AIG Learning Center
Hallowing Our Diminishments: The Good News of Aging
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Most of us have based our worth on productivity, being in control, placing others’ needs before our own, and being the person who serves others. When we are no longer able to do this due to the diminishments of aging, we are often left adrift, feeling useless, dissatisfied, and sometimes depressed. One of the psychological and spiritual tasks of aging is to shift our emphasis from “doing” to “being,” but we live in a culture which has little use for that paradigm.
This webinar will give you both new reference points and concrete ways to experience your diminishments in the illumined way of the soul. Aging becomes your soul-work, your ministry, as you “fall on your knees” in the humbled ways of the aging body. This webinar is suitable for those in leadership who want to help their communities find a greater meaning as they age, as well as community members who want to experience new ways of living with the reality of their diminishments.
Maggie Meigs
PhD
Maggie Meigs, PhD, is the Director of the Forest Dwelling Program: Spirituality for our Wisdom Years at Oblate School of Theology. She is a Spiritual Director and a retired Clinical Psychologist and United States Air Force Colonel. Maggie was a therapist in the military and in civilian private practice, working with people to heal their wounds and to experience themselves and the world with compassion, forgiveness, and love.
In her second half of life, Maggie’s focus has been centered on an intensive spiritual journey. She is devoted to helping others experience healing and transformation in their wisdom years through a compassionate embracing of the “little self/ego” and an increasing reliance on the Presence and Mystery of the Divine.Maggie’s extensive readings in both the Eastern Wisdom traditions (Buddhist psychology, Yoga philosophy) and contemplative Christian teachings (Living School graduate) inform her daily contemplative practice, her life, and her work.
Please click the link below to view the webinar flyer and instructions for registration.