#38 Blogathon 2009

In June my grandmother died. She was 97 years old, and she was fabulous.

When she died people told me that she had lived a long life, and that her death was to be expected. I guess these types of comments were meant to be comforting. They weren't. They just pissed me off.

Most days I still cry when I think about her. There has been very little anyone has been able to do to make me "feel better" about her death. Even now as I type this, I still cry.

I want to do another blog post about faith/religion/spirituality, so I won't go into it at this time.

She had a Catholic funeral (I was raised Catholic.). It was beautiful and she would have loved it.

But what spiritual comfort I have felt since her death I felt while reading the Tibetan book of the Dead. I would like to share part of it here:

Masterfully narrated by Leonard Cohen:

Tibetan Book of the Dead: Great Liberation. 5 parts, about 10 minutes each.
Beautifully produced.

Just click each to watch…

Part a:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdnS_uXpKpE

Part b:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ThpbErYU7U

Part c:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me9wsEz3KUk

Part d:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUrOVkIY1uc

Part e:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOjJQlqGMg4

By the way, the last words my grandmother said to me were, "I know you love me."

I can't write anymore about this.