Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is introduced. He starts by distinguishing those who are old vs. those who are elders. He talks of attunement. One being can create vibration in another; if one vibrates the other will start. The function of creating enthusiasm and energizing one another is so powerful. This helps us to become elders. He talks of learning how to pray from a praying person, in the presence of someone who vibrates, of that which is divine. As a divine being in a living body, we get divinized. Spiritual intimacy conversations is a process that turns people from merely aging to sages. We’re habituated not to look at mortality, protecting life at any cost, until it doesn’t work anymore-- when the body starts shutting down. In later life we must make peace with mortality. This opens up looking at the rest of life, a whole vista of life yet to be. There are no models here that a person spent time harvesting what their life was all about by ordering it, considering it, getting meaning out of their own life story. Making peace with it ends up an arena of work that people can do with their futures. We must sit and think over what it was all about, and put the light of consciousness over one’s life. It’s never too late. The greatest joy is to mentor a younger person. The ability to give counsel is a special gift, to be present when they talk of their hopes and dreams. We need to create new models to give feedback to the next generation. He suggests starting the skills you need to become an elder- meditation, how to make amends, and fixing things of the past. You must understand the function of your life regarding the planet, or it will be hard to say goodbye without feeling cheated. You must do philosophical homework. You must see part of yourself as a cell of the global life; that you fed back to the planet. He talks of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, her work and near death experiences. We should become aware of this and talk about it, i.e. sharing with an entity not in the body. We need to leave a heritage, and look back and say we’ve completed that which we came to do. Questions from the audience are then taken. The session ends with Zalman leading singing in English and Hebrew. An instrumental group plays and dancing is encouraged.
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is introduced. He starts by distinguishing those who are old vs. those who are elders. He talks of attunement. One being can create vibration in another; if one vibrates the other will start. The function of creating enthusiasm and energizing one another is so powerful. This helps us to become elders. He talks of learning how to pray from a praying person, in the presence of someone who vibrates, of that which is divine. As a divine being in a living body, we get divinized. Spiritual intimacy conversations is a process that turns people from merely aging to sages. We’re habituated not to look at mortality, protecting life at any cost, until it doesn’t work anymore-- when the body starts shutting down. In later life we must make peace with mortality. This opens up looking at the rest of life, a whole vista of life yet to be. There are no models here that a person spent time harvesting what their life was all about by ordering it, considering it, getting meaning out of their own life story. Making peace with it ends up an arena of work that people can do with their futures. We must sit and think over what it was all about, and put the light of consciousness over one’s life. It’s never too late. The greatest joy is to mentor a younger person. The ability to give counsel is a special gift, to be present when they talk of their hopes and dreams. We need to create new models to give feedback to the next generation. He suggests starting the skills you need to become an elder- meditation, how to make amends, and fixing things of the past. You must understand the function of your life regarding the planet, or it will be hard to say goodbye without feeling cheated. You must do philosophical homework. You must see part of yourself as a cell of the global life; that you fed back to the planet. He talks of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, her work and near death experiences. We should become aware of this and talk about it, i.e. sharing with an entity not in the body. We need to leave a heritage, and look back and say we’ve completed that which we came to do. Questions from the audience are then taken. The session ends with Zalman leading singing in English and Hebrew. An instrumental group plays and dancing is encouraged.
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