Emberlight: Center for Conscious Living & Dying

Emberlight: Center for Conscious Living & Dying Emberlight is a nonprofit center for conscious living and dying. Community-centered end-of-life care, death doula education, and grief support. Asheville, NC

Donor-supported residential care is provided at no cost to those in their final weeks of life. The Founder of CCLD, , is featured in the new documentary film . CCLD has a vision for death, dying, and grief that involves greater community involvement and connection to the mystery of this season of life. Death is a mirror in which our own lives are reflected. VISION:


To nurture a community that celebrates the sacredness and creativity of the human spirit, honors diversity in its many forms, and dignifies the final stages of life. MISSION:
To facilitate the collective shift towards an integrated approach to death, dying and grief through education, community support and contemplation.

Some of the most important conversations we will ever have are the ones we keep putting off....We invite you to gather w...
06/22/2026

Some of the most important conversations we will ever have are the ones we keep putting off....

We invite you to gather with us on Tuesday, June 23rd for one of these conversations, in community.

Emberlight is honored to launch our new monthly Author Series, Stories at the Threshold, with two voices at the forefront of conscious dying: Trish Rux and Janet Booth, co-authors of Dying Matters: Eight Conversations That Can Change Your Life.

Together, they bring over seven decades of combined experience at the bedsides of dying people, and a shared conviction that these conversations don't belong only to the dying. They belong to all of us, right now.

Join us for an in depth conversation between hospice physician and Emberlight founder, Aditi Sethi, and these living legends on death on dying.

MORE DETAILS AND RSVP TO ATTEND ONLINE: https://www.emberlightway.org/events-1/the-emberlight-author-series-dying-matters-eight-conversations-that-can-change-your-life

06/17/2026

Morrie discovered something that most of us spend a lifetime missing.
That, the fullest experience of being alive often comes not in our busiest, most productive years, but in the moments when we finally stop, and let love in.

One of our residents said it in a way we will never forget.

"๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž."

At Emberlight, those who are dying are not waiting for life to end. They are living, perhaps more fully than ever before. Surrounded by volunteers who come simply to be present.

By music, by nature, by the kind of unhurried attention that the rest of the world rarely offers.

By a community that believes, as Morrie did, that love is not a sentiment. It is a practice. It is a presence. It is the gift we give one another.

This is what becomes possible when a community gathers with no agenda other than love and service. Emberlight exists because generous and devoted people believe this is worth sustaining, worth sharing, worth carrying into every corner of the world.

๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐.

๐–๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ .

๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐๐‚ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ, ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง, ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

Details and RSVP here:

https://www.emberlightway.org/.../tuesdays-with-morrie...
๐Ÿ”— Link in bio.




The man who filmed Morrie Schwartz (of Tuesdays with Morrie) is coming to Emberlight next week.For those that don't know...
06/14/2026

The man who filmed Morrie Schwartz (of Tuesdays with Morrie) is coming to Emberlight next week.

For those that don't know the book or the film, Morrie Schwartz lived what Emberlight is built around: that dying openly, with curiosity and community, changes not just the end of life but how we live it.

On next Sunday June 21, we're screening the original ABC Nightline interviews that inspired Tuesdays with Morrie. Curt Worden, the Emmy-winning cameraman who was in the room when they were filmed, will be here in person to share what he witnessed. After the screening, we'll open the floor for a guided conversation about the questions Morrie never stopped asking.

If this work calls to you, please join us from 3-5 PM at the Lighthouse on Emberlight campus in Swannanoa, NC. Details and RSVP here: https://www.emberlightway.org/events-1/tuesdays-with-morrie-schwartz-lessons-on-living-and-dying

06/05/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š

Ram Dass is on the same journey as you. His โ€œworkโ€ is to illuminate the simple path through his own life. Whatever your role, mail carrier, student, caregiver, your karma is the same: to use your life to help one another wake up.

He challenges the parts of you that feel separate or special and reminds you that you are a fellow traveler. You begin to notice that every moment is an opportunity
to stay committed to presence.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž.
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ?

More unseen Ram Dass stories from one who walked beside him.

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06/04/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ

You place your โ€œbegging bowlโ€ out and receive what is offered with gratitude.

You begin to feel a return to something simple and human, a quiet culture of humble acceptance. He disarms the ego, inviting you to be present with whatever is placed in your bowl. You notice how quickly the mind reaches for preferenceโ€ฆ

And you choose to stay with what is given.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?
๐“๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ โ€œ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅโ€ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐?

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06/03/2026

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’

You find yourself in Santa Fe, where a movement begins with a simple, powerful truth:

โ€œWeโ€™re all just walking each other home.โ€
Ram Dass teaches that this is the heart of the journey.
You begin to see this path as a shared human experience.
A return to presence, to connection, and to community.

He challenges the parts of you that drift into separation
and gently invites you back to one another.
You notice the beauty in the simple, daily act of being there for someone else.

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐š๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž.

๐€๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ 
๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž?

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06/02/2026

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“‘๐“ช๐“ต๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ

Do you find yourself โ€œbusyโ€ following rulesโ€ฆ
or listening for what is truly needed in the moment?
Ram Dass shows you there is a time for discipline
and a time for simply being human.

Conscious living is an awareness of your inner knowing.
It is a quiet trust in what you feel and sense.
He challenges the parts of you that drift into the safety of rigid rules.
And you begin to discover grace in the simple, daily act of noticing your own needs.

๐“ฆ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ท ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฏ ๐“ช ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฎโ€ฆ
๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ช ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ ๐“ซ๐“พ๐“ผ๐”‚-๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ญ๐“ช๐”‚?

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06/01/2026

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“™๐“ธ๐”‚

You begin to realize that conscious dying is not heavy.
It can be laid back, humorous, and deeply human.
Ram Dass always knows how to โ€œget youโ€ with a laugh.
And you bring that same light into the home.
He disarms the ego with humor and gentle teaching,
inviting you to be fully present.
Sometimes love is gentle.
Sometimes love asks you to laugh at the parts of you that drift away.

๐’ž๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐“๐’ถ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ถ ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐“๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“€๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ๐’น๐’ถ๐“Ž?
๐’ฎ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‡๐“Ž ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐“๐’ถ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐“ˆ ๐’ป๐‘’๐“๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‹๐“Ž.

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