Yoga Aktuell 77 - 06/2012

Special Dossier: Yoga, Dying & Death - what happens when life ends. The great mystery from a yogic perspective

Death is perhaps the last great mystery and is an inevitable part of life. Yogis have always dealt with death. In which way they have done so and what insights they have come to, we shed light on in our dossier this time.

End or transition?
About dying and the and the essential question of what happens afterwards: death in the world's religions and in the yogic tradition. By Nina Haisken.

Secure in the Boundless
The Lisa Freund gives comprehensive and helpful advice on caring for the dying in this interview, helpful advice on caring for the dying. Interview: Doris Iding.

Immortality in Sri Aurobindo's Yoga
The Transformation of the Human Being or the "Supramental" Body: The Vision of Sri Aurobindo, The Mother and Satprem. By Wilfried Huchzermeyer.

Reborn
For most Indians, belief in reincarnation is taken for granted. How arguments and remarkable case studies underpin this belief underpin this belief. By Maria Wirth.

Death as a teacher
OM C. Parkin - wisdom teacher, philosopher and book author - encountered Death in the form of a serious car accident. In the YOGA-AKTUELL interview interview he talks about this experience of death and his insights into the essence of death Essence of death. Interview: Steffen Wöhner & Luna U. Müller.

The gentle death
A dignified end: no longer prolongation of life at any price, but a natural but a natural dying process is called for. By Doris Iding.

A life for transition
How stephen Levine's books can help you come to terms with death - and can help - and provide a different perspective on life. From Anna Trökes.

Of Letting Go & Dying
The Death is an inseparable part of life. What it teaches us, what questions it questions it raises and how it often encounters us in the midst of life. By Doris Iding.

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