Connecting To The Departed

Do you still wish you could connect to a dead loved one? We all have unresolved grief. In this meditation, draw on the precious memories of the living and dead to come away with their warmth and wisdom.

Transcript

So let's just take a few minutes to breathe,

Just to center ourselves,

To pull ourselves into this spot,

To feel heavy and to feel light.

Making sure your arms and legs are uncrossed,

Closing your eyes if that's comfortable,

Drooping down into your seat or bed.

Breathing in deeply and exhaling slowly.

Breathing deeply through your nose.

Exhaling slowly all the way out.

Breathing in deeply,

Out slowly,

Even as we go through this visualization.

Call to mind someone precious to you.

As you breathe,

Create an image of someone who makes you smile with their very presence and life.

Picture their eyes gleaming with delight.

As you continue to breathe deeply in,

Slowly out,

Imagine their mouth,

The way they laughed,

Or laugh,

The way they speak or spoke,

The loving things they utter.

Imagine their smile.

Breathing in deeply and out slowly.

Feel the infectiousness of their joy.

From this special and treasured person,

Consider their strength and their hands that could embrace or hold yours or caress,

The way they could express love.

Breathing in deeply.

Seeing this special soul that made you smile.

Feel the vibrancy that came from this person.

Accept their passions.

And accept their mystery.

That as much as you know about another person,

There is so much more you can never know.

It's okay.

Hold them in your mind for a little longer.

Starting to breathe in deeply and out slowly.

And just as this special someone fills you with love,

Send love out to them,

Wherever they are.

Continue breathing in and out.

Taking a few final moments to experience their embrace and total support and to reflect that embrace back to them.