Aging with wisdom : reflections, stories and teachings

Aging with wisdom Reflections, stories and teachings

Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle

Book - 2017

Hoblitzelle explores ways one can nourish their inner lives and spirit even as their bodies age and facilities diminish. She offers seven guidelines to being attentive to the gifts that grow more valuable with age, and shares the stories of six 'wayshowers, ' individuals whose stories illustrate aging with compassion. Hoblitzelle offers reflections on finding beauty in aging, facing death with dignity, and rejoicing in earthly blessings.

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Subjects
Spiritual life > Buddhism.
Old age > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Published
Rhinebeck, New York : Monkfish Book Publishing Company [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle (author)
Physical Description
xvi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781939681713
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Aging: Reflections, Stories, and Mysteries
  • The Tectonic Shift
  • A New Vision
  • Honoring the Life Cycle
  • ElderSpirit
  • Archetypes of Aging
  • The Mind of Great Compassion
  • A Grandmother's Gift
  • The Mystery of Time
  • A Wordless Encounter
  • The Unbroken
  • The Dalai Lama's Story
  • Part II. Wisdom Treasures
  • Lighting the Way: Introductory Reflections
  • The Sacred Circle
  • Know Your Refuges
  • A Jewel of Wisdom
  • Practices of the Heart
  • The Moments Between
  • With Softness and Ease
  • Who Are You Now?
  • How to Dance in the Rain
  • A Joyful Mind
  • Compassion for Yourself
  • Pure Perception
  • The Old Woman and the Starfish
  • Memorable Messages
  • Part III. Passages: Dying Into Life
  • Life, Love, and Death: Introductory Reflections
  • Dhumavati: Goddess of Aging and Death
  • The Ultimate Mystery
  • Between Realms
  • The Five Remembrances
  • The Thin Place
  • Who Spoke?
  • The Gift of Death
  • Bleached Bone
  • A Gift of Life and Death
  • Part IV. Wayshowers
  • Wayshowers: Introductory Reflections
  • For All Shall Be Well: Polly Thayer Starr
  • Brought Here To Love: Emerson Stamps
  • The Gift of Recognition: Stella Fox
  • Living the Symbolic Life: Alice O. Howell
  • The Search For Freedom: Maud Morgan
  • Overwhelmed by Love: Father Bede Griffiths
  • Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Reading Group Guide
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Drawing deeply on her own experiences as well as stories and studies about aging from other cultures, Hoblitzelle (Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows) explores the ways that readers can nourish their inner lives and spirit even as their bodies age and facilities diminish. Hoblitzelle stresses the reflective nature of the aging process: noticing how the body changes can provide space for reflection on life's gifts and challenges, and aging often brings family members together, creating an opportunity to heal broken relationships. She offers seven guidelines to being attentive to the gifts that grow more valuable with age: spiritual orientation, practice of silence, practice of mindfulness, practice of stopping, finding the sacred in the commonplace, meditation, and the practice of gratitude. She also shares the stories of six "wayshowers," individuals whose stories illustrate aging with compassion (Emerson Stamps reflects on his enslaved African ancestors while writing a memoir in his 80s, and Maud Morgan finds solace in the words of Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: "The world is filled and filled with the absolute-to see this is to be free"). Hoblitzelle's heartfelt book invites inspiring reflections on finding beauty in aging, facing death with dignity, and rejoicing in earthly blessings. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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