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人不免一死，但方式和時間都仍未定。因此，死亡這件事，除了必然性之外，也展現了不同的可能性。對於接受安寧照顧和臨終關懷的人來說，儘管不確定性仍然存在，但人們更加看重過程的經驗。西方人如何看待死亡和瀕死上，正念的角色逐漸被看重。如果死亡和瀕死代表生命有限和結束的終點，那麼正念修習如何讓我們和它們連結?  

藉由臨床經驗和近期研究帶入，本次對話將探索——對我們自己和所愛的人——正念面對死亡和瀕死的方式，和這些方式如何加重或減輕痛苦。也將討論身而為人的脆弱和易受傷的本質，以及現實中如何自我照顧的需求。 

Although it is certain we will die, it is uncertain how and when we will die. For this reason, death can remain a possibility rather than a certainty. For those receiving palliative and end-of-life care, although uncertainty remains, it is increasingly replaced by experience. Mindfulness may increasingly play a role in how we approach death and dying in the West. If death and dying represent the ultimate in limits and endings, how might the practice inform how we are in relation to them? Drawing on clinical experience and recent research, this dialogue will explore some of the ways mindfulness may inform how death and dying is approached – both for ourselves and those we love – in ways that have the potential to either compound or alleviate suffering. It will open up the theme of our own frailty and vulnerability as humans, and the need we all have for self-care within these realities.