Graceful Passages

This is the most beautiful resource for death and dying, but also for realising the value of life. The book and accompanying CDs are an inspiring experience - the book reproduces the spoken word - while one CD contains the words and the other only the music. It enables people to talk about life and death, forgiveness and acceptance and helps them let go and be in the now - all of which is a spiritual process. The messages come from many different spiritual traditions and include well-known teachers like Elizabeth Kubler Ross, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Arun Gandhi and Ram Dass. This kind of book reminds one of the preciousness and fragility of life. Only this week, I heard about the death in a hunting accident of a friend at whose Abbey – Spineto - I was staying only in October. We live in an illusion of permanence that can be transformed at any moment. The book also makes the important point that how we respond to change is itself the preparation for death. This resource can be highly recommended to every reader.