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General News · 15th April 2025
Margaret Verschuur
Everyone is welcome to meet with us on Wednesday, April 16th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm in the Pioneer Room of the Mansons Hall.
Our meeting topic this Wednesday is In The Bardo. In March of 2023 Doug Hamel suffered a stroke which landed him in the Campbell River Hospital. In the first 48 hours of care he experienced a bizarre series of lucid dream-like events. Several months later he came across the book “How We Live is How We Die” by Pema Chodron, and was surprised to find his experience described in detail. Doug will speak to us not as a Buddhist, but as someone who dropped into and then back out of that world.
The DeathCaring Collective strives to integrate death as part of life by initiating conversations, providing education, and encouraging people to prepare for end-of-life. We also empower, guide, and support the practice and process of caring for our own dead and dying, in community.
Our meetings are structured with a time for optional sharing, an educational presentation, comments and reflections, and an update about projects in our community. Visit our website, islanddeathcare.ca.
Our meeting topic this Wednesday is In The Bardo. In March of 2023 Doug Hamel suffered a stroke which landed him in the Campbell River Hospital. In the first 48 hours of care he experienced a bizarre series of lucid dream-like events. Several months later he came across the book “How We Live is How We Die” by Pema Chodron, and was surprised to find his experience described in detail. Doug will speak to us not as a Buddhist, but as someone who dropped into and then back out of that world.
The DeathCaring Collective strives to integrate death as part of life by initiating conversations, providing education, and encouraging people to prepare for end-of-life. We also empower, guide, and support the practice and process of caring for our own dead and dying, in community.
Our meetings are structured with a time for optional sharing, an educational presentation, comments and reflections, and an update about projects in our community. Visit our website, islanddeathcare.ca.