Author Archives: dgermann
Lean toward the threshold
Lean toward the threshold. It cannot be cheated; it cannot be rushed nor stormed. It demands work, perhaps pain. :- Doug.
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Need people to reflect
We need people to reflect, ponder, imagine. This is the prime work: becoming shamans, prophets, elders. :- Doug.
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nose and toes
Whom you are is not just whom you have been and what has been done to you, but the work you have done on your experiences, and on your body, mind, soul, spirit, and family. It has to do with … Continue reading
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Gathering reflecting
We are conversing—gathering our reflecting. :- Doug.
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Elderhood’s hard work
Elderhood is more than accumulation of experiences. It encompasses reflecting on those experiences. Hard work. :- Doug.
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compost heap poet
Interesting. The roots of “poet” are making, creating, composing, piling up, building, heaping up, piling up. So there is a sense akin to the compost heap, and reminds me that I sometimes start a poem by making a list, or … Continue reading
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The poetry goes on
The work of eldering goes on. :- Doug.
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Eldering is the poetry
Eldering is the work—the poetry—the elder is doing for humanity—and that done upon the elder. :- Doug.
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Beautiful poetry or major
As the difference between beautiful poetry and major poetry is a felt change of consciousness, so the difference between the aging and the eldering. :- Doug.
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The world of the elder
The world of the elder is holocentric, inventive, conversation-based, just, compassionate, sustaining. :- Doug.
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O that when younger
O that when younger I had seen what I now can see! (Of what use would it have been to me then?) :- Doug.
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Cannot call ourselves wise
I am coming to understand that we cannot call ourselves wise or elders, yet we can lean our path in that direction and get as far along as we get. It is not a place to attain. It is simply … Continue reading
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Message today?
You need not figure out what is your prime message as an elder, once and for all time. What’s your message today? :- Doug.
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Good pain?
There is much pain in this room. For what good is this pain? :- Doug.
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Make room?
For what might the fading of our bodies and brains make room? :- Doug.
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Boons of age?
What do we fear of age? What can be its boons? :- Doug.
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