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Warrior Work
Week 38
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The Tao of Grief
By Peter Hill
The week of Dec 15th – 21st is National Grief Support Week. Although grief knows no time limits or boundaries, the holidays can be
especially challenging for those who are facing bereavement, a loss of someone who was entrenched in the fabric of their life.
Grief is a powerful energy and the word itself traces back to an old French word meaning deep sorrow but that in turn goes back to
an older Latin word meaning to push or press down. Everyone at some point in their life gets to feel the flow of grief pressing, pushing
and spinning it’s way through their being. It can come like a tsunami, flooding the brain with waves of colors and sounds that dissolve the
outer world until it passes and leaves the world forever changed. It may feel like a huge block of stone crushing down on you leaving you
breathless and paralyzed. Grief can impact you like a waterfall or a rain shower of tears that expands the heart’s cavity until only
emptiness and numbness remain. It can spread through your body like a firestorm, the heat making you weak in your knees, short of
breath and the feeling of the heat expanding your being beyond the boundaries of your body. You might even feel it’s energy like a vise,
squeezing your heart, making you faint and trembling in shock.
Whatever form it takes, the tao of grief is to shatter the maya, the illusion that is form, and to be a sharp reminder of the short time we
have to navigate the roles and worlds of our life here in this space and time. It puts us in touch with our energetic core and, within that
core, the INTENT we come out with will shape the next 3 months to 5 years of our life.
The time shortly after grief impacts one’s being is a crucial window of intention. People who do not want to live after a loved one
leaves often follow within a short time. People who have repressed their gifts and buried goals will embark on new paths, new careers
and new relationships that are uncovered by the fire of grief. Others may draw darkness and despair into their lives by building armor
around their hearts and walls around their soul to try and keep the grief at bay – to keep from feeling it ravage their being and destroying
their illusion of control.
You may not be able to choose when grief comes into your path but you can choose how you embrace it. Let it flow through your
being, listen to the lessons it brings, express it (mourn) through writing, singing, collages, art, movement, sharing their life story with
others, quiet reflection or other ways that speak to you and you will be transformed into a brighter and clearer being of light with dignity,
purpose and direction. And in that space you will realize that we can never truly lose anyone nor can they lose us. They are woven into the
fabric of our being as we are woven into theirs. It will also help you to enjoy and appreciate your form and theirs and have true gratitude
for the time and space you share. Grief will have broken the shell that enclosed you and opened your eyes and heart and being to new
realities and worlds that were hidden but always right in front of you.
By Peter Hill, Copyright 2004
www.getittogether.net
www.worldtaichi.com
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Week 38
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The Tao of Grief
By Peter Hill
The week of Dec 15th – 21st is National Grief Support Week. Although grief knows no time limits or boundaries, the holidays can be
especially challenging for those who are facing bereavement, a loss of someone who was entrenched in the fabric of their life.
Grief is a powerful energy and the word itself traces back to an old French word meaning deep sorrow but that in turn goes back to
an older Latin word meaning to push or press down. Everyone at some point in their life gets to feel the flow of grief pressing, pushing
and spinning it’s way through their being. It can come like a tsunami, flooding the brain with waves of colors and sounds that dissolve the
outer world until it passes and leaves the world forever changed. It may feel like a huge block of stone crushing down on you leaving you
breathless and paralyzed. Grief can impact you like a waterfall or a rain shower of tears that expands the heart’s cavity until only
emptiness and numbness remain. It can spread through your body like a firestorm, the heat making you weak in your knees, short of
breath and the feeling of the heat expanding your being beyond the boundaries of your body. You might even feel it’s energy like a vise,
squeezing your heart, making you faint and trembling in shock.
Whatever form it takes, the tao of grief is to shatter the maya, the illusion that is form, and to be a sharp reminder of the short time we
have to navigate the roles and worlds of our life here in this space and time. It puts us in touch with our energetic core and, within that
core, the INTENT we come out with will shape the next 3 months to 5 years of our life.
The time shortly after grief impacts one’s being is a crucial window of intention. People who do not want to live after a loved one
leaves often follow within a short time. People who have repressed their gifts and buried goals will embark on new paths, new careers
and new relationships that are uncovered by the fire of grief. Others may draw darkness and despair into their lives by building armor
around their hearts and walls around their soul to try and keep the grief at bay – to keep from feeling it ravage their being and destroying
their illusion of control.
You may not be able to choose when grief comes into your path but you can choose how you embrace it. Let it flow through your
being, listen to the lessons it brings, express it (mourn) through writing, singing, collages, art, movement, sharing their life story with
others, quiet reflection or other ways that speak to you and you will be transformed into a brighter and clearer being of light with dignity,
purpose and direction. And in that space you will realize that we can never truly lose anyone nor can they lose us. They are woven into the
fabric of our being as we are woven into theirs. It will also help you to enjoy and appreciate your form and theirs and have true gratitude
for the time and space you share. Grief will have broken the shell that enclosed you and opened your eyes and heart and being to new
realities and worlds that were hidden but always right in front of you.
By Peter Hill, Copyright 2004
www.getittogether.net
www.worldtaichi.com
Warrior Week Home >>