Serious questions?
What are the serious questions we need to be asking at this age?
:- Doug.
Heaven is not a when.
:- Doug.
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Homework: forgiveness
Homework: For what do I wish forgiveness, of what am I ashamed, what do I wish I’d done differently? Write a dialogue with the persons most affected—ask and give forgiveness. What could you possibly amend now, whom could you approach?
:- Doug.
Dialogue with your body
Dialogue with your body—what it feels, needs, how to improve its quality of life, how to best use its energy.
:- Doug.
The epitome of the American human
The epitome of the American human is one who helps others and one’s community, not one who readily makes more money.
:- Doug.
Last decade or two?
How have your beliefs, practices, religion, and spirituality developed over the last decade or two?
:- Doug.
Giving yourself over to something larger
Think of a time of giving yourself over to something larger. Once I had a volunteer job in an organization which had me running up and down four flights of stairs for two and a half days, making sure things worked smoothly for a large meeting. It persuaded me to quit the organization and to seek instead more volunteer opportunities.
Or think of a time you helped another person in an emergency situation, such as an emergency room waiting for their loved one to pull through or not.
These are times you were pulled outside your self, not thinking of yourself, maybe not thinking at all.
:- Doug.
Overcoming the self obstacle
In aging we need to overcome the self obstacle. Self we come to see is the obstacle.
:- Doug.
Differently now?
What do I do differently now? What can I let go now? Do these point to some longer view?
:- Doug.
Write the story of your death
Write the story of your death—then have a conversation with this, your own Death.
:- Doug.
under threat
We imagine that our lives
are under threat
but there is only us
We imagine
that our way of life
is under threat
from people—just—like us
:- Doug.
What is the blessing of conversation?
What is the blessing of conversation
But to be opened by one another
—hearts, not words—
:- Doug.
I’ve trained myself to
I’ve trained myself to see funny
I’ve trained myself to see deep
And is best
:- Doug
