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essential intimacy

Posted on January 29, 2017 by dgermann

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

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A turn of the winepress

Posted on January 28, 2017 by dgermann

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

Posted on January 28, 2017 by dgermann

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

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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

Posted on January 27, 2017 by dgermann

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

Posted on January 27, 2017 by dgermann

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

Posted on January 27, 2017 by dgermann

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

Posted on January 26, 2017 by dgermann

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

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Facing your own dying

Posted on January 26, 2017 by dgermann

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

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Which direction do we face?

Posted on January 26, 2017 by dgermann

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

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This death

Posted on January 25, 2017 by dgermann

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

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O elder

Posted on January 25, 2017 by dgermann

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

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Go ever than profounder

Posted on January 25, 2017 by dgermann

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

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shadows brewing

Posted on January 24, 2017 by dgermann

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

Posted on January 24, 2017 by dgermann

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

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More than one threshold:

Posted on January 24, 2017 by dgermann

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

Posted on January 23, 2017 by dgermann

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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