05 Août WALKING INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT – Meredith Little 24 au 30 mars 2024 Death Valley, USA
Au mois de mars, du 24 au 30, je serais l’assistante de Meredith Little aux USA pour ce programme du cycle du Vivre et Mourir.
Toutes les informations et les inscriptions sont sur le site de The School of Lost Borders.
A place to stay untouched by death
Does not exist.
It does not exist in space, it does not exist in the ocean,
Nor if you stay in the middle of a mountain.– the Buddha
“Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the path. Until you have developed this
awareness, all other practices are useless.” -the Dalai Lama
“Physical death is the ultimate rite of passage that we are preparing for on some level throughout our life. Sometimes this “preparing” looks like denial; sometimes sudden illness or life-threats surprise us into looking squarely at the inevitable truth. The more consciously we can turn our attention to our mortality, the more able we are to turn our life’s focus toward that which truly matters to us during this one precious lifetime.
In today’s world we carry the challenge and opportunity of making important health decisions with modern medical advances. This changes what our “dying” may look like, and necessitates significant conversations with our loved ones, as well as soul searching within ourselves. Some of the questions that arise may be: how do these decisions affect my loved ones? what are my biggest fears?, my greatest hopes?, what is my relationship with chosen death or suicide at a certain point in my dying process?, how much am I in control?, and how does the certainty of my own mortality inform my living and even infuse my life with meaning and beauty?
There is no final answer to these and many more fertile questions, rather an opportunity to deepen our organic, creative relationship with death that matures as we do. We will come together and be in conversation with the land, each other, and ourselves about our mortality, expectations and fears, relationship with mystery and the unknown. We will individually discover what arises from the tension of being life-filled, while inevitably walking toward our death.
Night walks under a very full moon will be the solo time each day, culminating in an overnight solo. During this time you will explore and cultivate your own personal tools for walking in the darkness.
We will also have the wonderful addition and support of mask-maker, elder, guide, and wildly creative friend Joyce Harvey-Morgan, who will be bringing into our week the ceremonial making and decorating of our Death Masks, which can be initiated in the night.”