The Day of the Dead

The Day of the Dead – Honoring and remembering the dead – family, friends, beloved animal companions, the recent victims of the horrific Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, and the estimated 9,000 and counting now dead in Gaza, especially the children, and the dead in all the many places where there are wars and natural disasters, all perhaps equally movements of nature. May they all rest in peace.

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What’s Happening in Gaza: Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-Canadian medical doctor whose work has focused on addiction and trauma. He was born in Budapest during WWII, and his maternal grandparents were killed in Auschwitz. His medical career has included family practice, palliative care, working with a population of people in a rundown part of Vancouver dealing with homelessness, substance abuse, HIV, etc, and most recently, working on trauma. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, about addiction, and The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. He speaks here about how he sees what is happening in Gaza:

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