So you’ve got your will, your Lasting Power of Attorney and your Letter of Wishes / Advanced Plan sorted out. You have a clear idea about the practicalities of the end of your life, including maybe your death and funeral.
What about your soul? Your spirit? Your consciousness. Let’s say that part of you that leaves your body when you die. That distinct energy that makes you you. I’ll call it yuor soul for convenience, but let that mean whatever makes most sense to you.
Whether you believe in reincarnation, or that your molecules disperse back into the universe and find new opportunties, or heaven or hell or the great void, the fact is that your life, this precious story that is yours alone, will draw to a close. Wouldn’t it be satisfying to have that feel as clear and complete as possible?
Here are a few suggestions that might stimulate your own instincts to finding the best options for you.
Soul Retrieval Ceremony
Chances are you have lost some soul parts along the way. Maybe the shock of a car accident, or the heartbreak of the end of a relationship. Maybe overwhelming grief or a traumatic event. The loss of a country from war or ecological damage, or a person from death or a falling out, or a dream from finding it’s just not going to work out for you the way you had hoped.
The reasons may be from your current life or from your past lives. They could also be events that happened to your ancestors and have been passed down through the generations waiting to be resolved.
I follow a shamanic practice which allows me to identify and recover these soul fragments, returning them to your body for a greater sense of wholeness. ready for whatever awaits you upon death.
Removing unwanted energy
We also tend to pick up unwanted energy along the way. That might have been inflicted onto us by another person eg from trauma, love, conflict. In some cultures it could be termed a curse. The shamanic practitioner you are working with does a body scan looking for these issues and removing them, if you are ready to let them go. There’s a time and place for any healing, so there’s no need to feel bad about carrying unwanted energy from a long time ago, maybe you weren’t ready till now to let it go. Maybe you were still learning lessons from it. With your agreement, the unwanted energy – some say intrusion – can be removed. The result can be a relief of emotional or physical pain – or even some remission of symptoms. It can help you develop a new perspective that improves the quality of the remaining part of your life. And allows your soul to leave your body without these hindrances when the time comes.
Chakra balancing
I also perform a ceremony to assess and balance the chakra system of energy centres in the body. This can ease physical and emotional states for you as you continue your journey towards death, and creates a “clean slate” for you to carry into any next life or afterlife.
Psychopomp
This odd term refers to the process of escorting a spirit to the afterlife. Often in Western society we don’t do this and, particularly if a death was sudden or violent, that can cause confusion. Nobody wants to be a lost soul and I find this to be helpful not only for the person who is dying but also for the peace of mind of those left behind.
In some cases I have carried out psychopomp for those who have died decades or even centuries ago – on battlefields usually – and have not yet found free soul passage to their next stage. As well as helping those souls who choose to participate, it can also ease the energy of the space where they died.
Why wait?
Of course while all of these ceremonies are especially important on the approach to death, to smooth our transition and make the most of the experiences of this life, they are also valuable processes during our lives to help us progress and develop. Apart from the psychopomp ceremony, they can all be requested at any point when you feel ready for release or healing.
Contact me on freespiritdying@gmail.com if you are interested in any of these services. Allow for up to two hours. Hourly cost is US$100 / UK£75 / A$150 and the work can be done remotely – I don’t need to be in the same space as the person the ceremony is for.
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