tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990993458493326986.post2169679322326938818..comments2023-07-13T09:42:44.874-04:00Comments on Distant Temple Bell: Wildlife Encounters Are LikelyDavid Healdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155225872953006852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990993458493326986.post-21882250763007319082009-08-11T09:04:56.612-04:002009-08-11T09:04:56.612-04:00An incredible story! The bear's color appropri...An incredible story! The bear's color appropriately representing the message she brings ...Homer Fountainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950818780268031277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990993458493326986.post-19896698842103205712009-08-10T20:58:04.110-04:002009-08-10T20:58:04.110-04:00Thank you, Sukie. I am startled, although not surp...Thank you, Sukie. I am startled, although not surprised, by your omen dream...David Healdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155225872953006852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990993458493326986.post-24709493678652671352009-08-10T20:39:25.788-04:002009-08-10T20:39:25.788-04:00The sadness of this story does not diminish for me...The sadness of this story does not diminish for me though I have heard it now several times. The photo only adds to the poignancy. That, and my dream.<br /><br />The night before David and his fellow travelers were to return from Labrador I dreamed that they had arrived home bearing the dead body of a woman, emaciated and stiff with death. Somehow in the dream I had received some word from them while they were in the wilderness, so that I knew about this woman and her death. I knew nothing about who she was, only that she had wandered into their campsite, had been "ready to die, and that they assisted her dying" out there in the wilderness. I could see on her forehead a smudge of some kind, and I knew from that mark that she had been duly honored in her death.<br /><br />Whatever else the dream may have to say about me and my own psyche, I am still stunned at the way my dream echoed the tragic story of the polar bear, indeed a "woman" in some ways ready to die whom they assisted, even if not in a way any of us would have wanted. I am especially moved to read that Steve made a gesture of blessing on the bear's forehead--like the mark I saw in my dream that reassured me she had been honored.Sukie Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261127654652802027noreply@blogger.com