Eyes of a grandchild
Intention becomes focus
gazing into the eyes of a grandchild
finding amazement
teaching becomes together shaken
generations become fabric
:- Doug.
Archive for July, 2018
Footprints in the Windsm # 1793–All-ee all-ee all in free!
Footprints in the Windsm # 1793
All-ee all-ee all in free!
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Three-way work
Work with the grandchildren needs to be two way, or rather three: we don’t simply give to the grandchildren; we may allow that they give back something to us; the third dimension is that bouncing together multidimensionally we create.
:- Doug.
Fruitful levels of humanity
What are the levels of the human spirit? Where can we elders work and be fruitful?
:- Doug.
Not to a place
Not eldering the grandchildren to a place or state, we foster an attitude of continual organic growth.
:- Doug.
Trust the student
Trust the student to grasp the message; trust the student also to grow the message.
:- Doug.
Non-competitive games
Why would we want to play non-competitive games For the Grandchildren?
:- Doug.
Why weather comes by the day
Weather comes by the day because we don’t notice the minutes nor the years.
:- Doug.
of human fermentation
We are a project of our own selves, of human fermentation all about us, and of the raw materials we find nearby. We are more complex to predict than weather.
:- Doug.
If you can green-screen it
Soon we will say If you can green-screen it, you can do it, make it, live it. What might humans mean then?
:- Doug.
Where are we headed?
In the last few thousand years we have put on clothes, then suits, then made our clothes comfortable, colorful, and expressive. We have lived in natural shelters, twigs and mud, tents, and more and more elaborate housing. There seems to be a pull, unseen but felt. As we have added years to our lifespan work took on a larger role, and then we created enforced retirement—that is, play. Where are we headed?
:- Doug.
When we each live to 120
When we each live to 120 or 130
what will we do at 70
in our “first age?”
:- Doug.
Trajectory of grandchildren
We cannot affect the trajectory of the grandchildren by our intention, nor can we without it. Intend and lose your intentions.
:- Doug.
Politics of shriveling
We are met with a politics of shriveling; like the wicked witch it fears cool water and melting…hearts.
:- Doug.
Ones from whom we flow out
There are not primarily others we must meet or adapt ourselves to; rather there are ones from whom we flow out, they from us; all humans from all life, suffused.
:- Doug.
A we project
The 300-year project is a community project. It relies on you; not on you alone. It is a we project.
:- Doug.
Maslow says study
Maslow says to learn to be healthy, to be self actualized, we must study those who are. Let’s look for other elders and learn from them, befriending them.
:- Doug.
