passing of an animal friend

[Vrill]

Cross:

What you speak about is a big thing. Our ignorance is what keeps us from seeing Truth and the world beyond.

What you convey is Hope and that's a wonderful thing.

Grief is a process, I went through for a couple of days. Not a really big deal in this case as, my dog was sick a long time, off and on, so I think most of
the grieving was done during his illness.

Still it's there. So if we just push it aside then that's not skillful, as that's aversion. What I am saying is, stuff comes up. Because we are
ignorant we have afflictions, or Klesha's (that's the Buddhist term)

This is material we can work with. Sometimes we need it! We get what we need. The universe is very good at that providing us with what we need.

So we have to work the material, in this case Grief, to get past it. It is a selfish emotion, and pretty unskillful, but one of the most intense things we can
go through.

So what do we do with it? We have to be mindful. I think that opens up the doors of perception you speak about.

To see beyond all that and know the soul or awareness beyond form, or beyond conditioning is a big thing!

I'm doing a retreat in the summer, and I will have chance to go deep, so maybe some things like this will get clearer for me.