Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Fearless Compassion in the Face of Violence

The willingness to face suffering can give rise to compassion.

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Because I Am Human, I Am Enough

A lesson in the power of love and simple human presence.

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Allow Yourself to Rest

We can’t seek the deepest rest. We can relax the activity that obstructs our contact with it.

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Embracing the Mystery

Are you willing to let go of your history and step into the Mystery?

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Kiss the Moment: Meditate Mindfully

Misconceptions about meditation can get in the way of practice. “When you’re kissing somebody you want to be there for the experience. You don’t want the other person looking out the window.”

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Portals not Problem Solvers

As caregivers, we need to be more than problem solvers. We need to be portals to a larger possibility.

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Dying is a Sacred Act

Dying is itself a time, a space, and process of surrender and transformation.

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Simple Human Kindness

Caring is a natural expression of our humanity.

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach About Living

What have I learned from companioning 1000 people on the precipice of death? Death is not primarily a medical event. Believing the most we can hope for is to make the best of a ba…