Category Archives: Eldering

This is dangerous work

This is a dangerous work Losing our accustomed way the first step Return doubtful :- Doug.

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This is dying work

This is dying work This is work dying :- Doug.

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A difficult dying

A difficult dying can be brought on by physical symptoms or attempts to control symptoms. (Maybe they are spiritual work going on that we should not seek to control in the first place.) But also by psychological or spiritual suffering. … Continue reading

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Eldering for our age

We are the ones to develop and discover eldering for our age. :- Doug.

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what eldering looks like in your life

I cannot know what eldering looks like in your life. Only you can know. Much of what you know of it is semi-conscious. So we set out to discover. There is no end to discovery. :- Doug.

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a class of self invention

Eldering is a class of self invention. :- Doug.

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Map or calculate?

Map might be the concept close to truth for elders’ preferred way of seeing the world, as opposed to say calculate or analyze. :- Doug.

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Do you want to die?

Do you want to die, or merely expire? :- Doug.

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It takes a whole life to die

It takes a whole life to die. :- Doug.

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Eldering views you might choose:

Eldering views you might choose: family view, holy view, human view; religious, psychological, political; for people, for life, for love Or choose not to choose, grow bitter, die :- Doug.

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No end. Another beginning.

Eldering is a beginning, a muddle, and a beginning. When we get to the meat we will find a Great Muddle. The only way through is muddle through. Meet the dragons, dig into the abyss, step through the looking glass. … Continue reading

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decision road

This is a decision road we are on. Here we are asked to take life consciously. We cannot un-travel this road. :- Doug.

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essential intimacy

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

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A turn of the winepress

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

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

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Will you turn?

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

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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