Guided Relaxation & Breath Practice (audio meditation)
This is a 12-minuted guided relaxation and brath practice by Donna Belk. There is no music in the background.
Guided Relaxation & Breath Practice
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A Serious Undertaking
This Newsweek article mentions Donna Belk and her work with home funerals.
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End of Life Chemotherapy Guidance
Taking several other factors into account, chemotherapy toward the end of life may not be the best solution for many incurable patients. These factors include: Read the rest of this entry »
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Releasing your loved one (audio meditation)
A 7-minute meditation about releasing your loved one who has died.
Releasing your loved one (audio meditation)
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Attending your funeral (audio meditation)
A 7-minute audio meditation on attending your own funeral.
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Holy Place (audio meditation)
A 4-minute audio meditation on healing with holiness.
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A Homemade Funeal
Here is an article from the Idaho Statesman newspaper about Homemade Funerals.
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Conquer Death Here and Now
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
-by Henry David Thoreau
Philosopher Eknath Eswaran replies: “Everyone will agree that someday the body must grow old, weaken, and drop away, but not many will face the fact that it will happen to them. If we really believe we will die, we will do something about it. If we live each day as if it were our last, we will be preparing for death. When we realize fully that we are not this changing body but the changeless Self who dwells in the body, we conquer death here and now.”
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To learn to die is a profitable science
Thou shalt understand that it is a science most profitable, and passing all other sciences, for to learn to die. ~ Heinrich Suso
As long as there is something we want to get out of life before we go - a little more money, a little more pleasure, a chance to get in a parting dig at someone we think has hurt us - there will be a terrible struggle with death when it comes. As long as we think we are the body, we will fight to hold onto the body when death comes to wrench it away. The tragedy, of Read the rest of this entry »
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Suggestions for preparing for dying
Dear Dying Person,
This letter isn’t from your pastor or a relative, so you’ll notice right away I don’t say how sorry I am or extend my sympathies. It isn’t hardness of heart. We just don’t know each other. But as a nurse, I’ve seen lots of people die, and each death was sad; some were better than others. Expectant couples take classes to prepare for the birth of a child. I think someone should talk to you about preparing for death. You know about those things your family and friends are trying to avoid. So, here goes. Read the rest of this entry »
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