Do we have to keep declining?
Paul Newman announced last week that he is retiring at 82, that he can no longer perform like he used to: “I’m not able to work anymore as an actor at the level I would want to. You start to lose your memory, your confidence, your invention. So that’s pretty much a closed book for me… I’ve been doing it for 50 years. That’s enough.”
“Architect Oscar Niemeyer received the highest honor in his field, the Pritzker Prize, months after his 80th birthday… At 97, he is eagerly watching one of his most ambitious projects take shape, a mile-long seafront esplanade…” [From the page Maturity.]
Of course, we are all different, with unique challenges, life histories, medical and mental health vulnerabilities. But is the idea of decline with age perhaps, to a great extent, only that: an idea; a belief that influences our body in deep ways, and an idea that can and should be re-thought?
Ellen Wood, author of the book The Secret Method for Growing Younger, says on her site:
“Accepting the inevitability of decline brings with it all the programming you’ve accumulated over the years that associates age with progressive deterioration of mind and body.”
She relates this programming to the Law of Attraction, and cites examples:
* if you’re afraid of getting Alzheimer’s, that could bring it on;
* if you worry about having vitality, stamina, flexibility and strength as you age, you could be praying for what you don’t want;
* if you say “another senior moment” when something slips your mind, you might be reinforcing memory decline;
* and if you hate the wrinkles you see in the mirror, that could make you age faster.
The article “Inner fountain of youth” [The Taos News] notes that Rhonda Byrne’s book and video “The Secret” “have caused quite a stir”, and when asked about the phenomenon Ellen Wood said, “I think that there’s a shift happening in humanity.
“The elders can make such a contribution.. by consciously changing their mindset and their expectations for their later years. If we individually change ourselves, then together we can help change the consciousness of America and the rest of the planet.”
“People are becoming more aware,” she adds. “I see people who are caring more about other people, caring more about the earth, and consciousness wants us to be more aware.”
The article notes, “In terms of getting older, Wood said she believes the problem is that as we approach retirement we manifest negative outcomes that arise from signals we get from society, or from the experience of watching our family members get old.
“We expect to wither, for our minds to go clouded, that we’ll have to live in poverty. Wood said the systems in her book can change that, even going so far as to say the systems can reverse wrinkles.”
“I feel that I look younger than I had,” Wood says – “I certainly don’t look 35 or 45 or even 55 (Wood is a youthful 70-something), but I believe that if we’re able to really look at ourselves and accept ourselves, then we are able to transform.
“It’s hard for us to accept the fact that we can really grow younger. The catch is not having thoughts that contradict that.”
Ellen Wood site www.howtogrowyounger.com
Photo of Wood by Lenny Foster: www.lennyfoster.com
Ellen Wood book: The Secret Method for Growing Younger: A Step-by-Step Guide Based on the Law of Attraction
Related book: The Biology Of Belief: UnleashingThe Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles, by Bruce H. Lipton, PhD
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