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Mourning

"In indigenous cultures, when someone that we care about is dying, there is a very intense need to mourn. When you don’t release the mourning, it will make you sick. Certain Anglo cultures have a different concept. If you release the mourning, you are looked at as if you lost control over your emotions. The spirit of the person who has passed away that you cared about is not then free to move on into the spirit world because the mourning was not complete. The people did not purge their bodies of this sense of grief." Sams adds that mourning to Native people is like a bow. The people moving on are the arrows. Mourning a loss allows the spirit to fly into its new non-physical life.

Thank you for that post. I lost my best friend Three months ago and I haven not been able to mourn. I have been told it will come when Im ready to handle it. I was also told it takes sometimes up to 6 months for teenagers to start mourning. I just hope I will be strong enough when that time comes. This is a very good post. Thank you for your time

I lost my husband a year ago and both parents in that time also and I have had not grieved over either of the losses. I t is a hard thing to do.

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Very well said Annie...

Annie this is a good writing. Mourning is important for us all.

Hugs Jacquie

thank you annie, that was something I need so badly to hear,as I'd resently lost my son just a year and half ago and just lost my very best friend,his funeral will be tomorrow.We were like soul mates

I come in here and read this from time to time. I lost my daughter a year and half ago. Sometimes I just need the reassurance that it is Ok for me to mourn, cry, kick, and scream. I just thought I would tell you that this post has meant alot to me.

Thanks Annie for this post. I come here and read from time to time however I just felt that I needed to say thank you. I lost my mother and there are times I feel like I can't breath and other times everything is okay. jaynie35uk1 thank you for your posting. Everything you both said is very helpful

I was taught that we had 12 months to mourn even though sorrow may last a lifetime. We are given 4 days to wail and be forgiven our loudness and our loss of control. Crying out loud will help the spirit move away from us and into the direction of the Clear Blue Sky, should that spirit lose direction in the in between world.

When the four days are finished our tears should not be loud ones because we are to remember that their departure from here is an arrival there. When the 12 months are finished our sorrow might last a lifetime but we are to remember the one that is gone with our spirit and with our hearts and celebrate for that one's next life being lived.

This is according to my teachings and of course will vary from nation to nation.

There's a phsycological benefit to our spirituality many times. Giving yourself goals and time dates are healthy and are tantamount to working toward a healing goal. The emotional benefits are tremendous. Our old ones knew these things and so provided us the tools to enriching our lives with these old teachings.

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