Comments on: Doritos for the Dead http://karmicknowledge.com/2006/10/29/doritos-for-the-dead/ The dreamer changes the dream Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:17:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mary http://karmicknowledge.com/2006/10/29/doritos-for-the-dead/#comment-34 mary Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:08:01 +0000 http://karmicknowledge.com/2006/10/29/doritos-for-the-dead/#comment-34 Yes, I know the firefighter you met after 2001. Good man, young, virbrant. On his way up the stairs.... There's only one thing that's for sure in this life - it has a 100% mortality rating. Without some awareness that we are still what our beloved dead enjoy, we lose so much in the celebration of holidays and family feasts. They are there and they truly want to be noticed as having a great time with us. I personally don't know when it happened - or why it gained a following - that the death rituals were for us to say "goodbye" instead of celebrating those that passed into their new existance. My mom's favorite meal was spagetti and meatballs and we celebrated that when she was alive, even separated by hundreds of miles. Dad loved anything chocolate or supplied by his favortie bakery. I was personally raised in an enviornment where we honored and prayed for the dead, before and after every meal. Joyous Samhain to all! Yes, I know the firefighter you met after 2001. Good man, young, virbrant. On his way up the stairs….

There’s only one thing that’s for sure in this life – it has a 100% mortality rating.

Without some awareness that we are still what our beloved dead enjoy, we lose so much in the celebration of holidays and family feasts. They are there and they truly want to be noticed as having a great time with us. I personally don’t know when it happened – or why it gained a following – that the death rituals were for us to say “goodbye” instead of celebrating those that passed into their new existance.

My mom’s favorite meal was spagetti and meatballs and we celebrated that when she was alive, even separated by hundreds of miles. Dad loved anything chocolate or supplied by his favortie bakery. I was personally raised in an enviornment where we honored and prayed for the dead, before and after every meal.

Joyous Samhain to all!

]]> By: Joe http://karmicknowledge.com/2006/10/29/doritos-for-the-dead/#comment-33 Joe Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:09:30 +0000 http://karmicknowledge.com/2006/10/29/doritos-for-the-dead/#comment-33 Well written, Leslie. In my hometown, we have Barebones Productions, a pageant that takes place around Halloween with a specific theme each year. it is always outside, after dark, lit by few artificial lights but many candles and pyrotechnics. Death, life, mortality, fear, and what really matters in this world seem to be the main ideas, regardless of the year. In recent years, they have had an ofrenda off to one side of the main stage, a place for visitors to light a candle in remembrance of their beloved dead, and a Spirit Box into which scraps of paper can be left, bearing a message to the Otherworld. Every year, attendance seems to double. People are ready for this, craving this kind of observance, and yearning to be connected and reminded of their place in the world. About time. Well written, Leslie. In my hometown, we have Barebones Productions, a pageant that takes place around Halloween with a specific theme each year. it is always outside, after dark, lit by few artificial lights but many candles and pyrotechnics. Death, life, mortality, fear, and what really matters in this world seem to be the main ideas, regardless of the year. In recent years, they have had an ofrenda off to one side of the main stage, a place for visitors to light a candle in remembrance of their beloved dead, and a Spirit Box into which scraps of paper can be left, bearing a message to the Otherworld. Every year, attendance seems to double. People are ready for this, craving this kind of observance, and yearning to be connected and reminded of their place in the world.

About time.

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