Dying Before We Die

Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation
From the Center for Action and Contemplation

Image credit: Autumn Leaves (detail), Koan, 2018.

Thursday, November 22, 2018
Thanksgiving in the United States

In one way or another, almost all religions say that you must die before you die, and then you will know what dying means—and what it does not mean!… Read the rest

Conscious Connections and Aging

As our roles shift in older age, so does our sense of community, and feelings of isolation often accompany elder life. When I spoke about this to Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Master, he said that in spite of the information age and advances in technology, which allow us to communicate with each other so rapidly, “one human being can’t be with another human being [through technology].
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Aging With Awareness

 


In M. Schlitz, T. Amorok, and M. Micozzi (Editors),
Consciousness and Healing: An Anthology of Integral
Approaches to Mind/Body Medicine
. Elseveir, 2004.
Ron Valle, Ph.D. and Mary Mohs, L.V.N., M.A.
Awakening: A Center for Exploring Living and Dying
9701 Deer Valley Road
Brentwood, CA 94513


When we resist aging, we resist life itself, since aging is inherent in living.

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