From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older - Hardcover

Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman; Miller, Ronald S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446517763 ISBN 13: 9780446517768

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 1995

Synopsis

Explains how older people may continue to grow spiritually and intellectually and offers guidance on facing mortality, repairing relationships, developing a regenerative spirit, and leaving a legacy of wisdom for future generations. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is a preeminent rabbi, teacher, and professor emeritus at Temple University.

From Library Journal:

In the next 20 years 75 million Americans will be reaching retirement age. To deal with this sea change, Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi (Paradigm Shift, Jason Aronson, 1993) introduces the concept of "eldering," or mentoring, each other in the years ahead. He contends that we are at the cutting edge of the next stage in our evolution and that elders will bring us into this more compassionate, intuitive, and caring era. In Part 1 of the book, Schachter-Shalomi recommends meditation, exercise, and spiritual healing to help individuals enter their later years, while in Part 2 he speaks to our limited perceptions of death. Creating ceremonies and learning to forgive help ease the transition into death, according to Schachter-Shalomi, who believes in the certainty of life after death. Adding a personal dimension, the rabbi compassionately relates his own mental crisis as he approaches the age of 60 to help readers understand the process. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries with gerontology collections.?Lisa Wise, Univ. of Southern Colorado, Pueblo
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About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0446517763
• ISBN 13: 9780446517768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 303