From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing

by Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman; Miller, Ronald S.

• ISBN13: 9780446517768
• ISBN10: 0446517763
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

With its revolutionary approach to lifespan development, this book gives you the practical tools to grow older with the wisdom, maturity, and understanding so desperately needed in today's world.
Whether you are a retired person, someone in midlife, or a younger person with an older loved one, the authors show you how to turn "age-ing" into "sage-ing," a process that brings more adventure, passion, mystery, and meaning into your life. Using contemplative techniques from the world's spiritual traditions and the latest breakthroughs in brain/mind research, you will learn how to review your life, come to terms with your mortality, harvest the wisdom of your years, and transmit a legacy to future generations. With step-by-step exercises, From Age-ing to Sage-ing lovingly teaches you how to transform the natural regrets, depression, and sense of loss that accompany growing older into renewed purpose and inner peace.

Author Biography

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is a preeminent rabbi, teacher, and professor emeritus at Temple University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Theory of Spiritual Eldering	p. 9
The Vision of Spiritual Eldering	p. 11
Becoming the Possible Sage	p. 31
Elderhood: Past, Present, and Future	p. 52
Spiritual Eldering and Personal Transformation	p. 79
The Art of Life Completion	p. 81
Tools for Harvesting Life	p. 107
The Eternity Factor	p. 135
The Conscious Transit at Death	p. 159
Spiritual Eldering and Social Transformation	p. 185
Mentoring: Seeding the Future with Wisdom	p. 187
Elders as Healers of Family, Community, and Gaia	p. 211
Spiritual Eldering Comes of Age	p. 239
Appendix: Exercises for Sages in Training	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 287
About the Authors	p. 291
About the Spiritual Eldering Institute	p. 292
Index	p. 293
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