Re: Singing gently into that good night

[Guest guest]

I'm so glad you did . . . it came at just the right time too.

Thank you,

in peace,

Maureen

(in Canada)

>This gave me chills so I had to share it.

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>SINGING GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT

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>Threshold Choir offers comfort at life's end

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>By Zoe Francis - CONTRIBUTOR

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>Sooch Rannells' eyes sparkle like sunlight dancing on freshly fallen snow

>when she hears the gentle melodies.

[Guest guest]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. It was what I needed to read

at this particular moment, so came as grace.

I'd heard about the Threshold Singers but had no idea how to reach

them. I'm hoping it might fit with the rather chaotic pieces of my

life, as I'd love to do this.

A friend to whom I sent the story told me that she'd just received a

series of articles about a 70 year old farmer and his wife with advanced

Altzheimer's. The articles talked about how he handled the increasing

load of farming, household chores and caring for her, and talked about

their relationship. He was committed to having her remain in her own

home. One quite insensitive doctor had said that it didn't matter where

she was, that advanced Altzheimer's patients were just like potted

plants. The final article told of the ending of her life, when she was

apparently completely comatose. They had the priest come to give her

Last Rites. When he blessed her, this " potted plant " slowly and

carefully crossed herself.

I also recall the story a client told me. Her grandmother was in the

county LTC facility here, and had been unresponsive for a long time.

Nevertheless, my client visited her faithfully, read to her, and told

her about her week, assuming that on some level she was being heard. I

had recently taken my client through a leisurely guided meditation

journey that she'd found especially helpful. One day when she came to

visit her grandmother, she was told that the woman's blood pressure was

critically high and that they had been unable to bring it down into a

safe range. My client, not knowing how else to help, decided to take

her comatose grandmother through the guided meditation. When the nurse

returned to check grandmother's blood pressure, it was normal.

Marilyn

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/20/2004 12:51:36 AM Central Standard Time,

marilyn@... writes:

>They had the priest come to give her

>Last Rites. When he blessed her, this " potted plant " slowly and

>carefully crossed herself.

I'm convinced that our current concepts of what constitutes consciousness and

what is signified by brain activity on EEGs and such is so primitive that

trying to draw any truly valid conclusions from them is pretty futile.

I'm glad you and Maureen found this article helpful. Just reading your posts

this morning gave me chills all over all over again. Synchronicity uses

rather interesting instruments, it seems.

Namasté

Sam

[Guest guest]

Maureen:

Where in Canada?

Frances from Toronto

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> I'm so glad you did . . . it came at just the right time too.

>

> Thank you,

>

> in peace,

>

> Maureen

> (in Canada)

>

>> This gave me chills so I had to share it.

>>

>> SINGING GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT

>>

>> Threshold Choir offers comfort at life's end

>>

>> By Zoe Francis - CONTRIBUTOR

>>

>> Sooch Rannells' eyes sparkle like sunlight dancing on freshly fallen snow

>> when she hears the gentle melodies.

>

>

>