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Modern Western medicine is beginning to accept the benefits of ancient Chinese experience. We, though the help of Eastern and Western science, can benefit from both. I have taken the following suggestions from Kenneth S. Cohen’s excellent book, “The Way of Qigong and the Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing”. According to this concept, the goal of each human is to become a wise and healthy “Sage”. 1. The sage is true to his or her nature, neither compulsively following nor rebelling... Read Full Story

Modern Western medicine is beginning to accept the benefits of ancient Chinese experience. We, though the help of Eastern and Western science, can benefit from both. I have taken the following suggestions from Kenneth S. Cohen’s excellent book, “The Way of Qigong and the Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing”. According to this concept, the goal of each human is to become a wise and healthy “Sage”. 1. The sage is true to his or her nature, neither compulsively following nor rebelling... Read Full Story

I have been trying to find the ultimate of the meaning in life as I grow older. Recently, reading William Saroyan’s play again, “The Time Of Your Life”, his opening lines in Act 1 seem to do as fine a job of expressing what life is about as I have found: ”In the time of your life, live – so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be... Read Full Story

I have been trying to find the ultimate of the meaning in life as I grow older. Recently, reading William Saroyan’s play again, “The Time Of Your Life”, his opening lines in Act 1 seem to do as fine a job of expressing what life is about as I have found: ”In the time of your life, live – so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be... Read Full Story

I now has this statement framed in my room. It is something I can finally live by: On what do we Trust our own actions in life? Being right? Being wronged? Or attending the Improbabilities And always insufficient Knowledge that requires Being okay with the Self-doubt of faith? Always be reminded how eccentrically and suddenly a human being can be so greatly self-convinced of imagined wrong and how, just as eccentrically and suddenly, it can also be true that in the wink of an eye, some new... Read Full Story

Whatever has happened in your life, the good and the bad, here is a message to put in your pocket and remember: On what do we Trust our own actions in life? Being right? Being wronged? Or attending the Improbabilities And always insufficient Knowledge that requires Being okay with the Self-doubt of faith? Always be reminded how eccentrically and suddenly a human being can be so greatly self-convinced of imagined wrong and how, just as eccentrically and suddenly, it can also be true that in... Read Full Story

Just because we’re growing older, doesn’t mean we still can’t grow smarter, and yes, we can truly create a new life for ourselves in these later years. We can gain the knowledge and courage to transform ourselves. The key to true transformation is that nature doesn’t move forward in step-by-step movements. It takes quantum leaps all the time, and when it does, old ingredients aren’t simply recombined. New qualities can appear in our lives for the first time, an emergent property; a... Read Full Story

How to choose without getting trapped: 1. Make the most of every experience. 2. Don’t obsess over right and wrong decisions. 3. Stop defending my self-image. 4. Go beyond risks. 5. Make no decision when in doubt. 6. See the possibilities in whatever happens. 7. Find the stream of joy. 1. The experiences need to be engaged at the level of meaning and emotion. a. Meaning: if the moment truly matters to me, experience it fully. b. Emotion: If the moment truly matters to me, bond with it. 2. Go... Read Full Story

“Invocation. The day hanging by its feet with a hole In its voice. And the light running into the sand Here I am once again with my dry mouth At the fountain of thistles Preparing to sing.” W.S. Merwin The Moving Target How can I change? How can I learn to sing? How can I become someone new, wiser, able to create a more youthful energy to not only transform myself, but to help others transform their lives as well? It seems so difficult; but poets like W.S. Merwin, extraordinary people who... Read Full Story

As we age, we may find ourselves shrinking. We may find that our bodies are growing smaller, our interests contract, our walking slows, our energy and stamina falter. Many of our relationships and circle of activities grow smaller as old friends die or move away; and our interests in physical and social activities slowly fade or escape us. We begin to feel really old, isolated, ignored by the younger, noisier world around us. But wait, take a deep breath. Don’t despair; don’t give up on this... Read Full Story