Spirit

I've been thinking a lot about spirits recently. I've been aware of my own and the spirits of others, both those who are still living and those people who have died. I don't think that life is a one shot deal. I believe that a person's spirit is a strong entity that doesn't just disappear when the physical body is dead. I don't know if I truly believe in reincarnation, but I know that I have felt people near me who have died. "She's in good spirits". "He's an old soul". "That's the spirit". "Team spirit". "Soul searching". These are just a few of many phrases that must have come to be based on experiences, and not just people playing with English. Three things about spirit:

-A few weeks ago I had a dream and when I woke in the middle of the night, I thought to myself "How odd". That was all - just "How odd". What was odd was that two ladies that I may have last seen when I was five years old (if I even ever saw them in my life) were visiting me in my dream. I knew who they were and what they looked like, I knew there names, but most importantly I knew they were there. I described them to Sister One and Sister Three, and how these ladies appeared in my dream was how they looked while alive. I didn' t remember the content of the dream during that night and I don't remember it now. I just know it was a peaceful dream and a peaceful feeling, and I woke up enough to think it odd that these two ladies from my childhood were with me. Odd, but not at all frightening. I'm glad they came.

-At a family reunion this summer, the collective spirit of the extended family as they gathered was, for me, a physical but etheral feeling. Along with the collective spirit of those gathered, I believe the spirits of many of the family who have died gathered as well. As I spoke to others throughout the day, some remarked that they felt it, too. It was a feeling beyond words and explanation, but so very powerful that it moved one person to tears, and brought a peace and excitement to me that I have not experienced before.

-I took a Rieki training session towards the end of August. I went into this with a very high degree of skepticism and I did not expect to feel anything. I can not explain what I did feel, but it was very powerful and it, too, produced an inner peace of spirit and mind that I didn't know existed. There is a part of this that goes to my reclaiming of self somehow. I've spoken about this to only a very few people, those whom I trust completely, and who would not ridicule or doubt what I experienced. What a joy and relief to be among like-minded people.

Spirit, universal energy, soul. Belief, faith, trust. Individual, group, humanity. Higher power, God, the Creator. All are the same and I have something different now. I will share my life, my thoughts, my feelings, my spirit with others in the best way I can. May you find a way to do so, too.