Category Archives: Aging
Aging = growing
Aging = growing :- Doug.
Aging is no disease
Aging is no disease We older Can grow :- Doug.
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To the world I appear….
To the world I appear…. To myself I…. :- Doug.
Stop thinking of aging as a disease
We have to stop thinking of aging as a disease. Curing something that is good and natural: is this the best thing? :- Doug.
the space of all possibility
To approach no ego, zero, is to enter the space of all possibility :- Doug.
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Low latent inhibition
It may be that low latent inhibition (thus letting in more environmental information) helps us see things in fresh ways, that is, holistically. Inhibition is sometimes reduced as persons age. Well now, combine that with high intelligence and the result … Continue reading
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Things the world wants to do
There are things I want to do There are things the world wants to do We negotiate :- Doug.
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It’s not that aging
It’s not that aging takes us only and inevitably to eldering; choice, chance, and predisposition play roles. :- Doug.
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Elders go where the rest cannot
Elders go where the rest of us cannot go, a liminal land leading across an inevitable threshold. Each person has a particular and yet universal path: some explore light, some shadow, some body, emotions, fun, imagination, everything human divine. Leading … Continue reading
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Break from social norms and run
Some older folks are able to break from social norms and run for self disclosure and innocence. Like we might do on vacation, talking to strangers. Freedom, humanity. Freedom from pretending, human vulnerability to opening. :- Doug.
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Let our wisdom tell
Let us our wisdom tell Deep and true sounding :- Doug.
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Beyond waiting?
What is going on In eldering? Something beyond waiting? :- Doug.
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Called to go east
The young one is called west The old maybe east :- Doug.
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Growing youthful
Wisdom might be Spirit growing Youthful :- Doug.
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Two matched legs
Wisdom and maturation are two matched legs that propel us along. Wisdom is not a goal but part of a process. :- Doug.
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Joy and wisdom
What brings joy these days? Is joy related to wisdom? :- Doug.
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Something beyond maturation
Wisdom is something a step beyond maturation. :- Doug.
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