The contrast between Life and DEATH ! Meditation at a nephew's wake

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[ Dreamtime is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview ... of "time out of time" or "everywhen", during which the land was inhabited by ancestral figures, ... Five years later, in their Northern tribes of central Australia, they gloss the far distant age as "the dream times", link it to the word ... ]

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  I was struck by this dramatic contrast at nephew Ricky's wake. So full of  LIFE, " Little Ricky ", in the family videos ,   so shockingly LIFELESS in his coffin at one end of the funeral home .  At the  other end of the funeral home so full of LIFE , Little Honey Isabella , with all the JOY aura of  The Resurrection in springtime. LIFE is THE miracle ! 
 

           The First Resurrection was Darwinian : LIFE from DEATH , arising from darkness and dead matter some 4  billion years ago.   Eternal " matter in motion " got bored with itself.   " Is that all there is ? " ( A popular Peggy Lee song in the 50s ).  And God answered : " Let there be LIFE ! " And there was LIFE , and LIFE in abundance ,  for all of us humans a lush " Garden of Eden " primal memory .
 

            Just  about 100 thousand years ago the first Human " Little Honey " smiled with an exuberant epiphany : " I'M HERE !  "
 

            And ever since HOPE never died in the hearts of humans.   What is IMPOSSIBLE if  LIFE and the whole mind boggling universe can pop out of ( divine ? ) NOTHINGNESS ?
 

            The Catholic Eucharist has a more subtle meaning : " Do this in remembrance of ME ! "    The joy of MEMORY  -unique to humans .  No " smart " monkey ever thought : " My parents were poor but honest ".    Ever thought : " When I was a baby , my dear mother thought I was adorable ". The JOY of remembering the dreamy PAST and beloved family and friends.  ( a " nostalgic Catholic " ? )

                             Or " I dream, therefore I am " . Your boy Nicholas wondered if THIS life was a dream from which we will awaken. God  sends  GENIUS thoughts to you when you are young or just young at heart.
 

                               " Primitive " Australians talk about the " Dream Times  " .

	Mon, 20 May, 19:06 (4 days ago)
to Steve  Nephew Ricky

 

[ Uncle Ron remembers " Little Ricky " -named after his beloved father Rick Ruggieri-as a heart winning little boy, the first grandson of my mother and father , Domenic and Janet Ruggieri.
We are all heartbroken - YOUR precious family- over the tragic loss from a mysterious form of cancer- of our surviving " Ricky " Ricky was devastated by the death of his father ,my Big Brother Rick , just five years ago. He memorialized his idolized father in a family video ( on You Tube, I think ) .
In the last week of his life Rick Ruggieri showed tremendous courage and class by showing up at the Ruggieri Family Re-Union in Cranston. He needed a wheel chair as he had difficulty breathing.
Ricky possessed his grandfather Domenic Ruggieri 's zest for life and ETERNAL OPTIMISM. rooted in Italian family culture.
His and Lynn's Foster home was always welcoming to the Ruggieri clan and to Lynn's wonderful family.
Although Life can seem so cruel and the ways of God so mysterious Rick Ruggieri Jr. LOVED Life
We say good bye to him with our mourning hearts filled with so well deserved affection and GRATITUDE for his kind soul and beautiful -but too short-life.
We promise to BE THERE for Lynn and his five beautiful children. Rest in Peace , beloved nephew.]