Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Thursday, June 23, 2011

Rite Of Passage

By David Styles


Rite of passage is generally the process done by more youthful individuals who are making the transition from adolescence to adult hood. At a broader degree the rite of passage is just a transition from one stage to another. This transition can be for almost anything you can imagine.

For instance, marriage can be seen as being a transition from being single to being with your life partner. Death may be observed as a transition from existence towards the after-life. And puberty may be seen as your transition from childhood to adulthood. You are able to see here that the common concept for your rite of passage is a transition from one stage of life to another.

Numerous ceremonies have existed throughout time to mark this transition time period however the typical theme of the ceremonies is firstly a separation stage, then a transition stage and finally a re-incorporation stage. It's these 3 phases that are typical with the transition from one stage of existence to an additional stage.

The vision quest process is 1 such potent rite of passage ceremony to help with numerous transitions in people's lives as they move forward right into a more genuine means of living their life. What I imply by authentic is to have your life in alignment with your true self. This is initially carried out by discovering your authentic nature in nature.

For instance, the separation stage is when you tidy up loose ends at home and together with your work and walk out alone into a place in nature. This separation phase separates you out of your normal existence and permits you the area to be and talk with the deeper ranges of your being.

Whilst in your vision quest the transition stage is whenever you start to gain insights from nature and spirit across the intention you've set for your journey. For instance, the way the wind blows along the trees may give you an insight around how many of your plans are just 'blowing in the wind'. Or even the heat from the summer time sun may give you an insight into the intensity of a number of your relationships if your intention is about relationships.

However, it's these insights from nature and also the interpretations you make that set the stage for transitions happening in your normal life.

In my encounters, the insights on their own have next to no energy in creating differences within the transition from 1 stage of one's life to another one. The place exactly where the real power comes from will be the 3rd stage. And that's the re-incorporation stage.




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