Last time I was on shrooms, I saw my old colleague and they told my old employer had died. It was sad, but well, we were not in contact anymore anyway so it was not overwhelming.
not what you wanna hear when you're on shrooms regardless though I'd imagine - really glad it didn' ruin your trip as could easily have done so!
Reminds me that my last trip (the healing one referred to above) was on the day that the Titan submersible imploded. I'd seen the news around it before the trip, which was when their fate was unknown. Now, after around 5 hours, so just past the absolute peak of the trip, when I knew what a laptop
was again (kinda....just about), I felt massive urge to listen to a track that is only available to me via youtube. It was
very hard work to use keyboard and I acccidentally saw some news saying the people in the sub were dead. I immediately stopped reading.
SHIT, fuuuckkkk, I spent the next 10 mins or so (I think) hyper-empathising with how it must have been for them to watch each other die etc...how it must have felt down there. I JUST pulled myself out of sliding into nightmre next few hours though, phew. I shudda kept reading though as would then have known they all died instantly without warning, doh. I'm not sure what that teaches us, but as soon as I'd recovered I went outside, sat in a comfy chair and got carried away into the cosmos by animal spirits/energies , returning sometime later absolutely rinsed clean of my grief.
@JackARoe your post really touched me and spoke to me, I'd give it 2 hearts and 2 'fires' if I could. I'll pick up the theme again with you perhaps at some point, as unfortunately(?) the theme is highly relevent to me atm (I'm not dying though, not that I know of anyway)
I know the feeling of dreading an animal passing very well too. All we can do is
be with them while they are alive eh, fully present, appreciative, aware of the beautiful connection. Just like they are! Spaniels have a lovely energy about them too, lovely creatures. They can show us how to do it too - they are amazing at just being...here...now