05/30/2022
Dear dancing feet, dear friends, dear holders of this powerful and yet fragile practice we called the 5Rhythms,
A few nights ago our beloved Robert Ansell, Gabrielle’s soulmate passed peacefully in his sleep and comfortably in his own bed at home.
He contributed so much to the torch that we so lovingly carry on. He will be missed and may he Rest In Peace with his beloved Raven.
This beautiful poem has been holding me in depth and speaks in rhymes to how our family feels.
In Loving Grief,
Jonathan
On The Death of The Beloved
"Though we need to weep your loss
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you
Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives,
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of color.
The sound of your voice [and drum]
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.
Whatever you enfolded in your gaze
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.
Though your days here were brief,
Your spirit was alive, awake, complete.
We look toward each other no longer
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath,
As close to us as we are to ourselves.
Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,
We know our soul’s gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.
Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.
When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.
May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.”
~ John O’Donohue
http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1372203&f=7647&s=14848&m=492931&t=957372ccc5eedc6bb75cfc06f054ee00520030904bedd412bedf9765182c6452
Dear dancing feet, dear friends, dear holders of this powerful and yet fragile practice we called the 5Rhythms,
A few nights ago our beloved Robert Ansell, Gabrielle’s soulmate passed peacefully in his sleep and comfortably in his own bed at home.
He contributed so much to the torch that we so lovingly carry on. He will be missed and may he Rest In Peace with his beloved Raven.
This beautiful poem has been holding me in depth and speaks in rhymes to how our family feels.
In Loving Grief,
Jonathan
On The Death of The Beloved
"Though we need to weep your loss
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you
Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives,
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of color.
The sound of your voice [and drum]
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.
Whatever you enfolded in your gaze
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.
Though your days here were brief,
Your spirit was alive, awake, complete.
We look toward each other no longer
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath,
As close to us as we are to ourselves.
Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,
We know our soul’s gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.
Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.
When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.
May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.”
~ John O’Donohue
http://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=1372203&f=7647&s=14848&m=492931&t=957372ccc5eedc6bb75cfc06f054ee00520030904bedd412bedf9765182c6452
