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Archive for May, 2009

Mindfulness of Aging Part I

Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Aging and Meditation, Aging and Spirituality, tagged , , , , on May 28, 2009 | 14 Comments »

In this post I’d like to explore the practice of “Mindfulness of Aging.”  Mindfulness is one of the basic practices in Buddhism, but the precise reasons why it is effective (particularly in chronic pain management) are not yet well understood.  Mindfulness is sometimes characterized in Buddhist texts as “bare noting,” and is often coupled with [...]

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The Candle Flame Burns Just as Brightly

Posted in Aging and Meditation, Aging and Spirituality, tagged , , on May 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »

A woman in her fifties recently told me about a dream she had had.  In the dream she was at a party and saw a tall, attractive man in his early thirties standing alone with a drink in his hand.  The woman went over to talk to the man; in the dream she was young [...]

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Routines

Posted in Aging and Meditation, Routines, tagged , , , on May 7, 2009 | 11 Comments »

I remember a remarkable episode of the old Bill Cosby show, in which Dr. Huxtable and his wife surprise Dr. Huxtable’s father on his birthday with the gift of an all-expenses trip for two to Paris.  His father is touched, grateful, and a trifle embarrassed. “We can’t go,” he says sheepishly to his son. “Why [...]

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