A weekend workshop May 1-2 in Portland:
Grief & Possibility in a Time of Chaos
Living Earth & Portland Insight Meditation Community
will host RamDev Dale Borglum of the Living Dying Project for this weekend program.
Register now at PortlandInsight.org
May 1-2 workshop: Friday 7-9pm and Saturday 9:30am to 5:00pm
May 3 Public Dharma Talk/meditation: Sunday 11:15 am-12 noon
Events will be held at PIMC, 6536 SE Duke, Portland 97206
In many ways, the chaotic time we’re living in mirrors the shock of receiving a terminal diagnosis: fear and denial, grief, anger, numbness, helplessness, and more emotions flood in, making it painful to just be with the enormity of the moment. But beyond that, this time — like a death — opens a widening window of possibility—a chance to recast this moment as Life calling us to open to deeper strength, meaning, beauty, and humanity.
In this weekend, we’ll use tools of insight, creativity, courage, and love to refresh our perspective on the era we’re living in. This challenging season can be understood not simply as an ending, but also as a vital step into the “great 
turning” — an opportunity to transform old assumptions, patterns, and illusions into a wiser, kinder, more open-hearted future for the world. The path isn’t quick or easy, but the possibility here and now is boundless.
Questions? Contact us here.
RamDev founded the Living Dying Project in Santa Fe, New Mexico, more than 40 years ago. Now based in northern California, he has been a pioneer in the field of compassionate care and conscious dying since the 1970s. He worked extensively with Ram Dass and Steven Levine, along with Roshi Joan Halifax and numerous other leaders in the field. His resume includes a Catholic upbringing and a Stanford PhD in Mathematics, followed by years in India studying with S. N. Goenka, Neem Karoli Baba, Trungpa Rinpoche, Suzuki Roshi, and other teachers. He now lives in Fairfax, California and maintains a full schedule of guest teaching as well as mentoring those who are dying, and those who care for them.
” The longer I am on this wonderful, challenging path to freedom from fear, the clearer it becomes that the essence of this journey is devotion, and in particular, its expression in loving and serving our fellow beings. Our true nature is Love. From one perspective we are all connected. From a deeper perspective we are all one. The Beloved can only be everything – you, me, the Sacred.” ~ RamDev Dale Borglum