Seventh Waypoint: Jesus Dies on the Cross and His Body Is Laid in the Tomb
We walk to a fire burning in the circle.
AT GOLGOTHA AND A GARDEN OUTSIDE JERUSALEM
At the sixth hour, a darkness came over the land. The veil of the Temple was torn in two. Jesus, crying out to God to receive his spirit, breathed his last. A man named Joseph, from the town of Arimathea, went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Given permission, he removed the body of Jesus from the cross and wrapped it in a linen shroud. He carried the body of Jesus to an empty tomb that had been hewed out of the rock in a nearby garden. He placed the body of Jesus in the tomb and rolled a large stone to cover the entrance.
The fire goes out.
Jesus body is laid to rest. We begin the time of waiting in darkness. Somewhere, deep in our bones, lies the ancient wisdom, the inarticulate knowing, that life arises from death, that love abides, that the world is always ending and beginning again. The story does not end with the tomb, nor with the unraveled cloth.
The question with which the last waypoint leaves us is a resounding one: do we trust the seed that surely lies in soil, the spark burning in the depths, the life that waits in the dark, the soul-light that will guide us through?
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Food for my soul, mind, torn emotions.
Beautiful.
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The final images are very powerful: The water being poured on the fire brings to Life the Living Water that is always present pouring out and flowing through the pain and suffering of the world. And the image of smoke arising from the ashes: in the Light, that which is often unseen, by the healing of the water and flow of LIFE and LOVE, is made visible! THANK YOU for guiding us with words of wisdom through this sacred ritual on this holy day of remembrance.
We’re so glad you can participate and find meaning in this practice. Peace and all good <3
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May you be in peace also.
Have a blessed holiday weekend <3
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Thank you for joining us here! <3
Thank you so much Lindsay and Joy and all. This is a beautiful integration of faith and nature. Peace to you, and thank you for the reminders to stay rooted during this challenging time.
Thank you, Sophie. We’re so glad that you could join us on this “journey”. <3
Thank you for such a beautiful and inspirational video, a true reminder of our human place in this natural world . This was very much enjoyed. Safe days ahead and Happy Easter
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The use of slow motion throughout the Waypoints was most effective. First, it caused me to slow down my mind and to be present to the words accompanying each video. Second, it gave me the time to “see” that which was being presented. Finally, it added a reverence to the land and the ritual.
The smoke rising at the end of the Seventh Waypoint was extremely powerful… the symbolism, the sorrow and the hope.
Thank you and stay safe.
We’re so glad the words and the art of the film resonated with you today. Please stay safe and well too. <3
I haven’t done the stations of the cross in a long time. The way it was presented brings together our journey in spirit and nature in a powerful way. The reflection questions will stay with me. Thank you
We’re so glad this re-imagining of the stations has resonated with you. Peace and all good.
For every Good Friday we live your question remains, “do we trust our soul light to lead us through?”
Thank you for creating such a nourishing experience for a Good Friday like no other.
Have a restful, soul-nourishing holiday weekend. <3
What a lovely and sacred way to honor this day, remembering our Christian beginnings while making them relevant and pertinent by showing us how our actions have impacted the wellbeing of our fellowmen and fellowwomen and
the world. Let us be humble and question our choices so we can begin ,anew, on a different more humane and egalitarian path. Thank you. Namaste and have a healthy Easter !
We’re so honored that this journey has connected with you. Peace and all good.
Thank you for expanding this tragic and holy journey to include all of creation. Blessings on you.
We’re so glad that this “journey” has resonated with you. Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
What ‘shimmered’ for me was the line in the “We call out to the Old Woman Who Weaves the World, asking which is my thread to re-weave? ” That will be the seed for my meditations as I walk through this crisis and beyond.
Thank you for sharing what has touched you most, and for joining us on this ‘journey’. Blessings to you
I spaced the stopping points over the day, ending with the last at 3 pm. It was a very unique way to contemplate those long ago, yet ever present, moments. Thank you for the invitation.
We’re so glad you were able to take space and dwell on these meditations today. Wishing you peace and all good. <3
Thank you for this beautiful and challenging gift today.
Peace also with you.
Thank you for joining us on this “journey”.
Thank you. The slow-motion video, combined with words and music, creates a beautifully meditative experience! Especially in the Seventh Station, watching the way the flames separate from the fire and disappear into the ether, I thought of all the souls who are leaving us. The waters quench an individual campfire, but still the fire of Life continues. May you be blessed by Love!
Thank you for these wonderful reflections! We’re glad these waypoints have connected with you today.
Thank you for such a beautiful meditation everyone. Deeply grateful for you.
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Thank you. My overarching feeling: Connecting reverence.
Thank you for providing this for us. It is beautifully done with poignant thoughts and images for this time in history.
Thanks for everyone’s effort to produce this. May your Easter weekend be blessed!
We’re glad you were able to join us, and that the “journey” has resonated with you today. <3
With ever so much gratitude for your generous sharing of love and hope and wisdom.
Have a restful, soul-filled holiday weekend. <3
Lovely. Perfect> The readings, visual and spiritual images, the tone and the timing all fit so nicely together. Such a lovely portrayal of the grief and the beauty of our connectedness and mortality; our risings and fallings from grace, and our destruction of nature to progress in comfort and connections. Ah, what a sad and beautiful way to end my Good Friday remembering. Thank you so much. Namaste
Thank you for these wonderful reflections! We’re glad these waypoints have connected with you today.
Grateful to journey with you on the land today, a holy day of grief. Was a gift to hear your voices and connect with the trees, sun, water, earth and fire as I sit at home and listen to the howling wind. I am moved by your reflections and am holding all of it in prayer. Much Love to You ALL!
We can’t wait until we can be together in person, here in the forest again. Stay well and healthy, Katy! <3
That was a beautiful, poignant experience to share in. My heart is overflowing with gratitude. I am once again reminded to trust my soul light to lead me through. Blessings and well wishes to all. Namaste.
We’re so glad the words and the film resonated with you today. Please stay safe and well, too. <3
Thank you so very much for this moving and wonderful way which you created to help us enter into the spirit of this Good Friday!
Elaine
Thank you, Elaine. We’re so glad that you could join us on this “journey”. <3
David and I participated in these way points throughout the day. It was wonderful to see the familiar places in the woods made new by this journey of the heart. It also was precious to hear some of your familiar voices, telling an ancient story made new in this liminal space between what was and the uncertainty of what will be.
Thank you so much for your generosity and creativity.
Thank you , Sharon! We can’t wait until we can be together in person, here in the forest again. Stay well and healthy! <3
This beautiful and very moving. The most powerful for me are the closing words “the soul light that will carry us through.” In this time of darkness and fear, my prayer is that everyone will have a “soul light” carry them through.
Have a blessed Easter.
Thank you for sharing what has resonated most with you on this “journey”. Peace and all good. <3
Thank you for this beautiful meditation integrating nature and faith. Thank you for creating this unique experience.
We’re so honored you could participate and join us on this “journey”. Peace and all good!