Living/dying Consciously

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10/26/2025

Animals Are Higher Dimensional Guardians

There is a reason animals are drawn to certain people. It is not coincidence.
It is Energy.

Animals are higher dimensional guardians in physical form.
They are deeply connected to the unseen world. Their presence on Earth is not random.
They are here on assignment.

Most animals , especially dogs , cats, horses , dolphins , and birds , operate from a pure Heart space. They are tuned into frequencies that most humans cannot perceive.

They sense shifts in energy before we do.
They know when someone is lying,
when danger is near , or when a soul is full of love. They Feel your emotions and mirror your state of being.

When a dog stares into your eyes
for minutes without breaking contact,
it is not just love. It is recognition.
They see your Soul.

When your cat curls up beside you every time you are in pain, it is not just affection. It is healing.
They are moving energy and clearing blockages you did not know you had.

Animals do not judge by appearance. They read vibration. A wild animal will approach a child with a pure heart and run from an adult filled with anger.
This is not instinct.
This is Divine Intelligence.

These creatures are here to protect the innocent , to calm the broken, and to remind us of what unconditional Love Feel Like.

In the higher realms, animals serve as messengers, protectors, and guides.

When we dream of them or encounter them in strange ways , it is often a Spiritual sign. They are warning us, comforting us, or confirming something we already feel deep inside.

Some say animals have no soul.
That is a lie. Many animals have more soul Than the people walking this Earth. Their Souls are ancient.
They Remember the Truth.

They remember where we came from and why we are here. Some are even soul family who chose to incarnate in animal form to stay by our side during this lifetime.

If you have ever lost a beloved animal,
you know the grief runs deeper than most people understand. That is because they were never just pets. They were guardians of your heart. When they pass on , their spirit often remains close , continuing to protect and guide you until your reunion in the next world.

Animals are not lesser beings.
They are masters of love.
They do not need religion, politics, or possessions. They teach by Being.
Their loyalty , sensitivity , and courage remind us of what we forgot.
That this life is not about control.
It is about Connection.

The animals around you were not random gifts. They were sent. Treat them like the Sacred guardians they are.
Because when the world turns cold, and everything else falls away, it is their silent Love that reminds us what is Real.

( ✍️ Steven Briesemeister )

10/26/2025

This month, the End of Life Options Act (S1486) was reported favorably out of the Joint Committee on Public Health and referred to the Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing! That means the End of Life Options Act is one step closer to passing Death with Dignity in Massachusetts.

We’ve been advocating for the passage of medical aid in dying legislation in Massachusetts for over a decade. These stories illustrate why the End of Life Options Act (S1486) must pass this session and why every person deserves the right to make their own end-of-life choices with compassion and dignity.

Read the stories of patients in the Bay State who wanted to use the Death with Dignity law at the end of life, but could not access it in Massachusetts: https://tinyurl.com/bdhzbv92

10/26/2025

“Where the Wind Calls Her Name”

Sometimes, when the wind moves through the pines,
I hear her voice — soft as the morning rain.
My mother, the one who taught me
that love is not spoken, but lived.

She walked the earth with gentle feet,
each step a prayer, each breath a gift.
Her hands were soil and sunlight,
her eyes, the calm before the storm.

Now she rests within the ground she loved,
and yet, she is everywhere.
In the cry of the eagle,
in the rhythm of the drum,
in the warmth of fire that never dies.

I close my eyes, and she returns —
not in flesh, but in spirit,
whispering through the leaves,
“My child, I am still here.
I never left. I became the land.”

10/25/2025

With this Día de Los Mu***os activity sheet, learn more about this important celebration and remember a special person in your life who has died.

Día de los Mu***os or “Day of the Dead,” is a time of celebration, and gathering of families and friends, to remember their loved ones. There are bright colors and beautiful adornments. It is not a sad ritual. Traditions connected with this holiday include building a private altar, also known as an “Ofrenda,” to honor a family’s dead relatives. Día de los Mu***os recognizes that death is a natural part of the human experience and provides a time to honor the Dead.
While the holiday is celebrated various ways throughout the world, the common theme is that this is a special time to intentionally remember those who have died.

Download the activity and learn more about Día de los Mu***os here https://www.dougy.org/articles/d%C3%ADa-de-los-muertos
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10/23/2025

From the Waiting Room Revolution. Understanding funerals

10/23/2025

“Sometimes,” said Pooh softly, his eyes glistening as he looked up at the stars, “missing someone feels a bit like standing in the middle of the Hundred Acre Wood at night — quiet and full of something you can’t quite see but can always feel.”
He wiped a tear with his paw.
“It doesn’t really go away, you know. The missing. It just becomes part of you — like the way the stars become part of the sky. You can’t take them out, but you can look at them and remember how lovely they are.”
Pooh closed his eyes for a moment and whispered into the wind,
“I hope you know, wherever you are, that I still think of you when the stars come out. Because love doesn’t end, it just learns how to shine differently.”
And as a single tear fell, it sparkled like a tiny star — a quiet reminder that love, once felt, never truly leaves.
— Inspired by A. A. Milne’s “Winnie-the-Pooh”

10/22/2025

Wiccans do not fear death, of course we don't want to die and we are sorry to see a loved one pass and we will miss them terribly, but we know that we will see them again as with The Great Wheel it is said 'what has been will be again'. Death is a transition. Everything in the universe is and always will be, nothing is new and nothing dies, energy just transforms into other matter and forms. Nothing just vanishes or disappears, everything goes back into the earth. We drink the same water the dinosaurs drank, the water evaporates into the clouds and comes back down to earth recycled. Albert Einstein said "Energy cannot be created nor can it be destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another".

Everything has a cycle, something is made or born, it changes form then dies and then transforms to another energy. A plant starts from seed and then grows, it then blossoms then seeds itself and eventually dies and is turned into compost to feed the next generation of plants. In winter vegetation dies to be reborn in the Spring, The cycle of death and rebirth. Everything dies and everything is reborn. This is our whisper of immortality.

A rock is made from magma from the centre of the earth, it then cools down to rock and with time, waves and weather is then crushed down to dust or sand.

The universe in its ever expanding state turns dense dark matter and gasses into a star which becomes bright and burns for millions of years but eventually explodes in a supernova without which there would be no oxygen or carbon or any of the life giving gasses or elements that we need for life.

Humans are made from seed and are born, grow and change, then eventually die and our energy transforms to become once again part of the universe.

Ultimately the universe is expanding and has been since the big bang and it will eventually implode in on itself and then there will be another big bang and the whole process will start all over again. This has and always will keep happening forever. Ad infinitum

We are like a drop of rain falling into the Ocean only to be eventually taken back up into the clouds to be a drop of rain again falling back into the ocean. It is part of The Great Wheel, everything goes around in a cycle. The cycle of the seasons of the year, the monthly cycle of the Moon, the cycle of the planets around the Sun, the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.

The Summerlands.
Many Wiccans believe in a place called the Summerlands. It is a place our spirits go when we die, it is like a waiting room for your spirit to contemplate on your life and a place you can watch over Earth and loved ones, time does not exist there. It is a place where we wait to be transformed into other energies in the universe. In Wicca there isn't a wall between life and death it is more of a veil, where we can still contact the spirit of people who have moved into the Summerlands. This veil becomes at it's thinnest between the hours of 12 midnight and 3am which has become known as 'The Witching Hour' and it becomes even thinner at Beltane and Samhain.

10/19/2025

The Second Wave

It’s the one you never see coming.
The one that shows up years later,
long after people stop checking in.

You think you’ve done the work.
You’ve cried, survived, rebuilt.
You’ve convinced yourself you’re finding your footing again.
Then one random day, grief kicks the door back open.

It hits like it did in the beginning—
sharp, cruel, and familiar.
You don’t ease into it. You drown in it.
That same ache in your chest, that same lump in your throat.
You remember the exact sound of that day,
the way the air felt when your world split.
It all floods back like no time has passed at all.

And the people around you—they don’t see it.
They think you’ve moved on.
They think time has done its job.
But time doesn’t heal this kind of wound.
It just teaches you how to look functional while you bleed.

The second wave makes you realize how deep it still runs.
How love this real doesn’t expire just because life keeps going.
It reminds you that no matter how strong you’ve been,
grief still knows your name.

And when it hits, all you can do is stop fighting it.
Let it come.
Let it wreck you for a while.
Because it’s proof they still exist somewhere inside you.

You’ll stand up again—
you always do—
but for a moment,
you’re back there.
And that’s what the second wave really is—
not starting over,
just remembering how much it still hurts to love someone who’s gone.

10/19/2025

Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an administration apparently bent on replacing that democracy with a dictatorship.