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Aging in the NOW
October 13, 2013
One of the greatest gifts of aging is the opportunity to live in the NOW. But it's more than that. It's living in a NOW consciousness liberated from the prison thought.
For most of our middle years, we scurry like mice in a maze, trapped in a conceptually-created labyrinth of identity, time, story, goals, Read More
For most of our middle years, we scurry like mice in a maze, trapped in a conceptually-created labyrinth of identity, time, story, goals, Read More
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The Wonder of Grandchildren
October 11, 2013
Just got back from two weeks with the grandkids - so much fun! For me, grandchildren are balm that treats all miseries. Why?
• They live in the present and will only meet you there, so they get you out of your head, your thoughts, your aches and pains, and your upsets.
• They make you Read More
• They live in the present and will only meet you there, so they get you out of your head, your thoughts, your aches and pains, and your upsets.
• They make you Read More
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Becoming Love
September 18, 2013
We are made of love. The nature of Being is love. Our deepest self is love. Love is just another name for God and deep down we are that.
We are born from (and in) this divine oneness. Somewhere along the path of growing up, however, the mind conceives the idea of self. Suddenly Read More
We are born from (and in) this divine oneness. Somewhere along the path of growing up, however, the mind conceives the idea of self. Suddenly Read More
The Fourth Consciousness
September 11, 2013
Divine consciousness engages our awareness in four ways on the long journey of life. On a plane over the Midwest, I found myself thinking about its role in our spiritual awakening.
We awaken in the divine consciousness of early childhood, discovering a world of purity, enchantment and wonder. In this first consciousness, everything is Read More
We awaken in the divine consciousness of early childhood, discovering a world of purity, enchantment and wonder. In this first consciousness, everything is Read More
The Shift Toward Enlightened Consciousness
August 28, 2013
There is a shift that happens as we get older. I believe it is natural to the experience of aging. It happens when awareness becomes more important than its content, when consciousness is preferable to concepts, when mindful alertness opens the senses to the amazing grace of living without words. All our lives we Read More
Divine Birth in the Aging Manger
August 20, 2013
As we release the past, cease performing old roles and duties, and make space for new possibilities, something begins to happen inside - a new birth of consciousness. Buried beneath the tarmac of decades of performing, this new consciousness may be your divine birth, the birth of a new way of being in the Read More
The Will To Love
July 22, 2013
I have been thinking a lot about love recently. Why it is that we don't love better, deeper, longer, wider. Why we can't love our enemies. Why the world is stuck in the cycle of violence rather than a cycle of love. How to unlock the heart? Everyday the evening news brings reports of Read More
The Ten Things I Love Most About The Magic of Aging
July 18, 2013
Since my own retirement from the practice of psychotherapy some twelve years ago, I have been teaching a course on the psychology and spirituality of aging, I have presented this material in retreat centers, churches, book signings, men's gatherings, blogs, articles and books, and, especially fun, in endless conversations with good friends. In my Read More
Sensing the Other World as We Grow Old
June 18, 2013
A strange experience has entered my consciousness in recent weeks, a distinct feeling that this world and the next are somehow the same or overlapping or unexpectedly close or even merging. It feels as if that the boundary between the two worlds - my present human reality and the "world" awaiting us after death Read More
The I Ching of Aging
June 4, 2013
I recently consulted the I Ching on aging. The I Ching (Book of Changes), as many of you know, is an ancient Chinese divination system predating recorded history. As an oracle, it is both profound and easy to use. My copy of this book with its instructions had been gathering dust on a top Read More