Laurel Brookes

You know I love a good metaphor! In this conversation, Amy compares the unpredictable change that's happening right now to hitting a patch of ice while you're driving. She explains that we have to resist the human reflex to slam on the brakes and instead steer into the ice.

It's the perfect metaphor because that out-of-control spin-y feeling is exactly how most of us feel right now.

I think you're going to really love her take on the world, the three trends that make up the current "super cycle" of change (AI, wearable technology, and biotechnology), and the need to increase our capacity for uncertainty (ugh).

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/futurist-amy-webb-on-whats-coming-and-whats-here/id1730985049?i=1000653430864

As you begin the week, pause for a moment to think about all of the things in your life that you're truly grateful for. Allow yourself to really feel it and continue your day with a grateful heart.

I would love to know one thing you are grateful for. Today, I'm especially grateful for my daily walks in nature.

Oh yes❗️

Unfortunately, many of our politicians have no idea what logic is. Sigh💕

😂🫣😂

♥️♥️♥️

Think before reacting.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation

Six-Week Study Group

Spiritual Dimensions of Nearing Death

Wednesdays, 2 pm - 3:45 pm PST

Jan. 11th & 18th

February 8th & 22nd

March 8th & 29th

About this event

It's a lot yes, but please read this so you have an optimal experience. If possible, register for all six classes as they will build on each other. reading the material prior to the class is essential.

If you are interested in exploring the presence of death, nearing death or after-death experiences, or understanding the special awareness and communications of the dying, this is the class for you!
Hosted by the EKR Foundation, this online class journeys into the realm of Spiritual Dimensions of Nearing Death, using selected readings from books, films, and videos, meditation, and in-depth discussion in a supportive and warm environment.
Participants will be asked to read and delve into the writings of authors including Roshi Joan Halifax, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and Sogyal Rinpoche. We will take a look at videos with Doctors Fleishman, Greyson, and Kerr, as we read, watch, think and discuss in a supportive, warm setting. Explore these topics in depth to discover what you believe!
Class meets six times, twice a month, on Wednesday afternoons from 2 pm to 3:45 pm PST, on January 11 & 25, Feb 8 & 22, March 8 & 29, 2023.
Please register for all six classes at the same time; they build on each other.
Please note that you have to register for each of the six classes individually. The fastest way to do this is to cut and paste this link into your browser. It will list all 6 classes, sign up for each of them, please.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/spiritual-dimensions-of-nearing-death-1424439?just_published=true

Reading the assigned material prior to each class is essential.
Four Required Texts to purchase or borrow from the library for this Class:
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, by Roshi Joan Halifax
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, by Sogyal Rinpoche
On Life After Death, by Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Final Gifts: Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying, by Maggie Callahan

The Class is offered by donation or dana. We hope that by offering it by donation (the Pali word is Dana used for many Buddhist teachers and retreats), everyone is able to offer what is practical for them. No one refused because of an inability to make a donation! Thank you!

Readings to be done by 1st class are from one book only:
"Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death", by Roshi Joan Halifax,
Healing the Divide, Chapters 4 & 5, pages 25-46

About your Facilitator, Rhyena Halpern
As an End of Life Doula, Rhyena holds the space as people and their loved ones intentionally plan for their death. She helps people create an end of life plan, do life review and legacy work, update their final wishes and documents, and serves as emotional support through their final days of living while dying. Her role is one of compassionate, non-medical support. While advocating for their wishes, she provides information on home funerals, rituals and green burials. She also leads death cafes, writes and teaches on death and dying.

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Register Now to avoid disappointment later :-)

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Monthly Virtual Death Cafe with EKR Foundation
Monthly, Second & Fourth Tuesdays
10:00 AM – 11:30 am PST



At a Death Café, people gather to discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment. There is no agenda, no teachers, books or films, this is a discussion group, not a grief support or counseling session. This is also not an opportunity to sell goods nor services. This is an opportunity to consider ideas, your own and others, and an opportunity to share things you may not have other opportunities to share, and to deeply listen to others as they share their experiences about death, dying, loss and grief.

Participation is free, but registration is required.

Register here for any of the upcoming Death Cafes

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Spiritual Dimensions of Nearing Death This six-class series will be a opportorthunity for exploring the unexplored: near-death experiences, death as a presence/teacher & the special communication that can happen as one nears death