RamDev Dale Borglum founded and directed the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the first residential facility in the United States to support conscious dying. He has been the Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project in Santa Fe and since 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the coauthor with Ram Dass, Daniel Goleman and Dwarka Bonner of Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook, Bantam Books and has taught meditation since 1974. Dale lectures and gives workshops on the topics of meditation, healing, spiritual support for those with life threatening illness, and on caregiving as spiritual practice. He has a doctorate degree from Stanford University. Dale’s passion is the healing of our individual and collective fear of death so that we may be free. Learn more about Ram Dev’s work via the Living/Dying Project
RamDev shares tokens of personal wisdom and encourages listeners to evaluate their practice in order to guide themselves and others on the spiritual path.
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This time on Healing at the Edge, RamDev offers wisdom on:
- Evaluating our practice and giving ourselves advice
- Helping others on the spiritual path
- The foundational work of dealing with fear, guilt, and shame
- Underestimating how attached we are to pleasant mindstates
- Right effort and sitting with our suffering rather than running away
- Doing all things from the mindstate of guru seva versus ego
- Considering what we have faith in and if we need heart work or mindfulness work
- Looking at how constant our practice is and how we can bring practice into daily activity
- Bare attention and mantra as a resource for continuous mindfulness
- Being centered as the perfect balance between stress and relaxation
- Developing spiritual confidence via facing uncomfortable feelings
- Holding space and being a guide for someone who is averse to spirituality
"Running away from our demons makes them real. One of my main jobs as a guide is to tell people to sit still and be with that demon for a little while. Lean into it. Compassion can only arise after there is direct contact with the quality of suffering. You can't short-circuit that fundamental step. You can't heal something until you can meet it directly, nakedly, intimately."– RamDev
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