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Photo by Marlon Cagatin, December 13, 2015

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Your PM:

"hello sir! i need your help.
"isa pa ding misteryo sakin yung suicide ng mother ko nung ____. tuwing napapanaginipan ko sya, di sya nagsasalita, di ko alam kung bakit. habang nagtatagal, parang may nabubuo sa isip ko na di lang basta suicide yun. feeling ko may kinalaman tatay ko e. gusto ko lang talaga malaman yung totoo ano ba talaga nangyari.
"baka may interested din na magpunta kung san sya natagpuan, i'm willing to give the address. biruin mo, __ yrs nang palaisipan sakin to. i know she has depression and suicidal tendencies, pero yung pagsusuicide nya, it still remains a mystery. parang may mali. di ko lang talaga matukoy kung ano.
"alam nyo yung kutob, basta ganun. di ko lang ma gets bat never sya nagsalita sa panaginip ko.
"here's the only solo photo of her that i can find:
"if this would help, here's the postmortem pic of her:"


My reply:

Hello __________!
I scanned both photos. First, I want you to know that your mother is at peace, and that she appears in your dreams not to ask for vindication but to caution you that you also have self-destructive tendencies that you must avoid. In a sense, you are projecting whatever negativity remains in you onto your mother's life and death. It is the same projection at work in your volunteer activities, that is why such activities are attractive to you.
Your mother's case is one of suicide and not murder. Although the persons, personalities, and attitudes of the people surrounding a depressive person most certainly contribute to the final act of one's taking one's own life into their hands, those people are not to be blamed at all. They were merely being themselves, and became part of the karmic cast of characters into which your mother chose to be born. Moreover, they have their own karma to pay without your intervention.
I hope that this is helpful to you. I am willing to meet up with you over coffee at the Cubao Hogwarts Express Station to discuss this further, if you like. In the meantime, live and love with a sense of humor. Do not take on other people's burdens. They have their own journeys to travel, as do you.

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