Sandra Is Right ...

I had a very interesting experience the other day when talking to a person who had suffered from a bereavement not long ago.

I was quite - uncomfortable and I noticed this as the conversation began; I did some quiet treatment on myself. And then I remembered something that Sandra was really stressing in her book and also in her lectures - to open up and just take it in, and that's all you have to do.

As soon as I remembered this, it was like a huge relief; I didn't have to heal the person, somehow raise the dead or make "it all alright", I just had to listen.

There was a bit of contortion and reversal to letting their grief come into me, and also some resonance of bereavements of my own to that which needed some work, but I did the best I could and I could *feel* the person becoming lighter, as though I was taking a burden from them by just listening and letting it in.

When they stopped, I would ask a gentle question to start the process up again and to test if there was more, nothing ET at all, just a general question about what the weather was like, or what they did next; and it took about 20 minutes and the person turned the corner and started talking about memories of good times they'd had.

They were *light*.

I wasn't now full of misery I'd taken from them at all either which I think is what can happen if people get this half right; I was light too, and very serene.

I also felt that I had achieved all manner of progress on bereavements of my own because of this energy work and a great sense of gratitude to the other person, instead of feeling they owed me for taking the time and trouble.

It's a funny thing but I came away from this with a real sense of gratitude to ET. That was the first time ever I had the sense that I'd bee able to actually KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT TO SAY with a bereaved person to "make it better".

And it was as easy, or as hard, as opening up to it.

Sandra is right.

This is a super-powerful pattern that can really help people on both sides of the confession booth and the uses of which we haven't really begun to explore as yet.

Wow.

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Received on Sat May 10 2008 - 15:35:22 BST