Rabbi Schacter-Shalomi is interviewed and discusses integrity in eldering. When a person elders, there’s an echo—a sense that all warring parts make peace; wisdom is the result and it provides a sense of calming. To achieve integrity, one must achieve an internal sense of being part of the global brain, offering an awareness of the universe which integrates with that of all other beings. Integrity in relationships can be a celebration of mutual forgiveness and letting go. He talks of December work and preparing for one’s passing. He reviews death rituals of the past and discusses the inner work of the dying person; how one can retain integrity yet dis-identifying with the body. This integrity gives consolation in knowing the fruit of one’s existence is given back to the universe. He discusses the importance of trans-denominationalism in eldering, and that every religion & species is needed for survival. The work of the elder is to serve with that mindfulness, and every tradition has images, words and tools which could help in this work. He sings a prayer, then discusses various angels and demonic beings. In eldering, one should accept the powers of being which are being offered.
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Rabbi Schacter-Shalomi is interviewed and discusses integrity in eldering. When a person elders, there’s an echo—a sense that all warring parts make peace; wisdom is the result and it provides a sense of calming. To achieve integrity, one must achieve an internal sense of being part of the global brain, offering an awareness of the universe which integrates with that of all other beings. Integrity in relationships can be a celebration of mutual forgiveness and letting go. He talks of December work and preparing for one’s passing. He reviews death rituals of the past and discusses the inner work of the dying person; how one can retain integrity yet dis-identifying with the body. This integrity gives consolation in knowing the fruit of one’s existence is given back to the universe. He discusses the importance of trans-denominationalism in eldering, and that every religion & species is needed for survival. The work of the elder is to serve with that mindfulness, and every tradition has images, words and tools which could help in this work. He sings a prayer, then discusses various angels and demonic beings. In eldering, one should accept the powers of being which are being offered.
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