The podium was then given to Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. She was quiet, yet exuded an unsurpassable power. She spoke in a very organized way, from point to point, and then followed each "teaching" with a story. These were illustrative in a subtle, strong way. Never have 1000 people sighed together in perfect sync, so many times, as during that speech. Her book Kitchen Table Wisdom, Stories that Heal, (Riverhead,1996), contains some of the stories which she told that night. In the end she showed that the most important aspect of caring for the dying is being respectful and aware of the sometimes unexplainable aspects of the experience. She told us that she has learned to become a person not unlike the master equestrian who, as she approaches a towering jump, must "throw her heart out before her and ride the horse as it jumps the fence to follow it." Her foremost love is mystery. Mystery strengthens us, and we must be open to its manifestations at the passage of another. As we become stronger, we will be better able to reach out to one another and suffer the consequences, no matter how good they may be.
The Great Adventure
The Inner Part of Inner Jourrneys
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