Death, Dying, and Grief - My Boat is Small, the Ocean is So Vast with Rev Bodhi Be

Send us Fan MailWelcome to Episode 3! Today we welcome Reverend Bodhi Be ‘Warrior of the heart, protector of the sacred’.Reverend Bodhi Be is an ordained interfaith minister and teacher in the Sufi lineage of Samuel Lewis and Hazrat Inayat Khan. He is the founder and executive director of Doorway Into Light, a nonprofit organization on Maui, which provides conscious and compassionate care for the dying, their families, and the grieving, and has been offering community educational programs and training since 2006 in the fields of awakened living and dying and the care of the dying.Doorway Into Light has operated Hawaii’s only nonprofit funeral home since 2012. It also has a storefront ‘The Death Store’, a community educational resource center and store providing education, support, and counsel on a donation basis.Bodhi is a funeral director, an end-of-life and bereavement counselor, an educator; a hospice volunteer; a teacher and trainer of death doulas; a speaker, and a workshop leader. He has trained hundreds of doctors, nurses, hospice staff, social workers, ministers, chaplains, therapists, artists, and lay people in the spiritual, psychological, emotional, and logistical care of the dying and care of the dead, and for four years has taken dozens through a certification program for death doulas.As a ceremonial guide, Bodhi leads memorial and funeral services and community grief rituals. He has facilitated grief support groups for teenagers at a local high school and has hosted a weekly streaming radio show, ‘Death Tracks’, on a local Maui station. He is a notary public, a coffin maker, and a Reiki practitioner.Bodhi and his wife Leilah are organic, off-the-grid homesteaders in Hawaii who have been leading spiritual retreats around the world for over 30 years.For many years Bodhi collaborated with Ram Dass, a neighbor, mentor, and friend, who served on Doorway Into Light’s Board of Directors.Bodhi is continuing the work Ram Dass helped birth in the fields of conscious dying in America.Doorway Into Light is working to create a new model of land stewardship that includes a natural green burial ground, a sanctuary, a kids' park, a social-model hospice, a ceremony hall, and a community gathering place where “life and death interweave in healthy community life.”www.doorwayintolight.org www.ipuka.orgFacebook : Bodhi Be Facebook : The Death Store / Doorway Into LightFacebook Group: Doorway Into Light Ministry of DeathInstagram @thedeathstoremauiIn 2024 Bodhi is starting a new class called Facing Death, Nourishing Life from January 15-February 29, 2024. It will be an Online Training. Register early to save your spot. You can learn about other educational offerings,  find out more, and register on the Doorway Into Light website noted above.The poem we shared was Adrift by Mark NepoSupport the showWe very much want to hear your thoughts. Please join us on Substack for our community chat.This podcast helps anyone dealing with loss. It can guide you with end-of-life planning and death-positive resources. Check out our introductory episode to learn more about Annalouiza, Wakil, and our vision/mission to normalize and destigmatize conversations about death, dying, grief, and loss.You can find us on SubStack, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and BlueSky. You are also invited to subscribe to support us financially. Anyone who supports us at any level will have access to Premium content, special online meet-ups, and one-on-one time with Annalouiza or Wakil.And we would love your feedback and want to hear your stories. You can email us at [email protected] want to be transparent that we use AI tools to help us with titles, show notes, editing, and introductions....