Practicing Conscious Living And Dying
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Author | : Annamaria Hemingway |
Publisher | : 6th Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-12-20 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9781846940774 |
An uplifting collection of spiritually illuminating texts and powerfully thought- provoking real life stories, showing death as an integral part of life. Modern medical advances have resulted in death and dying becoming a taboo, which leaves us feeling isolated when the inescapability of death touches our lives. These touching observations of closeness to someone else who is dying, and personal accounts of near death experiences and after-death communication, illustrate how coming to terms with the inevitability of death is actually a life-affirming experience. These emotionally powerful and inspirational experiences address timeless questions and show how each of the people has come to understand that death teaches us that the preciousness of life must be lived with a sense of purpose and meaning, as a celebration of our existence.
Author | : Stephen Levine |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2012-10-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0307829499 |
The first book that explains how to open to the immensity of living with death—and how participating fully in life is the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. In Who Dies?, the Levines provide calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death.
Author | : Stephen Levine |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Bereavement |
ISBN | : |
This work demonstrates how to open to the immensity of living with death. It shows readers how to participate fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next, be it sorrow or joy, loss or gain, death or a new wonderment at life.
Author | : Ram Dass |
Publisher | : Sounds True |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-08-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1622031679 |
Sometimes illumination occurs spontaneously or, as Ram Dass experienced, in a heart-wrenching moment of opening. More commonly, it happens when we polish the mirror of the heart with daily practice—and see beyond the illusion of our transient thoughts and emotions to the vast and luminous landscape of our true nature. For five decades, Ram Dass has explored the depths of consciousness and love and brought them to life as service to others. With Polishing the Mirror, he gathers together his essential teachings for living in the eternal present, here and now. Readers will find within these pages a rich combination of perennial wisdom, humor, teaching stories, and detailed guidance on Ram Dass' own spiritual practices, including: Bhakti Yoga—opening our hearts to unconditional lovePractices for living, aging, dying, and embracing the natural flow of lifeKarma Yoga—how selfless service can profoundly transform usWorking with fear and suffering as a path to grace and freedomStep-by-step guidance in devotional chant, meditation and mantra practice, and much more For those new to Ram Dass' teachings, and for those to whom they are old friends, here is this vanguard spiritual explorer's complete guide to discovering who we are and why we are here, and how to become beacons of unconditional love.
Author | : Diane Goble |
Publisher | : Diane Goble |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2011-10-29 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0963860666 |
The author had a near-death experience in 1971 and was given certain information to bring back with her to share with others. For the past 40 years she has been working in the field of death and dying as a spiritual counselor, hospice volunteer, and is the author of several books and a major NDE web site, Beyond the Veil. She recently created a training course to teach people to be Transition Guides for those who are getting ready to leave their bodies and return to their spiritual home -- according to their own beliefs. Her message is that we don't die, only our bodies die -- but we don't need them any more. Our consciousness survives the death of our body. We are beautiful spiritual beings of light on an eternal journey and shedding our skin is part of our spiritual growth and the evolution of consciousness.How to Die Consciously is a handbook for caregivers and patients offering a simple method of meditation and guided imagery practice of remembering who we really are while still in our body by practicing to die consciously before we die physically so that when we do, we are prepared and aware of what's happening when we find ourselves out of our body -- no matter how it died. This book is for every one because we are all, after all, going to die one day, but it is especially for anyone who has received a diagnosis of an illness that has even the slightest potential to cause death and for adult children caring for their aging parents. It will help you and your family have the conversations you need to have about end of life care, last wishes and quality of life and death. It will help the person leaving reconcile their life and prepare for a peaceful transition on their own terms.You'll find information about palliative and hospice care, final arrangements, and Death With Dignity laws. You'll delve into the subject of near-death experiences and the current research into the survival of consciousness, and the ancient mysteries that gave birth to our understanding of death and the afterlife. This is no ordinary book and it is guaranteed to change your life!
Author | : Ram Dass |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2012-01-04 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 0307812480 |
Find the practice that’s right for you with this exploration of the many paths of meditation—from mantra, prayer, singing, visualizations, and “just sitting” to movement meditations such as tai chi “Everyone has experienced a moment of pure awareness. A moment without thinking ‘I am aware’ or ‘that is a tree.’ Such moments bring a sense of rightness, of clarity, of being at one. Such moments are the essence of meditation.”—Ram Dass Ram Dass is an American psychologist and spiritual teacher who has studied and practiced meditation for many years. Here he shares his understanding and suggests how you can find methods suitable for you. He illuminates the stages and benefits of meditative practice, and provides wise and often humorous advice on overcoming difficulties along the way.
Author | : Amy Wright Glenn |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-03-03 |
Genre | : Meditations |
ISBN | : 9781482079821 |
At the age of fourteen, Amy Wright Glenn began to question the Mormon faith of her family. She embarked on a life long personal and scholarly quest for truth. While teaching comparative religion and philosophy, Amy was drawn to the work of supporting women through labor and holding compassionate space for the dying. Amy shares moving tales of birth and death while drawing on her work as a birth doula, hospital chaplain, and her own experience of motherhood. We are born, we die, and in between these irrevocable facts of human existence the breath weaves all moments together. "Birth, Breath, and Death" entwines story, philosophy, and poetic reflection into transforming narratives that are full of grace.
Author | : Stephen Levine |
Publisher | : Harmony |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2009-10-07 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0307561321 |
“Stephen Levine has worked creatively to help thousands of people approach their own deaths with equanimity, truth, and an open heart. I can think of no one better qualified to help us enrich our lives through embracing the mystery of death.”—Ram Dass “A Year to Live is a poetic and deeply passionate exploration into what creates human suffering. It is also a lyrical and generous-spirited guide to life.”—San Francisco Examiner In A Year to Live, Stephen Levine, author of the perennial bestseller Who Dies?, teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully—as if it were all that was left. On his deathbed, Socrates exhorted his followers to practice dying as the highest form of wisdom. Levine decided to live this way himself for a whole year, and now he shares with us how such immediacy radically changes our view of the world and forces us to examine our priorities. Most of us go to extraordinary lengths to ignore, laugh off, or deny our grief over the fact that we are going to die, but preparing for death is one of the most rational and rewarding acts of a lifetime. It is an exercise that gives us the opportunity to deal with unfinished business and enter into a new and vibrant relationship with life. Levine provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical strategies and powerful guided meditations to help with this work, so that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for each of us, we will not feel that it has come too soon.
Author | : Forest Harpham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Caregivers |
ISBN | : |
In an attempt to support community members interested in increasing their capacity to relate to death and dying, a two-part community training was developed and offered. Fourteen participants met on two consecutive Saturdays for four hours each day. Program content included an introduction to mindfulness practice and discussions about holistic self-care. Participants also explored and discussed their feelings and beliefs about death and dying and received emotional support from one another throughout the process. Participants completed a qualitative program evaluation at the conclusion of the training. Results from the evaluations included 100% of participants stating they would recommend the training to others. The inclusion of mindfulness processes and the opportunity to receive social support were reported to be the most valuable parts of the training.
Author | : Diane Goble |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2009-05-01 |
Genre | : Death |
ISBN | : 9780963860613 |
Based on ancient funerary texts, distilled from multiple religions, the author brings the concept of the Art of Conscious Dying full circle to teach people how to die before in order to be better prepared for the experience of illumination at death.