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You must leave where you are.

:- Doug.

Within a larger
mysterious universe
could we e’er be lost?

:- Doug.

Wherever you are is called “Here”
Whenever, “Now”
Whoever, “You”

:- 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.

Trust is not a need for conversation as much as safety for each participant.

:- Doug.

We cannot create relationships for we are already related. We can break relationships, we can nourish relationships, we can make our relationship more chewy.

:- Doug.

Friend, into your whole-increasing.

:- Doug.

What can we find to call forth from our lives a coherent thread, a wholeness, a story line?

:- Doug.

What do we see larger than middlers see?

:- Doug.

To you, what does it mean to elder another? Can one elder another without being a full-time elder? Do full-time elders exist? Can we aspire to be more-time elders?

:- Doug.

Present-centeredness may be a key to innocence.

:- Doug.

Commas are more pregnant than periods, question marks more so, and ellipses most….

:- Doug.

Wisdom is mainly in what we don’t know, in what we let go of knowing.

:- Doug.

See the world whole.

:- Doug.

Can’t teach all nor how to elder; there are only evocative principles and questions.

:- Doug.

Intend all possible meanings.

:- Doug.

Telling our stories maybe comes after we know the power of them. Wonder what that means.

:- Doug.

Birgitt Williams writes evocatively for me: “no empty space…. space is always Sacred Space, and rich in what is contained.”

This brings to me thoughts of David Bohm’s implicate order: the whole is always enfolding, unfolding, like a mother her child. So perhaps holding space and opening space each partakes of that same image: embracing, and still opening arms to let her child run free….

:- Doug.

Life: safe return doubtful.

:- Doug.

Lean toward the threshold. It cannot be cheated; it cannot be rushed nor stormed. It demands work, perhaps pain.

:- Doug.

We need people to reflect, ponder, imagine. This is the prime work: becoming shamans, prophets, elders.

:- Doug.

Friend, into your pondering. What do you reflect?

:- Doug.