Dying Into Love with Ram Dass, Joan Halifax, Dale Borglum & Bodhi Be.

My first journey to India was, in part, a result of an interest I had in better understanding death. Sitting at the funeral ghats in Benares watching the families watch the bodies of their loved ones burn showed me how in Eastern culture death is part of life. Looking back to the West I could see that death was hidden from the consciousness of the culture.

Since returning from India in late 60’s I’ve been sitting by deathbeds and through my spiritual life I have confronted my own beliefs around death. Now is the time for us all to consider what we’re missing as a culture because of our disconnection from our own mortality.

Joan Halifax Roshi, Dale Borglum, Bodhe Be and I, with the help of Sam Small, have prepared this series of videos we call Dying Into Love, taken from three emotional workshops where we sought to present the truth of death as we know it.

Some of the participants are professional caregivers, some are dying themselves, and some are spiritual people who wish to consider the issues of death as a way of enhancing their own consciousness and move closer to God.

The combination of presenters in the Dying Into Love videos offer you a depth and breath of information about death, and life,  that I trust you will find intriguing.

Namaste,

Ram Dass

Go to dyingintolove.com for more information and to register for this video series.

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We have all kinds of education – but what prepares us to deal with the death of a loved one or our own passing? How can we be of highest service to someone who is dying?

Ram Dass has partnered with Joan Halifax Roshi, Dale Borglum and Bodhi Be to create three seminal online workshops on death and dying called Dying Into Love.

These workshops contain over 18 hours of video, in 20-30 minute segments, covering the most important topics on caring for the dying and exploring the transformative power of the dying process.

Based on a series of three workshops, learn from four leaders in the field:

Ram Dass – 40+ years a pioneer of awakened consciousness, and service as a spiritual path. World-renowned author and lecturer (ramdass.org).Co-founder of the Seva Foundation, The Prison Ashram Project and The Dying Project.

Joan Halifax Roshi – Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and author. Founder of Upaya Zen Center. She has worked in the area of death and dying for over 30 years and is Director of the Project on Being with Dying.

Dale Borglum – Founder of The Living/Dying Project, has worked with 1000’s of people with life-threatening illness & their families for over 30 years. Co-author of Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook.

Bodhi Be – Interfaith minister, hospice volunteer and funeral director, founded DOORWAY INTO LIGHT offering goods and services for the dying and families, green/home funerals, advance directives, and workshops.

The teachings include group discussions, exercises and meditations dedicated to reclaiming all aspects of dying as sacred components to modern spiritual life.

The Dying Into Love Video workshops are being offered to watch online or download directly to your computer. This material can support both caregivers to the dying and anyone facing their own death. Click here to learn more about the program.

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