The Grace in Aging: Awaken as You Grow Older [B0500]

2014 PB in excellent condition. Learn to use your later years for awakening and spiritual growth. Encouraging, inspiring, and practical, The Grace in Aging invites all those who have ever experienced spiritual longing to awaken in their twilight years. Buddhist master, Kathleen Dowling Singh, suggests and explores causes and conditions that we can create in our lives to allow awakening to unfold-transforming the predictable sufferings of aging into profound opportunities for growth in clarity, love, compassion, and peace. Straightforward language and piercing questions bring Singh's teachings into the sharp focus of our own lives; the contemplative nature of each chapter allows for an uncommon depth of inquiry. Examples from our lives and from the chatter in our own minds touch the reader personally, offering the chance to absorb the implications deeply and do the work of freeing his or her own mind. Ecumenical in spirit, tone, and language, Singh offers wisdom from teachers from a variety of spiritual backgrounds: Chogyam Trungpa, the Apostles, Annie Dillard, and more. Lessening our attachments, decreasing our aversions, unbinding what binds us, we bear witness to the possibility of awakening for all beings. The Grace in Aging offers guidelines for older individuals of any wisdom tradition who wish to awaken before they die; no need for caves or seven-year retreats. This is spiritual practice for the lives we live.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Beautiful writing about aging - and how to do it gracefully with acceptance, adding a level of spirituality that helps with the aging process. I will re-read, probably many times."; "This is a beautiful, rich, and insightful read. I loved it so much that after I finished it, I immediately began to read it again, a bit each day, in order to allow her wisdom to sink in. I don't know if I agree with her view that we have no real individual "self" , but I am now convinced that humanity and all creation are more interconnected than I thought possible."; "This is a jewel not just for the aged, but for any age. Singh lays forth a road map to a spiritual life that only grows richer as we age if we just take the time to Love. One. Another. "