Digging Your Own Grave to Understand Life? | Saladin Frank Pelfrey on Mortality & Awakening

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when someone is declared clinically dead at 23… and comes back with a completely different relationship to fear, consciousness, and mortality?In this conversation, Saladin Frank Pelfrey shares the near-death experience that transformed his life and the spiritual practices that have guided decades of work around death, awakening, and emotional healing.We explore why modern culture avoids conversations about dying, how fear of death quietly shapes everyday life, and what happens when people begin facing mortality directly instead of avoiding it.Topics include: Near-death experiences and spiritual awakening  How to stop fearing death  Sufi teachings on mortality  Death meditation and conscious dying  Grief, impermanence, and emotional healing  Spiritual practices for accepting mortality  Why conversations about death matter This episode is for anyone navigating grief, caregiving, spiritual questioning, end-of-life work, or simply trying to live more honestly in the face of impermanence.#NearDeathExperience #DeathAndDying #SpiritualAwakening #GriefSupport #Mortality #ConsciousDying #DeathPositive #Sufism #EndOfLife #PodcastSupport 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....