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Grandsy’s eyes light up for just a few moments and then the sparkle dies out. “I’m too tired to go out for food,” she said. “No big deal,” Ray replies. But it is a big deal! Grandsy is in some kind of funk! Something IS really wrong, although no one is being direct about it. Later, Ray discovers that Grandsy has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Dementia. How can Ray battle this insidious disease and bring her beloved Grandsy back to life? Ray has learned the power of the sacred Quest, and if there ever was a need for one, it is now. Fa had told Ray stories of the Elixir of Immortality residing in Shambhala, a hidden kingdom accessible only through the sacred Quest. Using clues Fa left in a storage locker, Ray plays on her Mum’s own desire to find Fa. In the darkest and most exciting Ray Adventure yet, Ray reaches new heights of deception and misdirection that launch them on a journey into an ancient dystopian world hidden beneath Nepal. Little do they know it, but Ray and her Mother have arrived at the most turbulent moment in the political history of Nepal. Ray’s Mum is invited on a double date with a member of Nepal’s royal family. Flattered and fed up with Ray’s double-dealing, her Mum goes on her own adventure. That very night the royal family is massacred and Ray’s Mum is taken hostage. Ray enlists the help of Devi - a trained protector of Shambhala, and a Gurkha pilot who has a surprising knack of blacking out to avoid going against a direct order. Ray lands the float plane in a narrow canyon on the Kali Gandaki river. Together they succeed in rescuing her Mother from the well guarded Ranighat palace. Returning to her Quest for Shambhala, Ray parachutes into the Yalbang Monastery, literally running into the Buddha in the courtyard. There she meets the caregiver for Alexandra David-Neel, the greatest adventurer of the inner and outer realms, who shares with Ray the long-kept secret location to the entrance of Shambhala. The action ratchets up a notch at a Bon-Po ceremony attended by scores of wrathful deities. Ray and Devi enter a tum-mo competition that reveals to them the hidden powers of the breath and mind. Ray learns she can melt ice on a frozen lake through her body heat alone!.. Following the ceremony, an enigmatic Bon-Po shaman leads Ray to the entrance of Shambhala. Once inside, she discovers it’s a false Shambhala that traps people for many lifetimes, addicting them to hallucinatory local honey. Are the Elixir of Immortality & Shambhala false hopes? Could it be that she had the answer to her Quest all along?
Ray and her friend Becky are devastated by what they see. Tens of thousands of Monarchs are clinging to the sand along the shores of Lake Erie with their wings shredded and broken by the harsh storm. They work throughout the night collecting and bringing thousands of monarchs into Ray’s cottage, so they can continue their epic migration after the storm has passed. The death of her friend Becky to a rare form of cancer spirals Ray into depression. Finally, Ray leaves her room and heads into nature where life is flourishing all around her. Her curiosity returns as she opens a milkweed pod. Remembering the Monarchs that she and Becky saved last summer gives Ray an idea for her next big adventure. Using a little deception, Ray convinces Jordi, to fly her in his two-seater ultralight, in the midst of the Monarchs all the way down the spine of North America to their overwintering place in Mexico. Every place the Monarchs touch down along their migration path, Ray and Jordi are introduced to a compelling lesson along the Butterfly Way. It’s almost as though the Monarchs are teaching them a new way of seeing, experiencing and moving in the world around them. On route over Texas, Ray & Jordi discover that a nuclear missile test launch will occur in the exact spot where every Monarch flyway on the planet is converging. They are the only ones to know that an ecocide is about to take place. Then can’t redirect this many Monarchs and so it’s up to them to stop the test launch. From the cockpit of the Qbee they go online to Monarch Watch, the Sierra Club and radio the Dyess Airforce Base Commander. Flying straight into the missile’s path, with just seven seconds left before blast off, their fate is now intertwined with the Monarchs. They discover the power of advocacy and social networks and how rigid the hierarchy of command is. In adventure after adventure, flying alongside and landing with the Monarchs, Ray and her co-pilot face real-world perils, like narcotic trafficking, and yet all along the Butterfly Way they find good people risking themselves to redeem a broken world. Travel with Ray and Jordi as they gain the skills and awareness needed to take care of this fiercely beautiful planet.
Ray and her “Fa” were a pair of storytellers. One day Fa was not there for story-time; he had gone off to a faraway land where Ray could not reach him. To cheer themselves up, Ray and her Mum went to the Toronto Zoo to visit Tum the orphan Giraffe. Ray has a special gift: she can interpret sound waves into feelings and words. In this way she learns of a corporate plot to genetically modify bees. How can she save the pollinators? Who would believe her? How can a 12-year-old girl warn the Queen of the Queen bees in the heart of Africa about the plot to modify her genetic code so that in the future bees will only pollinate trademarked crops? Can she go on this Quest and get out of this funk that she’s in? Especially with a risk-averse Mum who is only interested in Sufi dancing, meditation, macrobiotic diets and the inner journey. You just can’t do it without a little mischief and misdirection and many allies along the way. Ray spins such a convincing tale that even her teacher, Mrs. MacFiercesome gives her permission to go on an extended field trip. Ray enlists Zhabbo, an old Kung San friend of her Father’s and after she comes clean about her web of deception, her Mother agrees to accompany her to Africa. They fly into Windhoek and spend the summer holidays with the legendary medicine man uLangalibalela; on a trek across the desert with a honey-guide named Tuliliki, eventually solving the mystery of a ship's anchor in the desert, which points to the location of the First Hive. Along the way they confront their fears and meet magical allies; a praying mantis that sacrifices its life protecting them from the drone's attack; a meerkat that shows them the entrance to the First Hive and a honey badger that puts bees to sleep with its farts. Just when it looks like all is lost, Ray finally meets the Queen of Queens and warns her of the plot to alter her DNA. Ray returns to school after the summer holidays with a little more confidence, a promise to be less deceptive in the future -- and a pet meerkat! For the young and young at heart who wish to enjoy a lively romp through the great Kalahari desert, seen through the eyes of an altruistic and mischievous young storyteller.
What is compassion? Much more than just being nice, compassion is about looking deeply at ourselves and others and recognizing the fundamental goodness we all share. It’s about opening up to the vulnerable space inside every one of us and letting our barriers down. And it’s about daring to be present to ourselves and others with genuine love and kindness. Empowering personal awakening and social change, it might be the most radical and transformative thing we can do. The cultivation of compassion has long been at the core of Naropa University’s mission, since its origins in 1974—and its students and faculty have been leaders in contemplative education with heart. In celebration of Naropa’s fortieth anniversary, Shambhala Publications is pleased to offer these teachings on the path of compassion from a collection of authors who have helped shape the school’s unique and innovative identity, including: • Chögyam Trungpa on opening ourselves more and more to love the whole of humanity • Dzogchen Ponlop on how to cultivate altruism with the help of a spiritual mentor • Judith L. Lief on the common obstacles to compassion and how to overcome them • Gaylon Ferguson on awakening human-heartedness in oneself and society amidst everyday life • Diane Musho Hamilton on connecting to natural empathy and taking a compassionate approach to conflict resolution • Reginald A. Ray on spiritual practices for developing the enlightened mind and heart in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition • Ringu Tulku on the practices of bodhisattvas, those who devote themselves to the path of enlightenment for the sake of all beings • Pema Chödrön on building up loving-kindness for oneself and others with help from traditional Buddhist slogans • Ken Wilber on what it really means to be a support person, with reflections from his own life • Karen Kissel Wegela on avoiding caregiver’s burnout and staying centered amidst our efforts to help those in need • and reflections on Naropa University and the meaning of radical compassion from longstanding faculty member Judith Simmer-Brown
A tool for healing and prayer, this book aims to assist anyone who is grieving, preparing to die, caring for loved ones who are ill, or interested in exploring different ways to view spirituality and death. It offers an introduction to hospice and includes inspirational stories, poetry, scripture, prayers, and guided meditations.
Integrating two decades of hospice care and social science research, this heartfelt book offers practical lessons on the transformative possibilities of end-of-life caregiving. Contemplative Caregiving is an indispensable guide for end-of-life caregivers and for anyone seeking to transform experiences of caregiving and grief. Rather than leading to burnout and despair, caring for those who are suffering and dying can enrich our lives with meaning and further our own spiritual growth and resilience. Whether you are caring for a loved one with cancer or dementia, grieving a sudden traumatic loss, or even serving time in prison, Contemplative Caregiving offers encouragement for showing up to the fullness of life in whatever those circumstances may be. Healing, compassion, and spiritual growth are available to us all, in this lifetime, right now. Baugher’s unique style of integrating social scientific research on caregiving and grief with teachings from Buddhist, contemplative Christian, and other wisdom traditions illuminates how we each can transform experiences of loss and suffering into a path of compassion. Contemplative Caregiving weaves together powerful stories from interviews with diverse hospice caregivers—Vietnam veterans, nurses, housewives, Catholic nuns, those convicted of murder—with the author’s own journey toward wholeness in the face of grief and traumatic loss, including the murder of his own mother. Through rich storytelling, teachings on compassion, and skillful contemplative exercises, Baugher invites you to join him in exploring the healing power of contemplative caregiving.
"My parent needs help, but refuses to consider a nursing home." That's the dilemma facing millions of baby boomers today. How can we ensure responsible, compassionate, even uplifting care for our aging parents at home? Mindfulness is key, Ann Cason writes. Good care begins with watching and listening, with entering the elder's world and accepting it. Drawing on decades of experience in caring for the elderly, Cason helps us understand how old age feels and how we can help. Then, through exercises, care studies, and numerous examples and suggestions, Circles of Care shows how to: • Work out a plan of care • Assemble and foster a caregiving team • Create an uplifting daily routine—and vary it creatively • Plan nutrition, medical needs, finances, and outings • Improve the elder's personal care and physical environment • Ease conflicts between elders and their caregivers or families • Avoid caregiver burnout • Work with mood swings, confusion, and memory loss
Insights and strategies for claiming victory over fear, from “one of the most remarkable and brilliant teachers of modern times” (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart) Many of us, without even realizing it, are dominated by fear. We might be aware of some of our fears—perhaps we are afraid of public speaking, of financial hardship, or of losing a loved one. Chögyam Trungpa shows us that most of us suffer from a far more pervasive fearfulness: fear of ourselves. We feel ashamed and embarrassed to look at our feelings or acknowledge our styles of thinking and acting; we don’t want to face the reality of our moment-to-moment experience. It is this fear that keeps us trapped in cycles of suffering, despair, and distress. In Smile at Fear, Chögyam Trungpa offers us a vision of moving beyond fear to discover the innate bravery, trust, and delight in life that lies at the core of our being. Drawing on the Shambhala Buddhist teachings, he explains how we can each become a spiritual warrior—a person who faces each moment of life with openness and fearlessness.
We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business. Part One shows how to prepare one's mind and how to help others, before, during, and after death. The author explains how spiritual preparation for death can completely transform our relationship to the end of life, dissolving our fear and helping us to feel open and receptive to letting go in the dying process. Daily meditation practices, the stages of dying and how to work with them, and after-death experiences are all detailed in ways that will be particularly helpful for those with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism and in Tibetan approaches to conscious dying. Part Two addresses the practical issues that surround death. Experts in grief, hospice, the funeral business, and the medical and legal issues of death contribute chapters to prepare the reader for every practical concern, including advance directives, green funerals, the signs of death, warnings about the funeral industry, the stages of grief, and practical care for the dying. Part Three contains heart-advice from twenty of the best-known Tibetan Buddhist masters now teaching in the West. These brief interviews provide words of solace and wisdom to guide the dying and their caregivers during this challenging time. Preparing to Die is for anyone interested in learning how to prepare for death from a Buddhist perspective, both spiritually and practically. It is also for those who want to learn how to help someone else who is dying, both during the time of illness and death as well as after death.