Death Cafe - A Global Phenomenon

"I think it's going back to impermanence, understanding that one day you are not going to be here. How can you change what you are going to do today, that's going to impact you?” Jools Barsky How do you create something that fundamentally changes the way we talk about death, dying, and living? Death Café is a place where people can get together to eat cake, have tea, and discuss death. After becoming inspired by the Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz, who created Café Mortels, Jon Underwood founded Death Café in 2011 with a view to increase our awareness of death to make the most of our finite lives. From it’s humble beginning there are now 11,577 death cafes in 74 countries. Jon died suddenly in 2017 at the age of 44. Host Amanda Blainey talks to Jon’s sister Jools Barsky and his Mum Susan Barsky Reid about creating a global movement and Jon’s death. We talk about Living with being present and impermanence The magic of death café and why its effect is so powerful What happened at the first Death Café. The Dalai Lama envisaging his death and dying every day Buddhist practice How Jool's cat's death prepared them for using Buddhist rituals after Jon died Grieving for Jon and his funeral Preparing for death as we do with birth The future of Death Cafe Podcast references Jamyang Buddhist centre Menopause & cancer cafe Death over dinner Songs: The Martian - Sex in Zero Gravity, Sugar Ray - Someday Links https://www.patreon.com/deathcafe https://deathcafe.com/ https://jamyang.co.uk/ http://artofdyingmagazine.com/

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