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as well as health support, while ending their earth journey. very labored and he appeared unconscious. My mom, sister, and
In an effort to bridge the gap between those actually dying brother were already there, seated around the room, and previous-
and the living, I decided to deliver the GOING HOME program ly I would have joined them against the wall, but I pulled a chair
to nondying people at our meditation school. I knew the existing close to my dad and held his hand.This brought everyone else clos-
GOING HOME program would not be sufficient for my intend- er as well. We all had time to hold his hand or wipe his brow—and
ed audience. Therefore, after careful consideration and extensive he was conscious after all, proven by a groan or a slight squeeze of
consultation with focus groups, I created a six-day program called his hand. When I held my dad’s hand I would privately ‘talk’ to him
the Dying & Living Program, or Voyage to the Other Side. spiritually and show him the route to Focus 27. I shared visions of
GOING HOME became the foundation on which I built differ- his past pets and old fishing boat in 27, and although I didn’t have
ent meditative and psychological techniques to prepare ourselves the opportunity to do much, I felt that I had made a difference
to die wherever, whenever, and to try to open our belief systems. somehow. My dad passed away a few hours later.
Eleanor, the coordinator of the Going Home Association, “At the end of that night, we were standing around the hos-
had the opportunity to share her knowledge of death and dying pital parking lot, about to go to our various cars, and the light
with her family shortly thereafter when her dad passed away. above us went out. I said, ‘Maybe that’s Dad, telling us that he’s
Here is the story in her own words: okay?’ My family laughed, and my mom said that the light had
“After an intense week of learning about and experiencing been burned out for weeks (my dad had been in the hospital a few
altered states of consciousness, I left the program very confident weeks earlier). I knew that the light going out was a message,
in my beliefs—that there is definitely existence after human from my dad or someone else.
physical death and that I knew the best route to follow when I “I felt a great deal of strength and calmness during the next
crossed over. I used all of this strength and knowledge immedi- few days, and I know that wouldn’t have been the case if I hadn’t
ately after the program, as my dad passed away the next day. taken the Dying & Living Program. I took care of all the arrange-
“When I came home from the program on Saturday evening, ments, but listened carefully to accommodate everyone’s wishes as
I learned that my dad was in the hospital but was doing fine and well as possible. All of the events turned out to be wonderful trib-
had been moved to a regular ward. He was resting for the night, utes to my dad, which also brought our family closer together. I am
so my mom and I made plans to visit him together the next day. amazed at the timing of my participation in the Dying & Living
My dad had been hospitalized many times over the previous Program. I feel that I helped my dad cross over safely, and I now
seven years; therefore, we had no reason to believe this stay would know that the program benefited my dad, my family, and me.”
be any different. He’d be released in a day or two. During our visit Society at large may think that we have plenty of time to pre-
on Sunday, I didn’t feel the usual anxiety I experienced during his pare for death, yet death has no timetable. It may choose to arrive
hospital stays. I now saw my dad as so much more than his phys- in our life at any moment after our birth, and our program puts it
ical body. My mom, dad, and I had a very peaceful, enjoyable visit into context and prepares one for that inevitable and ultimate
that Sunday afternoon, so I was surprised to get a call from my journey.
mom at 11:00 that evening. The hospital had called to say that [For more information on Alexandre Chaligne’s work and the
Dad’s breathing was labored and that family might want to come. Riverton pre–palliative care center, please visit
My mom was almost apologetic in passing on this news, because http://www.aromansse.com/dying.htm]
we had been called to come to the hospital many times in the Copyright© 2006 by Franck-Alexandre Chaligne
past. Somehow I knew that this time was different.
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“I felt very ‘connected’ to spirit as I entered the hospital, and
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