Life, Death, and the Consciousness Shift

by Maria Dancing Heart Hoaglund

Due to the consciousness shift taking place on the planet, the issues of death, change, endings, and transitions have become even more pronounced. In a sense, we are each going through our own transformative life review and letting go process of one kind or another at this time.

During the last 100 years, says Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi, our culture has “pathologized” death by taking it into the hospital. We have done ourselves a real disservice by separating or “compartmentalizing” death and endings away from life, and this has been taking its toll on our society. There is a tremendous focus on and bias toward youth and beauty, not to mention image. We have become accustomed to dishonoring the aging process and the grief process, too, for that matter.

I sometimes say facetiously that it’s as if the entire world is on hospice. We have so much to learn from those who are going through severe change, like those who are dying as well as those who work with the dying. If we can maneuver deep change by letting go of what no longer serves us, I believe this is the key.

Therefore, let us find new ways to bridge the gap between life and death. Here are some suggestions to get us started as we go through this consciousness shift:

 
5 Suggestions for Bridging Life and Death during the Consciousness Shift

1. Since everything starts on the energetic level, you might start by visualizing and praying. Invite death, endings, and grief to become a more natural and friendly part of your life. You might even extend this intention out into your family, community, and the American society at large.

2. Find places and people in your life where and with whom you can speak more openly about these matters. Since aspects of the entire world is on hospice these days and many people are going through all sorts of transitions, it need not be so difficult to find ways to talk creatively about endings, letting go of old ways, beliefs, and the “stuff” that no longer serves us. Sharing and expressing the grief that resides in our being these days is so important, too.