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Death, Dying, Karma and Reincarnation
When
- Wednesday
- Jul. 18, 2012
- 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Description
Wednesdays, June 6-July 25, 6-9 pm
$120 for the 7-class series Register,
$20/class Register (drop-ins welcome)
"He who made us must surely also love us. His reason for ordaining death as the final act of life must, therefore, be somehow connected with His love."
-Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained
Birth, death, and reincarnation seem to us fragmented realities. We have little memory of what came before, and no knowledge of what is to come. In fact, these apparently separate experiences are one continuous flow of expanding consciousness. Reincarnation is the highway, karma is the roadmap, astral and physical birth and death are the vehicles in which we travel.
6-7 pm Conversation, ceremony, celebration, release...
Share your story, and listen as others share theirs
7-7:30 Potluck: bring a vegetarian dish to share
7:30-9 Class and discussion
Each week we'll explore a different topic:
June 6: What is Death?
June 13: Karma Makes Sense
June 20: Reincarnation
June 27: The Final Exam
July 11: Life After Death
July 18: How to Die: Helping Yourself and Others
July 25: Thy Will Be Done
June 6: What is Death?
Only in the last few decades have dying people and those close to them been encouraged to talk about their end-of-life experiences. Opening to death as a spiritual experience changes it from something to dread to a time of expanded possibility and hope.
What happens medically and spiritual when we die?
Who dies? Is death the end of consciousness?
How to make the transition with grace
June 13: Karma Makes Sense
We accept cause and effect in Nature, action and reaction in physics. Why would human life be exempt from the same laws? Learn to see how yesterday makes today and today makes tomorrow.
Is karma a "law" or merely an opinion? Do we have a choice?
Who is in charge of karma? Do "they" ever make mistakes?
Are we helpless in the face of "karmic law," or can we work with it for our own highest good?
June 20: Reincarnation
Why are we here? Where did we come from? Where are we going? And what can we do about it? Reincarnation - rightly understood - gives fascinating, deeply satisfying, hope-filled answers to these questions.
Where is the proof of reincarnation? Do we know more than we consciously remember?
Do we have a say in who we will be next and where we will be born?
What is the point of reincarnation? Seeing it from the soul's perspective.
June 27: The Final Exam
In many ways, the most important moment in life is the last one. Our last thoughts, feelings, self-concepts, and perceptions of reality determine what comes next. That moment is not random, nor can it be manipulated. It is the sum total of everything we have done up until then.
After death: Upward toward spiritual clarity and freedom? Sideways into further involvement with desires and attachments? Or downward toward darkness, confusion, ignorance? The choice is ours!
Studying for the Final Exam: attitude, willingness, spiritual practice
How is the Final Exam graded? Is it "A,B,C" or just "pass or fail"?
Presented by Lahari Palmer, Nayaswami Asha, Shanti Rubenstone, MD; Connie Hernandez, ND; and other Ananda ministers, healers, and counselors.
$120 for the 7-class series Register,
$20/class Register (drop-ins welcome)
"He who made us must surely also love us. His reason for ordaining death as the final act of life must, therefore, be somehow connected with His love."
-Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained
Birth, death, and reincarnation seem to us fragmented realities. We have little memory of what came before, and no knowledge of what is to come. In fact, these apparently separate experiences are one continuous flow of expanding consciousness. Reincarnation is the highway, karma is the roadmap, astral and physical birth and death are the vehicles in which we travel.
6-7 pm Conversation, ceremony, celebration, release...
Share your story, and listen as others share theirs
7-7:30 Potluck: bring a vegetarian dish to share
7:30-9 Class and discussion
Each week we'll explore a different topic:
June 6: What is Death?
June 13: Karma Makes Sense
June 20: Reincarnation
June 27: The Final Exam
July 11: Life After Death
July 18: How to Die: Helping Yourself and Others
July 25: Thy Will Be Done
June 6: What is Death?
Only in the last few decades have dying people and those close to them been encouraged to talk about their end-of-life experiences. Opening to death as a spiritual experience changes it from something to dread to a time of expanded possibility and hope.
What happens medically and spiritual when we die?
Who dies? Is death the end of consciousness?
How to make the transition with grace
June 13: Karma Makes Sense
We accept cause and effect in Nature, action and reaction in physics. Why would human life be exempt from the same laws? Learn to see how yesterday makes today and today makes tomorrow.
Is karma a "law" or merely an opinion? Do we have a choice?
Who is in charge of karma? Do "they" ever make mistakes?
Are we helpless in the face of "karmic law," or can we work with it for our own highest good?
June 20: Reincarnation
Why are we here? Where did we come from? Where are we going? And what can we do about it? Reincarnation - rightly understood - gives fascinating, deeply satisfying, hope-filled answers to these questions.
Where is the proof of reincarnation? Do we know more than we consciously remember?
Do we have a say in who we will be next and where we will be born?
What is the point of reincarnation? Seeing it from the soul's perspective.
June 27: The Final Exam
In many ways, the most important moment in life is the last one. Our last thoughts, feelings, self-concepts, and perceptions of reality determine what comes next. That moment is not random, nor can it be manipulated. It is the sum total of everything we have done up until then.
After death: Upward toward spiritual clarity and freedom? Sideways into further involvement with desires and attachments? Or downward toward darkness, confusion, ignorance? The choice is ours!
Studying for the Final Exam: attitude, willingness, spiritual practice
How is the Final Exam graded? Is it "A,B,C" or just "pass or fail"?
Presented by Lahari Palmer, Nayaswami Asha, Shanti Rubenstone, MD; Connie Hernandez, ND; and other Ananda ministers, healers, and counselors.
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Phone
650-323-3363
