Best of 2017: A Glimpse Into Mortality with Frank Ostaseski

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Frank Ostaseski has noticed that we as a society obsess about death. We spend a great deal of time trying to prepare for it and hope that we are “ready” for it when the time comes. But according to him, the best way to prepare for death is by living your life the best way you possibly can. Listen as Frank details how simply waiting on the dying of our loved one and ourselves makes us miss all the moments in between.

Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher, international lecturer and a leading voice in contemplative end-of-life care. In 1987, he co-founded of the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. In 2004, he created the Metta Institute to provide innovative educational programs and professional trainings that foster compassionate, mindfulness-based care. He’s also the author of The Five Invitations

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0:00.0	We spend all this time imagining we're going to get ready for our dying and I think it's a kind of absurd idea
0:06.0	to imagine that at the time of our dying we will have the strength of body the emotional stability the mental clarity to do the work of a lifetime it's an
0:14.9	absurd gamble so we should do this work now and that includes those of us who are
0:19.9	not dying who are with you know our aging parents for example.
0:24.2	Be with them now.
0:25.8	Tell them you love them now.
0:27.4	You know, waiting is full of expectation, waiting for the next moment to arrive.
0:34.1	We miss this one, you know, waiting for the moment of dying.
0:37.2	We miss all the moments in between.
0:40.0	So that's the great thing.
0:41.0	Whole death out there as a shine, as a light on it so to speak, and
0:46.0	hold it out there is a way of reminding you to attend to what most matters. I'm Sreeny Rao and this is the unmistakable creative
0:59.0	podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of
1:02.0	the most innovative and creative minds who started movements,
1:05.2	built driving businesses, written best selling books, and created insanely interesting art.
1:09.6	For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakable Creative.com.
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1:30.0	so you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
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1:39.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you
1:47.6	slide by on track to your destination, not a care in the world, as you simply lean back.
1:55.0	And before you know it, you're there.
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