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The Spirituality of Age: A Seeker's Guide to Growing Older
by Weber, Robert L.; Orsborn, Carol | PB | Good
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Publisher
Inner Traditions International, The Limited
ISBN-10
1620555123
ISBN-13
9781620555125
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209868610
Product Key Features
Book Title
Spirituality of Age : a Seeker's Guide to Growing Older
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Gerontology, Personal Growth / Happiness, Personal Growth / General, Inspiration & Personal Growth, Aging
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Self-Help
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-009187
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Synchronicity brought these two authors together at a meeting of the American Society on Aging. They quickly recognized that they were on parallel journeys, seeking meaning in the second half of their lives. Drawing on both introspection and their conversations with peers, they began turning insight into practical guidance. The result is this book in which they make the case that, as boomers begin to age, society has begun focusing on anti-aging, diverting attention from the benefits older people can derive from facing the reality of aging and the shadow side that surfaces with that reality. Relating to readers from their personal life experiences as well as their Judeo-Christian backgrounds, they ask readers to face (rather than avoid) their fears about aging. They encourage boomers to embrace this new aspect of the life cycle with the same enthusiasm with which they have tackled other stages of life's journey. They ask them to take a serious look at things like spiritually healthy visions of aging, gaining freedom from illusions, developing neglected qualities, and dealing with feeling disconnected from the Sacred. The book ends with Twelve Exercises for Seekers, which will give your customers the chance to put theory into practice and discover how they can learn to view aging as a blessing instead of a curse., These authors make the quest of aging into a journey in which one can take advantage of their expert and unflinching guidance. This can be a tool of extraordinary value to everyone, especially those of us whose memories have become longer than what is likely to be our future., At last, a book about aging that does not envision it as a problem to be solved or even as a challenge to be overcome! It greets growing older, as a gift and an opportunity. With age comes at least a little wisdom, and that wisdom is relevant for people in any age cohort. I savored this fine volume and commend it to anyone still searching, as I hope we all are, for the fullness of life., Robert L. Weber, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School,and Carol Orsborn, founder and editor of the website Fierce With Age: The Digest of Boomer Wisdom, Inspiration, and Spirituality, believe that aging can be a meaningful and rich path to mature spirituality. The two authors come from Catholic Jesuit and Jewish backgrounds respectively but have written this cogent and illuminating paperback for a new generation of seekers, or those whom we call spiritually independent individuals. We were quite impressed with the book's foundation of 25 questions, the Twelve Exercises for Seekers and the extensive list of resources for Recommended Reading.
Dewey Decimal
155.67/19
Table Of Content
Foreword Summons to a Leap of Faith Harry R. Moody, Ph.D. Acknowledgments PART I Calling for a New Vision of Spiritual Aging Chapter 1 Aging as the Path to Spiritual Maturity Chapter 2 Our Spiritual Biographies Contemplative Aging: Living Life to the Full Robert L. Weber, Ph.D. On Becoming Fierce with Age Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. Chapter 3 The Seeker's Guide Navigating the Wild Space beyond Midlife Part II 25 Questions A Journey of Spiritual Inquiry Chapter 4 What Is Spiritual Maturity? 1 What is a psychologically and spiritually healthy vision of aging? 2 How has your spirituality changed and deepened over time? 3 How have your notions of the Divine matured since you were a child? 4 What is the relationship between spirituality and religion? 5 How can you assess your progress toward a more mature spirituality? Chapter 5 What Is Spiritual Awakening? 6 Why do we want to stay asleep? 7 What wakes you up? 8 Has there been a particular experience that has finally awakened you? 9 What do you think the Sacred wants to awaken you to? 10 Is there a constructive role for regret, shame, and guilt? Chapter 6 What Is Freedom? 11 What illusions does aging dispel? 12 Which illusions are the most difficult to let go? 13 Is there a positive purpose to keeping some of our illusions? 14 What does it mean to be free in light of the ebbing of physicality and social connection? 15 What still keeps you at the mercy of particular events, things, and people? Chapter 7 How Can We Become More Fully Ourselves? 16 What can you accept about yourself that you previously disowned? 17 What qualities did you neglect in the first half of your life that you are now free to develop? 18 What do you especially value about yourself? 19 Who has believed in you even when you did not? 20 Do you experience yourself as having intrinsic value in the grand scheme of the universe? Chapter 8 What Is the Value of Aging to Society? 21 Can withdrawal from the mainstream, by choice or circumstances, have value? 22 What is the dynamic tension between accepting marginalization and fighting against it? 23 Is there a spiritually/psychologically healthy response to those times when you feel disconnected from the Sacred? 24 What value, if any, do those who have suffered in their aging such things as cognitive impairment and physical pain hold for us? 25 How can spiritual maturity equip us to face our own unknowns? Conclusion From Midlife to Afterlife Bear Us Away The Last Question: What's Next? Afterword Extraordinary Moments in Ordinary Time W. Andrew Achenbaum, Ph.D.
Synopsis
As we enter the years beyond midlife, our quest for an approach to aging takes on added urgency and becomes even more relevant in our daily lives. Empowering a new generation of seekers to view aging as a spiritual path, authors Robert Weber and Carol Orsborn reveal that it is by engaging with the difficult questions about loss, meaning, and mortality--questions we can no longer put off or ignore--that we continue to grow. In fact, the realization of our full spiritual potential comes about not by avoiding the challenges aging brings our way but by working through them. Addressing head-on how to make the transition from fears about aging into a fuller, richer appreciation of the next phase of our lives, the authors guide you through 25 key questions that can help you embrace the shadow side of aging as well as the spiritual opportunities inherent in growing older. Sharing their stories and wisdom to both teach and demonstrate what it means to feel energized about the possibilities of your later years, they explore how to find a constructive role for regret, shame, and guilt, realize your value to society, and embrace the freedom of your later years to become more fully yourself. Coming from Catholic Jesuit and Jewish backgrounds respectively, as well as drawing from the latest research in psychological and religious theory, Weber and Orsborn provide their own conversational and candid answers to the 25 key questions, supporting their insightful and compassionate guidance with anecdotes, inspirational readings, and spiritual exercises. By engaging deeply with both the shadow and light sides of aging, our spirits not only learn to cope--but also to soar., A compassionate guide for transforming aging into spiritual growth - Engage with 25 key questions guiding you to mine previously untapped veins of inspiration and courage - Find a constructive role for regret and fear and embrace the freedom to become more fully yourself - 2015 Nautilus Gold Award As we enter the years beyond midlife, our quest for an approach to aging takes on added urgency and becomes even more relevant in our daily lives. Empowering a new generation of seekers to view aging as a spiritual path, authors Robert Weber and Carol Orsborn reveal that it is by engaging with the difficult questions about loss, meaning, and mortality--questions we can no longer put off or ignore--that we continue to grow. In fact, the realization of our full spiritual potential comes about not by avoiding the challenges aging brings our way but by working through them. Addressing head-on how to make the transition from fears about aging into a fuller, richer appreciation of the next phase of our lives, the authors guide you through 25 key questions that can help you embrace the shadow side of aging as well as the spiritual opportunities inherent in growing older. Sharing their stories and wisdom to both teach and demonstrate what it means to feel energized about the possibilities of your later years, they explore how to find a constructive role for regret, shame, and guilt, realize your value to society, and embrace the freedom of your later years to become more fully yourself. Coming from Catholic Jesuit and Jewish backgrounds respectively, as well as drawing from the latest research in psychological and religious theory, Weber and Orsborn provide their own conversational and candid answers to the 25 key questions, supporting their insightful and compassionate guidance with anecdotes, inspirational readings, and spiritual exercises. By engaging deeply with both the shadow and light sides of aging, our spirits not only learn to cope--but also to soar.
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BF724.85.S45W43 2015
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