From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing: A Revolutionary Approach to Growing Older
Written by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Ronald S. Miller
Narrated by Sean Runnette
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In this inspiring and informative guide, Reb Zalman shares his wisdom and experience with listeners. He shows listeners how to create an aging process for themselves that is full of adventure, passion, mystery, and fulfillment, rather than anxiety. Using scientific research-both neurological and psychological-Reb Zalman offers techniques that will expand horizons beyond the narrow view of "the present" into a grand and enduring eternity. By harnessing the power of the spirit, as well as explaining exactly how to become a sage in their own community, he gives listeners a helpful and moving way to use their own experiences to nurture, heal, and perhaps even save a younger generation from the prison of how we typically regard aging.
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was born in Zholkiew, Poland in 1924. Descended from a distinguished family of Belzer Hasidim, he was ordained by Habad-Lubavitch in 1947, and became one of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe's first outreach workers. He earned his MA from Boston University and his DHL from Hebrew Union College. He is professor emeritus of Psychology of Religion and Jewish Mysticism at Temple University and World Wisdom Chair holder emeritus at Naropa University. Today, he is widely known as the father of the Jewish Renewal movement, and considered one of the world's foremost authorities on Hasidism and Kabbalah.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What is the purpose of life lived long past the reproductive years? Using their concepts of "elderhood" and "the art of life completion," Schacter-Shalomi and Miller survey the societal changes that they believe are synchronistic events that give meaning and purpose to the burgeoning population of elders in American society and other developed countries. An increasing number of writers share these men's belief that the aged are needed to guide humanity in its values, to influence the young to make changes that consider the distant future as well as the present. Rabbi Schacter-Shalomi has spent his adult life studying numerous spiritual disciplines. He believes that the present easy access to ancient spiritual teachings that were once passed secretly from one generation of adepts to the next is for the purpose of allowing large populations to prepare themselves for their contribution to humanity as wise elders. The major theme of this work could be said to be the art of living and dying with meaning. Going beyond the usual observations of the characteristics of our rapidly aging population, Schacter-Shalomi and Miller have offered sound advice on how an individual can find purpose in life beyond reproduction and career. They even offer specific "Exercises for Sages in Training." (March 1995)