• Provides an inspiring look at death through the lens of spiritual growth
• Offers a description of what lies beyond this realm of reality
• Embraces a deeper understanding that eases the fears of dying and grieving
• Exercises and other tools help us to better accept and comprehend death
• Extensive footnotes provide a comprehensive bibliography

This book is not about the why or the what of death and grief. It is about the how--how to be with and use the pain of loss in order to gain a deeper understanding of what lies beyond this realm of reality.

Insightful and encouraging, this book poses as a guide for everyone who has encountered death firsthand. Examining death through the clear lens of spiritual growth, Opening to Dying and Grieving offers exercises and tools to encourage as well as enhance the process.

The reader will learn that death is a key to discovering the sacred treasure that lies within. With a new and more graceful hold on life and death, readers will come away from this guidebook with a better understanding and a lessening of their fear regarding the purpose of dying and grieving.

If you have ever questioned the value of death in life, this text will leave you with a clearer insight into the cyclical events that carry each of us through our personal existence. Authors Ron Valle and Mary Mohs emphasize the positive aspects of dying and grieving by concentrating on the opportunity for advancing one's spiritual awakening by opening to these processes.

Valle and Mohs carefully work with ideas initially published by Stephen Levine, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, and many others in order to help make dying and grieving more accessible to those who are having difficulty moving through it.

"Bereaved persons and those who serve them will welcome the insights offered in Dying and Grieving. The wisdom gleaned is offered in a way that supports growth through the pain of loss and meaning in the midst of despair."

"I have not as yet lost someone intimately significant to me, but I am already comforted that this book will be waiting for me when I do. The authors take someone grieving through the experience and out to the other side, into the light."

"One has the advantage of listening to two voices, two experienced individuals who have spent years exploring dying with people faced by this intimate, ultimate stage of life. If one is confronted by the necessity to embrace the reality of death, this book will be a significantly helpful resource."

"Compelling!"