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Inside Compassion: Edge States, Contemplative Interventions, Neuroscience

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As You Remember

A chilly winter scene can remind us of the loneliness of losing someone we love…someone no lon

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Be wary of lidded teacups

Title: Vodník Author: Bryce Moore Publisher & Release Date: Tu Books, 2012 The Hook: We Need Diverse Books rec’d this book as a read-alike for Lish McBride’s excellent “Hold Me Close, Necromancer.”...

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‘A Marriage to Remember’ - NYTimes.com

‘A Marriage to Remember’ – NYTimes.com.

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More Proof that Near-Death Experiences are Real and Diminish the Fear of Death

More Proof that Near-Death Experiences are Real and Diminish the Fear of Death – Waking Times. August 25, 2014 By WakingTimes  Buck Rogers, Staff Writer Waking Times  Is Death Really Something to Fear?...

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Childhood Memory

~~~ Childhood memory, bear so true, Keep me safe, this night through.  ~ Growing up, left you behind

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In honor of B.K.S. Iyengar–Yoga photos from 1976

Updated 2 seconds ago · Taken at Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) Obituary B.K.S. Iyengar, December 14, 1918–August 19, 2014 These photographs were given to me by a friend, Francis...

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Alice and the Meaning of Life

By Don Laird, MS, NCC, LPC The following is the final condensed excerpt from Don Laird’s upcoming bo

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Dying and the Psychedelic Experience

Photo source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/how-psychedelic-drugs-can-help-patients-face-death.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 NY TIMES: How psychedelic drugs can help patients face death....

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Bonjela

I’ve realised this evening as I was scrabbling around for something to numb the pain in my gum (don’t ask) that I’ve incredibly strong associations with Bonjela; and sadly the most recent one has...

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Supported We Hang In There!

      THIS AMAZING ROCK FORMATION IS CALLED “CHAPEL ROCK. THE TREE YOU SEE ON THE ROCK IS ONLY KEPT ALIVE BY THE ROOT BRIDGE ON THE LEFT. When times get tough, as they sometimes do, we all need a...

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Regrets and Guilt

Regrets and guilt can weigh you down. Unless you are perfect, it is easy to find something to regret

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How to Love a Dying Friend

I met my friend – I will call her Gigi because she reminded me of a ‘60s actress – a little more than a year before she was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. I actually do not remember how we met;...

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September (and Beyond) Happenings!

Even as I border on an upcoming rather significant birthday (translation: I’m OLD!), September still feels like a time of new beginnings, to learn something new, and provides additional space for...

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Arms Full of Memories

Each Memory Bear I make becomes arms full of memories for each one that grieves. Each piece of cloth

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Taking another stab at it

Facing the prospect of my own death, I started this blog to explore my experience with death, and to explore my understanding of life, death and the afterlife (should such a thing exist).I got as far,...

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walking round a space without seamus heaney

I thought of walking round and round a space Utterly empty, utterly a source Where the decked chestn

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Socks

In the back of my file drawer I found a pair of socks left there from the time my mother came to stay when the music room was her bedroom and all her belongings took up two drawers after a stroke my...

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People cope with death in many different ways - The Patriot-News

People cope with death in many different ways – The Patriot-News. This column, “God Squad” by Rabbi Marc Gellman examines the moral issues of being honest about terminal illness.  Personally, I tend to...

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Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Beatitudes: Matthew 5:3-11 Blessed Are Those who Mourn   Verse 4: Blessed are those who mourn, for t

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