This resonates on two levels. In the world of publishing, you cannot dedicate a book to a deceased person. You can only dedicate it "to the memory of so-and-so." That has always bugged me. Who is an agent or editor to tell me how I should phrase a dedication? For me, the person still exists and also exists inside a consciousness (or as a part of a consciousness) that is aware of what I'm doing. THat person's essence is never lost.
Your post is also a bit of synchronicity for me. I have been reading a lot lately on the Eastern notion that we're all just local expressions of a non-local, cosmic, unitive consciousness. Decidedly Hindu in nature, this wasn't part of my "religious programming" as a kid. Over the past few years, I started to investigate it in greater depth. Single idea, one cosmic ocean, one Love, all of which have different expressions at different times--it all makes a lot of sense these days.
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Meta meta as you do. I love my mom and I love you. Hey, that rhymes.
This resonates on two levels. In the world of publishing, you cannot dedicate a book to a deceased person. You can only dedicate it "to the memory of so-and-so." That has always bugged me. Who is an agent or editor to tell me how I should phrase a dedication? For me, the person still exists and also exists inside a consciousness (or as a part of a consciousness) that is aware of what I'm doing. THat person's essence is never lost.
Your post is also a bit of synchronicity for me. I have been reading a lot lately on the Eastern notion that we're all just local expressions of a non-local, cosmic, unitive consciousness. Decidedly Hindu in nature, this wasn't part of my "religious programming" as a kid. Over the past few years, I started to investigate it in greater depth. Single idea, one cosmic ocean, one Love, all of which have different expressions at different times--it all makes a lot of sense these days.