Dear Jenny & family,
You wrote:
"I miss Michael in so many ways, including his hugs, his dish washing, figuring out how to parent in the world of coronavirus, watching movies together, having my person to be holed up with, and on and on. "
I feel for you deeply.
I hope you find time and space for your grieving.
But not too much of it.
You also wrote:
"I do feel connected to him, though, feeling that he’s close by. "
Here I offer a meditation.
I have read a lot about so-called life after death.
And a lot about life in community, how we are 'of one another.'
While I would not urge this statement on anyone else I can say "Michael Lives!"
When Michael was in his body each of us knew him in our own way.
None of us knew the real/true Michael --that is a misleading way to think about persons.
Michael himself was a different person with different people.
In addition, each of us appreciated Michael through our own frame of reference, our understanding of the world.
So even when he was in his body the Michael that we others knew as a personality was kind of like a cloud, different from different points of view, different from one day to the next, one year to the next.
This Michael that we knew is with us still, even with the body gone.
He is no less with me now than he was before. What his soul strove for, and accomplished, lives with me, as it did before.
And as this crowd who knew him in the flesh shares him among ourselves,
and especially with you, Jenny, Michael Lives!
I am happy to think of the two of you, and the life you still share.
There is more to be said, esoterically, about the persistence of a Michael-soul, but what I offer here is enough for me to be content.
Love,
Richard
Love the jokes, Jenny! One thing I think Michael would be doing at this time would be writing inspiring reflections to help us see the invitation in all this to evolve to a higher level.
He would be thoughtful. He would be sly and mischievous. For sure, he would go to the river. He would take care of you, Isaiah and Grace… and of course let you all take care of him. There is even a slight possibility that he would fart in an elevator… which would be wrong on sooooo many levels! Thank you for the share. The service was indeed amazing and lives in our hearts. Holding you all in love and hugs and giggles. Thank you for staying connected.
Jenny, thank you so much for posting. You and your family have so often been in my thoughts. Michael ‘s
light still remains with us because he so generously shared his insights and love and that will remain with us forever. May your walks down to the river continue to fill you with peace. Much love to you, Jenny, and Isaiah and Grace. Enjoyed those jokes!
Neat Jenny, that you feel connected with Michael and that he is near by. I’m glad you shared yourself and your family with SO many changes within the last year, for sure. Each day is a new day!
Jenny....of course you would find a way to make us laugh and cry as Michael did! And I can hear him tell those jokes....and his poetic voice making sense of all that is happening outside beyond the river and the herons. Blessing to you and Isaiah and Grace. Stay safe, hunker down and keep reaching out. We will lean hard on community, as you and Michael taught us...and we will get through with Grace, with Grit and with Gravitas.
Love and light to you all!
So happy for this update. Yep, you KNOW he would be doing a mega-Zoom event and nudging all of us in that gentle way to look at things from a different point of view. That little tilt of the head. Slightly arched eyebrow. Waiting for you to draw the conclusion that he'd arrived at quite some time ago. Miss that. Miss him, miss you.
You wrote:
"I miss Michael in so many ways, including his hugs, his dish washing, figuring out how to parent in the world of coronavirus, watching movies together, having my person to be holed up with, and on and on. "
I feel for you deeply.
I hope you find time and space for your grieving.
But not too much of it.
You also wrote:
"I do feel connected to him, though, feeling that he’s close by. "
Here I offer a meditation.
I have read a lot about so-called life after death.
And a lot about life in community, how we are 'of one another.'
While I would not urge this statement on anyone else I can say "Michael Lives!"
When Michael was in his body each of us knew him in our own way.
None of us knew the real/true Michael --that is a misleading way to think about persons.
Michael himself was a different person with different people.
In addition, each of us appreciated Michael through our own frame of reference, our understanding of the world.
So even when he was in his body the Michael that we others knew as a personality was kind of like a cloud, different from different points of view, different from one day to the next, one year to the next.
This Michael that we knew is with us still, even with the body gone.
He is no less with me now than he was before. What his soul strove for, and accomplished, lives with me, as it did before.
And as this crowd who knew him in the flesh shares him among ourselves,
and especially with you, Jenny, Michael Lives!
I am happy to think of the two of you, and the life you still share.
There is more to be said, esoterically, about the persistence of a Michael-soul, but what I offer here is enough for me to be content.
Love,
Richard