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The Wisdom of Dying: Practice For Living
by N M Murphy
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Element Books Ltd. (1999-07-25)
ISBN: 1862045798
EAN: 9781862045798
Dewy Decimal #: 155.937
Hardcover: 231 pages
SKU: 00-P03L-0FF7
Condition: Good
Comments: Former library book with normal stamps and stickers. D/J has mylar cover. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is very tight.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Interweaving the intensely moving stories of those who have met death and those who have accompanied them, with stories from ancient myth and legend, and insights gained from the author's decades of experience in guiding others on their journey toward death, this remarkable book may well change your approach to life.
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Amazon.com Review
Hospice leader N. Michael Murphy explores the spiritual lessons about living that only death can offer. "The wisdom of dying urges that the roles and masks of everyday life be set aside before it is too late since they often obscure the giving and receiving of caring and love," Murphy explains in his introduction. Murphy's visionary approach to dying includes chapters on witnessing and participating in the life stories of the dying. In these precious personal and family stories, the lessons of living can be passed on, he explains. Hospitals would be transformed, he continues, if family members, doctors, and nurses gathered around a dying or deceased person, lit candles, and told stories of how that person affected their lives. In other chapters, he exposes how funeral homes and death rituals are designed to deny death rather than embrace it as a meaningful extension of life. He also discusses the specifics of caring for a dying person--including the stages of dementia and coma. This is an astute and comforting guidebook for living and dying with soul and dignity. As Thomas Moore writes in the preface, "Read it and live. Read it and die." --Gail Hudson
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Customer Reviews
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Very thought provoking
Rating  (5)
Date: 2000-11-12
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
A thought provoking book that allows one to confront the face of death and accept it. Most people believe themselves to be immortal until the inevitable loss of a loved one happens. This book changes that once scary part of our reality cycle into something that helps us live a more mindful life. The exercise of seeing yourself go through your last days is alone worth the price of this book. I'm young so it's hard for me to buy into all that "love everybody" message but I suspect that's a fault of mine not the authors. A very well written book that is a must read for everyone.
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Moving and Touches the Heart
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-11-07
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Michael Murphy reminds us that underneath our personality, roles in life, and even the experience of death is eternal life. Here, we are transcended from self-centered awareness into life-centered awareness. In this dimension of our being, our soul is revealed. The connections made on the level of soul in our relationships create invisible bonds forever linking us as children of the Comos. Thanks Michael Murphy for your insight into the sacred human path to love. -- Samuel Oliver, author of, WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: LESSONS ON LIVING.
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the best book on the subject in years
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-09-14
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
It was very good to read this book filled with helpfull ideas and fresh approaches to ancient themes. As a human being I recognized many of the situations that were described and as a doctor I felt proud that it was one of us who wrote this book.
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