Grief: A Bruise, a Continuum

What is grief anyway? At over 600,000 dead in the US of Covid-19, how do we mourn? It feels too big. Grief is not a thing, it is a process. In this talk, Tenku Osho brings the Dharma and William Worden's Tasks of Mourning together to help us figure out how to be in this grief, together. The Five Remembrances I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape ill health. I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death. All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them. My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand. Task 1: To Accept the Reality of the Loss. Task 2: To Process the Pain of Grief. Task 3: To Adjust to a World Without the Deceased. Task 4: To Find an Enduring Connection With the Deceased in the Midst of Embarking on a New Life.