NOW YOU ARE 60 OR MORE
SO WHAT!!By Erika G. Monteith Henry C. MonteithAuthorHouse
Copyright © 2009 Erika G. Monteith and Henry C. Monteith
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4389-7698-3Contents
Foreword....................................................................xiiiAcknowledgements............................................................xvINTRODUCTION................................................................xviiCHAPTER 1 There is No Age Limit.............................................1CHAPTER 2 Mind over Matter: Physical and Spiritual..........................15CHAPTER 3 Today-Yesterday-Tomorrow..........................................26CHAPTER 4 Getting to Know Yourself..........................................37CHAPTER 5 Duality...........................................................51CHAPTER 6 Basic Vibrations, Brain Function And Chakras......................70CHAPTER 7 Activate Your Mind................................................103CHAPTER 8 Creativity-Chaos-Harmony..........................................121CHAPTER 9 Cosmic Help.......................................................135CHAPTER 10 Interaction with Any Age Group...................................151CHAPTER 11 How to Understand the Word Love..................................163CHAPTER 12 Longevity........................................................187CHAPTER 13 Cells, Vibrations, Sound, Music Interactions.....................219CHAPTER 14 Sound-Tone-Rhythm-Life!..........................................229APPENDIX I The Art of Hair and Skin Color...................................251APPENDIX II Take Care of Your Immune System.................................255APPENDIX III About Vitamins and Supplements.................................260REFERENCES..................................................................262LECTURES AND CONCERTS.......................................................264
Chapter One
THERE IS NO AGE-LIMIT THE MEANING OF AGE
You reached 60 or over: you are considered a Senior, SO WHAT! At age 55 we are called seniors. In many countries , including the United States of America , we see it everywhere we go that our society puts "AGE" limits on all kinds of trades, fashion, in the media, and many more situations in our daily lives; putting the young and sexy in front while stressing that young AGE is in! We should all comment with an AH AH-- SO WHAT!!
Are you ready to be called a Senior? Or does it bother you to be reminded of your chronicle age; we are talking about that Special Number. That is why we have to learn to understand that there is no AGE-LIMIT in our existence! "Number" of age is a year or month, hour or minute, that we have created in our time calculation; however, our universe is timeless! We are living in an every second situation so you can tell yourself "this second I will get older", or you have a choice to say: "I am getting more advanced in my experience during a wonderful journey on this beautiful earth, and cosmic adventure, every second of my life"; at the moment you are saying this, you are not feeling the clock ticking or getting older in the sense of a time frame. In fact, you are not getting older, but wiser; in other words, you are not counting age in our time frame!
To find the right way to think that you are not limited to a certain age, is a great start to learn that everyone can go on this journey to stop that non-sense which society has put on the aging community: the idea and stamp they call "AGE-LIMIT". Our society has come a long way to disgrace the older people and put them in a box with the sign on it "OLD-AGE-beings"! It is time to turn the clock around and let the world know what the so called age-limit seniors are capable of: such as their ability to produce and fulfill many good and productive ideas and helpful thoughts to our society for the benefit of those who want to listen and give Seniors a chance.
Becoming an older Person means, in reality, a more knowledgeable person who had to learn the hard way just as the young people have to travel that road to become seniors of the future .
Lets talk about the word "AGE"; lets use the word "AGE-LESS". Nothing would become of value if it would remain in one condition, having no real growth, never to be known or become an aged treasure. By the way, would you want to live forever without any changes or new conditions? Think about it! Our bodies will become more brittle, and decline with added years; that does not mean that everything is in a declining state. It aught to mean that we should accept it without resisting whatever comes our way and that it can lead us to greater maturity, understanding, growing mentally and spiritual; to become happy and thankful, and to have the opportunity to be a conscious part of this great universe.
We older people are the survivors who where able to avoid falling off reckless cliffs at our youth-time and where able to grow lines and gray hair including wrinkles to show living signs of gracefully dealing with the world we live in, at this time, when only youth, sexy, so called pretty faces, and skinny bodies, dominate in our society. Lets list just a few items which are of great value as they AGE!
1) Take the foods: Whiskey, Wine, Cheese, Beef, and other Smoked Meats.
2) Trees, many plants, teas, perfumes and many more such items.
3) Antiques, Instruments; especially Violins.
No one would buy Whiskey that was distilled a few days or a month ago; you could not drink it if it was not aged. This includes almost all liquors or wines that where just harvested such as grapes. A long and complicated combination of slow oxidation and enzymatic reactions to transfer the raw grapes into a good wine is necessary. Some bottles having been stored for many years and with every year the wine becomes more valuable; so many bottles are sold for thousands of Dollars.
Most cheeses taste only good after they age for some time: take the original Swiss-cheese with the big holes in it, it is stored and turned many times before it becomes tasty and ripe. Most costly and good tasting name brands have a long aging time behind them and they also cost the most. That should tell us that aged things are not only good but more tasty and costly; the same goes for salami - beef and other meats.
When we study a tree we count all the rings starting at the root to tell its age. The beauty and abundance of leaves fascinates us as we look at a young tree knowing that some time has to pass before that tree has reached the standard of their older companions and we consider it to be a nice beautiful tree, with shady branches full of big green leaves. That should tell us how important it is to add years to our lives.
Just image becoming famous at the age of " 82"! I am talking about an actress: most of as have forgotten that her name was Adeline De Walt Reynolds. At the age of 65 she graduated from the University of California; a short time later she was discovered by Hollywood and became known by the name "Grandma Reynolds". She did not fear an age limit but she complained to a Dr.: "I have to get rid of my jelly belly!".
She learned a yoga exercise called the belly lift; after 4 months, her jelly belly was gone. She got a nice part in the movie called "Going my Way" with Bing Crosby and at age 96 she was still performing on TV.
During an interview she was asked: "what is your secret to having such a long and good life ?" She did not know what to answer and said just a few words in a shy way: "I guess I was always happy".
This realization is a fact and not a fiction, like so many younger people want us to believe; indeed, there are no ways to put an age-limit in front of our future or before everyday of our life. Enjoy each day for what it brings to you no matter if it is not always roses; fulfil your dreams and love your surroundings, with all your heart, to your fullest. Have compassion for the not so fortunate and let your spiritual instincts and basic principals always guide and lead you in the right direction.
Age has nothing to do with the calendar; it is a way that our body and mind ripens to a higher understanding. The more we accomplish, the more wisdom is at our disposal. The entire concept of age differs in many regions of the world; getting older is a respected life form in many cultures. To be older is a fantastic journey which the younger generation can only wish to accomplish in order to get the response that their elders have already earned. Growing older with grace, and without complaints, is a well learned lesson while finding great admiration and respect from your family and friends. We should look at age in three short term phases!
1) THE YOUNG YEARS! Growing up while learning and experiencing!
2) THE MIDDLE YEARS! Are mostly a tumultuous TIME!
3) THE RICH YEARS! Combining knowledge with experience!
There is no better way to feel and stay young than to "think young" every minute, hour, day and year. We are what we think we are; not letting others tell us how we should be or act. We have to learn to let the individual inner voice guide us; if you let your inner voice guide you, it will not bother you how old you are. So listen to your own spirit regardless of what other people try to influence you with. Only YOU can know which way to turn and make the right decisions at the right time. We will feel so much better in health and mind that we can achieve a long lasting, satisfactory, and pleasing life on this beautiful paradise we call EARTH without thinking about AGE-LIMIT, because there is no AGE-LIMIT!
LOOKS, MIND, INSIDE, OUTSIDE!
What do we mean by no age - limit? There are many ways to establish that thought; the first thing that comes to our mind, of course, is looks .... what are looks? Does looks really tell us anything about a person or their age? Well I have seen so called young people look old and I have seen so called old people look young !!!!
What is the difference? There are so many factors that play a role in this very important matter. We have to look at many different "looks": looks from the outside, and the looks from the inside. Which is more beautiful, the made up face using make up, or the happy looking from inside face? Take the time and think about what would or could you do to your outside looks to make you look younger? Would you feel younger if you had a facelift? Would it make you happier? Would you feel more attractive? Maybe all you need is a good make up and a new hairstyle to make you feel better or younger!
Take a few minutes to write down what you would like to see when you look in the mirror: Are you looking at your wrinkles or to find a happy face showing you are content and satisfied with the world you live in? Writing down your impressions and feelings from what you see can, and will, lead you to a better understanding of yourself. This is an important factor for you to become "AGE-LESS"; so which is more valuable to you: the inside of your looks or the outside of your face?! You have to decide that for yourself; no one can make that decision for you. So, let your imagination guide you; do not be afraid to be sincere to yourself even if you do not like the results you are seeing.
Truth is the first step in the right direction in finding the key to longevity. This is a very important path for your subconscious and conscious minds to be on good terms with each other; to combine your feeling in making changes in your thinking, not in a negative way like the belief that "adding years is a horrible condition and is making us old, older, and very old!" You should throw those kind of thoughts out of the window; replace them with positive thoughts like: Oh, "I am here and "voala" (French for "how about it"). Feel and think how wonderful it was to get to this AGE; look how much fun (or misery) I had getting here! Those kind of thoughts are in a right positive direction which can guide you to a better life and happy future while learning at any age that we don't care if we are a hundred or more! We can tell our mind that we are "AGE-LESS "! It would be great if you could combine both thoughts to find the right answer for you; if you try, you will find it and then you can realize that it is all in the eye of the beholder how somebody looks. You can forget to fret about your own age limit and feel as young as you wish and your beauty will shine from within and from without. Treat your body with respect; knowing you're a part of `GOD'S representation of the Universe' and therefore we have to take good care of our body and mind physically and mentally.
The very fact is that everything we do, right or wrong, will affect our daily life one way or another; that is the way of the ever turning wheel of life embracing all living things on this planet. It is not so called "OLD AGE" that slows you down: It is slowed down activity, in physical and mental ways, that ages your life style; and that makes you think of "OLD-AGE". Many people take this excuse: "I am getting too old for activities and just sit all day, hour after hour, having no activity whatsoever (couch potatoes ) and moan and groan about getting old. Well, they will get "aged and old" much faster; hurt all over, and get more sick, than an active person.
Maintaining a healthy diet with lots of activity in body and soul will be of great benefit in lifting our body to higher expectations with lots of joyful, hopeful, and healthy added years.
Knowledge is the key to just about everything! Reading many books and talking about various subjects is wonderful, but to fully understand a theme is the greatest feeling you can experience in your life; and, learning how to apply it to your every day life will bring you the results we all want to have at any AGE. The human body is the most responsive living structure on this earth and is capable of restoring and reconstructing you within and without in many ways; but not without your help! The body's healing power is one of the greatest miraculous wonders of this universe; we just have to learn how to use it.
Until our time clock runs out, lets try to stay in positive and perfect harmony with ourselves while loving, giving, and sharing our information and happiness with everybody we come in contact with. The reward is the most blessed feelings we can ever have hoped for while laughing at the thought that there should be an AGE LIM IT!
MIND, MATTER; SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL
We have two groups here to consider:
1) Mind over Matter in a Physical way:
Every one has heard the saying: "it is all in his, or her, head"; meaning, he, or she, is sick but only in his mind; but how do we know if we are really sick or not? That is the big question! We do not know; only you yourself will know what that answer could be. As an adult we can take our feelings and our knowledge to try to understand the signs we either see or feel and, lets not forget that our medical Doctors are great and we should not take it for granted to know they are available; however, we can do many things our selves! Try to study natural ways; learning how our body reacts to certain medication or herbs, teas, and foods; how to prepare them and how our system reacts to them at that time. All of this is very important after the age of 50 since we loose some of our natural ways that our body acted when we were 20 or 30 years old; but, that has nothing to do with getting older and just excepting that way because we have only a few more years to add. NO, NO! we have to learn how to help our system adapt to our age at that time and take the necessary steps to help and improve ourselves by using the right methods with the correct exercises and nutrients recommended to benefit our well being. That is the first step to have a "NO AGE LIMIT" way.
2) Mind over Matter in a Spiritual way:
The spiritual aspect is also of great importance: Learn to be thankful, grateful, respect for yourself and for all things; love yourself and all things! From childhood on we are told to be obedient to our parents and older folks around us: to respect them and do exactly what they say, and ask no questions! That is alright for the first years of our baby life; but we should not forget that we are a part of this universe and that there is a plan for being born into it at that moment and time of our life: for a purpose to fulfill in learning and enhancing our own evolution; to understand and give every one we come in contact with love, and compassion, and understanding. That is why parents should also teach their children, from an early age on, how to appreciate themselves and love themselves. Learning this important factor gives us the foundation to carry our life towards any age and profit in many ways for a great and long life without feeling sorry for ourselves; always caring for others and appreciating every day and moment of our life on this beautiful planet we call our home.
Learning how to meditate is not only relaxing and gives you a wonderful feeling, it is also the most rewarding thing you can do to find yourself and has an enormous effect on your health by relaxing your muscular structure and every nerve in your body. Every cell in your body will love it and have time to reproduce in harmony. More about the cells in a later chapter.
Learning how to meditate is another way to pray; it does not matter which religion we belong to or worship; it is up to the individual to know what is right for them. All that matters is to realize we are not alone in the universe and have to learn to appreciate all the wonders around us in nature: the sound of music we can hear when we listen to the birds sing; the ocean -surf, and many other natural sounds that we come in contact with are the proof to know there must be a higher ascendant " GOD" to have all the stars and galaxies flow in the right direction and to lead us every day to a better understanding of ourselves and the universe. Just knowing these facts should make us happy and content; loving every minute of our life, learning how to cope with every situation our destiny brings into our daily life, including tragic situations such as sickness, or loss of a loved one, and the unexpected coming our way. Once we get to that knowledge, we will not have a problem with any 'AGE-LIMIT'.
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