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The World of Iday

by Marcelina

     

Raised as a Roman Catholic, with a father who spoke to "Dwendes" and told stories of a young man's journeys in search for his lady with a star in her heart and a moon on her forehead, does seem to be a bit strange upbringing to most people, but is there any better way to live than by being a part of all living things?  I thought it was normal for my brother to talk to birds and animals, which always caused him trouble with my father for being late on his errands.  And what about my Godfather Ulpiano, a "Tambalan" who had to do Fire Dance Rituals to save Cousin Enza, betrothed to an "Encanto", from going back to the world of the Unseen.  These were not childhood fantasies, they were all real experiences, they were my real family and this is the real me, Marcelina."

The preceding is only the beginning of "The World of Iday".  After all these years of trying to fit into the world of Rock & Roll and Burger Kings, I have decided to begin to tell the stories of my childhood.

Thanks to a my dear friends for encouraging me to start writing, and most especially, to my husband John, who believes in me and tells me that there's no reason to disappoint those who have always thought of me as strange anyway.

Marcelina
February, 1992

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Final Goodbye

by Marcelina

Posted November 16, 2007

A good friend had recently lost a very dear person in her life. This brilliant lady had built a real estate empire, handled complicated negotiations with the higher ups, authored a book on success and managed to come up firmly and triumphantly on her feet. But somehow, while sitting in front of me, tears pouring down her pretty face, I saw not the confident professional, but a very tender, vulnerable, innocent child trying to deal with what she believed to be life’s injustice – death of a beloved.

Another fellow traveler of this magnificent journey, whom I have known for close to two decades has left this world of dreams and has gone back HOME to reunite with his Creator. His beloved wife and son understood the process of transition and made his last days so special, for the living to remember his final goodbye.

Death. A mystery. It touches every human heart in different ways. Sometimes we make up stories about what will happen to us but we don’t really know. We cannot see beyond the corpse when a person dies. We speculate reincarnation or talk about it in terms of eternity. But beyond the physical, time does not exist –it becomes irrelevant. So, can we say perhaps, that death is the opposite of time? But what dies?

According to Tao person, nothing dies of the person but merely the identity or the collection of the individual’s labels and what they mean to all of us. For some reason, we designate ourselves a role to play while in a physical realm: a singer, a priest, a doctor, a thief, etc. It is like a shaman wearing layers of robes decorated with so many gems, and fetishes that identify the person. When the person dies, these layers of clothes and the decorations fall off – the human meaning ends. But, the naked self (soul) underneath still exists.

This is all great and intellectually stimulating thought, and easily comprehended when you’re looking from the ‘outside’. I understand this concept, the philosophical awareness on the subject. But when death visits your own family to fetch someone you love, the emotions override all the intellectual explanation. And for a split second you want to scream, beg for a little bit more time … “ Wait! It’s not yet time, I want to see her once again after 30 years of being away.

Farewell, my beloved sister/friend! Rest in Peace, Light and Love!
Maria Agudo-Arkoncel, July 29, 1937 – November 8, 2007

 

Indeed, death waits on all of us, but it never waits for the most convenient time for the living.

 

“You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death,open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one?

 

                       -Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

 

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