Celebrating Edna Parker - Reiki/Prayer at work

[ahavah]

The world's oldest person has died. As I read things like this in the headlines, I always say a little prayer and offer healing to the departed. I thought I would share and pass that on here

Comments

[blonde_viki]

I found your thoughts on this really captivating.

I'm not really sure why I do it, but for as long as I can remember, whenever I see an emergency ambulance or hear sirens, I say a silent wish for the person who might be caught up in it, I wish them the strength to pull through or that they may have a peaceful, swift and pain-free passing. The same if I see funerals, I wish the departed a 'safe journey' to whatever comes next and wish strength to those left behind.

I guess there is something comforting in the knowledge that when you might be suffering, someone is praying for you or devoting a little of their energy to you to will you through it all.

It's so wonderful to read that someone else thinks along these lines - I thought I might be a bit strange!

[ahavah]

No way! I like to think many people do this. If not, well maybe they will now. :) I'm going to have to start doing it when I hear sirens, too. That's a wonderful idea.

[blonde_viki]

This is what I love about LJ - you read things and are inspired, then you write and inspire other people in your own turn. Lots of people doing something little can be a big thing :D

[ckocher]

I hadn't read the other comments before I posted but I've got that strange little hair-standing moment when I saw other people that do the same thing I do. I too thought I was the weird one!

Strange we may be, but it's a good kind of strange. :-)

[anonymous]

i also pray whenever i hear a siren. :^)

i just spent the last week with my 91yo grandmother helping her recover from a fall at the hospital and then move to the bounce-back wing at the nursing home. she has lived alone up until a week ago. i kept seeing her birthday on her hosp bracelet - born february 1917 - and marveling at how much life she's seen. and she's still raring to do more.

xo

campcreek from twitter ;^)

[ahavah]

I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother's fall, and I'll say a prayer for her too! It's awesome that she lived on her own for so long. I hope I'm blessed with such a long, independent life.

Thanks for stopping by!

[ckocher]

Anytime I see an ambulance tearing down the street, I take that moment to send a prayer for healing, strength, and guidance. I haven't expanded that to include those who have recently died, but after reading this, I think that's something I need to incorporate. It might be something as simple as a weekly moment to offer energy to all the souls that have crossed the veil that week - but I could see that being as much about being born as it is about dying.

Hmm... I think I'll write on this later. I may even write up a simple ritual to post to my online pagan community for others to view and use if they like. Thank you for the inspiration.

[ahavah]

I'm glad to know I've inspired you! I have said a prayer for ambulances every now and then - especially at one intersection in town, where cars never top for emergency vehicles. I just don't get it! - but I haven't made a regular practice of it. I will now. I like your idea about saying a prayer every week, too. I really think death is when people need support most, but too often no one knows how to give it. It's an important way to give back for one's life, I think.

[elfinecstasy]

Powerful, beautiful entry. Thank you for sharing.

[ahavah]

Thank you, I'm glad you appreciated it!