Tools for Conscious Living

In the last issue, I discussed the role of the end-of-life doula. The end-oflife doula’s philosophy is that we all are sacred. Our goal is to have that sanctity accompany us in death just as it did in life.

At fifty, I found myself at a crossroads yearning for a name that resonated with prestige and purpose — something that echoed with the gravitas of a Rockefeller or the elegance of a Vanderbilt.

End-of-life doulas embrace the philosophy that everyone is sacred. The end-of-life doula’s goal is for that sanctity to accompany every person in death as it did in life.

For the past fifteen years, a major focus of my personal life and professional life has been on achieving and teaching transcendence.

When you don’t understand what’s going on or you continually feel bad for no apparent reason, life can be difficult. You start thinking something might be wrong with you. You live in a state of judging yourself because you believe that you just don’t seem right.

Periodically, I have vividly powerful, sometimes lucid, spiritual dreams. I speculate on what makes them a seemingly transcendent expression of the divine and as a scientist, what physiological mechanisms may mediate this process. In some dreams, the perceptions have been awe-inspiring.

Old resentments make us feel bitter, and bitterness can make the most beautiful of us appear ugly. Resentments are the opposite of forgiveness and block the free flow of Divine love

To Be or Not to Be is the great question of today. You will notice it is not “To Do” or ”To have.” Those were the questions of the past on the Old Earth. They created greed, war, disease, separation, hate, loss, lack and despair. The old human created from the mind of separation.

“I lost my favorite pen!” my father yelled in frustration. “Where is it, Heather?”

When people reach the point of seeking ways to improve their lives both from within and without, they have experienced some type of suffering that has compelled them into action. They seek to resolve inner and outer conditions causing them dis-ease, discontent, and dissatisfaction