The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
own experience of being diminished as a child, a metaphoric clear-cut, as it were.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
The world is a reflection of our inner statewe treat it as we treat outselvesas a resource to be mined and usedas some places that are ugly to be ignored or paved overas infinite to lop pieces off assuming we have more than enough insde ourselves without seeing the effects of that loss
Grieving, by its very nature, confirms worth. I am worth crying over; my losses matter.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Grief as activity of self affirming
The normal shrine at these rituals is a water shrine. Water is the element of healing and renewal in many traditions. On this occasion, however, the element of fire was also being called in. Fire is the energy of passion and ignition, and it is often associated with the ancestors. People needed an energy field large enough to fully receive their pr
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Activity for climate grief
When our regrets are polished by self-compassion, they soften and release the life trapped inside.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Self compassion is the foundation for all of it
We must welcome back all we have sent away
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
it is in the outcasts, those parts of us that we have sent to the edges of awareness, that we will recover our true humanity.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Life expnds at the edgesincluding tbe parts we have banished to our own dark edgesit is at these edges we heal and discover and grow - find the pearls to help us live the width of life
The community can be the holding space for our most painful stories.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Thus is what we should be doing with returning soldiers and warriors of the human spirit
the importance of remaining in our adult selves when working with grief states.
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
DOnt give the child energy the responsi ility nd authorityas the adult create your inner space that can hold and nurture that childs pin
but “when painful emotions and unpleasant feelings are not picked up and handled by the parents, the infant, or child, is left with overwhelming feelings he or she is not equipped to deal with,
Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
WIth the divorce even if mom and dad tried i no longer trusted them i had no one to help me carry and process that