Karuno from Ireland

We hear from Neeraj that his beloved brother, Deva Karuno, has left his body on Friday 17th December, just before 1am.

Neeraj sent us this poem by Henry Scott-Holland, Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral (1847-1918):

Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped away into the next room

I am I and you are you

Whatever we were to each other that we are still

Call me by my old familiar name

Speak to me in the easy way you always used, put no difference into your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed, at the little jokes we always enjoyed together

Play, smile, think of me!

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort without the ghost of a shadow in it

Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute unbroken continuity

Why should I be out of mind? Because I am out of sight?

I am not far away, somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well.

You will find my heart, and the purified tenderness.

Dry your tears and do not cry. Do everything we could not do together because of the long illness.

Work, rest, travel, dance, laugh, love and celebrate life in all its dimensions: your smile is my peacefulness.