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Welcome To Sage-ing

A sage is a wise person. Therefore Sage-ing is a journey into wisdom. We don't become wiser just because we grow older, but rather we must do inner work to grow in wisdom. The Sage-ing Program helps us do this inner work through deep discussions and studying the thoughts of men and women who have a deep spiritual understanding.

Our classes also help us to develop a greater understanding of ourselves and others through writing about the lives we have led, learning to meditate and working towards understanding our dreams.



History

In the 1980's Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi was approaching sixty years old. He was concerned about what the remainder of his life was going to be like. He did not care for the traditional role elders played in our society--retire to a life of leisure or concerns about health issues with little or no purpose in life.
Rabbi Zalman

He decided to go on a thirty day vision quest.
He sequestered himself in a cabin with no TV
or radio, no newspapers or cell phone and spent
his days meditating and praying. He left his vision
quest with a desire to help others in the aging                       
process. 

He teamed up with Ron Miller and together they
wrote a book-- From Age-ing to Sage-ing:
A Profound New Vision for Growing Older. He also founded the Spiritual Eldering Institute and moved their headquarters from Pennsylvania to Denver, Colorado.

The Spiritual Eldering Institute has now become Sage-ing International and is run by trained Sage-ing leaders who are located in all parts of the country. The program is open to everyone interested in continued learning and growing spiritually in their second half of life.

To learn more about Sage-ing International go to
http://www.sage-ing.org/.

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Some of the Books and Films Studied in Sage-ing II Class

  • The Art of Power by Thich Nhat Hahn
  • The Second Half of Life by Angeles Arrien
  • Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra
  • From Age-ing to Sage-ing by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi