> From a friend. Anyone know the answer to this?: > > I've heard that there is some phrase that > helps someone passing on.....that is to be > whispered to them as they pass. Do you know > of this?
I don't know of a key phrase, but there are traditions that demand a few days of observances by relatives and friends. For example, Jews sit shiva for seven days. Anthroposophists -- followers of the teachings of Rudolf Steiner -- sit with the body for three days reading spiritual literature around the clock. When an Anthropop neighbor died a few years ago, his body lay in a homemade coffin on dry ice in the living room attended by readers for 72 hours straight. The rationale, I believe, is that the etheric (or is it astral?) body hangs around for a few days after the physical body expires. Even in the most conventional funerals I've attended, there's a sense of releasing the person from any earthly bond at the end of the service. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
