Monthly Archives: January 2017

wells up

Care is sold Caring wells up :- Doug.

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Map or calculate?

Map might be the concept close to truth for elders’ preferred way of seeing the world, as opposed to say calculate or analyze. :- Doug.

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Do you want to die?

Do you want to die, or merely expire? :- Doug.

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It takes a whole life to die

It takes a whole life to die. :- Doug.

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greatest secrets?

My greatest secrets? powers? essences? lie beyond the practice of law. :- Doug.

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Eldering views you might choose:

Eldering views you might choose: family view, holy view, human view; religious, psychological, political; for people, for life, for love Or choose not to choose, grow bitter, die :- Doug.

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No end. Another beginning.

Eldering is a beginning, a muddle, and a beginning. When we get to the meat we will find a Great Muddle. The only way through is muddle through. Meet the dragons, dig into the abyss, step through the looking glass. … Continue reading

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decision road

This is a decision road we are on. Here we are asked to take life consciously. We cannot un-travel this road. :- Doug.

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essential intimacy

Eldering is sharing essence, its essence being intimacy. :- Doug.

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A turn of the winepress

Our eldering work is a turn of the winepress, a squeezing out of redder essence. Essence not of mere hand and brain, rather of heart and soul, love and generativity. :- Doug.

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Who you are is why you are

Who you are is why you are. Who you are is ultimately your task in the world. :- Doug.

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Will you turn?

The turning then is to see that in the gratitude, in the despair, is your essential you seeking to express. Will you turn? Will you attend? Will you act? Will you be? Why have you come here, now? Will you … Continue reading

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The essence of your living

What is the essence of your living? How does speaking to the future generations and the past help you discover this. How does it help you find your fire? :- Doug.

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Facing your world’s dying

It is facing your dying to see that you have something to give. It is facing your world and its dying beside you to take a stand, do a work. If you are to die well, then you must learn … Continue reading

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LIve as long as possible

Live as long as possible Live as much as possible The first saps from you The second demands your soul’s full exertion :- Doug.

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Your being touches and teaches

Eldering is choosing how you live your dying. Your being, your doing touches and teaches. :- Doug.

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Facing your own dying

Eldering is a way of facing your own dying. :- Doug.

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