Being with loved ones in the last chapters of their lives and witnessing their crossing over the threshold into death is a solemn and sacred act. It requires an open and awakened heart. This practice has been drawn from the experiences of Jana Beisnaz and Bill Redfield. What follows is what we might say if we were sitting with the dying person in their time of transition. In your hearing of this recording, may these words be your own.

 These are also declarations we might say to each other right now, for we are all on this journey toward our own transition from this life to the next. 

 Music

A Woman Alone                    Max Richter 

Partial-choir version               Olafur Arnalds, Voces8 

Momentary-choir version       Olafur Arnalds, Voces8 

After the Storm                       Drifting in Silence