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You're listening to Insights at the edge. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.

Today I speak with Ed Bastion.

Ed is a Buddhist scholar, teacher, and filmmaker.

He is president of the Spiritual Paths Foundation,

an organization which provides retreat. is president of the Spiritual Paths Foundation,

an organization which provides retreats, classes,

and advanced programs on interfaith studies,

as well as the co-author of the Sounds True Book, Living Fully Dying Well, reflecting on death

to find your life's meaning.

I spoke with Ed about what he calls the gift of death, what science tells us about consciousness

outside the body, and the transformation that comes in our life when we face death full on.

Okay, Ed, let's talk about dying.

Oh, great.

Now I know.

Now I imagine when saying something like that,

listeners might think,

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