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Dial Up the Magic of This Moment: Philosopher Joanna Macy on How Rilke Can Help Us Befriend Our Mortality and Be More Alive

By Maria Popova — 2014

Philosopher Joanna Macy on how Rilke can help us befriend our mortality and be more alive: “Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love.”

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Death Is the Fullness of Being

Listen as Cynthia Bourgeault, author of "The Wisdom Jesus" and "The Meaning of Mary Magdalene," and Center for Action and Contemplation faculty member, explains how death is not a thing to be feared.

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Cynthia Bourgeault
2020
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The Mystery of Death: Awakening to Eternal Life

What precisely happens at the time of death is a question that theologians have struggled over for centuries but have never answered satisfactorily.

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Ladislaus Boros, Cynthia Bourgeault (introduction)
2020
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Death and Dying