Sacred Work

In a conversation with Ilene this week, she joked about how she felt like she was the boy who cried wolf.  I asked what she meant by that.  She replied, "I told people I didn’t think I would make it past my birthday (in June) and then I said I wouldn’t make it past August…

Another in the series of questions with Ilene, my friend who is dying of ALS: Seems like it takes a lot of work to leave consciously. What’s your take on this? You bet!  Whenever I reach that point where I feel “ I am done” that it is too hard to be in a body…

Ilene answers another question about Conscious Living: What things, practices, exercises, actions can we do to approach consciousness in our daily lives? First my disclaimer, these are things I have tried and found helpful.  I don’t claim they necessarily work for anyone else.  I always feel first and foremost, that each of us walks our…

The following set of questions for Ilene comes from an email that I recently received from a reader of this blog.   Have you had any enlightening experiences or thoughts about God or what comes next? Do you see yourself moving from your work here and your approach with Death as a way to segue…

Here’s the next set of Q+A from Ilene: What have you learned about yourself from this experience? I am stronger and more lovable than I ever imagined.  I am much more than what I do.  I have a great capacity to take what comes my way and make it into something instructive, meaningful and worthwhile. …