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I do not say that all these things are experienced by everybody. Nor do any of us experience them all day long. What I do say is that these are things others and I have known. There is a wide range of encounters leaving us at times interested, excited, and even optimistic. It seems possible to work for the grandchildren, to give them access to their higher and better aspects, to trust the further unfolding of the future to their hands.

It is paying attention, becoming conscious of long-reach things. Pay attention, notice the developments.

:- Doug.

Elders are people in an altered state of consciousness—aware of the world, the eons, the generations—which may be a significant and meaningful state for them and the grandchildren.

:- Doug.

Thinking approximately is more generous of spirit than thinking precisely.

:- Doug.

The movements we are seeing—currently around social media hashtags like #metoo and #neveragain—are a change in cultural meaning. We see these as direct democracy, Internet thinking that says When enough of us say or see something, it is so: it becomes so.

:- Doug.

Conflict calls for the process of moving beyond conflict to conflict done well.

:- Doug.