons in your life and in your heart always and the
wisdom from the entire experience makes up who you are now.
So allow for that time to heal. Really and truly be with it and
allow the time to pass you by. But know, too, they are there.
They are seeing you from their place of living now. And they
always always send their love. Always a message from the
deceased is that they are okay and they love you. That is always
the first and last message they leave with. It's a message that
would always come through for the times I have connected with
the deceased. PART TWO
So back to the question, what does Alive mean? Even when our
physical bodies die, we are still alive! As I said, we are
energy first and always. We are alive when we truly LIVE. We are
really dead when we've given up and remain unconscious to really
existing, really feeling and being life for whatever that Divine
unique expression is to each and every one of us. When we are truly fully awake we are alive.
Many experiences occur to us and our bodies when we are not
living. Our body is wise, we must listen to the wisdom of our
bodies. It will send you signs every day. If you ignore the
signs in your life, it manifests in the body. When we've given
up or stopped hearing the signs our bodies are sending, our
bodies will produce sickness to get us to wake up. One might say, if you aren't
going to live, you might as well die (physically at least). But
if the experience of being sick does it's job to wake us up to
our truest passions, then the experience truly had it's divine
effect! Experiences such as someone getting cancer and while
laid up in bed realized they were living in anxiety and fear
while working too hard at a job they really hated every day!
That is not living, that is dying. That is being in a forever
state of negativity. Now, this doesn't discount doing a job that
is "okay" and also pursuing our passion on the side so that we
are still expressing our truest selves. If we can't do what we
love all the time, we can love what we are doing while we do it.
So in this example, this person will begin to see their passions
again and really wonder why they stopped pursuing them or living
in them a bit; you know playing! So they may finally start to
see the light again, receive signs that get them into their
passion and make the positive changes in their life that life
required of them when the sickness occurred. And after making
these changes, they will notice the sickness dissipate, medicine
will finally work or a miraculous healing and recovery
commences! It's about living, not dying.
Now, again, there are other examples of those receiving illness
that are divine supposed to receive it and possibly die from in,
in order for them and those around them to learn lessons of
death. Each experience is unique. But I've read about many
experiences of those that when they begin to die, they finally
begin to live. Every moment becomes sacred. Merely going to the
bathroom is a sacred moment to enjoy if only one last time. As I
read these "dying" experience I begin to bring myself back to
those moments. Living those little moments to the fullest. Even
taking a moment to breathe and relax is vital and necessary and
so beautifully honored. What a blessing it is. As you enjoy each
precious moment right in the present moment you live, you become
most fully who you are, the Divine Being you've always been.
I feel. It's that simple. Our feelings are our compass in life.
Many times there are good feeling of happiness and joy and love.
So it is easy to sit with these feelings and allow them to
inspire you to new heights. And other times there are the tough
emotions that require more dedication in being with them and
processing them healthily. Repressed emotions manifest into our
physical body as ailments, stress, and anxiety. So it is prudent
to be with these not-so-pleasant emotions as much as you are
with the pleasant emotions.
We are not here to live in our comfort zone all of the time but
to expand beyond that point. To feel everything we desire. We
are also not hear to shun our feelings. Our emotions are guides
for our well being. We must feel them to the fullest in order to
release them and move into something even better and higher in
resonance. Repressing our feelings if they are uncomfortable
only buries them deep to come up later in a much louder format
that is even more challenging to release. Living in the now
means feeling your feelings as they come up. Really live it and
feel it. Sometimes our bodies defense mechanisms require us to
go into a numb state of mind in order to make it through a tough
period. And that is normal. That is perfectly fine. But then
over time we will start to feel again and the feelings must come
up for release. The processing that happens is amazing as we
allow whatever it is we feel to simply be there. Be present with
it. No need to go off on a tangent or a rage fit (though
sometimes that's fun if alone and if safe methods are used) but
to simply sit with the feeling and allow it to be there. Then
step into that witness state and take interest in this feeling
you are feeling. Think "oh that's interesting, I wonder what
that means." Simply neutral though. Only allowing it to exist
and then amazingly without seemingly much effort much of the
time it will dissipate. Of course in terms of grief, as I have
mentioned, may take time. It's all a part of the process.
Ponderings of insights will come up and you will have a new
higher way of being from simply allowing the feeling to move
through you instead of getting stuck inside of you. Does that
"Listening to a Feeling, hearing what it has to say without
thought, without judgment or avoidance, will lead it to
naturally dissipate, it's job done. It's just you trying to talk
to yourself, after all. Listen, and you'll gain a very
enlightening heads up about what's really going on. :)" ~ Dawn,
AwakeningwithDawn.com
And sometimes the best part of feeling is just being with it. Being in the beautiful stillness of life. We are not always called to act but to simple enjoy the space between; love; stillness. This connection to stillness is always there in every moment for our grasping. Every moment. The good and the not-so-good. It is here we are in our truest essence. There is action in non-action. Bask in the glow of the Divine. I gain strength from this Divine connection. It is this connection that assists us in going forth and truly what we *are* afterall. And as I wrote in my January 2010 newsletter I am so grateful to
feel. I feel. I am so grateful for feeling the Divine connection
within me. It is this connection that allows me to go forth in
this life as it is now. It is the driving force for my entire
beingness. It is amazing. It is you and it is me. It is all of
us and to feel that connection is a blessed gift.
My Husband, Don, had this to say for our baby, Bella's, inquiry: "Perhaps the best anology is to say that being alive is being as awake as you can possibly be and knowing that everyone around you loves you so much."
Overall, this saying is so true: They may not remember what you
did but they will remember how you made them feel. So live!
Maybe I am writing this article now for a future experience to
come. Maybe I will need to come back to these words I write and
reread them from a new perspective in the future. It is my
intention that I can be in a state of graceful gratitude as I
move through life, living and death.
CHALLENGE FOR THE MONTH
What would it take to make you happy?
This question will often go unanswered or occasionally addressed as if a wild dream never to be had. But if we simply take the time to really sit down with this question every day, at least once, you will see and entertain a reality that can be yours. As you do this you are placing your vibration in a frequency of pure happiness. What comes true to you is what will come to you as pure happiness. I'm not talking about money or things. But after you name off those obvious things that assist us in living comfortably, what is it that makes you happy. Really entertain this question. Really take the moments to answer it. Some won't even do this while reading this. Some will have too much to do, and think about all the mundane tasks that are in their day and take off running on those items. Before they know it, their day is gone and they are exhausted and heading off to bed. Take a moment. Take stock. Breathe. Allow yourself time to breathe and really listen to that voice inside you that shows you what makes you happy and peaceful every day. Listen and start to take some action steps. It's always there. So answer the question. What would it take to make you happy?
If I knew I were to die today, I would:
- ….Breathe more
- Look at the sky more
- Walk more
Live more
- Spend more time with kids
- Do Yoga more
- (...oh and quit my day job)
- Worry less
- Regret less
- Forgive more
- Love more
- Be present with the divine beings in my life more–really see them and their divine essence more
- Express my true self more
- Be Still more
- Become more fully Alive!
- Be grateful for the blessings in my life more
So this is what I am trying to do, now! What would you do?
Enjoy, live, laugh and love always!
Blessings to you on your path,
~Spiritual Cheerleader
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