As we grieve our little kitten from the physical world, we are looking to the Tibetans’ wisdom that shares teachings to help your loved ones' souls as they transition. It’s called the Dharmata of Becoming. The Dharmata of Becoming is the sacred space after death where the soul journeys through luminous states, meeting opportunities to move toward the brightest light, clarity, and eventual rebirth. The prayers, love, and intentions of those still on Earth can support and guide the soul during this passage.
We will be writing each day, Jon and me, Mágico’s mom and dad, to help him in his finding of the brightest light and new body. It is also here to serve us as his parents, where we get an opportunity for the next 49 days to say farewell and celebrate his life through stories and memories. Farewell means until we see you again, and we know we will meet our Mágico again when the time is right for each of us.
Mágico arrived on October 5th, 2022. Jon and I had been traveling around Mexico looking for our home. As we were driving to the very southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, I was reading a book called Into the Magic Shop by James Doty. James was sharing about a technique he learned from a woman in a magic shop about how to get anything he wants in life. I thought I would try the practice and see if it would work for a cat, as Jon was about to leave for a 2 month project. We finally found our Baja home and I was sad about being a lone for the first 3 months of it. I wanted the company of a little furry friend.
I followed the steps: relaxed the body, quieted the mind, opened the heart, imagined myself petting a cat, felt it in my body, felt myself pet the cat all the way up the tail, smiled, so sweet, and then I went to bed.
Jon woke up in the morning, walked onto our front porch, and there was a little orange tabby kitten, sitting there walking up the steps. Jon exclaimed, “Holy shit, El, I think you did it. There is a kitten sitting on the front porch.”
“What?” I said.
“Come here,” Jon said.
I crawled out of bed and into the light, and there he was. He scampered down the steps. Jon sweetly whispered, Go after him.
I walked down the stairs, sat on the ground, rubbed my fingers together out in front of me, and he came right up, nuzzled my hand over his neck to start petting him, and then sat in my lap. That was the beginning. He simply appeared, like magic. Our bond was made. We chose each other. It was miraculous. The love and connection was felt instantaneously.
We decided to name him Mágico. Well, actually, we thought he was a girl, so it was Mágica, but then we found out he was a little boy, and we changed it to Mágico.
Jon left the next day and Magico and I spent the next 2 months getting to know each other. I took him everywhere. More on this soon…
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