The Grace in Dying : How We Are Transformed Spiritually as We Die - Softcover

Singh, Kathleen D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062515659 ISBN 13: 9780062515650

Publisher: HarperOne, 2000

Synopsis

A moving illumination of the final transition of our lives.

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Review:

Right from the start Kathleen Dowling Singh proclaims: "Dying is safe. You are safe. Your loved one is safe. That is the message of all the words here." True to her promise, Dowling Singh walks us through the final stages of death with complete honesty, yet she manages to quell the ultimate fear of dying. Speaking of the "Nearing Death Experience," Singh has discovered a sequence of phases or qualities that signals when a dying person is entering the final stages of spiritual and psychological transformation. She names them as relaxation, withdrawal, radiance, interiority (a time of going inward), silence, sacred, transcendence, knowing, intensity, and perfection--all of which she explains in great detail. A hospice worker and worldwide lecturer, Dowling Singh is being touted as the next Kubler-Ross. Time will tell. One thing is for certain: this is an astonishingly intelligent and engrossing book about consciously surrendering our bodies and our egos to death. There are 500,000 hospice patients in the U.S. and 5 million hospice workers worldwide. And every one of them would probably find profound comfort in this breakthrough book on dying. --Gail Hudson

About the Author:

Kathleen Dowling Singh is a Dharma practitioner, in-demand speaker, and is also the author of The Grace in Aging and The Grace in Living. She speaks in broad and practical language about spiritual transformation and practices.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0062515659
• ISBN 13: 9780062515650
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352