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Death Cafe write up: Bath city center Death Cafe
Posted by edowling on March 9, 2017, 12:30 p.m.
As this was our first meeting Sue and I were apprehensive as to anyone joining us! We need not have worried as the 2hrs swiftly passed with a dozen of us discussing a verity of related topics by our dynamic group! It was a terific mixture of personalities with a wealth of ideas and interests.
We all expressed a hope for more to join us in these monthly sessions! The more the merrier!!
Death Cafe write up: Bath city center Death Cafe
Posted by edowling on March 9, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
'Thus that which is the most awful of evils, death, is nothing to us, since when we exist there is no death, and when there is death we do not exist.' Epicurus
The ritual start to drawing, the Ensō, often leads me on to other thoughts.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Cape Town
Posted by Fustbariclation on March 6, 2017, 2:28 p.m.
I have just returned from my first Death café, at 'The Dining Room' in Woodstock in Cape Town.
There were twelve of us, with Sean O'Connor as convener. Sean did a first rate job of making everybody feel welcome and at home, and he managed the flow of the evening with a light touch.
It was, at times, very moving, to hear of the experiences others had had with death, as well as comforting to feel so much in the same boat - as, of course, we all are.
The time went very quickly indeed, which is always a good sign, and the cake was extremely good.
I ...
Resource: Easy Death, Spiritual Wisdom on The Ultimate Transcending of Death and Everything Else by The Ruchir
Posted by Henny Nouwen RN,CMT on March 6, 2017, 2:19 p.m. 1 comment
"An exciting, stimulating, and
thought-provoking book that
adds immensely to the ever-
increasing literature on the
phenomena of life and death.
"...it is a confirmation that a life
filled with love instead of fear
can lead to ultimately
meaningful life and death.
"Thank you for this masterpiece."
– Elisabeth Kubler Ross ...
Death Cafe write up: Chambana Death Cafe March 2017
Posted by Sue Klefstad on March 5, 2017, 7:24 a.m.
A group of thirteen of us (isn't that appropriate?) met to talk about death, lightly facilitated by Sherry Gilles. A diverse group, we touched on topics ranging from morphine against air hunger to The Grim Reaper enjoying his job. It was a delightful time, with good talk and good laughs. I'm so glad I went.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Cairns
Posted by alyce on March 4, 2017, 12:07 a.m.
An article in the Cairns Post today has been a wonderful source of discussion for our event.
Death Cafe write up: Hornby Island, BC Death Cafe VII
Posted by Sylvia Sienikehä Elysiana on March 2, 2017, 4:10 p.m.
Lovely gathering.
Death Cafe write up: Hornby Island, BC Death Cafe VI
Posted by Sylvia Sienikehä Elysiana on March 2, 2017, 3:11 p.m.
Another beautiful gathering -- great conversation spanning a variety of death centered topics.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Lille
Posted by Kulprobert on March 1, 2017, 11:14 a.m.
Feb 28 was Lille's 1st death cafe. It was posted on meetup. 25 people registered, 7 attended, the most important item discussed being the refusal of the French govt to authorize euthanasia, the right to die in dignity. People can't understand why Belgium has it but not France. One reason is Belgium is a relatively egalitarian society whereas France is very elitist: the elite can die in comfort, the rest often is obliged to suffer. A solution is to move to New Zealand where there's a club of seniors that builds its own coffins: cheap underground furniture. Read Michelle Innis' March 1 2017 NYT article.
New Blog post: To My Unborn Child : a mother writes.
Posted by Arusha on March 1, 2017, 10:11 a.m. 1 comment
i was my mother’s only child, and she almost died giving birth to me.
we were best friends. the kind that bicker & argue all the time.
we were also so incredibly stubborn.
my mother died in 2013, when i was 32 years old.
we had just spent 18 months living together in an absurdly large house in Goa.
18 months with my mother and her liver tumour.
her dying was an earthquake & a tsunami ...
New Blog post: Two years is nothing when you’ve lost your mum
Posted by Kiran Sidhu on March 1, 2017, 8:36 a.m. 20 comments
Two years on I see my mother's untimely death as a defining moment in my life; it has changed me, shaped me, taken away any innocence, swamped me, it has filled my mind, taken my heart hostage and changed the past. I say it has changed the past because memories of past events, before she died, have changed. Otherwise innocuous memories have become painful, because they are memories of what was before, before it ...
Video: “I help people to live until that very last moment” (5 min)
Posted by Jon Underwood on Feb. 28, 2017, 2:36 p.m. 2 comments
Death Cafe write up: Comox Valley Death Cafe
Posted by Dale Presly and Diane Palmason on Feb. 28, 2017, 1:24 p.m.
This fifth in our current series of Death Cafes in the Comox Seniors Centre was held on the afternoon after yet another unusual (for the Comox Valley) snowfall. Fortunately the temperature had risen enough that the snow was almost clear of walkways and entries by the time participants started to arrive.
Twenty-one people joined us, with a positive mix of new-comers and regulars. They are invited to seat themselves at one of the tables arranged to seat four, preferably with someone that have not yet met.
The hosts give a brief outline of Death Cafe principles, plus an outline of the format: sharing for the first hour, a ...