| AUDIO SERIES:
Being
a Compassionate Companion:
Teachings, stories and practical wisdom for
those accompanying someone who is dying - An intimate conversation with Frank Ostaseski
Divided into three parts, this audio series is dedicated to the
practice of compassionate companionship. It offers practices, reminders,
and stories gathered from Frank Ostaseski's 20 years of experience
being with death and dying. In addition, the series offers listeners
support in preparing for death, serving the dying, and grieving.
Preparing:
In this first part we see why every spiritual tradition
speaks to us of keeping death as our advisor, our mentor in opening
fully to life. We examine our own responses to the impermanent
nature of things and in recognizing the precarious nature of life,
we also come to appreciate its preciousness. Frank shares Zen
Hospice’s Five Precepts of Hospice Care to develop practical
presence at the bedside. This section ends with a guided meditation
using the Five Precepts.
Serving:
Part II examines the mutuality of service and the crucial difference
between helping and serving. We see how the true definition of
compassion—‘suffering with others’ —allows
us to serve from our whole self and leaves us with a feeling of
profound gratitude. Frank discusses ways to provide spiritual
support that can provide a return to wholeness, a healing even
though there may be no cure. These include ways to encourage refection
and life review as well as a powerful Forgiveness Meditation.
Grieving:
Frank navigates an intimate walk across the landscape of grieving,
giving us the confidence to develop a relationship to it rather
than ‘getting over it’’ or resisting it. In
part III, We see how grief is the common ground of our humanity
and are encouraged to acceptance each stage of grief, giving practical
advice for the process he characterizes as ‘loss, losing
and loosening’. In a guided meditation on the loss of a
loved one we explore how healing can be possible by moving toward
suffering and surrendering to grief.
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Advance Directive
Documentation
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