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As it is in Heaven...

6/23/2015

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My mother left her physical body behind on Saturday.  Is it ironic that my last blog post was about shavasana, that is, corpse pose?  Corpse pose invites us to die to the old and open up to the new.  In meditation, each breath issues the same invitation.  Each out-breath is an end, each in-breath is a beginning. 

Her breath did not come easy in the last years.  My mother had COPD and was oxygen-dependent.  Yet, thankfully, hers was a peaceful departure.  Just as I had hoped for her, Mom, took her last earthly in- and out-breath during sleep.  

I am not one to dwell on the concepts of heaven and hell, however, my mother was a believer.  So, I got to wondering, when one ascends to heaven, assumes the heavenly body, is there still breath? Does one go on having in-breath and out-breath?  Does one take in the air of the heavenly atmosphere or does the Universe offer something else that sustains?  Do people who struggled to breathe here on Earth, breathe easily in Heaven? If one believes in Heaven, it must certainly represent a new beginning, right?  I can only hope so. 

Of course, I don’t have an answer to these questions.  I guess that is just part of the big mystery. 

May you be happy in heaven
May you be healthy in heaven
May you be safe in heaven
May you live in peace in heaven

I miss you, Mom. 


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    Rebecca R. West, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC  is a certified family nurse practitioner and former clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.  Dr. West is interested in the positive health outcomes associated with contemplative practices such as meditation and yoga. 

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