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All my life I’ve been looking for you elders.

:- Doug.

If we look, maybe in some part the world is hospitable to the grandchildren, already. Look.

:- Doug.

Growth is dangerous
we may die
eventually we die

:- Doug.

Not only must we go beyond ourselves to grow the betweens, we have a need to transcend even these.

:- Doug.

Maslow tells us, if we look, that the way to best develop a grandchild, is to let her be. (Toward a Psychology of Being, p 199)

:- Doug

What is the very best of which grandchildren can be?

:- Doug.

Our world is hospitable when we continuously invite the grandchildren to become what they most deeply need to become.

:- Doug.

There is a cloud of 300 year grandchild-elders; they are concentrating on us….

:- Doug.

Elders are the generatives.

:- Doug.

The step beyond self-actualizers seeks to be us-actualizers.

:- Doug.

Meaning plus Intent to Participate equals World Shift. This intent is in the now: it is losing track, absorption, to be there; all three are in the present and vanishing like Alice’s Cheshire cat, leaving only the smile.

:- Doug.

The function of the elder is to erase the elder.

:- Doug.

If you tell people they are getting older, they will!

:- Doug.

When we are young
the great act is play
When we are adult
it is woman-man entwining
When we are elder
the great act is a converse
that is play infinite play

:- Doug.

You can give receiving.

:- Doug.

Unfolding conversation

:- Doug.

Invite
Delight

:- Doug.

The grand relationship

:- Doug.

We will unfold meaning.

:- Doug.

Knowledge and wisdom seem to be on the same continuum; maybe we need to jump off.

:- Doug.

One Little Thing…For the Grandchildren

:- Doug.

Grow: Notice; Choose the meaning; Set in motion the intention.

:- Doug.

We converse with the 300 year grandchild-elder in part by starting with the 3 year old in front of us. Trust him to carry the conversation.

:- Doug.