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Articles

Dale Borglum, Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project, except where otherwise noted, has written all of the articles for our website. Dale founded and directed the first spiritually- based hospice in the United States, the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the co-author of Journey of Awakening: A Meditator's Guidebook, Bantam Books and has taught meditation for the past 25 years. Dale lectures and gives workshops on the topics of spiritual support for those with life-threatening illness and on caregiving as a spiritual practice.

A Clown, a Prankster, a Mensch
Compassion in Troubled Times

Conscious dying in the West
Collective Healing
Poorest of the Poor
Pilgrimage (2002)
Engaged by the Mystery (2001)
What's Normal? (2001)
Before the First Step (2000)
How We Heal (1999)
The Path to Healing (1998)
The Shadow of Death (1997)

In-Services

In-Services are available to organizations, healthcare providers, hospitals, schools, and civic groups. Executive Director, Dale Borglum, provides these educational services upon request. Fees are negotiable. Contact us.

Interviews

We are beginning to post interviews with local professionals on our website. If you have any particular requests or comments please e-mail us.

Living with the Dying

A Matter of Life and Death

How Healing Can Come From Caregiving
September 2001

Meditation & Relaxation Exercises

The "Ah" Breath: caregiver and patient do together
Taking and Sending: meditation for one person,caregiver or patient

Reading List

The following reading list is recommended by the Living/Dying Project for further
information on dying issues.

Caregiving:

Caring for the Patient with Cancer at Home, The American Cancer Society
When Life Becomes Precious, Elsie Needell Babcock
Share the Care, How to Organize a Group to Care for Someone Who is Seriously Ill,
   Cappy Capossela, Sheila Warnock
Coming Home, Deborah Duda
The Family Handbook of Hospice Care, Fairview Health Services
All About Hospice: A Consumer's Guide, Foundation for Hospice and Homecare
The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death,
   Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, John Mahoney, and Galen Miller
Home Care for the Dying:
   A Reassuring, Comprehensive Guide to Physical and Emotional Care
,
   Deborah Whiting Little
The Caregiver's Book: Caring for Another, Caring for Yourself, James. E. Miller
The Caregiver's Guide, Caroline Rob

Healing:

The Healing Path, Marc Ian Barasch
Spiritual Healing, Joel Goldsmith
Healing From the War, Arthur Egendorf
The Lover Within, Julie Henderson
Reclaiming Our Health, John Robbins
Healing Words, Larry Dossey

Meditation:

Journey of Awakening, Ram Dass, Dale Borglum, Daniel Goleman, Dwarka Bonner.
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
The Experience of Insight, Joseph Goldstein
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Shunryu Suzuki
Open Secret, Versions of Rumi, John Moyne and Coleman Barks
You Are the Eyes of the World, Longchenpa
A Path With Heart, Jack Kornfield

Psychology:

The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller
Awakening the Heart, John Welwood, ed.
Essence, A.H. Almaas
Meeting the Shadow, Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams, ed.
Universal Compassion, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Suicide and the Soul, James Hillman

Working with the Dying:

Who Dies?, Stephen Levine
Healing into Life and Death, Stephen Levine
Coming Home, Deborah Duda
How Can I Help?, Ram Dass and Paul Gorman
Grace Unfolding, Greg Johanson and Ron Kurtz
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche
Living Our Dying, Joseph Stark

© living/dying project 2002