(On This, the 49th Day of the Spirit of Gena Bouquet's Journey on the Other Side, We Can Offer Help By Lighting a Candle or Incense for Her, and Meditating, Dancing or Engaging in Some Other Wonderful Way to Help Her Merge With the Brilliant Light of Awakened Mind! Below is a Prayer to Read, If You Are Inclined, from the Tibetan Book of the Dead... Om Ami Dewah Hri Gena Bouquet)

-=0=- ...Supernormal Birth by Transference to a Paradise Realm... -=0=- In the first-the transference to a pure paradise-the projection is directed [by thinking or meditating] thus: 'Oh Nobly-Born, Gena Bouquet!' 'Alas! how sorrowful it is that I, during all the innumerable kalpas since illimitable, beginningless time, until now, have been wandering in the Quagmire of Sangsāra! O how painful that I have not been liberated into Buddhahood by knowing the consciousness to be the self hitherto ere this! Now doth this Sangsāra disgust me, horrify me, sicken me; now hath the hour come to prepare to flee from it. I myself will so act as to be born in The Happy Western Realm, at the feet of the Buddha Amitābha, miraculously from amidst a lotus blossom. Thinking thus, direct the resolution [or wish] earnestly [to that Realm]; or, likewise, to any Realm thou mayst desire -- The Pre-eminently Happy Realm, or The Thickly-Formed Realm, or The Realm [of Those} of Long Hair, or the Illimitable Vihāra of the Lotus Radiance, in Urgyan Guru Rinpoche's presence; or direct thy wish to any Realm which thou desirest most, in undistracted one-pointedness [of mind]. By doing so, birth will take place in that Realm instantaneously. Or, if thou desirest to go to the presense of Maitreya, in the Tushita Heavens, by directing an earnest wish in like manner and thinking, 'I will go to the presence of Maitreya in the Tushita Heavens, for the hour hath struck for me here in the Intermediate State', birth will be obtained miraculously inside a lotus blossom in the presence of Maitreya.

-=~!~=- OM AMI DEWAH HRI, GENA BOUQUET -= ~!~ =-

Remembering Gena by Rosalie Malter 6/8/12 When Gena passed away last week at age 86, I lost a close friend and meditation buddy. Her health deteriorated rapidly and it was time for her to leave what she called her “pain body.” She had skin cancer on her face and chest. Even though the doctor assured her that most people don’t die of skin cancer, that cancer ate more than half her face, despite repeated surgeries and radiation. She tried treating it with alternative methods for about a year, but nothing worked. Because it was so aggressive, her friends encouraged her to try radiation. However, the radiation zapped her energy and her immune system. She didn’t want to get up or eat so just wasted away. She got a staph infection that became systemic and that was what finally killed her. I wanted to visit her one more time before she left, but the family and hospice wouldn’t allow visitors because of the danger of spreading the staph to visitors. She was able to stay at home till the end, surrounded by family and wonderful works of art, many of which she created. But there was so much more to this wonderful woman than her illness. She was an artist, teacher, singer, clown and long-time meditator. She wrote her autobiography a few years ago. She had spent her life in a quest for knowledge, beauty and spiritual connection. She had a great sense of humor and actually worked as a professional clown for a few years with Ringling Bros. Circus. As a very talented portrait artist, she did many paintings of clowns. She also painted portraits at Knott’s Berry Farm and Disneyland. I have one of her paintings, of an angel with dolphins, which I treasure. She said the face of the angel was based on a co-worker, but I think it’s a self portrait. She also loved teaching art to elementary school children, doing that as a volunteer in her retirement years. She had a beautiful singing voice and sang for years with the Verde Valley Voices. The last performance she was in with the group was dedicated to her. She also enjoyed singing with a kirtan group in Sedona and would go every Sunday. Kirtan is yoga-style chanting of mantras. She was a multi-cultural, spiritual person, interested in Yoga, Buddhism, Native American spirituality (especially Hopi) as well as Christianity. She was also in a Crystal Skulls group. Crystal skulls are ancient artifacts said to go back to Atlantis. They are made of crystal in the shape of a human skull. There are said to be 12 large ones, the size of human heads, perfectly formed by unknown means that exist in the world today. One or more are in Sedona. Because crystals can be programmed, they are thought to be able to communicate with each other sort of like the computers of today. They have been studied extensively and the group discusses this research. Gena was a 40-year survivor of breast cancer, before she developed skin cancer. She was also an adventurer, even into her later years. A few years ago she went with a spiritual group to Peru. She was the oldest in the group and others were worried about her at that high altitude, but she did fine. When she visited Macchu Picchu she walked through an “inter-dimensional doorway” where she had an enlightenment experience of great light and love. The last painting she created was of this experience. I met Gena when we first moved to Cottonwood. She was in a meditation group that met weekly. One of the Cottonwood yoga teachers introduced me to the group, and we met for many years. Eventually, due to attrition, the group diminished to just Gena and me and occasionally another person or two. At that point I was ready to end the group, but Gena enjoyed it so much I didn’t have the heart to tell her. She was a very special meditator. She had been to India and followed a guru for years. She had enlightenment experiences that left her in such an elevated state of consciousness that she was in a constant state of bliss and joy. So it was a joy to be around her. Into her eighties, I marveled how she could sit in lotus position and not move for 45 minutes. She could easily transcend her physical body and get into blissful existence, reluctant to come back. Even being old and sick, she always had a playful, joyful attitude and never missed the beauty of life. She appreciated every sunset and rainbow with an artist’s eye. Up till the last few weeks of her life when she was in a lot of pain, she always had a cheerful viewpoint and made light of her personal appearance (her face had been disfigured by the cancer and surgeries). The world has now lost a very special person. I prefer to remember her as she was before her illness, full of spirit and joy. She will have a celebration of her life this Sunday. Many in our community will pay tribute to her and miss her greatly. Above is Gena’s painting of an angel and dolphins. Is this a self-portrait of Gena?

CELEBRATING THE JOYFUL LIFE OF GENA BOUQUET ESTATE SALE All Of Gena Bouquet's "Sedona Spiritual Family" Are Welcome to Come & Obtain Mementos from Her Amazing Life as An Artist, Meta-Physician, Lover of Song, Kirtan, Dance, Meditation, the Inner & Outer Journey, Etc. (As Well As Many Useful Household Items!) In Addition to A PLETHORA of All Things Physical and Metaphysical Such As Art, Books, CD's, VDO's, (A LOT OF) Furniture, Electronics, Kitchen-ware... Gena's Good Friends of the Peruvian Group Wakasara will be offering their Peruvian Handicrafts and Music. The Hours of the Estate Sale will be 9 am (not before please) to 3 pm and the dates will be: Thursday, June 14th Friday, June 15th & Saturday, June 16th COME IN-JOY -= ! =- More info, email: conchustimes at yahoo dot com

6/5/2012 1:05:00 PM Obituary: Gena Bouquet 1926 - 2012 Verde Independent Newspaper Gena Bouquet (born Genevieve Cull), age 86, of Cottonwood, AZ., passed away on May 30, 2012, at home surrounded by art and filled with the love of friends and family. She was born in Chandler, Oklahoma, and spent much of her early life in the Los Angeles Basin. During WWII, she worked along side other patriotic women of the “Rosie the Riveter” generation and used her skills to support America in the war. Gena spent her life in a quest for knowledge and beauty. She traveled to India to satisfy her thirst for spiritual growth, swam with dolphins and studied mystic traditions in Peru. Gena did extensive work to help her spiritual “families” in Tibet and on the Hopi Nation. Gena was an accomplished artist who did portraiture at Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm, and studied under many of the Southwest’s most prominent regional artists. She received her official clown degree from the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Baily School of Clowns. When she was not teaching art to elementary school children, the joy of her life, you could find her rapt in meditation, dancing with the Sufis or up to her elbows in a fresh round of paintings or sculpture! Gena was a 40-year survivor of breast cancer. Her step was lively and her laugh was joyful to her last days. Her marriage to Steven Downer produced three children, Christina Downer, Steven (Sunny) Downer and William K Downer. She is survived by her two sons, her grandsons Bodhi Downer, Loren Downer, Jess Downer and grand-daughter Melany Stodelle and four great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 10 2012 at the Old Town Center For The Arts (928) 634-0940 in Cottonwood AZ with Reverend Bruce Kellog officiating. In lieu of flowers, friends are encouraged to support three non-profit charities selected by the family. Information can be had from her nephew, Martin Kim, at kimmarti@q.com.

This, i believe is a "Totally Ah-Mazing" photo i took of my RV a couple of hours before her departure to the "other side" that seems to have caught her "Angel-Clown-Spirit" in flight, guiding us on our RV-moving Journey, as she is about to begin hers! (click on it to enlarge, & tell me if you don't see Gena's Clown-Face on top of her Rainbow Angel-Clown Suit!) With Heart Love All Ways -=~!~=-Namas-Day/Night & Tashi Delek-=~!~=- Sunny

"Grandmother" Gena Bouquet Lives Eternally (In Our Hearts)!

Welcome To the Site Where Everyone Can Post Their Tribute To, Or Comment On Their Connection With the AH-Mazing Life of "Artist-to-Zen" Goddess/Sha-(Wo)Man/Healer/Life-Lover/Mother-Grandmother-Great Grandmother... GENA BOUQUET! This Photo Capture's the "Great-Gena-Spirit" as she holds her sketch of Her Close Friend, Hopi Nation (& Prophecy-Keeper) Grandfather Martin above his photo. He fortunately made it to Bless Her W/His "Presents" once more within the last few days of her stay in the 'Physical Temple!' (Please click on "comments" below to see them &/or make one, or if you want something 'posted' please email it with any image[s] to conchustimes at yahoo dot com.) Thank You/Mercy Bouquet-=~!~=- HEART LOVE ALL WAYS!