{"id":29466,"date":"2013-07-25T17:08:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T17:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=29466"},"modified":"2013-11-23T00:53:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T00:53:58","slug":"vilchez2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=29466","title":{"rendered":"To All Who Died in Jonestown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Rex Morningstar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Loved ones on the other side
\nWhen I think of our shared journey
\nI can\u2019t help but think of mystery
\nThe mystery that envelops us all and takes us down many and varied paths.<\/p>\n

When I think of your departure,
\nI think of it as the setting sun.
\nIn the morning, you are within the sunlight
\nthat sparkles through the leaves in the trees.
\nAnd in the sun\u2019s brilliance, your walk on this earth is reflected,
\ngiving light to the community of life around you.<\/p>\n

Your departure has helped to shape me
\ngiving me the strength to stand in the center of my own truth
\nand walk my own path of wisdom.
\nThat is a tremendous gift.<\/p>\n

It is your silent oneness with all that is,
\nthat enables me to be with my own oneness with all that is.
\nAnd because you are present in my heart
\nyour life is celebrated in so much of what I do.<\/p>\n

You are a source of richness that I carry within me
\nand it is our shared past that shapes a poem
\ninspires a song.
\nIt is the gentle force behind a smile that I effortlessly give to a stranger.<\/p>\n

So huge is you presence that still
\neven now I see you reflected everywhere and in those who will always love you.
\nAnd it is you who continue to give me
\nthe gift of compassion and the strength to live authentically.<\/p>\n

So, here I am, permeated with love, gratitude
\nso much at peace,
\nwith you
\nand with mystery.<\/p>\n

Jordan Vilchez<\/em><\/p>\n

(Jordan Vilchez is a regular contributor to <\/em>the jonestown report. Her other article in this edition is <\/em>Remembering Liane<\/em><\/a>. Her earlier writings appear <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>She can be reached at <\/em>jordanvilchez@gmail.com<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Loved ones on the other side When I think of our shared journey I can\u2019t help but think of mystery The mystery that envelops us all and takes us down many and varied paths. When I think of your departure, I think of it as the setting sun. In the morning, you are within the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":29506,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29466"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50218,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29466\/revisions\/50218"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}