the Bible began
the Bible began
at our creation
when we became conscious
:- Doug.
All here
Free
No cheap God
No taking necessary
We already have
:- Doug.
Archive for August, 2016
child on grass watching clouds
A child, lying on the grass, watching the clouds morph: this is a useful model for our meditation, worship, and living.
:- Doug.
Aging is a problem to be solved??
Let us challenge the idea that aging is a problem to be solved, and not simply part of life. People do not all or even mostly get very sick and lose their marbles. The people I have known of this age group are for the most part healthy, happy, and still engaged. This perhaps is the norm. Those who study the diseases of aging have given us to think all folks aging are suffering in decrepitude. Health and competence are the way of life in all other ages, why not in later years, too?
:- Doug.
Another angle on elders
There is another angle from which to view elders and how they are developing. Perhaps there is something going on to which we are blind: first because the people doing the reporting are usually much younger and they have no point of reference from which to gauge; second because we have not had people live this long before.
:- Doug.
whip cream and cherry
Comfort is an extra, whip cream and cherry on top of being, delicious being.
:- Doug.
Peach is a flower then
Aging is a process that may include wisdom. Wisdom itself may be a process that includes continuing maturation and growth. A peach is a flower then a fruit then a seed then food for plants and animals….
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1619–and manatees and cabbages
Footprints in the Windsm # 1619
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Advancing life development
Living fully our advancing life development is a badge of wisdom.
:- Doug.
Diagnosing the elders
Some of what we diagnose in older people as being out of touch may simply be having moved beyond the “reality” of the 50 year old.
:- Doug.
Past and present tend to meet
Do past and present come more closely as we age, and is this wisdom?
:- Doug.
The word at which we cringe
Hear the word
at which we cringe
at which our conscience shudders
the word that mandates us to risk
hear a still small voice
:- Doug.
A short study
Let’s write a short study of folks we admire in their old age. A sketch of the person, then a dialogue with this person about wisdom and what they are doing with their wisdom and why. Then go into meditation/contemplation, then a let’s converse about what we have experienced.
:- Doug.
Eldering mixed
This idea of eldering, wisdom, mixed with ending the project of ego is leading me larger the last few days.
:- Doug.
Interlapping
A global community
Interlapping local communities
already a living being
being us
wholly
:- Doug.
