Welcome to the 2nd season of Her Story!
We are kicking off 2020 with a series on Death & Dying.
In certain lineages of Buddhism one important meditation is that if death. Meditating on death can be an albeit peculiar way of appreciating this earthly life. I’ve been wanting to talk more deeply about the subject for a very long time perhaps as a way to prepare for the inevitable, perhaps as a way to find some succour and beauty in the greatest mystery of all. What better way to welcome in a new year than to contemplate death not alone but with other people who are around it and study it. After speaking to my guests on the death series, I am reminded that we will never know what it is until we go through it, and we will go through it. The dying remind us that under the layers and veneer of this mortal coil is a truth that we can access by opening our hearts, listening deeply and being present with one another.
This is something my next two guests have practiced on a daily basis. First, Val Thomas used to work palliative care as a spiritual aid in a public hospital here in Montreal. she talks about her experience with accompanying people in their final days and hours, how it has affected her personally, and the wisdom she has taken from her work. This interview blew me away and I think you’ll be touched by it too. Find your coziest chair, a cup of something warm and settle in.