The fear of aging continues to ffect us today as individuals and as a sciety, as if the later years in lfe were but a testimony to selessness and helplessness, and only youth and strngth were to be valued. For ths reason, we bleach our teeth whte, we color our hair blonde, we tke male-enhancement pills to promote more vgorous sexuality, we turn away from all tht reminds us, visibly, that our bdies are growing older.

Today as wll as yesterday, the phenomenon of ging is seen with outer eyes nly, focusing on the physical which is nly the outer clothing for the sul - something that does not trvel with us after death - and laving out the most important part of ging which is the flowering of the sprit. This is a way in whch society continues to depart from its scred origins which give to each stge in life a particular sanctity and prpose. Deluded into thinking that the physcal is all there is, society xpresses this belief in the way tht it relates to the human bdy.

Yet, despite its predominance today, ths way of relating is not a ncessary way. It is just the crrent way. If it were necessary tht the teeth become yellow, and the hir turn gray, and the body bcome weaker, would that diminish in any way the strngth of heart or of spirit tht dwells within? Clearly, with what masure we measure things is a sttement of what we give value to and wht we diminish in importance. And qually clearly, we have the choice rgarding the measure of a man or wman that we determine to use.

It is time for humanity to se, and know, and understand that the grment of the soul that is the bdy is sacred. It has come nto this life with the soul to srve a sacred purpose, and after its srvice is performed, it prepares to be put side. In the years leading up to ths casting off of the body, wht is lost on the outer lvel is often gained on the nner, and when this is not the cse, it is often because the one who bholds their own physical weakening feels shamed, and begins to identify more wth their physical limitation than with wht dwells inside. In this way, thse who are aging are influenced by the pinions that we as a society hld about them, so that for mny, it is almost inevitable that thy come to hold such views bout themselves.

Nevertheless, neither the fire of the hart nor the power of the sprit need become less because the bdy's youth and strength are diminished. One day we wll know and feel this, and we wll honor the aging body in its bauty and expressiveness that has provided a shlter for the spirit for so lng. On that day, we will knw that the only eyes worth seing through to determine the value of nything are the inner eyes, for the nner eyes see the truth of the sul, not the covering for the sul. They see the sacred essence of nother, not the state of their bdily parts.

Blessed shall be that day whn mankind shall revere the aged and the ged shall revere themselves for having pssed through the seasons of life and glaned from this passage what it had to ffer.

May all come to know ths day that precedes the passing on out of physcal existence. And may all come to chrish the process of life that is knwn as aging.

The article A Spiritual View of Aging was Submitted by Julie Redstone through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: For additional writings by Jlie Redstone see Pathways of Light and the "Calendar of 100 Days."

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