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'This is a wise, lucid, beautiful book that will help you be less afraid and more alive. Read it as soon as you can; it will change you.' Dr Lucy Kalanithi Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment, a secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most in life. So begins Frank Ostaseski's stirring book, The Five Invitations, an exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present awareness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves. In his thirty-plus years as a companion to the dying, Frank Ostaseski has sat on the precipice of death with more than a thousand people. A renowned teacher of compassionate care-giving, Ostaseski has distilled the lessons gleaned over the course of his career into a powerful and inspiring exploration of the essential wisdom dying has to impart to all of us about how to forge rich and meaningful lives. The 'Five Invitations' - Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing; Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience; Don't Wait; Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things; and Cultivate a Don't Know Mind - show how death can be the guide we need to wake up fully to our lives. This stunning, unforgettable book offers a radical path to transformation.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139781509801848
eBay Product ID (ePID)27046662816
Product Key Features
Publication Year2017
TopicCoping with Illness, Popular Psychology
Book TitleThe Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us about Living Fully
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorFrank Ostaseski
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight415 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFrank Ostaseski