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Reb Zalman’s Commitment to Inclusiveness and “Deep Ecumenism” Reb Zalman’s commitment to inclusion for all was born out of personal experience and a knowledge of Jewish history. As a young person in Nazi occupied Europe, he experienced the ultimate exclusion as he and his family [...]

A Practice in Conscious Aging: Lifelong Learning A Practice of Lifelong Learning:  With enduring curiosity and innovative creativity, we have a personal mission to continue to grow spiritually, cognitively, and emotionally. “We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that [...]

Learning to Love Being Old Have you noticed that a vibrant, joyful, passionate old person is always complimented with being young at heart or looking youthful for their age? Have you ever heard anyone being complimented for being an amazing old person?  It seems like [...]

Discovered Treasure: Gems of Wisdom by Connie Goldman As Liaison with the Sage-ing International Council of Honored Sages for several years, I had the opportunity to speak regularly with Honored Sage, Connie Goldman. We discovered a common love of gardening, and one of my favorite books [...]

SI and I - My Story In 1996, while attending a men’s conference in New Mexico, a workshop leader encouraged me to read a newly published book about growing older, “From Age-ing to Sage-ing.”  As a 55-year-old man contemplating early retirement and wondering about my [...]

Lifelong Learning: A Pathway to Greater Wisdom and Personal Growth Nurturing the Mind, Enriching the Spirit Learning is not only a hallmark of one’s early years; it can be a lifetime journey of exploration, discovery, and growth. Being that avid lifelong learner is a choice. [...]

SI and I: My Story I began my journey to discover my inner life, that is the search for my soul and my authentic self at age 42 when the grit of the failure of a marriage began to form.   From that point my inner [...]

Journey from Adult to Elder I didn’t even know there was an elder stage in life until my late 50’s. After reading “From Age-ing to Sage-ing” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, I realized how distorted my view and our society’s are on aging. Prior to reading this [...]

Suffering Effectively: Reflections on the Buddha’s First Noble Truth I first heard the phrase effective suffering from meditation teacher Shinzen Young, who used it in a story he told about the renowned Christian contemplative Thomas Merton.[1] Merton lived quite a bohemian life before he converted to [...]