LIVING FULLY - QUESTIONS

Our program and related media will help participants find personally meaningful answers to the following questions.

(1) Living
How does an understanding of the process and spirituality of dying help us to engage fully in our own lives with meaning,purpose and contentment? What are examples of stories that help us to grasp this? How can I live my life in this way? How can I joyfully live my life in preparation for death? What meditations, prayers, mantras, visualizations, perspectives and attitudes should I learn and develop now so that I am ready for death at any moment?

(2) Dying
The process of dying can be instant or it can last for hours, days, weeks, months, or years. What are the predictable stages of the dying process? How can we prepare for this? What tools and techniques can we acquire so that we can be content and purposeful in the dying process? How should we positively prepare and engage our families and friends in our dying process psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, physically? How and when should we organize our living wills, insurance, finances, possessions, and businesses, etc., to prepare for the inevitable, yet uncertain time of our dying process? How should I plan for my own care during the dying process? How should I involve family and friends? What are the options for helping me through the dying process including spiritual guides, psychological counseling, treatment guides, assisted living, intensive care, home care, and hospice? How can I help my friends and loved-ones in their process of dying.

(3) Death
What is death? Is death the final act of our existence? Is death a process of transformation to another form of life? What happens when we die? What are the stages of death physically, emotionally, intellectually? How can this process become a meaningful, purposeful transformative experience? How can we be aware and conscious of the process and guide ourselves through it? How can we avoid fear and mental anguish? How can we do it with purpose and contentment?

(4) Beyond
What do the world's spiritual traditions say about life beyond death? What are the philosophical rationale for life after death? What are the credible reports from both individuals and medical research about continued existence? How can I have knowledge and faith that I will continue to exist after my death? How would faith in afterlife alter the way I live the present life? How would my behavior and state of mind during my life, dying and death influence the form, place and quality my continuing existence?