32: Water in Her Eyes

“What comes to mind is not so much specific actions or moments, but it is the quality of my mother's love, and her sorrow. And the way that was translated through her facial expressions and the water in her eyes...I feel my mom with so much water in her eyes all the time.”

Madeleine Bachan Kaur

What is memory? In this episode, Madeleine Bachan Kaur and Ken Breniman from Season One (ep 08) talk about how we remember our deceased parents. Madeleine Bachan Kaur is a motherless child who has found healing through her love of Nature, as well as her creativity in both art and music. In sharing how she allows the memories of her mother to be both fluid and natural, there is an invitation to anyone who is grieving. Madeleine invites each of us to find ways to connect to Mother Earth so our hueman experiences of grief and growth can be witnessed by others, as well as be a precious contribution to the flowing quality of Life.    

This episode is part of a Breathing Wind miniseries titled Meaning Making, Mortality and Medicine, hosted by Ken Breniman, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified yoga therapist, plant medicine integration specialist and a thanatologist. Ken’s miniseries explores finding ways to bring meaning in our grief journeys, making sense of being mortal and and making the most out of life, and healing medicines, which he defines as “what we create for healing in our grief journey.”

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Madeleine and Ken talk about:

• Madeleine’s mother’s passing, and how this event paved the way for her art and who she is as a human being

• How she stays connected to her mother’s spirit

• Her purposeful pause in work during the pandemic
  
  

Related resources:

• Madeleine Bachan Kaur’s website

• Your Water by Bachan Kaur

• Martin Prectel

• "Dying to Know Movie", featuring Ram Daas and Timothy Leary

• Article about Jewish wisdom Ken mentioned

• Continuing Bonds with the Deceased

• The Earth is Just as Alive as You Are

• How Grief changes (for most) over time - Grief and the Fear of Letting Go

• ‘Climate Grief’: Fears About The Planet’s Future Weigh On Americans’ Mental Health

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