[Gpdd] GPDD (Rainbow Bridge) (Piggies in General)

Ellen Garrison lola.garrison at gmail.com
Thu Aug 26 02:59:52 EDT 2010


Dear ME, and everyone,

Thank you for your kind post about when piggies decide to go to the bridge,
and reponding to my grief about my Li'l Guy.  Sometimes I just need
validation that "yes, love never dies", for example.  I do not want to say
"die" because I truly disbelieve in death, that we all just go someplace
else away from where we are now, but not so far away that we can't feel
unconditional love.

I am sorry about the losses of your guinea pigs over these past months, that
you have endured.  I do know that we as humans, can become easily attached
to animals and people....places, too; that my friend, Gerard, who is now
with them at Rainbow Bridge, had once said to me that "In Buddhism, they say
do *NOT* get attached" (because it causes so much emotional pain); but
because we are human we tend to live human lives with human feelings and
that includes attachments.  (I was breaking up with my boyfriend at the time
and Gerard was there to help me sort it out, he was like a grandfather to
me.)

When a loved one is ready to go, whether pet or person, as with anything,
when you have reached the point where there is nothing else you can do, the
best thing to do is to make sure they are comfortable; that so-called
"death" is a transition into the next realm, that you will meet again, and
not only that but that there is a part of us that is always going to be with
them.  I really mean this, because it's unconditional love.  You will be
reunited with Hope and the others.
There is a quote by Richard Bach, American writer:

"Do not be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet
again.
  And meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who
are friends."

I always like to think of the abundance of life, the abundance of piggies,
of baby animals. There is always renewal.  I know that my herd will pass
too, but I need to recall that I have lived through this before, and that I
can be ok in the comfort of those around me, and to know that I made a
difference in the lives of others.  "To know that other lives breathed
easier because you lived; this is to have succeeded." And that my life
breathes easier because all of *you* live.  That if God really wanted all of
our bodies to live forever, than that would be. But since it is not the
case, then there must be something more to life than just the mundane, I
mean, we have our feelings, for heaven's sake, and where do they come from.
Certainly not from the physical world!

To try not to be so philosophical about it is one thing.  But to have a
nature where everything is seen as philosophical, is another.  And to know
that we do not have to play God, is a relief.  That there is enough love to
go around, is a relief.  That just having the comfort and goodness of
another human being around, is a relief.  Our nature I believe is inherently
good and kind, like the Dalai Lama said.

Ciao,

Ellen, the Precious Piggie Pals: (Sammie-girl, Sheila, Merary, Li'l Red
Saphire, Angel, Kaloey, Hina'u, Cocoa); Darla Bunny, and Fugly Chinny


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