The five invitations discovering what death can teach us about living fully
Life and death are a package deal. They cannot be pulled apart and we cannot truly live unless we are aware of death. The Five Invitations is an exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present consciousness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves. As a re...
| Main Author: | Ostaseski, Frank (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Remen, Rachel Naomi (writer of foreword.) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Flatiron Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | First Flatiron Books paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The first invitation: Don't wait. The doorway to possibility ; At once here and disappearing ; The maturation of hope ; The heart of the matter
- The second invitation: Welcome everything, push away nothing. As is ; Turn toward your suffering ; Love heals
- The third invitation: Bring your whole self to the experience. Don't be a role, be a soul ; Taming the inner critic ; The raging river ; Hearing the cries of the world
- The fourth invitation: Find a place of rest in the middle of things ; The calm in the storm ; Mind the gap ; Courageous presence
- The fifth invitation: Cultivate don't know mind. The story of forgetfulness ; Not knowing is most intimate ; Surrender to the sacred.