Shores of Avalon - Transition into Death and other Densities

Tina Malia's song 'Shores of Avalon' has captured the hearts of many in the spiritual community.  Not only is it a lovely song, beautifully sung, but the lyrics can bring deep feelings up to the surface to be processed.  Even when that doesn't happen it invokes states of peace. 

I'm going to get a little esoteric on you guys now - bare with me.  Where do these feelings come from?  They can seem almost like a memory of a state of being once embraced.  Many people find themselves yearning for the place describe in this song.  What the song evokes (from my perspective) is distant memories, like whispers in my consciousness, so subtle yet so powerful.  They are both memories of death experience - what happens in the dying process and afterwards, and also a yearning for the '5th Density'.  It makes me feel melancholic remembering a state of being that once was, and now seems in some ways far away.  It is not a particularly sad melancholy though as I am able to touch this place inside and can access it in daily life, if not all the time.

Fifth Density

Before we explore the song in more depth, let me just give a brief overview of what I mean by the 5th density.  We all inhabit each of the 11 densities of existence simultaneously, although we will have our centre of consciousness in one of these densities (for those interested in scientific parallels see M-Theory).  The first 5 are physical, emotional, lower mind, karmic, and higher mind (5th).  The 5th density is a place of co-creation in harmony with all sentient life.  When we die, we are often held in the 4th density (karma) until the law of attraction causes us to reincarnate, or if we have processed enough of our karma and spending a longer period between lifetimes, we may 'hang out' in the 5th density.  If we are to move through the 4th density and centre ourselves in the 5th, we need to process all of our karma.  For more on the 5th density and how we can experience it in everyday life, please see Openhand's article: Path between Worlds: Ascending into the Fifth Density

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Shores of Avalon: what does it mean?

So, lets look at the lyrics so that I can explain what I mean - perhaps the song will activate something in you too!

Be Brave my love
The time has come
To cross the Tintagel sea

The fragrant air
The apple blossoms
Have all been beckoning

The Tintagel sea was a body of water between Ireland and where King Arthur's realm is believed to have been.  Crossing it is symbolic of entering a peaceful state of existence unencumbered by negative feeling.  In actual fact this was/is not a place in the outer world but is within us - as we move beyond our own distortions and process our karma we bring our centre into the 5th density.  Therefore, this can be taken as meaning 'enlightenment' or the dying process.  I am offering two interpretations here, but they are not so different from each other.  Take from each what you will.

And there we'll stand
Looking out upon the world that we've known
All fear will be gone
When we reach the shores of Avalon

Avalon was the fabled realm of King Arthur (a symbol for the 5th Density).  The Isle of Avalon was an island surrounded by a lake, where people went to die, including King Arthur himself.  As we move beyond this world, either symbolically through enlightenment or physically through death, we may still look upon the world through different eyes, no longer tainted by the fears and holdings of our worldly existence.

You'll be greeted there
By maidens fair
With eyes of the royal sea

In the garden
They will braid your hair
With violets and rosemary

-Chorus

This speaks to me more of the death experience than enlightenment.  The Isle of Avalon was inhabited by Priestesses, who prepared you for the dying experience and supported you through it.  It was really a place of 'conscious death'.  Many people who have had 'Actual Death Experiences' where they have been clinically dead for some time and come back, have reported being taken to some kind of garden where they are made to feel welcome and supported.

Feel the wind
On your face
As we cross the stormy sea

Close your eyes
Don't look back
There's nothing left to see

The Journey to both enlightenment and death can be extremely stormy, as both paths will bring up all of your deepest fears and holdings. However, if we focus on the inner we move through each state leaving behind the person we were before.

The other night
You came to me
Like an angel you appeared

And we climbed
The endless sky
Held each other near

-Chorus

Many people who have had 'death experiences' have described being carried by angels.  Others have reported relatives who have seem angels in the moments before death and exclaimed that they have come for them.  In the state of enlightenment one is connected with the higher densities including the angelic realm.  For more on connecting with angels read this article from Openhand: Connecting with your Guardian Angel.

So, I have given you my interpretation.  The song has done wonders for me, and she has a wonderful voice which carries you through all the feelings that might come up. 

Here's the song.  I wonder what your experiences are from this song.  Try not to analyse, at least not to straight away.  It's best to let the feelings come through first to be processed.  And if no deep feelings come up right now then that's fine too.  You can simply bask in the peace that comes from listening.

I'd love to hear from you - your thoughts/feelings about the song, anything that comes up for you, or your own interpretation.

From my heart to yours,

Richard