16/03/2019
Heartfelt appreciation to Juliet Batten for her beautiful suggestions for how each of us might honour the people who have lost their lives. Especially helpful for those who want to help children cope with their sadness and their wish to `do something'.
An offering for the 49.
What can be done to heal this tragedy?
'What can be done to help my children, and for them to feel they can do something?''
Do you have a ritual that could help?'
This was the message I received when I came back from the beach just now, where I had been contemplating these very questions, and enacting a ritual that has left me feeling more settled. Thank you, dear sender of the message. It has helped me to release further still from reactions and into love and service.
How we deal with this event on an energetic level is as important as how we deal with it on a practical level.
And so here are some quick suggestions, as my granddaughters will be here in 5 minutes:
Go into nature, beside water or where you can hold a tree.
Gather 49 pebbles, leaves, sticks or whatever nature gives you. With each one, be aware that you are holding a human life, a soul that has just been released from its body in a traumatic way.
Assemble these symbols in some way that feels right to you.
Add a gesture of cleansing, healing, good wishes or prayers for those souls, and for all those who are grieving for them right now. (For me the gesture was to wash each leaf tenderly in a bucket of sea water).
You may wish to make sounds, say blessings or simply be silent.
Then leave your creation for the elements.
It doesn't need to be perfect. Mine isn't. I had limited time as the sea was advancing fast. But it was enough. And so will yours be.
Note: This might not be the version you would do with your children. Be guided by what feels right and gentle for them. My granddaughters don't have TV or radio in their house and so don't yet know about this event.
