Category Archives: Eldering

What is this new meaning of elders? Forget wisdom. It is growing beyond ourselves, beyond our groups. To see that what most delights us is our highest and best, and given freedom, that is the direction in which we will … Continue reading →

At this moment the task is changing the meaning of elders, and this can be done in many a conversation. :- Doug.

There is “economic human” and there is above that “grandparent human” or more accurately “human human.” :- Doug.

These people are not merely older, they’re different. They have progressed. They live a larger world. :- Doug.

We ought to be out ahead of the data; out ahead of the wisdom! :- Doug.

You must. They’re all we’ve got. Trust the grandchildren. :- Doug.

∆ Meaning of the Grands Relationship + Intentless Intent = ∆ World :- Doug.

We have a felt need to self actualize. We have a felt need to be part of a knit group. We have a felt need to transcend our group. This spiral is a package of contraries which allows us to … Continue reading →

We are growing a new mind…of the grandchildren…of the ancestors. :- Doug.

If we look, maybe in some part the world is hospitable to the grandchildren, already. Look. :- Doug.

Maslow tells us, if we look, that the way to best develop a grandchild, is to let her be. (Toward a Psychology of Being, p 199) :- Doug

There is a cloud of 300 year grandchild-elders; they are concentrating on us…. :- Doug.

Elders are the generatives. :- Doug.