My article "On Becoming an Elder"

The Ego Chant and Three Types of Love -- includes (a) two clues to coming to maturity,
                                                                                (b) remarks on youth-to-adult rites of passage and
                                                                                (c) comments on three types of love -- romantic love,
                                                                                        householder love and the love of elder and sage.

Reversing the Ego Chant & Time and the Timeless  -- includes image of maturity as reversing the Ego Chant -- part by part
                                                                                 + a look at ethics and spirituality as the horizontal and vertical dimensions of life

The Fundamental Distinction via my Wisdom Chant -- WHAT vs. WURT + De Mello on
                                                                                             the difference between the "me" and the "I"

Two Transitions Compared -- Youth-to-Adult (in the 1st half of life) and Adult-to-Elder (in the 2nd half of life)

Quester-Householder-Elder Transitions --  A Second Version of the Questor-to-Householder Transition
                                                                  compared to the Householder-to-Elder Transition

The Lake Analogy -- Exploring Levels of Consciousness

The Seven Chakras -- with comparison with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and with our Five Season Model

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