Monthly Archives: January 2017

Which direction do we face?

If living and dying require the same changes from us which direction do we face? :- Doug.

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This death

This death must road to lead therefore all me of bring :- Doug.

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O elder

O elder cosmos bring of the in energy gather go out it divinity from :- Doug.

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Go ever than profounder

Come elders Let us depth our plumbs Go ever than profounder we went :- Doug.

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shadows brewing

There is something brewing here, that there is something deeper going on in eldering. Of course. Still, there is a turning coming, and I have caught a glimpse of its shadow as it heads around the corner. :- Doug.

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Mundane and seminal

Elderhood is inner work and outer work, mundane and seminal. :- Doug.

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More than one threshold:

Perhaps elderhood offers more than one threshold: a threshold of thresholds to a larger work for a larger world. :- Doug.

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A new work in the world is offered

A new work in the world is offered to you. None survive the offering; some bring good to those who come after. :- Doug.

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Bestow boons on the generations

An elder is a person with the power to bestow boons on the generations. :- Doug.

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An active role for some

For some of you eldering will be an active role—mentoring, speaking out, knitting souls—and for others just being peace, love, grace. :- Doug.

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Don’t eat the watermelon whole

Don’t eat the watermelon whole. Take a wedge, spit some seeds, leave the rind for compost, come back later for more conversing with your watermelon. :- Doug.

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Eldering is a special role

Eldering is a special role and developmental stage available typically after some years. It is a threshold some cross. :- Doug.

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Is it essential elders agree?

Is it essential elders agree about the centrality of conversation? Of flow? :- Doug.

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seeing the flow

Elders of all people can see the interconnections among us, the flow in which we have our being. :- Doug.

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I must be the first

If community means something I must be the first to reach out and help you. :- Doug.

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The work of story

Eldering is mythopoeia, the work of story. :- Doug.

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Its own robes and cowl

Wisdom is its own robes and cowl, even when naked and spat upon. :- Doug.

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