Here is a good article which might give you some ideas to help with your long distance caregiving.
Caring for elderly parents from afar? Here are some ideas for making it easier.
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Evans-Wentz translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Tibetan Book of the Dead – original translation – online and free access. A gem. This text and the instructions about doing the readings of it are the basis of the Labyrinth Readers Society.
We have just updated things a bit.
AN ALL PURPOSE PRAYER
‘Alas! when the Uncertain Experiencing of Reality is dawning upon me here,
With every thought of fear or terror or awe for all [apparitional appearances] set aside,
May I recognize whatever [visions] appear, as the reflections of mine own consciousness;
May I know them to be of the nature of apparitions in the Bardo:
When at this all-important moment [of opportunity] of achieving a great end, May I not fear the bands of Peaceful and Wrathful [Deities], mine own thought-forms.’
Repeat thou these [verses] clearly, and remembering their significance as thou repeatest them, go forwards, [O nobly-born]. Thereby, whatever visions of awe or terror appear, recognition is certain; and forget not this vital secret art lying therein.
O nobly-born, when thy body and mind were separating, thou must have experienced a glimpse of the Pure Truth, subtle, sparkling, bright, dazzling, glorious, and radiantly awesome, in appearance like a mirage moving across a landscape in spring-time in one continuous stream of vibrations. Be not daunted thereby, nor terrified, nor awed. That is the radiance of thine own true nature.
Recognize it.
From the midst of that radiance, the natural sound of Reality, reverberating like a thousand thunders simultaneously sounding, will come. That is the natural sound of thine own real self. Be not daunted thereby, nor terrified, nor awed.
The body which thou hast now is called the thought-body of propensities. Since thou hast not a material body of flesh and blood, whatever may come — sounds, lights, or rays — are, all three, unable to harm thee: thou art incapable of dying. It is quite sufficient for thee to know that these apparitions are thine own thought-forms.
Recognize this to be the Bardo.
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Phowa: A Guided Meditation to Help Another at the Time of Death
Phowa: A Guided Meditation for Time of Death
Amitabha
This is an advanced meditation though it can be done by anyone of any religion or belief, you would simply substitute your (or your loved one’s) deity or symbol into the meditation as is suggested and it will work for you.
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How ghost hunting made me a better caregiver
How ghost hunting made me a better caregiver for my parents
Now this sounds pretty far-out, right? Think we’ve gone off the deep end a bit? Well, of course that happened lonnnnng ago! 🙂
Actually this is a really good article. This guy, Leslie Self, has guts and I give him a lot of credit. Notice the reasons that spirit work made him a better caregiver (sensitivity, openness, awareness, patience) and there is much to reflect on here.
Also the references in the article are good, especially Gone From my Sight.
This is a very affordable booklet that I would highly recommend. It is routinely handed out by hospices across the country and has guided thousands of families through the death and dying process.
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