26/05/2020
Ach, dit is verdrietig. Één van de grondleggers van Voice Dialogue, Hal Stone, is overleden.
Ik ben Hal en Sidra dankbaar voor het gedachtengoed dat ze de wereld in hebben gebracht. Hun manier van kijken naar persoonlijke ontwikkeling, groei, relatiedynamiek en zogenaamde problemen die je tegenkomt is zo vrij!
Vrij van dogma's, vrij van 'moeten', vrij van kant en klare oplossingen. Alles heeft een functie, een goede intentie en vanuit aanwezige aandacht voor dat wat er is, komt de oplossing.
En het is een leven lang proces, dat vind ik ook mooi. Een paar maanden geleden nog kwam er op facebook een mooi stuk langs van Hal, met inzichten die hij recent had opgedaan over relaties volgens mij.
Die blijvende nieuwsgierigheid naar "hoe zit ik in elkaar?", ik wens mezelf toe dat ik die ook nog heb als ik 80 ben, de levendigheid die eruit spreekt.
🙏
HAL STONE
12/14/1927 – 5/23/2020
The Original Announcement
Dear Friends,
I've been looking at all these wonderful posts - contrary to my usual practice of not reading our pages - and decided to post my own letter here on Facebook. I’m not able to contact everyone just now, but I wanted to share this message that I sent out to our Voice Dialogue community yesterday (in case you have not seen it).
So many of you have responded eloquently and with such open hearts that I wanted to let you know that I've been deeply touched I feel that Hal has been exquisitely honored. Please know that my heart is full to overflowing.
Hal Stone passed away naturally and peacefully in his sleep yesterday.
He died the way he lived – completely involved in his life and his process. As you already know, he was an amazing human being!
These past two months of COVID-19 ‘sheltering in place’ at Thera gave us a beautiful opportunity to walk together during his last months on this earth. Together, we watched the Spring here on the North Coast. We walked in our garden daily savoring each new wave of blossoms.
We began with the daffodils and ended with the roses.
We spent this time sharing dreams and memories. We talked of the unseen worlds around us and the mysteries of life and death. And we continued to live our relationship and our process until the very end.
Each day was filled with gratitude for the blessed journey of our lives and for the people who had traveled this path with us.
Hal will remain in all of our hearts forever!
Sidra