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If the politician says it often enough, the politician becomes hypnotized.

:- Doug.

What would be an exercise we could do to observe unity and diversity; holons and relationships: something larger than our normal ways of perceiving?

:- Doug.

Imagine you observing the people closest to you, 5 minutes after your death; 5 weeks. Observe now the animals nearby, pets, wild animals, birds, insects at those same 5 minutes and 5 weeks. Now observe these same people and animals 5 years out; 50 years.

:- Doug.

Elders exercise far-sight and insight.

:- Doug.

What are the issues and opportunities for the 300 year grandchild-elder?

:- Doug.

Can you trust the grandchildren to make a world more hospitable to life?

:- Doug.

What would be possible if we brought you together with a grandchild-elder of 300 years in the future?

:- Doug.

What are the conversations we would best have with the grandchildren-elders of 300 years in the future?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1790

Grandchild you are complex
aspects and facets
places and people
discoverable and unknowable
neuron sinew heart and sky

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What do you wish For the Grandchildren?

:- Doug.

Touched by
other beings

:- Doug.

Aware
we may
spiral out

:- Doug.

Bohm’s societal “meaning” may be akin to Maslow’s individual “delight.”

:- Doug.

To help the grandchildren elder we must become aware of learning theory—others’ and our own.

:- Doug.

Paradoxically elder
Simultaneously do something
and don’t do anything
Intend to
let meaning arise
Question is, do we play
out of awareness or ignorance?

:- Doug.

This is meaning level work. What do you see as the meaning of Elders? Of Grandchildren? More, how do we ask the grandchildren what they see?

:- Doug.

Abandon all hope
In favor of awareness

:- Doug.

Absorption may be Grow, Abandon See, and Play Let it be. So it is liberated awareness.

:- Doug.

I may be missing the key to say we elder for generative purposes—we may actually do so out of absorption, abandon, and play. Then again generativity is likely a side effect of absorption, abandon, and play.

:- Doug.

The point of games is fun—only fun—For the Grandchildren…and us.

:- Doug.

Will you pass on, or pass along?

:- Doug.

We are changing the meaning of Elder!

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1789

Drop your tensions to the groundlet the earth hold them awhileconverse freelywe’re not so elusive after all

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