Jeanne, I remember that. I also remember discussing the fact that there are fasces on either side of the platform in the House of Representatives. I have since found out that in the trim of several of the doorways in the Oval Office, fasces are used as decoration there too. If you look at any picture of the glass doors in the office, you'll see the bound bundles above the doors. It would also be representative of him stealing entryways into the office. Here I had only interpreted it as him stealing the House back then.
I just spoke to my spiritualist friend about how irritated I was with these youtube videos telling people not to go to the light for some odd reason when you die. He said, "no one really knows for sure what happens after you die, but if I die and some one is beckoning me to the light and it feels right in my gut at the time, I am going to go" This response made so much sense. We all have an inner knowing. Learning to trust it takes time, patience and support. Thank you all for being here to support my inner knowing, and I hope I do as much to support yours.
In the Buddhist tradition, all souls go to an in-between "place" called the bardo, for a period of time (in Tibetan tradition, I think 45 days). Buddhists try to train themselves not only out of fear of death, but also out of fear of the bardo, because they believe it to be a tumultuous place, and that unenlightened souls will be more frightened, and will go towards the first light they see, and that by choosing from a place of fear, the next incarnation may not be so great. Monks counsel folks to not go to the first light, but to remain calm until more lights (i.e., choices) appear, as these lights represent passage to possible next incarnations of the soul. My Buddhist monk spirit guide just told me, "Tell them it's okay to window shop. Tell them not to be afraid, tell them to focus. And tell the living to talk to them to calm them down so they can choose calmly."
I think that this is what we call in more western traditions "helping the soul move on."