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A Soul FullElderhood


Stages of Elderhood ~ Key Points

The Crowning brought an acknowledgement of alife well lived and a contribution made.

It brought a shift in awareness from playing one’spart in the Divine plan to the plan itself.

Playing one’s part in the Divine plan fulfilled thedestiny of the soul ~ benefitting you and others.

In the doing you found meaning ~ now in the Beingthere will be further meaning.

Elders wear no hats ~ they do much simply by beingthemselves and furthering the Plan so each may playtheir part.

The stages of the elder are two ~ the Master whofurthers the Plan ~ the Sage who prepares for theReturn.

Both enable others to play their parts and to see theend in the beginning.


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Early Elderhood ~ Key Points

The souls of all are precious ~ the opportunity todevelop the potential of each ~ priceless.

The Master provides community and culturalleadership by tending the souls of all.

The Master mentors the youth ~ not raising the children by leading the Youth to Soul Initiation.

The Master guides the evolution of culture so thatcivilization becomes ever advancing.

The Master always keeps on eye on the Divine Planso that each advance benefits everyone & everything.

The concern of the Master is not for her/himself butrather for others.

This stage ends when the awareness of the individualshifts from Creation and the Divine Plan it representsto the Creator.


Early Elderhood

Primary Task

Community and cultural leadership

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Stage ends with a psychospiritual shift fromcreation to Creator.

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Facets of an Elder’s Soul ~ Key Points

Be Thou ~ It is humbling to realize that all you areis the direct result of the Creator ~ thru your choiceand efforts.

Become ~ The challenge is to provide the virtueneeded for the benefit of everyone concerned.

Choose ~ It is the plan that matters ~ choices have tobe made to further the plan ~ not just your part.

Fulfill ~ As the return approaches more and moreyou all called on to finish the unfinished.

Love ~ The deepest desire is to further the plan forall creation and to enhance the relationships.

Know ~ The knowing is deep seated, profound andgrowing more complete.

Serve ~ At this stage it is the whole that is being served through the facilitation of each player & part.

Return to Me ~ The elder is the servant of the Creator~ service is the path and the prayer.


Early ElderhoodIdentity I am what Spirit has made

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CharacterBalance of the virtues for

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Choice How can I best serve

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Growth What will I return to Spirit?

Mastery Wisdom

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Meaning Wholeness

Spirit Humility and service

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Mentoring the Youth ~ Key Points

The Master is the repository of what it means to anadult participating fully in the life of the community.

It is the Master that takes the youth aside at pubertyand conveys the secret knowledge of what is to come.

It is the Master that returns the youth after PrimaryIndividuation and introduces them to the broadercommunity.

It is the Master that is responsible for the plan andto help each person find her/his part in that plan.

It is the Master that can help those encountering theSoul for the first time to make sense of the experience.

Finally, it is the Master that ~ by her/his life ~ enablesothers to trust their own unknowing and to find andfollow her/his own path.

It is the Master that knows ~ from full experience ~the soulcraft skills needed for each to encounter Soul.


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Guiding Culture ~ Key Points

There has never be better examples of the elder guiding culture than Socrates in the west andConfucius in the east.

To guide culture is not sitting around dispensing awisdom that comes from a single life.

To guide culture the Master must see the Divine Planclearing and to speak of the part all must play.

“Except as you become as little children ...” ~clarity that comes from strength.

It is the passion and conviction that comes from ex-perience ~ supplemented by knowing..

It is the soul of the community that the Master setsout to awaken and support.

By example the Master admonishes ~ by her/hisvoice they exalt, empower, and exhort.


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Culture & Creation ~ Key Points

The Master’s community and it’s culture is not theonly one.

Again the Plan calls for unity in diversity and notthe dominance of any one community.

Each community must play its part and encourageother communities to play their parts as well.

The Master encourages each soul to not seekadvantage ~ to seek mutual benefit instead.

The Master serves as the guardian of the environmentas well.

(S)he calls to the management of all resources forthe benefit of all ~ all beings.

Stewards of the soul, stewards of the community’ssoul, stewards of the Plan and stewards of the planet~ Masters provide the guidance needed to carry foran ever advancing civilization for the benefit of all.


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Surrender ~ Key Points

The burden of the Master may be difficult to carry ~particularly if the openness to guidance is limited.

At some point a shift occurs ~ enough has been done~ it is enough that I am.

Previous transitions have been triggered by internal shifts ~ marked by community acknowledgement.

This transition is both the same and yet different ~the internal shift triggers it and it is quietly acknow-ledged.

Others ~ who have expected much now say let theindividual be ~ as other Masters take their place.

The Surrender is not a funeral ~ it is rather a freeingso that the Sage can do what must still be done.

Like the Second Cocoon ~ that what needs to be doneis an internal process ~ not an external role.


Surrender

A celebration ofsoul-transcendence.

The Surrender marks a shift from the soul of thecommunity to a focus on reuniting with Spirit.


Late Elderhood ~ Key Points

The Sage has one task ~ to turn fully toward Spiritand prepare for the Return.

This will result in a final accounting ~ so that which remains to be done is done while there is yet time.

These are not likely external tasks but internalrevelations and realignments.

Potential undeveloped ~ issue a call for development~ even if it involves acquiring new skills.

The body which carried you this far is tended to likean old dying friend who shared your life ~ with care, respect and tenderness.

Virtues unacquired ~ ask for a visit and comfort inTheir presence.

Confusion and temerity ~ call for clarity and confidence .

The turning complete ~ we await the good pleasure ofSpirit ~ the transition will be the Return itself.


Late Elderhood

Primary TaskTurn fully toward the Other

Stage ends with the return to Spiritfrom whence all springs.

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Facets of an Sage’s Soul ~ Key Points

Be Thou ~ I am a central part of Spirit’s Plan ~in the light of Spirit’s eternity I am nothing.

Become ~ Virtues ~ they do not belong to me ~ theybelong only to Spirit ~ I have walked in their light.

Choose ~ By my choices and efforts I prepare to meetmy Maker ~ with head held high.

Fulfill ~ To the human spirit will go my virtues,my knowledge, my comprehension, my experience.

Love ~ In my heart is the Creator and the totality ofCreation.

Know ~ I know what part I played ~ I know the Playand the Plan ~ it is my story it is our story.

Serve ~ In my presence you will find the Grace of theSpirit ~ thankful & tranquil.

Return to Me ~ I honour the Giver by returning thesacred trust ~ fully developed and well cared for.


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All or Nothing at All ~ Key Points

It depends on how you look at it ~ it depends on yourawareness.

In the light of eternity ~ the Plan of the Creator ~the Creator ~ my soul is utter nothingness.

I played my part ~ by my choice and efforts ~ Ifulfilled my destiny.

The Plan was furthered ~ everyone benefited ~ everyone advanced ~ my part was critical.

Each played her/his part ~ by their choice and efforts~ each fulfilled her/his destiny.

We are the same ~ no one more important ~ no onemore critical than another.

Each did nothing more than fulfill the trust ~ thesoul within ~ entrusted to each by the Creator.

It has been a difficult, rewarding path to the loftyheights of nothingness .


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Virtues for Virtues’ Sake ~ Key Points

Virtues cannot be possessed ~ they can’t be owned ~They are direct emanations of Spirit ~ Angels.

I have learned to acquire them ~ to have theirSpirits informed my spirit.

I have lived for a time in Their light ~ the world wasa place of Beauty, Justice, Kindness etc for a time.

They have made me who I am ~ They developed myCharacter.

The gave me the inner strength, helped me to see theright and do the right, at the right time for the rightreasons.

Do not call me kind for only Spirit is Kind ~ do notcall me Justice for only Spirit is Just.

For the time I spent with them the human spirit willfind them easier to acquire them ~ this is my gift to the future.


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I Choose to Be ~ Key Points

I choose to be what the Creator has made of me ~ Ichoose to be myself.

I choose to fulfill the trust the Creator has entrustedmy soul ~ I listen to its call and I act.

I choose to develop what is yet undeveloped ~ not because it is needed ~ I choose to develop the poten-tial because it is there.

I choose know and to share what I know if it mightbe of value.

I choose to be who I am in the hopes that othersmy learn from my presence that they can as well.

I am enough ~ I am whom Spirit would haveme be.

I choose to meet my Maker with what was entrusted to me ready to go ~ with my head held high.


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Getting Ready ~ Key Points

There are two forms of the Sage ~ according to BillPlotkin ~ one who withdraws and one who sits in thepublic square.

Both are preparing for the return to Spirit ~ both areworking on fulfilling the trust.

The hermit searches within ~ in the knowledge thatall will be returned to the human spirit to becomea part of the human legacy.

The Sage in the square knows the legacy is for bothnow and for all time to come.

It is what that has been conceived, known, understoodand experienced that belongs to us all.

A life reviewed and put in order, known and understood and shared that assists in the preparation.


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Relationships ~ Key Points

In the creation all I see is the Creator ~ in eachperson I see the Spirit.

What draws me is the Creator ~ what draws me isSpirit’s creation.

I share myself with what I love ~ I spend time withSpirit ~ I share myself with Spirit’s creation.

To people, animals, trees and rocks I offer my best ~I offer myself ~ it is all I have.

I wear my best ~ I am at my best ~ I am set out tobe my best.

It is the Spirit that I love ~ I look beyond the formthat the spirit has taken.

I love and care for the body entrusted me ~ It hascarried me this far ~ I care more for the spirit within.


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Honouring theCreator


Meaning of a Life ~ Key Points

What is the meaning of a single life? What differencedoes it make?

The difference it makes is in the day to day events~ the choices made ~ the effort expended ~ theimpact made.

In the story of a life you find the person ~ in eachperson you find a story.

It is not only the story of a life ~ it is the interactionwith other lives that is part of the story as well.

My story is a part of the stories of every life touched~ in the touch is an impact and continuation ofmy story.

Touch goes both ways ~ my story is your story ~ yourstory mine.

In any one’s story is everyone’s is everyone’s story ~directly or indirectly ~ one story is humanity’sstory.


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My Service is Grace ~ Key Points

Each was created to serve ~ the service the Sageprovides is the spirit of Grace found in her/his presence.

As a child conveys Spirit the Sage conveys Grace ~Grace that carried the Sage this far.

Grace is the strength of the Divine unbidden ~it is the gift in action.

Grace is tranquil in the world of turmoil ~ Graceis tolerance as the body fails.

Grace is the pursuit of what matters ~ when littlematters much any more.

Grace is felt in the presence ~ experienced in thetouch.

Grace is knowing Spirit will not fail this close tohome.


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Spirituality ~ Key Points

As the Sage progresses the soul becomes almosttranslucent.

Reunion with Spirit is the goal and the reality asevery thought becomes a prayer.

There is no place where Spirit is not seen ~ no timewhen Spirit is not present.

When the transition comes the state is preserved ~only the status changes ~ to pass away in a stateof grace is the goal.

To await the good pleasure of Spirit is the least one can do after a life given and lived.

The world of the spirit and this material world intertwine and commingle.


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The Return ~ Key Points

Death is a status ~ not a state ~ death is a changeof awareness unbound from the body.

The awareness you bring to this transition guides youthrough.

Focussed on Spirit ~ you are drawn to Spirit ~ focussed on ego ~ you are bound to a lost reality.

All you did to fulfill the potential inherent in yourSoul you will return to Spirit on your passing.

That which belongs to you is taken with you ~ thatwhich does not belong to you is lost forever.

Only that which endures is truly yours ~ yourreward.

Rich from the journey you carry your gifts to Spirit~ your developed them ~ they are yours forever ~shared freely the rest of humanity who have theawareness to see as you place them at the Creator’sfeet.


DeathDeath

A celebration ofthe Return.

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