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The Purpose
Prize
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Unwilling to stuff envelopes or go off quietly to the sidelines,
thousands of innovators in their 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond are combining
their creativity and experience to address big social problems. These change-makers
are taking matters into their own hands and fashioning a new vision of
the second half of life, one in which the expertise and talent of a lifetime
is refocused on finding solutions to challenges in our communities, our
country, and the world. |
| 4 Components of Conscious Elders |
Describes the journey to conscious eldering. |
| Conscious Aging: A New Level of Growth in Later Life |
What does it mean
to say that Conscious Aging represnts a new form of "growth" in
later adulthood? It means that Conscious Aging amounts to a higher level
of functioning correlated to the distinct chronological stage of later
adulthood. Both level and stage, hierarchy and chronology, are included
in this definition of "Conscious Aging."... <
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Canada's Aging Population: Seizing the Opportunity
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| Special (Canadian) Senate Committee on Aging First Interim
Report
Embracing the Challenge of Aging |
“We have a choice as a society: Either to buy into the myths that
seniors will drain the health and pension systems, for example, or to take
advantage of the reality that seniors can contribute to society.”
Predictions of an "age quake" have gripped the collective
consciousness, warning of an impending inability to maintain current
levels of public support to health and income. The Committee has heard
evidence to the contrary, however. While the retirement of the baby boom
generation is likely to have important consequences for the labour market,
this will not necessarily lead to a reduction in the standard of living.
Several witnesses reassured the Committee that the "sustainability
of government programs is not really in doubt." |
Elder Wisdom
By Caroline Bassett, PhD, The Wisdom Institute |
Recently, on a trip East from my home in Minnesota, my sister and I visited
a 101-year-old friend of the family, an exemplar of elder wisdom, who lives
in rural Massachusetts. Aunt Jane, as we called her (not her real name
and some details have been changed to protect her privacy, but she really
is 101 years old) ruefully acknowledged that she has to use a walker now
and a hearing aid that she hates. ...
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| Eldering Manifesto |
Eldering is a vision for growing older. It is an opportunity to have
the rest of life be richer and more rewarding than we can imagine. |
| What are the Qualities of an Elder? |
Eldership is about two things: qualities and roles.
A person may have the qualities of an Elder, but not be filling any
Eldership role. Or a person may attempt to fulfill the role of Eldership
without the qualities.
We think true Eldership only happens when a person with the qualities
fulfils the role.
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Earth Elders
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The time has come to acknowledge our proper place in the universe. As
a species we are the universe becoming conscious of itself and the sacred
journey it has been on. With this new understanding of our integral relationship
to all of our universal connections we must re-examine our ancient assumptions
and change our ways of knowing, doing and being. It is the great work that
we have been called to perform. |
| The Eldering Institute |
"We live in an extraordinary time. Our thinking styles are severing us
from our families, our religions, our ideologies, and nature. We are
caught
up in a pace of social and technological change that makes our work,
businesses, and education sources of anxiety and unfulfillment. At the
same time, thinking about our thinking and observing our observations
can bring us a new world in which work becomes a place for innovation,
and in which peace, wisdom, friendship, companionship, and community
can exist. Let us design this world together. " —Fernando
Flores
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| The Elders |
The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought
together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their collective influence and experience
to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering
and promote the shared interests of humanity. |
| The Sage-ing Guild |
The Sage-ing Guild is a networking organization for professionals trained
in the Sage-ing philosophy of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Members of
the Guild lead discussions, classes and workshops designed for persons
interested in aging consciously and with purpose. |
| Second Journey |
The mission of Second Journey
is to foster the emerging movement of individuals, organizations, and
communities committed to creating
a new vision of aging,
new models of community for the second half of life, and
a just and sustainable world now and for future generations.
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| Nature and the Human Soul |
Nearly
everyone senses the richness and mystery of the soul and longs to bring
this depth more fully into their lives—and their lives more fully
into that depth. But few know how to begin or to quicken this process.
Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented
World, by psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin, offers an engaging
map to the paths and pitfalls of the lifelong journey to wholeness and
maturity. |
| You could live a long time |
The book You Could Live a Long Time offers advice on how you can prepare
for old age now, so that you get as much life satisfaction as possible
from
what
may well be a long life.
* Money isn’t everything, and won’t
cure ill-health or loneliness.
* Cultivate new friendships now.
* To keep your dignity, give up your pride.
* You need a work plan, instead of a retirement plan
* To keep a home, consider leaving your house.
* If you push too hard to stay young you’ll get old faster.
The unique message is that we should not try to avoid old age. Instead
of trying to do the impossible to stay forever young, Lyndsay Green comes
to the radical conclusion that in order to get as much as possible out
of our old age we will need to embrace it.
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