[Thespiritexpress] Celebration for Charles

Mon Sep 29 14:34:01 PDT 2025

Riantee & Charles & Family & Community & Forest, Sky & Ethers...

All in the moment of unfolding, perfectly, as it did. The same 

as Charles in his perfect unfolding, as he did ~ 

Saturday’s planned and yet unplanned perfect unfolding as 

it awakened, as it did every moment of Saturday #27 of Sept. '25

 in the All of the All ~ a perfect bloom with a bouquet of friends and family around tables filled with the color of flowers

picked from lush gardens under a bright colored canopy where the young and aged where circled together.

 There were the ashes of Charles to spread in a meadow with more stories 

to tell than there was time to reveal but will be echoed in firesides to come~. 

~ A perfect coastal day with just enough reminders of fog to know where we were

among a heavy lush forest more ancient than anyone remembers ~ with smoke from sage, feather

fanned from abalone shells by Marc and Carolyn along with smoke rising from the fire pit announcing the Ceremony.  

We were all surrounded and encompassed by the towering Redwoods and the Eucalyptus people listening, watching 
ever so carefully, swaying to prayers offered and hearts harmonizing with voices toning OM together.

The directions honored with words by Toni carried by sounds of shakuhachi and Native American flute to remember 

those ancient ones and our Ancestors who came before ~ who Charles invited into his life and honored land as Riantee’s 
words and poems were offered to all, along with his ashes pressed into little clay bears hidden 

like treasured remembrances to be found~~the voices of his children and friends also woven in a tapestry of 

family threads that came together with grandchildren voicing testimonies to the energy of the future in

 this ritual of Loving expression~. Dancing, spontaneously arose with songs as the caller joined the dancers together 

like in the days of old ~ and music and testimonials where

spoken through the sound system while the long line for the abundance of amazing food and wine was enjoyed.

~ As the din of daylight was changing and the fire pit lighting up near where the long table of the now quiet potluck was,

the alarm was sounded that the darkness of the night was arriving and soon it would be so dark that the only light would 

be the glow of the fire pit which was piled high with paper plates and glowing in the faces of those gathering around for 
it’s warmth and the night.

The folding of table cloths and collecting of chairs all being rapidly gathered as the night moisture was arriving 

and the photos of Charles and his life and reflections were being collected and protected~~~ the big amazing photo 

of Charles taken by Kyle did indeed depict Charles as eternal and majestic~.

~ Toni closed the directions to the music of flutes while those still there were cleaning and restoring the meadow for the 
days to follow~. 

Blessings to all who came to share your presence, offer prayers and to celebrate Charles and Riantee ~ thank you for 
your beautifully prepared foods, flowers, music and loving hearts in the spirit of joyful celebration to honor and support in 
countless ways by the giving nature of your heart~. It is this nature of community coming together that forges the bond

of safety and nurturance, healing and renewal of Love knowing it’s true Self~.

Thank you Charles and Riantee and All that Is~~and so it is...

One Love 

Ron🙏

> On 29 Sep 2025, at 9:33 a.m., Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> The forest is in suspension 
> awaiting in expectancy
> the promised rain
> but I no longer have to wait
> for all my expectations were fulfilled 
> this last Saturday
> when you all came with love 
> to bear witness to the last earthly parting.
> Now I'll only communicate with Charles 
> on the celestial plane.
> 
> I wanted to thank all of you so much for helping me celebrate Charles’ life
> and I’ll communicate more individually,
> but in the meantime I wanted to tell Ron and Toni that they took 
> an essential part 
> in making this event what it was: PERFECT!
> 
> Avec tout mon amour
> Riantee
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