45: A Year of Death and Creation
The deathbed now feels like the birth bed felt then. Like the universe is taking in a big inhale, recalibrating, and exhaling a new reality.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
Navigating the space between stories puts us up for an immense challenge. We must seek the others to find hope and support when that which we love falls away, rediscover how to grieve for what we lose and praise what is lost, and learn how to remain alive in the face of death. To not resist being wholly taken by awe at the birth of spring, because ... See more
Niels Devisscher • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown
(1) Remember that Life and Death live on the same side of the same coin. Death is not idly waiting for us at the end of our journeys—no, it is always with us in the lives we lead now. Being acutely aware of this allows us to reflect on what really matters, and keeps us open to the new perspectives that Life has in store for us.
Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That
(3) The lessons of death can be learned now. We don’t need to wait until our Lists of Human Experience are blank to embrace the wisdom of death. We have this precise moment to work on the things that give us meaning, to embrace this existence we’ve been gifted, and to tell the people we love most that we love them.
Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That
The Emissary thinks about the story of a life, especially as it is underway. It thinks about the health and growth of a life. It thinks about what values of a life are sacred to its core identity and what needs updating. It thinks about the future not as an abyssal unknown, but as a path whose shape is being sculpted day by day, in little and big w
... See moreIan Cheng • Emissary's Guide To Worlding
So it became evident that a preparation for dying, a new opening to life, allowed deeper healings to occur. For some these healings affected the body as well as the heart. Not all who came to us to die actually died. Indeed, over the years, many seemed at a certain point of opening to start to become physically well again. Sharing with those who ha
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