Who dies? : [electronic resource] an investigation of conscious living and conscious dying / Stephen Levine.

Bibliography: p. [308]-310.

Includes index.

Shows the reader how to open to the immensity of living with death, to participate fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next, and provides calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death.

Opening to death -- Getting born -- "Be also ready" -- The thirsty mind -- Models -- Heaven/hell -- Finishing business -- Grief -- Dying children -- Working with pain -- Approaching death -- Working with the dying -- A letter from a friend -- Who dies? -- Letting go of control -- Healing/dying: the great balancing act -- Suicide -- Funerals -- Ramana Maharshi -- Stages of dying -- Conscious dying -- The moment of death -- Exploring the after-death experience -- After-death meditation -- End game.