Category Archives: Eldering

As we dig, we are digging into ever wider worlds, each progressively more open to our art. As we explore and go deeper, we find unexpected opportunities to give our gifts. Our gifts are seen and accepted; they become more … Continue reading →

Take more opportunity to put forth my elder role: in conversation light and heavy, in facilitating others’, in consultations with clients. Draw forth their eldering and their deeper aspects, their more cosmic relationships. Be softer, wiser, gentler, more loving, more … Continue reading →

A deer stands hidden and silent, lets us see for a moment, then is gone. Gracefully deer surmount obstacles. Deer see into the dark and know the ways through the woods. All in all a good symbol for our eldering. … Continue reading →

Some elders are seeking subtle ways to work upon the world. :- Doug.

We cannot mathematically calculate a life’s meaning; we can map it. Perhaps when we have plotted the points we will discover a stream running through, or a spiral. Or a constellation. :- Doug.

Eldering is getting clearer about that dark wood, about finally doing the thing. :- Doug.

Elders are guardians. You must find of what and whom. :- Doug.

What have we learned in living? For that we need to labor at seeing our living. What do you sense as your ultimate place in the world? Where are the places we look for place? :- Doug.

“They call me The Peacemaker,” she said, owning the title. What do others call you? What title would you own, had you the courage to name it? :- Doug.

Eldering is mining for wisdom. :- Doug.

You must leave where you are. :- Doug.

Eldering is primarily about soul-centric development in elders, in society. It is about a felt change—that is, a step larger—of consciousness. :- Doug.

It has been important for me to take in more and more possibilities—to allow others’ truths in—to see things of which I was unaware. This part of my eldering. :- Doug.