What is From Age-ing to Sage-ing?
Schachter-Shalomi’s book From Age-ing to Sage-ing (©1995, Warner Books) proposes a new model of late-life development—called sage-ing—a process that associates old age with self-development and spiritual growth. Sages, he claims, draw from the growth techniques of modern psychology and contemplative spiritual practices of the world’s wisdom traditions. Schachter-Shalomi’s model of spiritual eldering draws on three sources: models of the traditional tribal elder whose wisdom guided the social order for thousands of years; state-of-the-art breakthroughs in brain-mind and consciousness research; and the ecology movement, which urges us to live in harmony with the natural world. We must pass through a gate of transformation to move From Age-ing to Sage-ing®. This enables us to use our life experience to enrich our elder years, face mortality, repair relationships, develop a regenerative spirit and transmit our wisdom to future generations. This process not only seeds the future, but crowns
