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Sue will be your counselor for this course.

Transforming Grief Into Gratitude

SPIRITUAL SCIENCE 110

Our lives bring us many challenges and sorrows, one of which is the death of a loved one. Alongside our feelings of profound loss, grief and pain, we often have questions such as: Why did this happen? Where has my loved one gone? Can the dead hear and see us? Can I do anything to help the person who has died? What part of us continues to exist after death?

Our culture generally sees death as an end. We might have some idea that life continues after death but that invisible world of the dead remains a mystery. We feel that we have truly lost our loved ones and it can be very reassuring and helpful to come to know that those who have died have not disappeared and are right here in our midst and long for us to awaken to their presence. Coming to an understanding that those who have died have needs, and that our thoughts and feelings can help or hinder them, can assist us in working with our grief.

This course is for those people who are willing to explore life after death and reincarnation. It is for those who care deeply about the whole world and who wish to develop soul capacities in order to be present for those who have died. Conscious, heart-filled living imbued with gratitude is a part of that path of development. We learn that in order to develop our connection with those who have died, inner effort is required. For what we think, feel and do in life has deep meaning not only for ourselves but for the world at large - both physical and spiritual.

This course deeply honors those who have died and the whole spiritual world. It serves to awaken us to the reality that life is eternal and more beautiful than we can ever imagine it to be. Most importantly, it opens our awareness to the very real presence of the dead and the enormous significance of our continued relationships with those who have crossed the threshold.

Rudolf Steiner said: "If we have lost someone we love, we must be able to raise ourselves to a feeling of thankfulness that we have had them with us; we must be able to think selflessly of what they were to us until their death, and not upon what we feel, now they are no longer with us. The better we feel what they were to us during life, the sooner will it be possible for them 'to speak' to us, to speak to us by means of the common air of gratitude." There is rejoicing in all worlds when souls on earth change their attitude from grief to gratitude.

This course is based on the book, "Staying Connected - How to Continue Your Relationships with Those Who have Died"; Selected Talks and Meditations by Rudolf Steiner. Click here to order the book.

To find out more about the course, email Andrew. To share your personal story with Sue, email Sue.

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