Unit 7 Section 2 Exercise 4 Spirituality
Michael Stillwater is an artist/educator who, together with Emmy-award winning film composer Gary Malkin, melds music with the words of distinguished teachers to create inspiring messages for patients and practitioners.
Listen to the following excerpts from Graceful Passages: A Companion
for Living and Dying, created by Stillwater and Malkin. The package includes a book with two CDs- one with messages and music, and one with instrumental music alone.
You can visit Stillwater's website for a menu of his offerings and
works: http://www.innerharmony.com .
Excerpts from Thich Nhat Hanh’s “End of Suffering”
 (Buddhist)
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s “In your Blessed Hands”
(Jewish)
Arun and Sunanda Ghandi’s “We Are Not Alone”
(Hindu)
Linda Tillery’s “Swing Low”
(Christian/African-American)
What is your reaction to the juxtaposition of Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu and Christian songs about the experience of death, set to music?
- Who might benefit from listening to these musical interpretations, and how?
- Let us assume that, listening during a break or at home after a long day, a hospice worker—nurse, aide or physician—responds deeply to this music. What connection does this experience have with day-to-day patient care, symptom management, and decision-making? Does it have an ancillary or an integral role?
- Discuss a context in which this music could or should be shared with a patient.
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