Is it a Sign From My Deceased Love One?
I firmly believe that when you die you will enter immediately into another life. They who have gone before us are alive in one form of life and we in another. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
· Many bereaved people would like to receive a sign from their deceased loved one.
· Others, not currently grieving may still be open to the possibility.
· Wanting a sign from a deceased loved one can become a major component in some peoples grieving
· Wanting a sign can become an area of disagreement in the helping field of grief therapy and support. (groups, family, friends, etc)
· Some bereaved wish for signs seeking to be healed from their pain while others wish to be nourished, uplifted and comforted in their journey.
About Signs in General:
While signs can be very comforting and helpful to the bereaved, there are many people who may be skeptical about the possibility of loved ones gifting the bereaved with signs and messages. They want proof of "how it's done" or want answers to their questions of who or why or when.
The posted picture was an interesting situation in that a friend, a bereaved Dad, posted it on his Facebook page and asked "what do you think?"
I would love to take a poll and ask that same question. Usually there are two differing views:
· those who believe in the possibility (this group usually encompasses a subgroup of those who have experienced one or many signs, messages or visits) and
· those who don't
The non-believers also divide into subgroups of those who are skeptical of the possibility (they are inclined to having or showing doubt, questioning validity, authenticity or truth of something purporting to be factual) and those who are cynical about the possibility. (one who is pessimistic, distrustful of or disparages the motives or sincerity of others while sneering at the possibility, in this case due to an inability to "prove" the possibility using their five senses)
I will not argue with anyone about their beliefs. (Remember: beliefs are the thoughts that one thinks over and over again) It is not necessary to attempt to change someone's mind over their thoughts. (and besides, my Guides often encourage me to focus on and control me: allow others to use their own knowledge, their own wisdom and their own understanding from their own heart)
Each of us has a responsibility to ourselves to make choices that builds our best self and trust what we are building. Living can be difficult without being influenced by other's opinions, desires and choices.
It is important for each person to trust what their own life interprets as truth. But, open your mind, open your heart and open all your senses to the possibility...
About This Sign:
But... this picture and many other signs like this (symbolic, sensory, appearance, material, etc) can be of extreme comfort to many grieving people to help them move in their journey from believing to knowing that their loved ones are still participating in their lives.
Knowing is part of the process by which grievers come to trust that their loved ones do not actually "participate" in their life like in this picture where the deceased may not "play in the snow" because their dimension does not have snow... but they are participating in their lives with them because the love still connects their souls.
This participation is the complex piece that many people have difficulty in understanding because it is not the "physicalness" of the loved one that maintains their connection to them, it is the love that connects them. They show us their love and their continued love in many, many ways and that is the reason for the multitude of signs that people receive from their loved one whether they are noticed or not.
What do you think? I guess each of us, being individual human beings have differing opinions and beliefs and each of us will live our truth.
What I know for sure is that receiving signs and the continuing connections with a loved one often encourages faith and hope in the grief journey and assists the bereaved to move on with life differently after the death of a loved one. (Loving Connections: The Healing Power of After-Death Communications by Jane Vair Bissler, Ph.D and Lisa J. Heiser, M.A and Hello From Heaven by Bill Guggenheim and Judy Guggenheim.)
As Elizabeth Kubler-Ross said: Death is but a transition from this life to another existence where there is no more pain and anguish. All the bitterness and disagreements will vanish, and the only thing that lives forever is love...
I hope you notice that love... Chris
PS. The above picture is not just one spirit loved one displaying their love for their physical loved ones here. We have a group of children from this small town where this picture is taken and all of them were messaging their loved ones with their love, telling them that they are still here and they continue their relationship with them by sending them multiple kinds of signs.
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