Category Archives: Eldering
A 300 year project
I’m stirring something in the species memory of the grandchildren 12 generations on. Maybe we will be mainly bio-machines by then. No matter. I am not in a hurry. The human race is not in a hurry. I’m on a … Continue reading
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What good?
Three hundred years from now what good will this bring? :- Doug.
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Think 300 years ahead
Let’s think 300 years ahead—what needs doing? We don’t think that far ahead because we move too fast. We see only seconds and miss centuries. :- Doug.
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Live 300 years
I want to live 300 years. I hope that after that my insights will have been surpassed. :- Doug.
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Cut you to the bone?
What question for you would cut to the bone? :- Doug.
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What is the human’s task?
What is the human’s task? The task of the elder is to ask this very question. :- Doug.
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After accomplishment?
After accomplishment, real? :- Doug.
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We elders need to work
We elders need to work to bring meaning and being together in flesh :- Doug.
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Tension: playing and giving
One tension of eldering is between playing and giving: taking pleasure and being with. We cannot merely dissolve the tension, for instance by playing with grandchildren, for the action can readily veer to mindless play or overt lessons: we must … Continue reading
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Tensions of eldering?
What might eldering be? What are its tensions? :- Doug.
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Decide for the whole world
One elder can decide a thing for the whole world. :- Doug.
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What is the bending of the age?
What is the bending of the age? Is the wind blowing from the north or east? Sand your fingertips, larger rhythms taste :- Doug.
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An era that wants to end
An era that wants to end perhaps we’re in one now we can help the wanting :- Doug.
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