The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
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Frank Ostaseski. (2017). The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Flatiron Books.

Frank Ostaseski. 2017. The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Flatiron Books.

Frank Ostaseski, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Flatiron Books, 2017.

Frank Ostaseski. The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Flatiron Books, 2017.

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   • bioText: FRANK OSTASESKI, founder of the Zen Hospice Project and the Metta Institute, is a Buddhist teacher, international lecturer and a leading voice in contemplative end-of-life care. He's been honored by the Dalai Lama and AARP named him one of The 50 Most Innovative People. He consults for healthcare and spiritual institutions, like the Mayo Clinic and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and his work has been featured on programs such as PBS series With Eyes Open and The Oprah Winfrey Show, among others.
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The cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and pioneer behind the compassionate care movement shares an inspiring exploration of the lessons dying has to offer about living a fulfilling life.

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. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most.
Life and death are a package deal. They cannot be pulled apart and we cannot truly live unless we are aware of death. The Five Invitations is an exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present consciousness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves. As a renowned teacher of compassionate caregiving and the cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, Frank Ostaseski has sat on the precipice of death with more than a thousand people. In The Five Invitations, he distills the lessons gleaned over the course of his career, offering an evocative and stirring guide that points to a radical path to transformation.
The Five Invitations:
-Don't Wait
-Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing
-Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience
-Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things
-Cultivate Don't Know Mind
These Five Invitations show us how to wake up fully to our lives. They can be understood as best practices for anyone coping with loss or navigating any sort of transition or crisis; they guide us toward appreciating life's preciousness. Awareness of death can be a valuable companion on the road to living well, forging a rich and meaningful life, and letting go of regret. The Five Invitations is a powerful and inspiring exploration of the essential wisdom dying has to impart to all of us.

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   • source: Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of MBSR and author of Full Catastrophe Living and Coming to Our Senses
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     "Frank is a pioneer in mindful care at the end of life. He embodies the wisdom and compassion he shares in these magical and compelling pages. You feel it instantly, because it is real, and it is really about you and your life."

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   • source: Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow
   • content: "I love this book and its gentle, radical, charming, wild and comforting truths about how to live and die and be. It may well be the most important book you read this year."
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   • source: Katy Butler, author of The Art of Dying Well and Knocking on Heaven's Door
   • content: "[This] beautiful book softened my heart and taught me things I did not know I needed to learn. As The Five Invitations shows, death is more than a medical event. It happens within a web of relationships. Frank Ostaseski shows us how to act--and simply be--with a skillful heart, when supporting those in our care."
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   • source: Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, widow of the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air
   • content: "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."
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   • source: Natalie Goldberg, author of Let the Whole Thundering World Come Home and Writing Down the Bones
   • content: "I keep this book by my bedside. It's the best, most true, penetrating advice I know. How to live, how to die. Written with clear, engaging prose--it's unbeatable. Do not waste your life--get it!"

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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. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most.
Life and death are a package deal. They cannot be pulled apart and we cannot truly live unless we are aware of death. The Five Invitations is an exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present consciousness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves. As a renowned teacher of compassionate caregiving and the cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, Frank Ostaseski has sat on the precipice of death with more than a thousand people. In The Five Invitations, he distills the lessons gleaned over the course of his...

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