We all go through grief at some time in our lives and some endure it many times - it's an inescapable part of the human journey. Grief may be caused by the ending of a relationship or the death of a loved one; it may be as relatively mild as the sadness caused by moving home or country and leaving loved ones behind, or it may be as severe as the death of one's partner or a member of one's family.

Deep grief brings pain so acute that our whole being is likely to contract against it. We cannot give back to any person the thing or the state of being that they have lost but as we sit with them, as we share with them the energy that comes from Beings who themselves have transcended the pain of the human condition, we can harness the rays of Higher love and wisdom to help them soften into the experience.

Like all our life experiences, grief offers us the opportunity to grow: it asks us to make contact with our feelings and to allow the washing out of our pain. The worldwide grief that arose in response to Princess Diana's death became such a powerful wave partly because the event put people into touch with their own, unexpressed griefs.

This was healthy and necessary, because grief that is not expressed is suppressed, leading to deeper-seated states of anger and depression. The element of water is the most cleansing element we've been given.

Above all other acute lessons, grief invites us to say "yes" when every cell of our being is crying out in "no". In her work with death, dying and coping with grief and loss, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross presented a model for understanding the stages of the process: the "five stages of grief" that she defined as Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. When we work with higher energies, these stages can be eased and shortened as little by little the pain of our human story is transmuted and we find ourselves reconnected with the eternal part of our nature and of all existence.

The energy of Metatron is so gentle yet powerful, so compassionate, so empathetic, and so ancient, that even in this deepest state of despair, the very cells of our bodies recognize its quality, they feel safe within it - and little by little, they open up again to life. The energies lift them above the pain, beyond despair; we begin to remember that we are much more than the body and the mind - and that even the sharply physical, tangible, real separation that we feel in grief is only a part of the human story in the end.

Healing happens: as you allow yourself to feel the deep "no" in all its pain, you invite the healing waters that this emotion ushers in; as you allow that water of life to wash you and grow you, and no turns gently towards yes, you may sprout the seeds of your deepest emotional growth. Honouring and embracing the process of grief leads to powerful rebirth; it may even become the stimulus for the greatest work a person ever does. Whatever the plan behind your pain, your experience, your story, your grief, Metatron will help you to find it, and to heal into it.