The gesture of the departing soul
From a psychological perspective, raising one’s arms could represent an unconscious act of liberation, of surrender. A symbolic act of acceptance, as if the individual, in their final moments, were saying: “I am ready.”
For family members, witnessing this gesture can be deeply comforting. Many agree that it brought them peace, a sense that their loved one did not depart alone or in fear.
“That gesture reassured me. I felt that someone was waiting for him and that he was leaving in peace,” recounts a daughter who was present at that moment with her mother.
A wordless goodbye
The final moments of life are often marked by a different atmosphere. Silence, calm, a final breath… and that slightest movement that can say more than a thousand words.
For families, these gestures become indelible memories. They are silent farewells that, far from intensifying the pain, offer comfort, because they seem to speak to us of a meaningful transition, full of light, and not of a senseless loss.
Perhaps that simple raising of arms is not just a reflex action of the body, but a delicate, almost poetic goodbye of the soul that rises towards where we belong.
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