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You are part of a fraction of people in our world called to the journey of self-reflection, personal discovery and making sense of life and death. You have both the opportunity and the possibility to be transformed by this journey.
As a person living a conscious life, you must discern how you can be well within yourself and how you can confront and contribute to redressing and reconciling the challenging and ugly realities of our times. We must ‘wake-up before our time’s up’ to turn this tide of grief and destruction into a journey of justice, hope and healing.
Someday, you’ll have to let go of everything that you’ve gathered in your life—the people, the possessions, the knowledge, the successes and even the stories that haven’t served you. And what will you take from this life? If you had five minutes left to live, only love would be on your mind. So be in love now!
To live a conscious, intentional life, you’ve got to know who you are and what you stand for. Love is the starting point for clarifying who and what matter most. (See Love is the Answer: Part 1.)
Willow’s 7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death self-study online program helps you get the clarity you want which will lead to the action our world needs. The program, with its 11 videos and multiple tools and links, provides the essential foundation for all your pragmatic end-of-life planning. 7 Tools will inspire you to live your best life now because when you explore what matters in the end, you get clarity about what matters now. At your own pace, you’ll be guided to answer powerful questions like these:
Consciously exploring death, dying and grief, when cradled with love and experienced as a natural part of the rhythm of life, can be pathways to healing. What the world needs now is healing. Learn more about Willow’s 7 Tools for Making Sense of Life & Death self-study online program by joining us for a free online event on February 2 or 3.
All our love,
Michelle + Reena
What about you?
What’s your experience with waking-up before your time’s up?
How has your mortality been an opportunity in disguise?
There was a time when I thought that death acceptance was the opposite of death denial. I also thought that there were two signs of death denial: fear of death and dying, and strong attachments to life and living. My thinking was that if I didn’t have fear and anxiety about death, and I could sever my strong attachments in life, I would live peacefully with the full acceptance of death.
It was five and a half years ago today that I began a ten-week exploration into big questions around death, dying and community reclamation of deathcare.
Ngaio Davis, a licensed funeral director and embalmer for the last 17 years, considers herself more of a deathcare worker and support giver. As the founder of KORU, a micro-funeral business, she offers funeral-related or death-care services in the Vancouver area of British Columbia, Canada.
