Speaking with the dead
Carolyne 'Chevy''Pickup sent my editor this email about the "Speaking with the Dead" workshop Oct. 8 at Spokane's South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry.
Will let Pickup describe it in her own words:
When someone we care about passes away conventional religious practice is to hold a funeral, then for those of us who are left, we are to lean on our faith until we too join them. The reality is that the person who passed meant so much to us that they leave a huge, gaping hole in our lives when they are gone.
I used to wonder why old people were so sad all the time and now I understand; there are so many holes from the people who they have loved and lost that they cannot find wholeness. In my journey I have learned to connect with the dead. It started with my mom. Before she passed I read about a woman who was psychic and so was her mother. When her mother died she was able to carry on complete conversations with her now deceased mother.
I decided that that was what I wanted and that if this woman could do it with her mother then, when the time came, I was going to do that too. Mostly it is a matter of permission. If you have permission then you open your mind and let down the boundaries which society, religious practice, and family dictates have built. These boundaries were given to us so that we can navigate life and we fit in without rocking the boat. They were given with good intention but are not always useful throughout all of our lives.
If I wasn't able to communicate as I do with my mother I know that I would be bereft and that my life would not be as productive as it is now, the sadness would be too much. What I want to pass on to people with this class is that their beloveds who have passed are with them, supporting them, watching over them, hiding their car keys and visiting them in their dreams. That they too can communicate with their beloveds, it is only a matter of love and faith.
(If you are interested, contact Pickup at 101carecare@gmail.com)
(S-R archive photo from the movie "Sixth Sense" in which living and dead interact)