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In this age
we gather all
the notes of life
question humility rage
call tenderness edge

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1832

To be receptivity
to discover
to learn
to see entireties
to seek wholeness and integration
to speak by chance some hidden truth
to feel the interactions of a larger system
to be creative readiness
to receive the epiphanic moment
is to open this age
to grace

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Hounded by hatred
our grandchildren are torn
from the intentions of their lives
will we an hour or two
sacrifice to remind them of their song?

:- Doug.

Conversing among peers: What’s this age for?

:- Doug.

Do we desire a certain softness
to counter the edge of the age
or is softness part of us?
or is softness only the masculine turn
matched in movements femininely?

:- Doug.

The questions of this age

:- Doug.

Elder years, steeped
open a door or two
to a wider and deeper account

:- Doug.

To be able to speak differently
to actually speak differently
using the familiar words
and the nodding acquaintance words
maybe we have to think
differently or maybe the
other way around

:- Doug.

The key questions and opportunities in being a grandparent to the universe.

:- Doug.

Willing to listen
Hoping to hear

:- Doug.

We are the extra generation.

:- Doug.

In a participatory universe
fresh insights
open dialogue
art and integrality
readiness for the deepening

:- Doug.

Communitas and Generativity

:- Doug.

Say more than you can say.

:- Doug.

In this age give your blessing.

:- Doug.

This age
beyond ego
beyond brain
beyond opposites
beyond this age
thinning
allowing for real

:- Doug.

Transcending this age

:- Doug.

Age can be a non-time of encounter in which contradictions are suspended surpassed synthesized.

:- Doug.

Am I going toward mysticism?
I am coming from mysticism

:- Doug.

In this communitas we
open ourselves to
enter sacred time

:- Doug.

Elders meet
—not raise, not mean—
ultimate questions
with clear voices
and weakness to stand the storm

:- Doug.

Elders voice our prophecy
—Holy telling forth—
Our need, our desire

:- Doug.

This is a course about the joy and responsibility of generativity.

:- Doug.