As a therapist and as a human, I appreciate you giving legitimacy to the full range of emotions. This is often what's needed for people to heal their trauma.
When we cried as children, we were threatened, and it was delivered, with hard spankings. I still find a resistance against crying, but as I have worked to heal, I cry more freely. One of the teachings that helped me with this was a First Nations teaching that tears are sacred. In fact, here in the PNW, the word for singing and crying are the same word. I found this idea to be a universal idea around the globe, as I pursued my lifelong studies. The First Nations teaching also included a caution: Too much crying can cause a loss of soul, either completely or in part. This is the reason when the spouse of a grandparent dies, the survivor is never left alone in the first months. Always someone there to help keep the soul/spirit from leaving to follow the longtime spouse. Yes, cry , and cry well. Yes, these words are helpful.
Yes. I have long covid, and I had hope for Kamal to do something for the 7 million Americans who have long covid....but now I know things will get much worse. Hopefully other countries will step up and have medical advancements for us. As it stands, even the medical providers gaslight us. We are all suffering but the long covid ppl have been absolutely invisible for years. Many have lost everything-homes, cars, careers, family, friends, health, and hobbies. NO quality of life at all anymore. Please see us.
Mourning in the face of evil is also documented as viewed favorably by God in the bible, both Jewish and Christian. In the Jewish book of Ezekiel chapter 9 there was a fatal chastisement on idol worshipers in Jerusalem, but those who mourned were spared. Idolatry, as we can see again today, wasn't a mere technical infraction against God but an entire system that blocked God out of souls and impeded His intended blessings. In the Christian book of Matthew in chapter 5, verse 4, Jesus tells a crowd that "blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
Lamentations is something I spent some time with after a family tragedy (not my story to tell). Comparing translations on how they deal with the bleakness and despair of that last verse is… JPS 1985 repeats the plea for mercy in the previous verse to close the chapter, it’s hard to leave it where the final verse leaves it. I can’t recommend it, but it’s there.
As a therapist and as a human, I appreciate you giving legitimacy to the full range of emotions. This is often what's needed for people to heal their trauma.
When we cried as children, we were threatened, and it was delivered, with hard spankings. I still find a resistance against crying, but as I have worked to heal, I cry more freely. One of the teachings that helped me with this was a First Nations teaching that tears are sacred. In fact, here in the PNW, the word for singing and crying are the same word. I found this idea to be a universal idea around the globe, as I pursued my lifelong studies. The First Nations teaching also included a caution: Too much crying can cause a loss of soul, either completely or in part. This is the reason when the spouse of a grandparent dies, the survivor is never left alone in the first months. Always someone there to help keep the soul/spirit from leaving to follow the longtime spouse. Yes, cry , and cry well. Yes, these words are helpful.
I'm a female. Cried a lot this week. A time for grief.
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Just recently found you, thanks.
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Yes. I have long covid, and I had hope for Kamal to do something for the 7 million Americans who have long covid....but now I know things will get much worse. Hopefully other countries will step up and have medical advancements for us. As it stands, even the medical providers gaslight us. We are all suffering but the long covid ppl have been absolutely invisible for years. Many have lost everything-homes, cars, careers, family, friends, health, and hobbies. NO quality of life at all anymore. Please see us.
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Mourning in the face of evil is also documented as viewed favorably by God in the bible, both Jewish and Christian. In the Jewish book of Ezekiel chapter 9 there was a fatal chastisement on idol worshipers in Jerusalem, but those who mourned were spared. Idolatry, as we can see again today, wasn't a mere technical infraction against God but an entire system that blocked God out of souls and impeded His intended blessings. In the Christian book of Matthew in chapter 5, verse 4, Jesus tells a crowd that "blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
Lamentations is something I spent some time with after a family tragedy (not my story to tell).
Comparing translations on how they deal with the bleakness and despair of that last verse is…
JPS 1985 repeats the plea for mercy in the previous verse to close the chapter, it’s hard to leave it where the final verse leaves it.
I can’t recommend it, but it’s there.
Thank you!