Connection with Mom
It’s
has been more than a year that my mom changed her form and merged with the
Divine. It was very difficult to imagine our lives without her. But when we think selflessly she actually
freed herself from physical discomfort that she was facing from long term
illness. She had been a great source of inspiration to each and every family
member. She showed so much of courage and power to deal with the ups and downs in
lives.
I
still remember that midnight (25th Mar, 2013) when she left, her
body was there but the essence had gone, then suddenly around 4 AM that morning
there was knock at the window and a green colored bird came outside my mom’s
room. It was so beautiful that we had never seen that bird earlier. The bird
sat there for many hours, my sister kept some water near her, but that bird
just sat there. When we came back from cremation that bird was still there as if
silently observing everyone!!
After
that, around noon that bird wasn’t there as if her purpose was done. Then my
sister found 2-3 green color feathers outside in our garden area. She just
showed that to us and said it simply reminded that of our mother and safely kept
it.
Then
after 4 days when Kirya was done (special Prayer for deceased), when all the
carpets were removed from our driveway, a strange scene was observed by my
father. Early morning that day, our father woke us up and asked us to follow
him to driveway.
In
the whole driveway, there were many white feathers as if kept parallelly along
the way. We couldn’t find any explanation of feathers being kept at almost
equal distance throughout. We also found white feathers in our garden area outside
my mother’s room. We all felt as if it was message from our mom that although
she had gone physically but she is always there with us in another form that
has no boundaries and no limits. We still have those feathers with us,
reminding us of her presence. It wasn’t that this just happened then.
I
still remember that day when my sister was driving and I had an appointment
with doctor. She simply didn’t park outside her clinic area where we normally
do, but parked 2 blocks before that. As soon as I got down from the car, there
was a white feather on the ground, indicating that my mom is there with me and
I need not worry. Whenever we all miss her, we request her to show us that
she’s there with us, we see appearance of feathers even at the strangest place
where no one can imagine.
We
also found feathers in the Mall’ s elevator, in temple, in bathroom, in balcony,
even in strange car parking lots.
I
just feel that souls connect with us, it’s just that we need to be ready to
accept and seek guidance. A soul can connect with us in any manner and make us
realize that we are not alone and our guardian angels are there with us
protecting, guiding us always!!
Really touching
ReplyDeleteNicely written, yes it is said till 14 days the deceased person's Spirit stays in surroundings before they leave for their final journey. As Lord Shiva says, till you are breathing I am in you, when you will stop breathing you will be in me.
ReplyDeleteI remember similar incident when my father passed on from AML, that very night a little pigeon came to our balcony, we initially did not give much focus, but don't know how and when we felt we should see how the little guy is, it seems one of his feather was not flapping. We wrapped him in towel and gave some bread crums, some milk, he hardly drank or ate anything. Slowly but surely his flapping and making sound started to rest. When we checked it seems he is calming down now.
ReplyDeleteMy father passed away while on Ventilator, his cancer had relapsed, his internal organs started bleeding, my last view of him is a horrific site where his eyes were almost bulging out and he was breathing heavily and not able to speak properly with Ventilator pipe going thru his mouth.
That pigeon in dismay with his flapping and chirping in distress reminded me of my father somehow. Finally when that pigeon calmed down I felt my father is calming down. Whenever I remember that last image of my father, I try to replace it with that pigeon finally calming down to sleep. I am sure he is in a better place now.
And I agree and believe that god never comes or will come in a divine form to guide us, because everything he has created is divine at roots, its us who has to see divinity. Once and when we are able to see that, even if it does not resolve our problems, it gives strength to overcome.