crossing-over

The dead never truly die. They simply change form.

.....listening means learning to hear someone's inner world and deepest feelings with far greater attention in order that we don't let our own assumptions get in the way. The dying may speak in images far more akin to dreamland than the world of everyday reality. In order to understand them we have to make adjustments to comprehend a poetic form of expression that is sometimes elusive but actually far more expressive than the world of facts.

There are not enough words in the English language to describe the experience of this. Death is more than life. Humans put their animals __o sleep_ when it__ really waking them up. Everybody has it all backwards.

If we listen and observe carefully the dying can teach us important things that we need to learn in preparing for the end of our own life's journey.