SmileyRose: Crossing Over is a new birth, like a flowerbud blossoming out in all its beauty & Glory

[Cal33]

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Dear Rose:

Thank you for such a warm, loving, sincere and generous message. It
is a gift that comes right from your heart, since each and everyone of
us will be facing the same thing you are going through -- the
difference is only a question of time. My sister is receiving hospice care
at home. She, too, doesn't have much time left.

To tell you something about myself: I follow no particular religion, but
I do have a philosophy of life which is sometimes called "Spirituality."
There are no dogmas and no doctrines. We only accept what resonates
within ourselves. The reason is this: What resonates within us is what
we are ready to accept at that particular time. We each are at some
level of spiritual development. At age 20 I thought differently from the
time I was 10. At 40 I thought differently from the time I was 20, etc...
The same thing applies spiritually. We are all growing and continue
changing at our own pace -- hopefully for the better. We come across
new ideas every now and then. What we might not accept today, we
could very well accept another time. Unlike fear-based religious sects,
there are no threats of any kind -- ever. The emphasis is on love.

I believe that we all are souls using a temporary physical body to
experience and learn whatever we came on earth to experience and
learn. Our physical body comes with, or soon acquires, an ego -- the
selfish human part, which we have to learn to deal with. Our souls
are all portions of the One Spirit -- God, if you will. The major
religions also teach that we are made in the "image and likeness" of
God. Hence, we are all One. There are no "others." Whatever we do
to "others" we are also doing to ourselves.

When asked what is the opposite of life, most people would answer
"death." But isn't "birth" the opposite of death? The minute one is
born, each further minute one lives is a minute closer to death, when
the body finally dissolves and returns to the elements of nature.
Spirit, on the other hand, does not die. Life or spirit has no opposite.
Spirit, without a body, returns to its true home.

I also believe that while on earth, the way we think, feel and behave
is greatly influenced by our body's wants and needs. When separated
from the body, the soul is freed from those not-always-pleasant wants
and needs. It probably will heave a great big sigh of relief -- like
getting rid of a millstone from around one's neck.

I think it would be of benefit to frequently remind yourself that you will
soon be in that state where all earthly pains and difficulties are over;
and that you will be where all of us would like to be, and will be, some
day. Soon you will already have made it! Soon you will be reborn into
the world of spirit, our true home, where we all belong.

For those of us still on earth, it will take a little while longer, and then
the real we, all our loved ones and friends, will be together again, and
much more intensely and consciously together than we are, and have
ever been, on earth. When you cross over, it will be like a tiny flower-
bud, a delicate blossom opening up and unfolding in all its beauty,
splendor and glory!!! (Please click the link below).

http://www.flixxy.com/life-of-flowers.htm#.UGsuc5jA82y

Peace, love and blessings,

Cal33

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thank you for this beautiful essay...

It helped me, and I hope it will help SmileyRose...

[Cal33]

5. You are most welcome, and thank you for your kind words.

[Raine]

2. Very touching post for all to read, THANK YOU. nt

[Cal33]

27. You are very gracious.

[freshwest]

3. Something for Rose. And all of us. Echoes my feelings. Thanks Cal33.

[Cal33]

24. Thank you for your kind thoughts. I hope Rose will drop in here occasionally and let us

hear more of herself.

[BrotherIvan]

4. A beautiful gift

Thank you so much

[Cal33]

22. Thank you for your kind thoughts. Rose said she wouldn't be coming here often from now on. I hope

she will get to read the message.

[BrotherIvan]

23. I hope so too

I also hope she is surrounded by love and care right now.

[sheshe2]

6. A touching response, Cal33.

Thank you, and love to SmilieRose.

[madrchsod]

7. feb 15 of this year i suffered a major cardiac arrest

after the stent operation i did`t wake up. i was flown to a regional trauma center where i was placed in icu and had my body temp. lowered to 91 degrees. it took me 4 days to finally start waking up. two more days before i actually was awake and moved to a reg. bed. i had no idea what happened to me so my wife slowly filled me in what had happened. to say the least i was dumbfounded. i was finishing up after my grand daughter`s breakfast,my wife came home from work and i told her i was having a heart attack and i told her i did`t want to die. she threw me down and started pumping my chest till the paramedics arrived. i still have a hard time comprehending what happened to me.

i went to a rehab center where many of the staff were sort of in awe that i was alive. i really did`t think to much about this until i went to the center that monitored my defibrillator. she showed me a chart of the of the percentages of people who survive as well as i have. that figure is 20%. yes 80 % either die or have different degrees of brain damage.

of course i am very thankful to everyone who saved me but why? why am i one of the 20% who live and will live a "normal" life? what did i do to deserve this when i know there are others who,in the grand scheme of things,are more important than me. i wrangle over this question and still can not find a answer. during one of my cardio rehab sessions i was talking to a nurse and she wondered what happened . i briefly told her what happened and i mentioned that i did`t understand why i was one of the 20%. she answered that maybe god has a plan for you . although i`m a "spiritual" person i really don't think there is a god but her words still haunt me. i was "saved" by a team of very good doctors and my will to live... i still wonder why and to what purpose i was saved.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

8. A beautiful and heartfelt response

to a beautiful SmileyRose.. I hope she finds as much peace and beauty in your gift as you have given to me.

[Cal33]

9. I am very glad that you have found peace and beauty in this. Thank

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you for letting me know.

[JDPriestly]

10. Thanks.

[pnwmom]

11. I hope that touched SmileyRose as much as it touched me.

Thank you, Cal33.

[Cal33]

17. Thank you very much for your kind thoughts.

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[Honeycombe8]

12. A touching post. Thanks. nt

[calimary]

13. That was really lovely, Cal33.

At times like these we all need tender things.

[Cal33]

26. Thank you for your kind thoughts.

[MotherPetrie]

14. K&R

[Hekate]

15. {{{{{Cal33}}}}}

[Cal33]

16. And hugs back to you.

[HappyMe]

18. What a lovely, touching post.

Thank you.

[Turborama]

19. K&R n/t

[annabanana]

20. Dear Cal33

This post so closely echoes what resonates with me, and seems in harmony with the very heart of the great religions, Western, Eastern and Indigenous. I hope that SmilieRose finds the same peace in these words as I.

[Cal33]

21. Thanks Anna for your kind words. Am glad to come across someone who is

also interested in what's going on within oneself beyond the physical.
Yes, I hope SmilieRose will get to read this message, and I hope that
it will be of help to her.

[LeftInTX]

25. K & R Beautiful and very touching

[Cal33]

28. Thank you for your K & R. I hope SmileyRose will still get to read this message.