Living Earth Gatherings and the Portland Insight Meditation Community will host RamDev Dale Borglum of the Living Dying Project for this weekend program.

May 1-2 workshop:  Friday 7-9pm and Saturday, 9:30am to 5:00pm

A Public Dharma Talk/meditation on Sunday May 3, 10:00AM-12 noon

Certificates of attendance for students, volunteers, and professionals will be available on request at the end of the workshop.

In many ways, the time we’re living in mirrors the shock of receiving a terminal diagnosis, or knowing a loved one is dying. A jumble of emotions —fear, denial, loss, anger, numbness, helplessness, and more —flood in unexpectedly, making it painful to find clarity or stability in the moment. But beyond that, like a death, our current era opens a wide window of possibility, a chance to recast this moment as Life calling us to open to our full humanity, wisdom, and beauty.

In this weekend, we’ll use tools of insight, creativity, courage, and love to refresh our perspective on life in a chaotic era. This time can be understood not simply as an ending, but as a vital step into a “GreatTurning” — an opportunity to transform old assumptions, systems and patterns into a wiser, more creative, open-hearted possibility for ourselves and for the future.