1,221 thoughts on “Hidden Treasure and the Illusion of Elders”

1. By reading this blog I can feel in my cells how the information received in my childhood, when I was treated as a child (not as a being), has left a mark in my body and if I’m not aware of that, this may become a trend to do the same now to the children I relate with. Becoming aware of the influence we received is the first step to free ourselves and others from it.

2. As a little girl I never understood why some people spoke to me differently. It felt weird, like they were establishing a kind of difference simply because my body was smaller. As a woman today I still don’t understand why at times children and elders are seen like they don’t know too much, or have to be treated differently just because of their age. It just doesn’t makes sense. When we do that, we suppress the greatness and wisdom each one of us naturally brings, missing the opportunity to share and learn from each other’s experience. Could it be that this suppressing energy comes from the feeling of knowing that we bring something powerful and life changing but many prefer to not see because it exposes and presses the buttons in others not living their full potential? Could it be that the deep tenderness and sensitivity in elders and children reminds us of the greatness we all carry? How amazing this society would be if we just opened up our heart to receive the preciousness and wisdom within that is there to be shared.

3. These beliefs around age are so ingrained in society that sometimes people are quickly judged by their age. Also by their physical appearance, social status and so on. But when I look at how the majority are living, most of the time worrying about the future, blaming themselves, judging, reacting, living in frustration and anger, not joyfully at all…I come to see that healing what has hurt us in the past, and connecting deeper with ourselves is very needed; starting to claim our true essence. Then our ageless wisdom is revealed for us to step up and rebuild a new society based on true respect and equality.

4. The deep appreciation and love for Humanity that comes with this blog is endless. What you bring Dianne is a gift, a loving invitation for us to let go the pictures and beliefs around age and to reconnect with the elder wisdom we all can access, thank you

5. Growing up, I was always taught to look up to older members of society and to treat them as reservoirs of wisdoms. In many instances, this has brought a tremendous amount of satisfaction as I felt they were the only people I could converse with on a peer-to-peer level. In retrospect, in occasional instances, some didn’t act, say or live in a way I expected someone full of wisdoms would. Likewise, I also had some friends who were wise and mature ‘beyond their years’. Thus, the illusion that wisdom comes with linear human age doesn’t ring true. It can be brought through by anyone at any ‘age’.

   A pitfall of humanity in these days and age is the misinterpretation and false perception of ‘smart’ and ‘intelligent’ as ‘true intelligence’ and ‘wisdom’ respectively. Those who hold more temporal knowledge, especially in technology, communication, media and entertainment, etc. are given more power, worshipped, put on pedestal, idolised, canonised and thus can essentially dictate the cause of human history. Meanwhile, if one cannot ‘catch up’ with the present rate of constant ‘advances’ and ‘innovations’, you are considered dated, old or old-schooled or old-fashioned, backwards, etc. regardless of your age although older people are more prone to this and also appear to feel such pressure more acutely. Younger generations feel the pressure to keep up, too, but because they don’t want to be like their parents or grandparents – in the energy of complete disrespect, dishonour and disregard of those people as complete human beings.

   Taking into account reincarnations, all of us is equal, give or take a few hundreds of years perhaps which are in fact minute differences in the whole chronological cosmic scale of the universe which is billions, if not more, of years old. And wisdom doesn’t just come with time, evidenced by what’s already presented. It’s always an alignment to the essence of one soul constantly pouring from the one source of infinite love and wisdom. Therefore, it’s a choice we each can make at any moment, at this very moment.

6. We do not seem to give our children the space to express what they feel, and consequently they are shut down at a young age, and this has happened generation after generation. As it is the children that will go on to make up the next generation, is there a plot in as much that there is an energy at play that makes sure they are shut down from expressing when young so that there is no change, or said another way no evolution for mankind.

7. When we are connected to our essences, would we not treat everyone the same, as we are not judging, so we have ‘no-agenda’ but are open to feeling what is being shared so we can respond with Love!

8. Perhaps it is much easier to remain in the energy of a little child, a teenager who is constantly ticked off by the world, than to live with the grace & wisdom of a humble elderly. Perhaps we don’t have many role models who have embraced this quality of life & therefore we have no knowledge of it. Perhaps our idea of it is incorrect and we have to open up our perception a little bit more to understand how society really works, and perhaps then we will break all of the ill-imposing behaviours & traits we are so used to.

   1. I was having a conversation with someone yesterday about past prime ministers like Tony Blair and John Major. Now they are elders and are free from being invested in their roles they have access to a lot of wisdom which they are sharing.. It isn’t just experience that makes elders worth listening to. It is the same with children – if they are connecting to their essence without attachment to any form of recognition, the wisdom just floods out!

      1. Ah that’s interesting, and of course – what blocks the wisdom is not our age, but our attachments to being right, being identified as something and so on.

   2. Having more role models of living as an elder would be supportive for everyone.

9. I saw Betty Boothroyd’s speech in the House of Lords the other day on Brexit. Here is one public elder who has claimed her wisdom. She was a joy to observe as her warmth and common sense approach was inspiring.

10. ‘hanging onto being irresponsible, reactive against parents and authorities, self-centered, wanting to do their own fun thing without having to consider others, avoiding commitment to relationships, work and life, all driven by the fear that if they step up into responsibility and commitment, ‘ once this would have been very descriptive of me. Indeed, it sometimes is but I now can’t ignore how at odds it is with brotherhood, love and harmony. I know it’s never worth pursuing, no matter how enticing being irresponsible seems.

11. Thank you Dianne, and it is also extremely important that when we are in the Passing-Over we can have a remembrance celebration of life, while they are still with us and this is setting an absolutely True foundation for them to come back to in there next incarnation. As we re-learn to appreciate a person and what they bring in each incarnation as a celebration of life and not being focused on dying and the death process then this is creating the space for them to pass-over in the most Loving way possible and this is for everyone involved. So it is much simpler to have tears of Joy and share Lovingly with all who attend so it is a True celebration of someone’s life. As a True celebration is nothing like the party type atmosphere we have at a ‘wake’ so as a society we need to wake up and be shaken out of our comfort that we have been emotionally attuned to. So we can stand up and treat everyone at every stage of life as an equal and the ensuing Love and appreciation that is an integral part of a celebration held in Truth.

12. A gorgeous blog. I loved reading this today. It makes me remember that we are not just bodies, somebody or any body or even nobody we are so much more..and we span many eras and many lifetimes and can be the magnificence of all of that in this life.

    1. We are so much more than a body, so much more than human.

13. Appreciating all the phases of life and the phase of life we are in is super important. It allows us to learn as much as we can about ourselves and whats around us and how we can traverse these times. We do have a choice in how we move through these times.

14. Understanding how reincarnation works takes away funerals and the baby stages of life that we all have been delivered into. Then taking us down a true path by watching children grow without the usual ‘they don’t know better,’ when they do! as this is especially true when they are treated as equals from day one.

    1. This understanding has the capacity to change the way we parent forever. To honour a child in their natural wisdom supports for an equal relationship. The confirmation a child receives in turn because of this supports them to be independent and appreciative and trusting of their own essence – a far cry from the insecurity, jealousy and comparison we breed by communicating that all children are lesser.

       1. It is insidious and inconceivable when you have seen a child being treated as an equal to consider another lesser, as it is at best a judgmental approach to life that becomes a disconnection for all concerned. So as you have shared Michelle, supporting and parenting our youth will change not only parenting but also the way we approach teaching.

       2. It is inconceivable to me too how we manage to raise children, generation after generation, into adults who feel insecurities, disempowerment, lacking in self-worth etc., whilst pretending all the while on the surface that everything is ok. If we were to get every adult on the planet expressing honestly about what they feel about themselves, we could no longer pretend that we have everything sewn up. We have to start looking at how we are raising our children and give them access to articulating how they are feeling, what they are feeling and how to express it naturally as equals. Being treated as an equal offer a sense of self, it offers empowerment, it offers a settlement in the body that needs no further confirmation. Our children also need to see from adults that we experience life in the same way – transparency we do not yet collectively offer them. We need to be honest with them. We are not perfect, we get good days and bad days. On our bad days, it is ok to show our children we are feeling fragile and vulnerable, we can invite their support in just as they invite ours. This is what equality is about. When I am fragile, my children offer me so much support naturally – I wouldn’t countenance it any other way. They respond to others at school in need of support in the same way; naturally and unquestioningly with joy. Our bottom line at home and at school needs to be raised.

       3. Absolutely Michelle, our whole approach to the way we are living needs to be reviewed, as you have shared those that are treated as equals are now sharing the truth of what that looks like back to us.

    2. Treating everyone as equals from day one is a loving way to live.

15. It is not generally considered that older people have anything that is of particular worth purely because of their age. It would be good to see a generation of older people who show that there is a separate form of wisdom that is in some way coupled with physical age, if such a wisdom exists.

    1. And the carry over into the next life or incarnation if we treat the elderly as if they are full of wisdom and as equals, shall be shown in the reflection of that baby, especially when it has not been imposed upon and is allowed to fully appreciate the Love of its essence.

    2. Our failure in learning from previous generations could be part of the reason why we tend to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. Generation after generation. If we truly learned from those who have been at war, we would never do that again. But due to our failure to learn from our elders, the same path presents itself. Even more so though.

       1. Absolutely Jennifer, it is like we are ‘Rip Van Winkle,’ and wake each life time with nothing learnt as we have been asleep to the truth.

       2. It is like we are slow to learn the lessons; and so get stuck in living the same old mistakes

    3. When we can connect to the essence – the being in the body – regardless of how old that body is then we have the key to that worth and wisdom from toddler to octogenarian.

       1. So True Michelle. Ageless Wisdom has no age limits.

    4. For me wisdom is not based on age but is a matter of fact intelligence that comes through people dependent on their movements. Wisdom is guaranteed if we move in sync with the natural harmony of Life. Equally we might be 95 years old and moving in such a way that despite our years we remain very ignorant.

16. Elder energy is the Ageless Wisdom that is available and accessible to us all at any age when we know who we are.

    1. Ageless Wisdom pours through those who connect with their essence, and connect with their soul.

17. I love what you are saying here Dianne about how kids do not have to lose their elder energy as they grow up if they are treated as equals from the beginning of their life.

    1. .. and so this points out that elder energy is simply a connection to the innate essence of who we are and an awareness that where we come from is an endless supply of love and wisdom, which makes age irrelevant.

18. When shared, we can learn much wisdom from the experiences of others – equally from their challenges, mistakes and masteries.

    1. From those living as true elders, much can be learnt.

19. Well said Doug. That anyone gives up before they die and passes on without the dignity and grace of committing to life until their last breath is an indictment of today’s society. What I am realising more and more is that embracing the responsibility of being an elder and living standards that inspire younger generations is a great antidote to this.

20. There is so much wisdom in every child, and so much in our elders, yet the wisdom of both groups is constantly overlooked by those in between who think they know it all, and in the process miss out on so much. If only we came back to a society where we honour each phase of our lives as equal to all others, respecting the wisdom of the young and the old, maybe then the world would not be in the mess it currently is in.

21. ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.’ This is so true. Working in a children’s hospice shop I am witness to this “arrogant” way of being with children. Of course the adults I see behaving in this way – and it is not only parents – would probably not accept that they are behaving in an out of order way and there would probably be lots of justifications for it. I can find myself changing the tone of my voice sometimes when talking to children or pets….this comes as quite a shock but at least I can catch it as soon as I hear it and feel it and come back to myself and speak from my heart without any trimmings. The more we can be ourselves without changing for the person in front of us- whatever the age – the more truth and love there will be in the world.

22. There is beauty in every age and the qualities of each age are different, yet have been hugely misinterpreted and bastardised. Because the teenage years as we know them with rebellion, dismissiveness and carelessness is not the true quality of a teenager. The same goes for the student period in the late teens and early twenties. This is often made about partying and being irresponsible as much as you can get by, instead of a period of making a foundation for the rest of life, preparing for a profession, family, home etc. And the same for the older ages.

23. An awesome blog asking us to celebrate our elders and appreciate the energy they bring as well as our younger generation and to consider reincarnation. What came to me reading this was a moment I really appreciated the other day on a video call with a group of people and one women, and elder, that made my heart melt with her gentle way and manner and how she was expressing. I appreciated her to be the gold that she was. What also came to be while reading is that not every elder is patient and understanding ‘patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are.’ I know i have met some that definitely have not been and for me this highlights our lived life and the (all of the them) choices we have made because of course this will have an affect or impact on how we are when in our elder years. If we still carry hurt, blame, resentment, bitterness, anger (and this can sometimes be from childhood!!) than how on earth as we suddenly going to be compassionate, patient and understanding with others in our elder years? So of course, how we live and our choices, as Universal Medicine present, have an impact on everything including how we are when we are older.

24. This article reflects how you cannot stereotype any age group. I have seen elders behave like a child in a tantrum, and children with depth and wisdom. When we connect inwardly, the wisdom of the ages is there for us all no matter what our age.

    1. Yes, there are a lot of examples like this. Clearly many people age without adding much wisdom.

    2. Connecting and aligning to the Ageless Wisdom affects how we are in life, how we move, what we say, and how we behave.

25. “and at worst, a fable that has no validity or value to our life” – this is reductionism at its most evil. To reduce our lives to one single one, keeps us in that ‘single use/throw away’ mentality and reduces the chance of people taking responsibility for their lives which the world so desperately needs.

26. Dianne a great sharing as there is so much wisdom and amazing insights in the elderly that is very often forgotten and overlooked, perhaps because in the past it was ‘age’ that meant everything rather than true wisdom. A child can come out with amazing wisdom as can some 80 years their senior. What if we approach life not from age but from holding each person equal in their ability to connect with and share the wisdom they have. then no one is discounted.

27. I love spending time with the six-year-olds at my local primary school. They just say it as it is and that’s that. Not worrying if they are being polite or nice, just saying what they feel at the time. And when you talk to them sensibly they do understand and will tell you straight.

    1. I’d say that very little comes out of the mouth of adults that hasn’t been doctored in some way, and not necessarily doctored to come across as nice and polite (although often it has), but also doctored to come across as more impressive in some way or less impressive if we’re the kind of person that plays ourselves down. We all have filters on what we say, which is why kids are so refreshing because they’ve yet to put their filters on.

    2. I love it when young children just say it as it is, with no filters. As adults we can censor what we say, trying to be nice and polite, which feels horrible; I much prefer truth presented with love.

28. Our lives become far richer when we let go of pictures and open up to connecting to everyone that crosses our lives, regardless of how similar, or different, they are to us. Every person has something different that they reflect back to us, and that we can learn from.

29. Being an elder is more of a state of being than a particular age classification.

30. Children can often so fight going to sleep at bedtime, I know I did. And I have found that I am still unravelling this as a 48 year old adult. Sometimes I am so tired but still fight going to sleep at bedtimes. It would be wise to step into our elder wisdom as a child so we do not fight it so much in our elder years.

31. I love the deep care in this blog for All beings, young and old alike.

32. This is something that I love about true elders – the way that, by experience and hence wisdom, they are able to gaze upon us with much understanding and grace as we younger ones often run around in circles of our own making.

33. Kids behave very differently when you treat them as equal in their responsibility, I definitely agree it would be a great model in the world if we taught and walked responisibility from young rather than grapple to discover it in our late teens or sometimes go our whole lives without really claiming it.

34. The elderly have a well of wisdom they can connect to. In conversation with them we have an opportunity to connect, learn and bring that out in them. It is a shame that so many elderly people are not confident in themselves, they put themselves down etc. because perhaps if this wasn’t the case the young would not be so lost looking for role models through media.

35. Great wisdom can pour through anyone, at anytime. What I most appreciate about connecting to people who are different ages to me is their different experiences of life, and what they’ve learned and are continuing to learn. This is how we evolve, by connecting to others and learning from their reflection – and offering ours to others.

    1. As with pretty much everything our pictures interfere with the truth. Our pictures of who we believe is likely to be a source of great wisdom interferes with the truth of who is able to deliver great wisdom. Yep sure most of us are super comfortable with Jesus or Buddha coming out with wise words but when the woman in the local bakery comes out with something wise we’re likely to dismiss it purely because we don’t expect it and worse still don’t believe that it’s possible.

36. A good letter to humanity and a call to action for us all Dianne.

37. It’s interesting how most of us would rather play amnesia than accept the true power and wisdom of who we are as a whole.

38. When we are younger our bodies can feel like they are invincible and that we can do anything we like with them and get away with it simply because they will heal much better than they can when we are older. Age exposes the extent we have disregarded our body so we never do truly get away with anything. We may age but that does not mean we have to sacrifice having a life rich with joy and love if we choose to make it our way.

39. Respect and equality are key values for us all to bring in all our communications as a minimum I would say.

    1. I agree Fiona but if we’re totally honest there’s very few of us that can do this. If we were to really pay close attention to our thoughts, as well as our speech and to all of our tiny movements (the raise of an eyebrow, the slight tilt of the head) then most of us would be amazed at how many times our movements are either disrespectful or conveying inequality of some kind.

40. When I was young I cannot say that I discounted old people. There were several older people that I enjoyed being with and chose to spend time with. It was the energy of these people that counted not how old they were or what they looked like. On reflection I feel that it was that they did not consider themselves old and had not succumbed to any of the beliefs about what it is to be old that made them so likeable.

41. With reincarnation comes responsibility, some run a mile from this truth and the ones that embrace it are blessed with a deeper understanding about life and others.

42. You talk here about ‘teenage energy’ and this really resonates with me – the way in which people are irresponsible and refuse to shift to the next level. It is very common at the moment, and it asks us to look at how we as a society are treating each other. It is not OK to ignore the elderly and let the younger generation get away with indulgence. This is not reflective of a community in harmony working together

43. Closing off out awareness to reincarnation is a simple act of irresponsibility. It is very easy to claim that we don’t remember past lives and avoid the responsibility of our karma.

44. It’s beautiful to see how small children are now visiting the elderly in their care homes and generally both parties getting so much out of the exchange.

45. I agree Dianne, the ageless wisdom of a child can be utterly life-changing, and huge fun to have conversations with.

46. I think it’s a really good point about how we can dismiss responsibility and commitment because we think life will become ‘restrictive, dull and boring’ but as you say that is only if we see it that way rather than appreciating the true joy in commitment and responsibility and how genuinely enriching it is; there may not be the ‘highs’ and thrills that we’re used to but instead a steadiness that supports not only us but everyone.

47. There is so much wisdom and hidden treasure within elders, and once you start talking to them it is often amazing the amount of life’s experiences they have to share, and they do it in such a way that they don’t judge others and offer the younger ones more respect than they get in return, how loving it would be to go back to respecting those with so much lived experience of life.

48. A powerful case to ditch the notion of youth culture and to embrace elder energy at any age knowing that it is there for each and every one of us.

49. As adults we do treat children like they know nothing and that we have to constantly remind them or teach them everything. But when you listen to a child they do actually know a lot and are very wise.

50. Basically you remind us of the fact that we are in essence timeless beings that only happen to go through a physical cycle of birth, aging and dying without being defined or limited by those cycles – certainly an eye-opener to approach a lot of things in life very differently.

51. Awesome blog, Diane, essentially reminding us all that the same wisdom is one we all have access to from within, regardless of age. If we were all to treat each other as the wisdom that we are, there would be no room for not living it.

52. “Thus children can grow up in their elder energy and never have to lose it and painfully re-find it as so many of us current older adults have had to do.” I so love what you have presented here about how children can actually grow up accepting their elder energy. This goes against everything that the world tells us about children but says everything that our heart actually knows.

53. “Adding the factor of reincarnation makes a huge difference to relationships” this one is key, I know with our daughter that no matter how cute she is, she is incredibly wise and has been through thousands of lives. A whole different relationship to support her to develop everything she is without the baggage of the past getting in the way.

54. There is something so powerful and transformative in being seen as the wise and glorious person we are. Over the years when people have placed their trust in me, having seen through all my pretense of being irresponsible, I remember being deeply impressed by them reflecting back to me the authority I was being asked to command and me responding. Initially it was like, really, if you say so, and then I reconnected to ‘oh yeah, I’ve got this.’ Different ages do come with different themes and stages but we are all ageless and can bring through gold at any point. It is foolish to miss this because of prejudice and preconceptions.

55. Age, in itself means nothing. Elder energy, on the other hand, has hips to offer to all of us.

56. No wonder humanity is so tired all the time, we fight so much that we don’t need to. This blog highlights just one fight – the fight of not accepting with grace the age you are and accepting all that comes with that.

    1. It’s incredible how much we fight. We’ve picked time which is one we will lose if we engage with it the way we do. So many expressions encourage this ‘turning back the clock’, ‘fighting the tide of time’, race against the clock’ etc. I used to be embroiled in this, but how exhausting it is! Just the thought of I’ve got to finish this before x time is exhausting – it takes the joy out of anything I’m doing because I’m too busy racing against time to appreciate what’s there to be done outside of time.

       What’s been lovely this weekend is to realise we all get to the same point at the same time – no-one is winning or beating me at time! Whatever I do in my day we will get to the same point in the day at the same time. There are no winners or losers, so no point in engaging with something that will continue as it is – let alone trying to stop my body from succumbing to gravity over time! I live in a physical body that will never be perfect. Accepting this is bringing a great freedom because I’m appreciating we are so much more than our physical form.

57. Being honoured from day one as being a child of light from heaven and with the true understanding of what the out-play will look like from how they have passed-over, will definitely bring more Love to our interactions with everyone. So this will bring in a way of living for us all to eliminate any form of judgement, as each of us have to unfold and heal our own issues from the past.

58. What you have touched on here about not treating children as children but as wise elders who are in a small body offers such a respect to the innate knowing that is rarely given credit or tapped. Therefore poor behaviour does carry on into adult life making the patterns more stubborn.

59. I have no doubt that reincarnation is where we all stem from, if you have ever held a brand-new baby in your arms and you are willing to connect with it you can sense a fully complete being, they are no empty vessels to be filled – they are who they are when they are born. I also see that in my experiences, somethings are just known and it is not because I have lived all this life, some things I can only know because I have lived it in lives past.

60. I’ve found just like with everyone elderly or not, when we lose appreciation we are blind to what another offers.

61. I like the sense of equality that you bring in here for the young, the middle and the elders. Imagine if we lived like that? That regardless of your age, we were all equal and treated ourselves like that. The world would feel far less separated for sure.

62. Being encouraged and supported to hold on to the innate wisdom we have as children so we don’t have to “painfully re-find” it later in life as many adults struggle to do, would turn our way of living and our world right around. We are all living treasures and therefore have so much to value about ourselves, but if we are not supported to do so from young how then can we value the wisdom and the treasures of those around us?

63. If we understood how wise children can be when encouraged to be responsible and treated as equal, parenting and education would be so different. Kids would know they have as much to offer as the teacher or parent and equally would feel the consequences for irresponsible behaviour. Maybe if this was the start to our lives we would not have so many given up, invisible elders.

64. As I have grown older I have realised and observed just how ‘ageless’ we all are.

65. “And, in fact, weird though it seems, many younger people are also desperately hanging onto youth”. This is such an excellent point and one that I have seen often not only in young people but in those well into their twenties and even thirties.

66. I agree the balance is not correct when it comes to how we spend our elder years – it feels to me like this is the time when we have most to give back yet this is the time we retreat or “retire” from life.

67. If we can accept that we are here to reconnect with our innermost and that is a cyclical journey, wisdom can be seen in the very young or the very old. We always have the opportunity to drop old patterns of behaviour when we commit to living who we truly are more fully.

68. I think holding each other with respect and equality is totally essential for us all to learn from one another.

69. Elder energy is something that Natalie Benhayon does very well and she is not 30 yet; and, as you mention, some adults of all ages prefer to keep themselves small and shirk responsibility by not growing up and sounding and looking childish, not child-like with has a beautiful innocence and freshness about it.

70. You are so true in saying that we are all elders at any age Dianne. What the desire to be young brings to me, is the idea that we can get away with being irresponsible by not being true to ourselves or another, which is something we cannot get away with so easily as a true elder.

71. I love the idea that “children can grow up in their elder energy and never have to lose it”, in fact, how the world as we know it would change if this was to happen. Letting go of the need to be the so-called wise adult and to connect with the essence of the child in front of us can be the most delightful and surprising gift, not only for us but for this very wise child as well.

72. Many elders in our communities are overlooked for the wisdom they have to offer as they are dismissed as ‘old people’. Shame, because their lived experience is a valuable asset and one that we can all benefit greatly from.

73. I see the impact of life on our youngsters. We hear about the fatalities on the road, or drug problems or violence. Wouldn’t it be beneficial for children if the elderly were to go to school and offer their life’s experience as a form of education, then the education system teaching subjects or things that probably would not prepare them towards life?

74. I love what you have shared here Diane, the elder energy is just as important as the chid energy. They are no different and both seek attention and resect irrespective of their age and body size.

75. That addiction we have to youth energy affects all of our society, and it means that everyone gets trapped in youth or wanting to be young without embracing how each stage of life has it’s magic and it’s there to be offered to all stages. They’ve now starting having child day care in the same spaces as nursing homes as they’ve found both the elderly and the children love it .. it makes sense but the fact that we have it as a model right now tells us a lot of how we live … we need more of this and more normalisation of interactions across all stages and ages of life.

76. What I love about this blog is that it offers the possibility that no matter what age we are, can effectively choose what age we want to act and behave. I know for me I often choose younger, and I would agree that much of the population also has a teenage mentality, but what if there was the opportunity to embrace the elder, wiser, steadier part of us now – what could that look like? And what would that mean for ourselves and the people around us?

77. What I am gathering from this blog Dianne is just how much we spend time and energy as a race in trying to be somewhere that we are not and how the lack of appreciating what each age range provides in its own level of wisdom holds us ALL back from learning and growing together the way we could. Also, what you shared about acting as if elder people do not exist sometimes in order to avoid feeling our ultimate immanent death really hit home and I look forward to staying more open to older generation people in my own life. I’m sure there is much healing in order with approaching life in the way you proposed.

78. We think life is like a line – and so believe we can make assumptions about one thing without it affecting something else. But life doesn’t work that way – it is spherical and so one lie we allow, about reincarnation say, leads to misguided views about getting old, which colours our whole approach to the world and so on. So you can see how pretty quick one lie pollutes it all. We can’t pick and choose truth the way we think we can – this is a key that elders teach me, thank you Dianne.

79. To be honest: a young face with no wrinkles and imperfections is as boring as an elderly face with wrinkles, if both people are not living their true spark and essence. The physical shell is nothing without the inner fire of each one of us.

80. I love your call in your blog Dianne! I find it quite irritating, when adults talk to children with a voice that communicates ” you tiny little thing, you don´t know because you are small” for example. And even if it is just a comment to a child it actually gets infiltrated from young on, that they have to act a certain way, like a child! No wonder we all struggle with true self confidence to call out only ONE issue we create by being treated less than adults.

81. “Adding the factor of reincarnation makes a huge difference to relationships” – this is so true as it opens us up to the necessity of needing to take greater responsibility for the lives that we live.

    1. And it does explain some dynamics or instant connections we have with people although we haven´t met them in this life before. Which calls you in responsibility as well, as dynamics needs to get healed and if you feel a strong past life connection with someone, you are asked to live, express and represent this constellation for the all.

82. Within every age bracket in society there are many treasures to be found, from the young child whose wisdom is not often accepted or appreciated by adults to the elder whose lived wisdom is passed over by the youth of the day. If we were to stop and take the time to be with and to listen to whoever we are with, we will probably realise that here in front of us is a wonderful treasure, one to be appreciated and honoured.

83. We dismiss old age as being irrelevant because we dismiss the responsibility that reincarnation asks of us. When we surrender to our knowing of reincarnation every last movement matters as much as every movement that has been made before it.

    1. It is bizarre that we do not consider reincarnation as our normal because if we did we would approach our lives with so much more respect for the energy we are doing so in. We would be aware that the footprints we lay down are footprints we will come back to and that nothing we do does not have an effect somewhere – we are all swimming in the same sea so it becomes a much more whole-istic and respect-full way of living.

84. Age is only a number but the energy we run with is a choice.

85. A powerful blog to re-vist and be reminded of the ‘elder wisdom’ that is within every person on the planet and it laying dormant until it is re-claimed through living with responsibility and joy.

    1. And considering how much we dismiss the wisdom of our elders in today’s world Stephanie this is very much something we all must ponder on.

86. We grow up but don’t – we get older but stay stuck in teenagerhood, expecting others to look after us and declaring life isn’t fair. But when you consider we have lived many lives on this earth this indulgence makes no sense. Except that we refuse to take responsibility for the choices we make. Thank you Dianne.

87. “the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are.” This is wisdom at any age.

88. We are the ones missing out when we blind ourselves from recognising and adhering to the elder wisdom, which can be expressed at any age. Respect is not based on age but agelessness.

89. we can find wisdom wherever we choose to look…in the most innocent of places we will find truth

90. Embracing reincarnation as a part of life allows us to develop a deeper level of appreciation in our relationships for every interaction has a purpose where we can deepen our intimacy and love with one another.

91. It’s like when children come out with incredible pearls of wisdom… where does that come from? I recall talking to a woman who was sharing about her early childhood and how committed she was to life and work at a very young age, answering the phone in her family business and taking orders, very completely and professionally at the age of 7 and this was not taught to her. This was all within her naturally. There is no other reasonable explanation for this, other than reincarnation.

92. Reading this blog today made me stop and to feel deeply into what is being shared about the equality we innately are. About the fact that we have lived many lives before so when entering this world we to have the same life experience as the adults who are our parents. Living form this innate knowing will change the way our societies will be. They will change into a place where everybody will be met as equally responsible whatever their age, but too to deeply appreciate for what they bring into the lives of us all.

93. The more energetic awareness we have the more respect we have for ourselves. The more respect we have for ourselves the more we respect all others around us and we soon discover through connection with any other has the capacity to bring through the wonders of many lives lived. This beauty you can have with any age group .. “The physical age of our bodies means nothing in that context.”

94. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” Now this ought to be the present on the top of everyone’s Christmas list this year; the gift that will keep on giving and giving. There is no doubt that 2018 would then be a very different ‘New Year’.

95. If we do not connect to and appreciate our own inner grace and wisdom it makes it less likely that we will observe it in others. If we change the way we relate to ourselves we will naturally change the way we relate to others.

96. There is such beauty in everyone…no matter what age, race, gender, sexuality, family, economic status or nationality.

97. More and more I am feeling the grace and wisdom of elder energy in my expression. It’s a deep healing to embrace this (not just for me but for everyone else too). Life becomes simple and my body becomes at ease and filled with space.

98. People are wise if given a chance, where we get it wrong is giving our power away and negating our inner wisdom. By all means, listen to what others have to say and share your wisdom, but it is wise to feel the quality of the advice given whether it is from an adult or a child, as I remember my children being very wise with pearls of wisdom far beyond their years when they were younger, only at the time I did not see the value in what they were telling me because they were children. Whereas I have had endless advice from adults who were speaking from their own pictures of life and followed this to my detriment believing they knew better than me.

99. Holding each other as equals in all our relationships is such an important quality – it allows us to truly work together and be inspired and supported by one another rather than crushing or diminishing another or doing the same to ourselves.

100. There is an incredible empowerment that happens when we treat children as the elders/multidimensional beings they are.

101. I am going through a challenging time as I prepare to get married. I’ve tried to work the issues out myself and God knows that doesn’t work. What I have come to see is that everyone around me, young and old, has sage words and wisdom to impart. We all can support and offer each other guidance in this elder way, but in particular there are people I know who have had so much experience in living life. If I am just a little bit open to receiving their help, so much can be lifted up and change. Time to let their love and support in, I’ll start by receiving and appreciating your wise words Dianne.

102. ha ha I would like to see you try and make me invisible – no chance!!!

103. It is true there is so much wisdom that goes to waste due to the fact that we ignore (at least in some cultures) our elderly and for the best part see them and treat them as if of no use anymore. This is partly down to the younger generation who do not want to age or take responsibility, and also down to the elderly having given up on themselves, which feeds this notion that they have nothing left to offer society.

104. The wisdom from within can express through us at any age. When we don’t impose our pictures on ‘age’ and what that apparently represents, we can appreciate everyone for all they bring.

105. So beautifully presented Dianne! So spot on as usual In your observations. We all have been guilty at some time of not appreciating those who have wisdom young or elderly.

106. I think you are onto something here Dianne. There is so much talk about the divide of the young and the old, and the trouble with our young people these days, the lack of respect for our elders etc…. and to start with bringing a focus that we are all equal and have been around the traps many times before to our relationships and interactions, could be the game-changer we are looking for.

107. When a child is allowed to be themselves with no imposing they feel it. There’s no pressure and trying to be something that they are not. We don’t realise the harm and abuse we are putting on our kids wanting them to achieve and do things beyond their years believing it is the right way to bring up our kids all because we as parents and grandparents want recognition and attention because of the lack of love towards ourselves. It is this lack of love that needs addressing within ourselves.

108. The most natural way to parent for me is to be my most transparent self, and allow my child to be that too. True our wisdom cannot be held back sometimes, and true also that we feel super playful and the two do not have to be exclusive. Also true we are sometimes vulnerable and we just express it matter of factly, and then come back to ourselves.

109. You bring a depth to the appreciation we can feel about ourselves and others, a depth which comes from much more than just this one life.

110. Inside us all, no matter our age, lives a shining light that is not dependent on others watching for its glow to emanate. Yet we treat it this way and place conditions on it right through our lives so that when we are in the final chapter we have already decided to what degree we will illuminate the world with our love or not. Thus why it can be said that we live a darkened existence in a Land of Shadow, yet to collectively turn all our lights on full beam.

111. Connecting to our elder energy is simply a choice of aligning to purpose in everything we do, as it is this way that we offer a reflection os trust and responsibility to all other around us.

112. Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go. What a very different world we would find ourselves in, a world where we relate to each other with respect, dignity and kindness, a world where we could love and accept ourselves and the all others.

113. I absolutely love the wisdom you share Dianne and find I am super blessed to be witness to all you share because what you (and many other elders like you) share not only exposes all of the craziness and lies that befud many in the younger generation it also inspires so many to open up to how life can truly be different and grander. It allows for the older repeated behaviours through generations age old to heal and to truly change.

114. I agree, the elders of our community are hidden treasures and it is beautiful to see an elder such as yourself Dianne live and express their deep wisdom for others to be inspired by.

115. Powerful sharing Dianne, it is the missing link in the way we live as a society in order to be in true brotherhood, raising our young to be all-knowing beings and honouring of the elder and wise reflections from others.

116. Beautifully said Diane, we all have a role to play in claiming our own wisdom so we can offer what is already within, and we all have a role to play in respecting and honoring what wisdoms lies within another.

117. Children expressing absolute pearls of wisdom are often ignored or in trouble for expressing that which an adult does not want to hear from anyone – least of all from a child in their knowingness.

     1. So true Stephanie, often adults feel jealous of a child’s wisdom and universal knowledge.

118. “I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age.” This is true, as the world makes us identify with staying young and the fear or aging, however it is only through our deeper connection to self that we can embrace all of who we are and then we understand the responsibility we hold to express and share it with the others to inspire them and hold them in the love that we all are.

119. We are trained to look life in a way that stops at some layer and do not go beyond it. Part of the training is to make sure that we are satisfied with it and look no further. That training, however, guarantees us not finding any treasure, hence a life devoid of true appreciation for what has true value. Until we renounce the blinkers and go for it.

120. I had a conversation with a child recently and I was telling them about something from when I was young. They responded with “Oh, that was when I was older than you”. It was true, it their past life they most likely would have been older than me at that point in time. When you bring this into awareness, judging people by their age is crazy.

121. Simply exposed this ‘teenage’ energy that is rampant around the world and across all ages as you share, we love the recklessness and irresponsibility that fulfilling any whim or fancy affords us. But yet look at our world on every level it is disturbed and out of harmony. We need to pay heed to our elders and the wisdom that is lived.

122. It is very arrogant and totally limiting to use age as a marker of wisdom. We can appreciate wisdom as vibration of truth that can come from anyone at any time . They simply need to be connected.

123. It is so true – as we grow up, most of us let go of our connection with the innate wisdom and the knowingness that we are born with, and struggle so much, desperately seeking to fill the emptiness. The elders are our future generation of babies to be born, and we have a responsibility to assist them prepare themselves for their next round of cycle.

124. It really is amazing to look into the eyes of a young child and realise they have been here many lifetimes over and carry a wealth of experiences, and wisdom. It can be quite profound what comes out of a child’s mouth when they have not been shut down but allowed to be who they truly are, held in equal love by the parents.

     1. I have the privilege of sometimes teaching and there is nothing quite like seeing a whole class of children become alive in their knowing and observations of life, they have the same wisdom within as someone touching the 100 mark!

        1. This made me smile Vanessa – children enjoying being fully in their knowingness as no big deal – an attitude of ‘yes, been there, done that, worn the t-shirt many lifetimes over’.

125. Children are such interesting little studies. They are smaller, yes, but you can feel that they are just like any of us, they have lived many lives before and can choose to access an elder energy at different times if they choose to, as can we all. I think as a society we need to relish the elderly, I for one go out of my way to show the elderly that visit my work place a great respect and care. Making sure they have a backed chair, that they don’t have to stand up and down too many times and that they feel very heard. This honouring is what will bring us closer to the each other and welcomes more elder energy into our lives from all ages.

126. It really is so wonderful to feel that all of us have been here many lives before and even when we are with children we can feel and appreciate that at some time over the lives lived they have been where I have been and experienced many things making them full of wisdom and insight and when we allow them the space to simply be themselves its amazing what comes though in our connections with them. Holding children just as they are is simply glorious and feels me with much joy whenever I have the opportunity to be in their presence.

127. There is so much that is not true in the way the generations relate to each other and how they behave. We do undervalue the elders. Yet when I meet an elder who lives with joy and enthusiasm for life, they shine out like a bright star. So many of our elders retreat away from life, getting caught in their own issues. I can see why our young people do not want to look to this role model. The middle ages do not have the answers either, and the checking out from life is starting here. We say we love our kids yet we don’t fully engage with them, allowing TV and computer games to raise them so we can get on with what we think is important. Then the young appear to me to be more disengaged than ever. I see little willingness to be responsible, perhaps due to the lack of role models who know the depth of what this means. Valuing each generation as equal feels very key to changing this malady in our society.

     1. True Fiona, we don’t seem to have the time or take the time to engage with our children, we keep them and ourselves busy and miss the opportunity of truly connecting and valuing what each of us brings regardless of our age.

128. It’s all, in truth, about accepting the being behind the apparent facade of someone’s ‘age’ in life, isn’t it… That same being remains throughout – exercising its will to either be in alignment to the love and truth inherent within, or to rebel against and resist this, bringing lack of responsibility, and harm to oneself and others…
     If we accepted reincarnation as fact, we would far more readily connect with the truth of the being – who is indeed age-less, and holds the capacity to be a true elder at any point in life as you say Dianne.

129. When we truly understand re-incarnation we will know that all children have a wealth of experience to bring to the world, We have a responsibility to allow our children to be who they are and nurture their innate qualities. They see and feel everything but they are not encouraged to express this and so they start to push this aside and it is is very rarely rekindled in later years.

130. Yes Dianne, this sad phenomenon is a testament to the upside down way we tend to see life. We have fully bought into the idea and premise that youth is our greatest day. We disengage and dismiss the wisdom and learnings we have every day, pining for a utopian child likeness, all the time missing the crucial fact: we can have agelessness in the joy and vitality we bring, when we appreciate and see every day as an enriching education in life.

131. The organisation I work in has a large proportion of young people (lets say under 30 for the sake of this example). I am in my late 40’s and although not alone in being the next generation, we are few in number. I have been appreciating the steadiness and wisdom I bring and reflect, and can feel how this is supporting the entire organisation.

132. Thank you for expressing so beautifully, setting us free from the illusion of what elderly energy is, or youth – what we have lived is merely a lie “a making small” of the truth we know to be – we are all equal.

133. I do understand why so many of us shun our elder energy over the teenage, laksidaisical, irresponsibility of teenage energy because we stand out in our stillness and grace when we express from elder energy and this makes others uncomfortable. In a world where being accepted is of primary importance to many, it can be very difficult to give up the behaviour that helps us fit in, and yet once this connection to our wisdom is felt, the attraction of the other way lessens until it eventually has no more sway with us and we choose to express our truth, love and wisdom rather than fit in.

134. “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” Such a valid point Dianne. Children may not have the knowledge of their elders, but they can have wisdom. We would do well to listen to them.

135. There is so much in this blog for us all to consider. If we saw each other as all equal sons of God and with wisdom and quality to share then there would not be the divide between ages or the games that different age groups currently play.

136. Great pearls of wisdom that you share here Dianne, thank you. Wisdom is ageless and accessible to all – our age is never a given that we know more than another nor that we know any less either. We each have much to share and bring to the world to truly support one another and this is something that we can do until our dying breath (this time around!).

137. Imagine a world where this happened! That children remained connected to their essence and all knowing, letting that inform their growing years, that would be amazing!

138. Respecting and appreciating the wisdom of everyone regardless of their age is something that in today’s world we do not do nearly enough of.

139. Elizabeth as I was growing up I also observed relationships between grandparents and young grandchildren, there was respect for both. It was a beautiful thing to observe, something I think today’s generations could benefit it observing too. There is so much we can learn from these relationships when stop to appreciate what each one brings.

140. Without a doubt reincarnation changes the whole perspective of how to perceive and relate to children. Instead of someone developing from a blank canvass, which is then painted from experiences only from this life, in fact one comes born with a multitude of colours ready mixed.

141. It’s a case of never living less than who you are, and never allowing another to do the same. Most have lost their authority in speaking the wisdom they hold within. As most have lost the knowing that they are multidimensional beings who have walked this plane of life many times over, and still hold this in their bodies to be lived, shared and healed in this life. It would not take many to reclaim their wisdom to offer a reflection and change to many.

142. The truth is – we squash children and treat them as ‘less’ so as to erase the inherent wisdom they otherwise speak that exposes the choice we have made to live a vastly reduced form of expression from this.

143. Elder energy has always felt natural to me, but when I was younger feeling elder energy is not something respected if you are not of a certain age (especially in the Asian culture), then this part of myself is greatly hidden. It was never shut down but it was not honestly presented. I remember having very “wise” conversations with myself when I was young, which I thought was God talking to me, because this all seemed very natural. But in real life, I did not allow myself to express this way, because I did not want to deal with the reactions which would come from the elder generation I am with. All this is changing now–and I find that elder energy can be presented in a very friendly and equal manner when we just connect, which is very different from the world portrays it to be.

144. I recently paired up with an elder woman during a Sacred Movement group. The beauty, grace and absolute gorgeousness of this woman was incredible. The sparkle from her eyes was heavenly. This is what we walk amongst and heaven lies deep within everyone. Some let it out and others keep it hidden but it is what surrounds us.

145. Brilliant Dianne, you words make it unmistakably clear that all of us at every age, have access to such wisdom, and grace that is profound, but have developed ways of hiding, shrouding this in the capes of behaviours and ‘issues’. So let’s not buy into this any longer – but see each other as the divine jewels, and masters that we are.

146. When you put reincarnation into the mix of life, suddenly a person’s age becomes less relevant. It is more a marker for where they are on a current cycle and not about a point in life. Yet, there is a big focus on age being lineal and only lineal which then leads to kids being just kids and elders become invisible. If we see life as a cycle we repeat and repeat and repeat, we would never champion any particular age.

147. It is only when we choose to live in true equality that we will embrace the wisdom that we can all bring irrespective of age.

148. The contrast between the hidden treasure of elder energy which is currently so frequently overlooked and the modern phenomenon of ‘teenage energy’ which clings onto a desire to not grow up and be responsible is stark and a reflection of how we tend to focus on physical looks etc and ignore the wisdom of elder energy which is present in us all.

149. We need more people embracing true elder energy regardless of their age, who are aligned to the pull of evolution and do not hold back their expression for what feels true in their bodies with no attachments nor sympathy for it is then that we are all blessed with the ancient wisdom of the universe.

150. It is very sad that some of us grow up rolling our eyes at the thought of the elder generation, as if we’ve put them in a box marked ‘slow and boring’. Harsh as it sounds, it’s true. I’ve not grown up to accept that everyone is equal, or that our elders have anything to offer that we don’t already know. I realise now this is quite arrogant and ignorant. It actually feels awful to know this is what I chose to align to, now that I know it’s absolutely toxic and not true at all.

151. I’ve met some wonderful, wise elders recently. I love the fact that they have arrived at a stage in life where they’re able to speak their minds without fear or favour. The question for us is, why wait?

     1. Exactly Victoria, it’s like even from when we are young we think from influences around us and what is said and not said that we need to wait for a certain age to be able to speak up and be heard. With this belief though, when does it actually end? There are many adults walking around still under the energy of that they are still the child of their parents and still don’t believe they can speak up.

152. When we think of life as spherical and understand we just keep on coming back, it makes sense why so many new-born babies look like very old people and come with the stillness that is so palpable in our Elders.

153. It is interesting that we pay tribute to ancient treasures (made by people long time ago) but not to elder people. Could it be a reflection of the fact that the prevailing images on life have by and large prevented elders to embrace and claim what they could naturally bring to life and have helped to see them in the way out, hence value-less?

154. It is perfect to have read this wonderful blog today as two of my grandchildren are coming to stay tonight and I know that I will be looking at them through different eyes than usual; remembering that they have lived many lives – “all genders, all ages, many societal roles and a wide range of occupations”. I can feel that looking at them, not as a child but the sum total of all these lives will offer me much more insight into who they truly are, why they are in my life and what they are here for this time around, and that I am looking forward to.

155. I love this blog Dianne! I am in my Elder years and I too had to learn to value what I have to offer this World . I recognise that we all have something to offer that is of value.

156. For our elders to think that they don’t contribute to society and for our society to think that our elders are ‘space wasters’, simply shows that our value is far more focussed on the outer superficial world rather than the inner wisdom we all have access to.

157. Yes, we can’t ignore the fact that when we treat children like they are not as wise as us, that they are underdeveloped in some way, then we immediately create a scenario where we are better, smarter, more intelligent than them, obliterating any chance of equality in the relationship. And this then invites the children to play small.

158. Offering respect and equality to everyone we meet should be a human right. Sadly, for now, this isn’t yet the case for much for humanity. However we can all make a start treating eveverone – including children and elders – equally with dignity and respect.

159. The image of youth is flawed; it is only promoting irresponsibility while our true purpose is to develop and be responsible in sharing our experiences and live in full commitment, knowing we all have to present our own view and show that we learn what is needed.

160. It is a beautiful way in which we can feel equal and know the love that we are, it is trough knowing our own worth of being an adult and see the worth of children being equal. As there is the fact of reincarnation which is very clear.

161. Gorgeous Dianne, I love it when I meet elders who are not trying to hang onto being young and have instead embraced their elder energy and are living the wise, graceful beings that they are, I see how holding this is for others. What amazing role models they are and how safe and loved people feel around them. When I met an elder hanging onto youth and not accepting their age and the wisdom they hold inside there is not this gorgeous holding quality and love and acceptance of others that can be there.

162. True wisdom is defined by connection not age. It is a connection to ourselves and the vast universe we are an important piece of and thus to all others that also make up the Whole we are from. Without this connection we are left to run renegade, like a teenager with no curfew and no moral compass.

     1. Thank you Liane, this is something that is so often overlooked.

163. When we can understand reincarnation for what it truly is, age/gender/nationality/religion… all these divisive factors lose their grip and we see ourselves as complete equals who deserves just as much love and respect as the next person.

164. This is a very ponder-worthy blog and subject Dianne. Why do we give our power away to being young and youthful? To me, it highlights how obsessed humanity is about looks, the superficial and the exterior of life rather than the richness and divinity that lies within.

165. Is it possible that it is us that bring the limitations to relationship because of the narrowness of the views we hold about life? We all have the potential to live the openness, joy, and wisdom of elder energy but choose otherwise as you have mentioned Dianne. This is a great blog and opportunity to start to expose the choices we are making that limit what we bring to the world and that which limits our appreciation of the elder energy available around us.

166. A great lesson to be learned here Dianne thank you for sharing. As well as Elders, we tend to look at people only for their appearance, and behaviours but have become complacent with reading and seeing what we all have to offer.

167. What a different world this would be if children are allowed to be who they are and be treated as the equals that they are, which gives them the space to express their elder energy. And if this was so the difficult and often anxiety ridden rebellious teenage years would be a smooth ride followed by a smooth sail into adulthood…..and how we would all benefit, learn and support each other.

168. Thank you Dianne for pointing out the need for us to value ourselves in all ages, from birth to our passing over. Every age has something unique to offer and the more we value each other the more wisdom we will have to share.

169. “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” People live up to the expectations we place on them. So no surprise if we treat anyone – not just children – with lower expectations, they will – on the whole – produce and live to confirm that belief. Accepting and confirming where people are at brings out the best in us all.

170. Today I was in a situation where I could feel how harsh the ‘youth culture’ you talk about is. It is about talking loud, being brave, being disregarding of your body, smoking etc. Being around this I could feel how in the past I would have liked to fit in and be liked but thanks to the teachings I studies of Universal Medicine I feel much more confident and therefor see how it is not something I want to be a part of. It feels like being in the elder energy and it is really delicious.

171. What an incredible opportunity this would offer to all of us if we were to live as you have shared. There is so much wisdom within us all, if we supported each other to allow it through we would feel how equal we all are, and how living this equality supports all.

172. We are so attached to our outer appearance. I overheard a young woman talk about being afraid of dying and definitely not wanting to get old. We have things all wrong when our young are afraid of getting old. But then on the other hand, she probably sees how old people are currently treated, and how society views aging, so its no wonder she has that opinion.

     1. I agree Debra, the current picture of what happens to us when we get older is hardly something we would look forward to, so it makes sense that the younger generation with the botox, facelifts and this image of staying beautiful and young forever is so appealing.
        But what this also shows is that the younger generations are seeing that as the norm, and what their future holds – maybe that’s why they want to ignore the elderly.

173. It would change every conversation with a young person if we had the conscious knowing that they have had many previous lives. We certainly wouldn’t talk to them like they knew nothing, as many do. We miss out on the wisdom young people have to offer when we dismiss them, and I think the old saying ‘children should be seen and not heard’, is no longer so popular.

174. Society can benefit greatly from having true elders in the community, it is beautiful Dianne that you are living this quality as your reflection would inspire many others to also live their wisdom and power.

175. Yesterday I was watching an ad against the prevention of gun violence in schools. The ad is well done and directs your attention to a story, while there is another in the background that goes unnoticed. It is true that we are ‘set’ to look at something and ignore something else. With the elders this is exactly what happens. They go unnoticed. Even more than the elders, the wisdom children hold is totally un-spotted by any radar.

176. Free ourselves from the picture of what an elder is, elders can live truly who they are and hello world be prepared to graced with a power and wisdom, nothing you can put in a box.

177. You make reincarnation very real, Dianne, as in the 8 year old I could be talking to now, has had lives before and an innate wisdom and if I allow that then all of a sudden we are two people on a journey with our own lived wisdom and experience and often much more than we expect. We really infantilise each other with the idea there is only one life and we rob ourselves of the many understandings and experiences we’ve lived before and can once again bring now to who and where we are.

178. It’s very true Elizabeth I have observed this mutual understanding between grand parents and young children. The grand parents have a firm but very gentle and caring way with the children and because there are no time restraints, they work at the child’s rhythm and so the child doesn’t get flustered or agitated. In the super market yesterday I observed a 3 year old boy with his grandparents and he didn’t play up at all going through the check outs, and he let them put his coat on and he willing got in the push chair to get ready to go out of the shop and you could feel the mutual understanding and respect between them with very few words spoken, it was really beautiful to see,

179. When reincarnation is brought into the equation, what a different perspective is on offer for us in our relating to children, which opens up a way of relating to them on an equal basis, knowing that these little bodies holds the wisdom of the ages as do our adult bodies.

180. Great confirmation that age is nothing but a number. I know that saying is bandied about but there are examples all around us of very wise youngsters and very irresponsible adults. I remember as a youngster never thinking about getting older beyond say 30, and I didn’t have much contact with older people. The idea of retirement needs to be reviewed because our older generation has a lot to offer. Welcoming their presence to help out and and work in our schools would be a great idea.

181. Thank you Dianne, a great read. I have memories of being a baby and tiny child and having absolute wisdom and knowing about life, yet the adults round me just saw me as “a child” and this felt crushing. There was nothing intentionally harmful, it’s just that I was so much more than a newly born physical human being, I felt all knowing and quite exquisite and my whole being felt like it was made of light. I also felt connected to the universe and had an awareness that felt global. We are absolutely so much more than how we appear!

     1. Such a beautiful and wise comment Melinda. And as I read, “yet the adults round me just saw me as “a child” and this felt crushing”, I could literally feel weight of the crushing, and the innocence and honesty of the child being buried underneath it – it felt horrible. Yet this is how the innate light of so many children is dulled and often extinguished altogether. Let us as adults make a commitment to acknowledge this glorious light and the child that it shines from, encouraging them to be all that they naturally are.

182. As I read this I could feel all the different types of energy we can live from and their distinct qualities. The energy that belittles children and asks them to step down from equality so an adult can continue an illusion of superiority in some degree; those who wish to remain in teenage energy believing responsibility will kill any zest for life they may have. But what I really felt was how all encompassing and loving elder energy is. How it holds us in understanding and wisdom and delivers what we need to hear to take another step closer to being our gorgeous selves.

183. It is true, we are hesitant to take full responsibility. Staying in the youth culture is leaving us all as less than we can truly be. It can be a big mountain to climb when we did this for so long, not living our true age, living in another energy than where we ought to be is hurtful. And it is all a choice, to take the responsibility and see what we have left, feeling the wisdom within.

184. With an general acceptance of ‘youth culture’ we keep everyone small, no matter what age we are. We miss out on the wisdom that is there in everyone but stay in behaviours that are never supportive of a true way of living but keep our society going in a false direction, there is absolutely no responsibility and care in this.

185. Many children are wise beyond their years, with a wisdom that is greatly needed, and if we are able to allow children to hold on to their innate wisdom we would change the face of society.

186. Universal Medicine presents the Ageless Wisdom that is available to all, young, teenage and old, in every lifetime. So Elder Energy is ageless and can be lived by us all and offers a freedom to be who we truly are.

187. Never let the teenage energy being described here be mistaken for a childlike playfulness and joy, which can be as much a part of our elder years as it can be throughout the whole of our lives.

188. Yes, I have observed too that this elder energy is in all of us however young or old, we all have an innate wisdom and no matter our status or perceived intelligence we can at any time come out with pearls of irrefutable truth and love that offer light and understanding in the moment.

189. There is a great loss that we all experience when we do not value elders, be they young or old. That loss is not one of culture or tradition, but one of wisdom. By devaluing the wisdom that is offered by elders we delay further the evolution of ourselves.

190. How a person acts is not dependant on their physical age as you’ve shared here Dianne. I have met and myself acted ‘not my age’ both in the childish and in the elder sense. It does make me wonder how a conversation would go if we took out the physical ages and looked at what is ‘acting your age’ – that childish attitude, teenager rebellion, more responsible adult and the elder wisdom all come with certain flavours that we all tap into throughout our lives or in some cases get stuck in one of them and carry on. And with reincarnation I ask myself – what would my elder wisdom say to me now? like my own grandparent who’s been here, done life before many times, would the need to repeat ill behaviours over and over again be required if we tapped into this wisdom more and more?

191. I Agree Diane, it is amazing to truly connect to a young child as it is then that we realise that the physical body means nothing as you get to feel the lived wisdom in their eyes and their spoken words. Life can be so different if we are willing to let go of the arrogance we hold onto as adults when we interact with young children for we need to see them as an adult in a younger body.

192. When we allow ourselves to be humbled by ‘what we don’t know’, there is an opening up to something grander in my experience. Just as Dianne shares here, ‘the 95% of the universe that our scientists currently admit they have no access to’ means that we actually know very little in terms of our understanding of knowledge as it currently stands. But somehow, accepting our ignorance is a portal to deeper awareness – and just maybe, a way forth in connecting to an innately deeper level of understanding life.

193. Is it possible that how we approach another person, or a conversation or interaction has an enormous impact on that interaction? So, if we approach a child with the attitude, or energy of them being less wise because of their age, then this is what we experience and ‘create’ in our interaction. We have set the situation up with our energy before anything is said and put limits and boundaries on that interaction with our perceptions of them. I find this to be true consistently. There is joy in knowing the absolute equalness we have with others and it allows them to be just who they are without any imposition from us. For me, this is the future of true relationships where we understand the impact our perceptions have on each other and have the opportunity to choose again to know the other as our equal instead.

194. What is it about responsibility that we seek to avoid so intently? There are little signs of our avoidance everywhere we look, if we are aware of the fact. It seems that there is a ‘when no one else is looking, I can do whatever I like’ attitude, just in little ways that mean things like another person has to pick up after you, or do the washing up, or take the rubbish out etc. But why do we take such pleasure in avoiding responsibility when in truth it is the thing that connects us to our power? It’s as if we feel an intense pressure to be responsible when others are looking and then when we are alone, we release the pressure valve by being irresponsible. But why we do so is worth working on in my view because to be responsible is….well, it’s our responsibility!

195. This is brilliant Dianne. There is such a confining consciousness that encourages us to define, measure and judge ourselves and others by our physicality. Yet our physical bodies do not define the agelessness of our Soul, as we continue to return to learn, grow and evolve through the bodies we move in. When we embrace this awareness and all that this means, we then can meet another in honor of their essence, appreciate and be blessed by the Soulful wisdom that resides equally within all, physically young and old.

196. “I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age.” – I have to agree here Diane – all too often I tend to see adults acting like teenagers. This is rather sad to realise, because when we look at these adults, we cannot help but know and feel the potential they carry yet seem to be denying themselves and everyone else around them. What will it take for us all to actually embrace our responsibility and realise that how we are in every day not only affects us but all those around us? One of the problems with adults acting like teens is that this also sets a role modelling that then perpetuates the same behaviour.
     However, not all is doom and gloom for there are adults who have also embraced their wisdom and of course we also have those that are true elders, that not only have embraced their wisdom but they live that wisdom and also know deeply that they hold a purpose in their old age – that this purpose is to remind and reflect to all their choices of self respect, self care and dignity and warmth, and finally, responsibility.

197. This is such an amazing proposal you are making here Dianne and it would serve to solve a lot of problems we currently have in the world, such as the elderly checking out as they are not appreciated and honoured and think they have lost their value and the youth lacking the elderly guidance thinking they can do what they want without understanding the consequences and therefore acting very irresponsible.

198. I’m seeing it as more and more important to look to those who are older and learn from them. As generations we should be helping each other to not have a division between us and them.

199. The greatest wisdom is often found in the very young and the very old – the very young because they have yet to be corrupted by the imposition of society, and the very old, because they have the opportunity to reflect on a life lived.

200. Understanding and accepting reincarnation makes so much sense of the world in so many ways and it is a great point you make here, Dianne. In truth there is no difference between us whatever our age and so all should be treated with the same equal respect no matter how young or old someone is.

201. I often see how society celebrates and condones ‘teenage’ energy that champions irresponsibility under the guise of freedom and self-discovery when actually it imprisons us in a cycle of self-serving antics. What a wonderful blog reminding me of the wisdom and gift elder energy delivers us and that it is accessible to us all irrespective of age.

202. an excellent blog Dianne that says no matter what age, we all have equal access to the wisdom that lives within.

203. It feels to me is that we are constantly looking for opportunities to hide away from the wisdom we in fact have lived and have access to – I am too young, too old… whatever – making it impossible to claim and live who we truly are in full, and letting the system run its own agenda, only to come out battered enough not to remember what life was all about. If we could bring the truth of re-incarnation to the foreground, the parenting and education would be so different.

204. No matter what our age we all have a lot to give and offer each other. To dismiss anyone based on how they look, ie. age, gender, clothes, weight etc.. is to dismiss a reflection of God.

205. Offering equality and respect to everyone is such a fundamental approach to life. Thank you Dianne for highlighting this point in the context of our elderly, our children and reincarnation.

206. As I read this Dianne, I am so aware of how our seeking of individualism has destroyed many of the natural cycles of life which are there to support our society but because of this we have lost many of the true connections with ourselves and communities. This is reflected in how we treat older people and children in today’s society.

207. What I love about re-incarnation is that it offers us this amazing feeling of interconnectedness with everyone of all ages. We have all lived before and experienced many different things, that is the beauty of connecting equally with everyone because you never know what you will learn and discover from one connection to the next.

208. Responsibility is such a powerful awareness, and with it comes a maturity that can be in both young and old.

209. We miss so much when we put people into boxes based on an image we have. Great to remember that wisdom may come equally through the young and the aged.

210. Part of the problem with the western world is that is has forgotten the potential wisdom of both its elderly and its very young, and so our society has instead become enshrined in the stubborn ways of those caught in the middle – old enough to be burnt by the harshness of life, but not yet old enough to know what is truly important.

211. I have observed beautiful and very natural connections between older people in aged care facilities and school children when I have been working in residential care settings. There is a great understanding and respect between both generations that can be sadly lacking elsewhere in our society. We can learn lots from both our children and our older people.

212. “I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age.” – Dianne this is so true, it is like so many of us fight the growing up process!
     Recently I have been doing a bit of travel and several times I have come across the national football teams travelling on the plane together. Now I know a lot of people look up to these teams and the men that make up the teams, but I was somewhat bemused to see that almost all of the men in the team acted and felt like boys and not men. Their bodies may have been physically developed and muscular, but that was the only indicator or maturity. Most of the ‘boys’ walked around chewing gum and holding their iPhones in their hands, with large headphones on their heads, and acting like big children. They were herded around by the team coach so seemed to be asked no responsibility. This was a little disconcerting to see because of the role model that they are portraying to young and impressionable youth. They give the picture that to ‘grow up’ means not taking responsibility and acting like a big child. This is not the only situation where this is happening, but it was an example that really stood out to me and goes in line with what you have shared here Diane about people denying and not appreciating the natural wisdom and maturity that we can bring to ourselves and those around us.

213. Reincarnation brings with it a huge responsibility along with respect and equality amongst humanity. After all we don’t know what wisdom anyone has brought through from past lives to share with us and us with them. The responsibility we hold is to express all of us in this life and pass over as clear as we can so we can bring an even greater level of love and connection through in our expression next time around.

214. The understanding about life and people that I have come to know through Universal Medicine presentations has been priceless beyond measure. As you have shared, it is a gorgeous foundation to have and one that supports you to observe and allow the chaos and confusion of life to unfold and yet be able to remain relatively untouched by it, knowing it has a meaning and purpose even when it eludes you.

215. ‘Elderly ‘ people and children have a lot in common and it’s not surprising that grandchildren and their grandparents usually have such a great relationship. There are some Old Peoples Homes, or Care Homes, in the UK that have started bringing young children in to visit the elderly. It has been reported that both parties are benefiting significantly from this experiment.

216. “I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age.” I totally agree with you Dianne, I know myself I did not embrace being a women or stopped being the little girl until I was 31 and this is because I came across Universal Medicine and then gradually started to take responsibility for myself and the way I had been living instead of always looking outside for answers and blame.

217. There are two groups of people we tend to ignore in life – the old and the young. Both have much to share and yet we write them off as though they have no voice – and to our own detriment. Every voice deserves to be treasured for the lived wisdom it has to impart. Of course, the problem that complicates this simple sentiment is that for many of us, our voice is not our own, but rather a product of our upbringing and the ideals and beliefs we have been sold about who we think we need to be.

218. Dianne – I totally agree with what you share here. The fact is, there is endless wisdom offered in that of a newborn and that of an elder.
     I look now at my father (in his 70’s) holding my newborn baby and in that, there is so much joy.
     We tend to alienate the elderly – but what a gift if we were to mix them with the young. They have so much to offer each other and the elderly come to life when they are with the youth. As if they have reconnected to purpose. It is just gorgeous and really shows how we all have a purpose no matter what life stage we are at.

219. We really do have to change the way we relate to the different generations in our community… Until as the society we feel the absolute equality between us all we are simply engendering continual dysfunction.

220. I don’t know if we appreciate just how insightful our children are. Equally, we do not take the time to learn from our elders. Life is simply too busy to notice such little details.

221. Isn’t this why the school system seem so out of date. They base their whole philosophy on the children having to learn because they don’t know anything yet, when that is such a retarded way of looking at it. And could this be why so many children struggle and opt out, because the are not met with love and respect for who they are and what they innately already know? In the past knowledge and wisdom was something that was known to be inherent and just needed to be drawn or inspired out of the individual, not that it has to be put in there like the ‘black box’ thinking, where one is to be considered empty of knowledge unless the so called void is filled with something.

222. When we understand reincarnation, we understand that we have all had many lives, and from those lived experiences there is much wisdom that can be drawn on, and shared with others.

223. When we infantilize children we disempower them and unfortunately it’s something we can tend to do with older folk as well and in doing so we miss out on an enormous amount of lived wisdom.

224. Understanding the fact of reincarnation, brings a respect and equality to us. By knowing that fact, no matter the age, gender, profession or social status the person has been may things before and is by choice where they are at today but still an equal as a spirit, soul in reincarnation and son of god of course.

225. “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” So absolutely true Dianne and unfortunately the “normal” way of parenting.

226. To hold a child less is not true mothering energy it is an emotional form of neediness that uses the mother role for its own identification. Dianne from what you describe here you have been and are a true mother who knows that we are all equal and that it is about responsibility and not identification. Your knowing and livingness of true motherhood is what the world needs.

227. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go”. I love this sentence Dianne, what a world it would be if this sentiment was taken to heart and lived on a day-to-day basis, awesome.

228. Dianne the only thing I wanted to do after I read your revealing blog is: “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.”

229. Wisdom is not a trait defined by age.

230. Elders are a living experience of history. We, as I count myself into this group now are a pool of lived experiences. We bring history to life. Reincarnation brings this wisdom back with us, but we start the way we finished, and we are treated like we are too young to know.

231. Beautifully shared Dianne. A subject that needed to be talked about. When I really think(feel) about it my most special moments with others was when we connected and appreciated each other totally. Age, Gender, race or ability played no part in it.

232. Life is perpetually going around in circles. We are born, we grow up, we become teenagers, adults and then old age sets in, the body dies and we begin all over again. If we’re not truly met as a child or have the reflection of a true elder, then it is not surprising that we have to spend years, sometimes lifetimes ‘painfully re-finding’, or re-claiming our own elder energy. But it is possible to break the cycle and make the choice to re-claim our own elder energy, but as I have found, it is only possible if you have a role model, or reflection, in our own lives who can show us the way, and that role model for me is Serge Benhayon, a true elder who meets everyone in his path with all the fullness that is he is, and if there were more role models like this then the world would return to a true way of being and there would be no more divisions between people, whatever age or stage of life they are in.

233. Do we automatically become wise simply because we have become older? We may have had a lot of experiences in life, but what have we learnt through those experiences or even have we learnt and gained a deeper understanding of life from those experiences? Like you Dianne I have seen very young people who are very wise for their age, supposedly. So it makes sense that we do actually start talking about reincarnation and what it’s purpose is, as is the purpose of life. For when we begin to understand this we will begin to interact with life in a whole different way and begin to make choices in life that will not only grow ourselves as people but grow others at the same time.

234. Thank you Dianne! Understanding the presentations on Reincarnation By Serge Benhayon has been life changing. Although it is a little hard to imagine sometimes, but we have all been here many times before. It certainly becomes strong when we see youth express the wisdom of an elder and make choices which are wise beyond their years. This certainly changes the way generations relate to each other, all generations can be seen in an equal light and each generation can offer something, but there is not necessarily a structure of ‘older then wiser’ as it is believed today.

235. It’s been great to remember that my grand children have lived many lifetimes, bringing their own wisdom to all they interact with. In stark contrast to when my own children were young and I knew nothing about reincarnation.

236. Changing the way we treat both children and elders would be a game- changer for society. Offering respect and equality for all, yes indeed.

237. Totally Brendan, it is a self-condemning exercise to dismiss and ignore our elder members of the society as we are creating an isolating and separative non-community, missing out on the richness that we each have to offer the other – and that we then fear that isolation even more as old age approaches. While it is the responsibility for each of us to hold connection and appreciate that within ourselves, living that responsibility naturally extends to encompass all others regardless of age, race, gender, ill-health. And this is the reflection that all can feel and start to connect to within themselves.

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239. I love the fact that you also don’t have to be your older years to bring an elder energy and it is just about living you in full with no attachment and reflecting this to others.

     1. Very true Fransisco, my 8 year old daughter speaks amazing pearls of wisdom at times that is far beyond her years.

240. Thank you Dianne for such awesome insights in the way to parent children, this is huge and so needed for all to understand the importance of treating children with a level of equality and responsibility to us all.

241. I love the reminder that eight year olds have lived many lifetimes and have much wisdom to share

242. Just the other day I was on a workshop at an event and I paired up with a elder. It was such a beautiful experience as I looked into her eyes and could feel her gorgeous essence, the magic and wisdom inner eyes. You could feel the grace and wisdom she brings through her connection. It was a blessings have paired up with her.

243. Revisiting this blog reveals in me such a deep knowing of the truth of reincarnation. Accepting this truth funds a level of equalness that feels absolute that transforms relationships and is felt at least on some level by others when I meet them. It is a very ‘big gift’, to myself and to others – a wonderful way to relate – and that means so much.

244. There is a beautiful example in this blog of what can happen when we remove our judgements of others energetically. We remove our imposing shackles and allow them to express who they are. We open our hearts to hear the wisdom innate in everyone. Not that we are powerless victims of the judgements of others, but unless we are aware of the fact, we can allow such judgements to have a controlling affect on us. To drop these judgements is a very loving act both for ourselves and for the other.

245. I love your words here Dianne about meeting children in a way that lets you be you and lets them be them. For me it is a way of being that simply honours children, and anyone for that matter, just for who they are, breaking down many unnecessary barriers related to age in this instance, but can equally apply to other things too like race, nationality, religion et al. It is a very loving way to be.

246. What a beautiful blog Dianne, I totally agree that ‘offering respect and equality right from the get-go’ is the way forward. We all have so much to share and to bring. The more we truly celebrate each other the more confidence we have within ourselves to shine and to be all of who we are. And then age does not matter as we can all connect to the same wisdom.

247. Great social commentary on the fact that society is stuck in an age-range time warp, in the teenage years, unwilling to take full responsibility for and commitment to life for fear of rendering it restrictive, dull and boring. What we fail to realise as a society is that this teenage phase we’re in isn’t a perpetual one. It is time bound and sooner or later we get to choose the kind of adult we become. Seems society has collectively forgotten that our experience of adult life is our choice to make and what is currently on offer merely one of many choices.

248. Everywhere in society you see people clinging on to their youth, as if growing old were something dis-graceful, yet we cannot defeat age. Accepting the grace, wisdom and yes beauty that comes with aging is powerful sign of appreciation of one’s elder years.

249. When we truly understand reincarnation we understand that we have the wisdom of all those lives lived.

     1. Yes Sally, we carry with us all the wisdom from all our previous lives at all times and all that is required is for us is to let go of images we have taken of ourselves and what life should look like and trust the all-knowingness that is there.

250. Treating each person with respect and the care and love we would want for ourselves is a great recipe for life. Elder energy is so valuable and precious and certainly a treasure worth nurturing.

251. Yes appreciating on the inside us very important.

252. I agree there’s little foundation in society that incorporates a belief that young children have innate wisdom. It’s like we require and put upon them to be lesser from the get-go. An appreciation of reincarnation changes all that and creates a level of humility and equality across all age groups, without judgment, without superiority or inferiority. In this way, each can learn from the other, regardless of age or position in the life cycle.

253. No having children has never felt like a big deal to me and in fact has allowed me to see how there is much parenting to be done, with each other. I feel we all have a responsibility to be parents and to allow ourselves be parented at times, completely aside from any biological relationship or societal demands. There is a field of great wisdom that can work through any of us if we choose to align and allow it to express and to deny this because of temporary factors like the age of the other person is to miss out on the ever present opportunity to evolve ever more, back to who we truly are.

254. I was raised in a Christian family but I have always felt the truth in the fact of reincarnation. It makes sense to me and it is one of those knowings that is just held in my body like a grand ‘Yes! this is true’. I have no doubt at all that we are Soul-full beings, ageless in our essence and that this essence carries through into each new life we embody.

255. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” At this point in time Dianne your words could not be more poignant.

256. Each person has a part of them that is ageless, I love it when an elder can offer support with out the judgement and with understanding. As I mature myself I can feel the need for that understanding to develop as it is a great way to connect and let people in, and I am coming to understand how beautiful and complex people are.

257. I love what you write hear about equality with a child and acknowledging them for their many lives lived -their different genders, many societal roles and occupations they played. How awesome if our current education incorporated this wise way of seeing.

258. This is a great blog, confirming that we are all actually equally wise from the moment we take our first breath. As we have lived so many times before. To have this understanding brings a responsibility to not live less than we are. As I know I still live most of the time, from the presumption that I am just a young one who doesn’t need to be as responsible… This is indeed a big illusion.

259. We are so focused on age that we always want to know each other’s age. Why is that and what does it matter how old or young somebody is? Why not look in somebody’s eyes and just connect with their soul and wisdom?

260. Wisdom is indeed not connected to age, choosing to connect to this wisdom that is within us from a young age does support us all in living life as it is supposed to be lived.

261. what an extraordinarily wonderful thing to say… That children can grow up not losing their innate elder wisdom, the ramifications are quite profound and would radically and wonderfully effect the way we parent in general.

262. And we could have the same honour for babies, too – accepting that they are wise beyond their tiny body, then parenting becomes not about imposing ideals and beliefs.

     1. Absolutely Fumiyo babies are wise beyond their tiny bodies and seeing and relating our children for the wise young people they are and nurturing their clairsentience from the time they are born they can grow up with their elder energy and be free to share the richness of the deep wisdom they bring through openly with humanity. as adults we need to let go of parenting from our ideals and beliefs.

263. I would add Brendan appreciating ourselves on the inside as well as appreciating all the phases in life that we will pass through in a lifetime.

     1. So true Sally, the quality we live with is far more important than the age we are. When I was young I wanted to be older and I see older people wanting to be younger – both are the same and miss the joy in appreciating where we are. The more we do this and consider our quality, our energetic state of being 1st, then the less importance we will place on age.

264. Yes this would be incredible giving the younger ones space to show us who they are and what they bring. Such an empowering way to be brought up and if this really was embraced I am sure the violence, abuse and the youths environments would be completely different. No need to rebel as they are given the respect that they are already knowing. The elder can share their wisdom and then the next generation can be supported to be steady and strong in who they are.

265. The more I express from my elder wisdom, the more youthful I feel, the more love and respect I have for the wisdom of our little people.

266. We often speak down to children and even speak to other adults like a child as a way to protect ourselves and maintain control of any situation. It’s one of the most common ways that we have shut out love and not shown who we really are in all our power and wisdom.

     1. Agree Danielle, as you say it is a way of keeping the other child or person contained so that we are not threatened by the possible power of their expression. I feel why we do this to children is because they often reveal our momentums, inconsistencies, where we are being hypocritical and most importantly where we have given up on love and truth.

        1. Yes it’s all a game to try and avoid being exposed that we are in the game and not actually living who we truly are, instead playing a lessor version. There are whole consciousnesses, cultures, religions, politics, education and more who play this game of putting groups of people down, attempting to control them and attempting to hold the upper hand, so nobody can come forth and reflect that there may be another way.

267. Wisdom is not biased according to our age; it is available to all of us, all of the time.

     1. Wise words Fiona – evidence of what you express in fact. 🙂

268. “I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age.” This is so true and revealing to me. I would say that up until a couple of years ago I was still very much in that ‘teenage’ energy ( I am 36 now). This could be seen in the clothes I wore, the way I spoke, and my lack of commitment to so many things, especially work. However, through the inspiration of Universal Medicine, and through connecting to what is truly me, that ‘teenagerness’ has dissapated and behind it has left a strong beautiful woman who shows commitment to life and has more confidence in what she does. No longer does she hide away! This woman has never felt more truly herself than ever before 🙂

269. The natural expression of the wisdom of children is often squashed as they grow up, both by society and family. Children are sensitive little sponges and shut down to fit in and belong. Growing up in a serious family where fun or expressions were not allowed I feel I managed to hold on to the wisdom I brought through with me, but had to keep it a secret and never express, and as a result I felt like I had shriveled up and died inside.

270. Ha ha love it Brendan, so true.

271. That sounds like a great world to me, Brendan, and one I wished for from a very young age! The ‘inside’ reference just brought to mind something analogous about health – the difference between the outside appearance and the inside reality, which can be the reverse of the ‘youthful health and beauty’ equation. It’s to do with extreme exercise and the damage it does inside the body. It was found that even quite young and incredibly fit ‘healthy’ athletes had a level of free-radical ageing in their tissues that sets them up for health problems like heart attacks at an unusually young age. I knew personally of a 40 year old, healthy-looking, super-fit, ‘never-been-to-a-doctor’ surfer who dropped dead on the beach of a massive heart attack right after his contest. So yes, judging people by surface or outside appearances does not necessarily give us the truth of what’s below!

272. Thank you Dianne for an extremely powerful blog, bringing reincarnation in to our understanding in our interactions with all age groups, with the wisdom, grace, and equality it brings.

273. Dianne a beautiful reminder that we all equally have an important part to play in every stage of life and therefore it is our responsibility to live every stage ourselves in full and honour and appreciate others in theirs.

274. This is great, Dianne. I totally agree with what you have expressed here and I too toally grasp reincarnation. When I see young men and women around me at Universal Medicine presentations with so much wisdom and love embodying their own power, it is totally awe inspiring and I have often wondered how many lives they have lived and if in fact, they are actually older than me.

275. Wisdom is not bound to age, it is related to the way one lives, and the experience of that lived life/lives brought to every moment

     1. And the fact that regardless of age that we can, and do, make choices which then in turn results in our experiences, that then we are either wiser from or need to repeat a few times (if not hundreds) before we are wiser, means that age really doesn’t mean all that much when it comes to wisdom.

        1. I agree – no matter your age you have made choices and have had experience of life, and when we are treated as though we matter, no matter our age, it is very confidence boosting.

     2. Beautifully said Rebecca. The hidden treasure and illusion of elders can also be applied equally to young people. Considering there is a constant cycle to life, people return to be born again with all their lived experiences and the wisdom they have previously lived and shared as elders.

        1. I agree Vicky – it is why our elders should be supported in their passing so as to come back to their wisdom and love as a child, and why children need to be supported to as to grow up to the same as an elder

     3. So true Rebecca, wisdom is not a timeline, it is spherical in nature. Anyone, regardless of age can connect to an inner well of wisdom and express from there.

        1. Well said Jenny – it is amazing to watch and listen to someone express their wisdom

     4. Spot on Rebecca.

276. When we bring Re-incarnation into the equation it brings a whole new perspective to our relationships. Whatever age we are we all have eons of experience and wisdom to draw on if we choose, and it’s very humbling to imagine that a six year old could possibly have been our elder in a former life.

     1. I agree Heather and how much there is to honour within ourselves and each other no matter what age.

     2. Heather that is totally spot on if we understand that we have had many lives before us and will do coming then it really doesn’t matter the hierarchy of age in this life. The wisdom and lived lives experienced is the rich wealth that we can share with each other. This is the only reasoning for how I knew certain things that there is no way that myself or parents could explain.

        1. Absolutely Natalie, it is “the wisdom and lived lives experienced is the rich wealth we can share with each other “, this is why we are skilled in different things and things come naturally to many, because of past lived experiences.

     3. Yes it turns it all on its head really. It is very humbling to think that we are all equal and have much to offer this world.

     4. Agreed Heather it is very humbling to know that one life is not it but rather part of a much larger plan. We all hold a knowing that is timeless and universal.

     5. I agree Heather – and that humbleness is beautiful to experience.

     6. Re-incarnation makes sense, and brings a sense of responsibility into play. If we take what we are into our next life, let it be with a greater awareness and deeper love.

277. Once we are connected to the truth of reincarnation it changes the whole landscape and connects us to the bigger picture of Life, the Universe and beyond in its vastness and intelligence: so many of the seeming anomalies of human life now become clear. With this perspective we can look upon the human life span as a whole, part of the continuum of other lives. How much easier it is then to see children as beings who have lived before and are now just at one stage of life in immature bodies, as are elders who are in another phase and both equally offer the wisdom they carry within them if they are given the space and support to express in this way. I agree with Dianne if we allowed this to express freely in children and took heed of their wise words, it would be a wisdom they would never lose touch with and they would grow into adults and elders where wisdom expressed was the norm and we would have a much profounder society.

     1. Beautifully and powerfully said, Josephine. And I totally agree with you. With reincarnation, we get to understand the absolute equalness of all people – how age, as well as gender, race, nationality etc. are really meaningless labels when it comes to self-identification, as we all are held within this evolutionary cycle the Universe and beyond governs – whatever our individual choice might be, the cycle itself is evolutionary. So, aging cannot be accepted as an excuse for writing off of oneself and withdrawing from life.

     2. I love what you have said Josephine and the more we can live with this knowing and nurture it in others the more harmony we will have and the more life will make sense. No matter what age we are we can all access the same wisdom. The more we nurture this in ourselves and in others the more we will get to see and understand life by. We are each a part of the one big jigsaw puzzle and to see the whole picture we need each and every one of us.

278. It is possible for us all to connect to the wisdom that lies within us, but if we don’t express it and hold it back no one gets to hear it. Children have a wealth of wisdom and when they express it, it comes with such an innocence and honesty. The more we allow, and don’t suppress children to express what they feel, the more we get to hear their wisdom. Elder energy is inside us all no matter what age we are.

279. Wisdom is an energetic choice, and so the ‘elder energy’ is something that can be experienced what ever the age. As people grow older in age, they do for sure have something to share about what life has meant for them. We miss something deeply supportive and illuminating in life by ignoring this and also not expressing it.

280. We all have the potential to be elders not matter what our age this life. By honouring the wisdom of our children we will nurture them to respect people of all ages. The fact of reincarnation has made it easy for me to understand why people of any age can express the most profound wisdom.

281. Great wisdom lies within each and every one of us regardless of age. I have always known and felt this wisdom within me especially when I was a child but held it back by shutting down my expression until now. It is so natural for us to share our wisdom; it brings about so much joy in my body every time I express it.

282. When we hear comments, simple truths and honesty that children naturally express with, it certainly shows how age is no barrier to wisdom and indicates the possibility that there is more to this one life

283. ‘I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age. In truth, as many people have lately been pointing out in blog comments, we can have elder energy at any age.’ I really like what you have said here about most of our populations holding a ‘teenage energy’ … it’s quite true, most of us expecting everything for nothing and feeling the world owes us.

284. This is brilliant. By not embracing the true understanding of what reincarnation is, we behave as if we can get away with irresponsibility, and we ignore each other’s deep, inherent wisdom. Children reflect what we innately are by simply being themselves, and this can be a painful reflection for adults of who they also naturally are but have chosen not to live somewhere along the line. Makes me wonder jealousy might be at play when adults try to control and treat children as less.

285. To live alongside children and be humble enough to see their innate wisdom is like a key back to the fact that we all have it. I learn a huge amount alongside the children in my life – a relinquishing of arrogance and the re-emergence of humility is one of the things that is powerful beyond words.

286. It really is a sad thing that we try and hold on to our youth through any means possible when wisdom and good health right up to the day we pass over is only down to the choices we make.

287. The wisdom of children is immense and can come from a great depth. I have had incredible and mature conversations with young children about relationships, responsibility and healing all started by themselves. Would this depth of wisdom and experience then not go to show that reincarnation is part of our natural evolution, rather than simply being born, dying and that’s it.

288. Could it be that we so often ignore or avoid what older people are sharing as we sense in it something that is asking us to take our responsibility and live accordingly?

289. Choose not to take responsibility is summed up with many of us “driven by the fear that if they step up into responsibility and commitment, life will become ‘restrictive, dull and boring’ ” There is such a focus on “freedom” in the world that we have misunderstood the fact that this means being more responsible and not less responsible.

290. This is a great sharing Dianne! On my second read I find much more that resonates with me, especially learning to accept and respect that all of us no matter what age have the Elder energy with in us but quite often, due only to lack of awareness, we have that stifled when we are young. Beautiful and inspired sharing thank you Dianne.

291. So much wisdom in your words Dianne. This is so apparent in society and so heart breaking really that people in general do not feel accepted or able to bring what is naturally within them. You nailed it for me with kids being treated as kids rather than small people waiting to be big people.

292. You bring great insights into this conversation about the young and the old and the somewhere in between Dianne. I love this line – ” Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.”. As I look around and see the “youth terrorising our streets” front page articles and the deafening silence around our elder people, and then think about how long this has been going on for, there needs to be a new way of thinking around how do we all live equally and in respect of each other. Your blog offers a new way.

293. I’m sure sometimes we ignore the older people in our communities not just to ignore the wisdom they may be bringing but also to ignore the lack of presence that can be there. Maybe we don’t want to stop and really see the rising rates of dementia and truly ask what is going on? Because then we would have to look at how we all are living.

294. Dianne, reading your blog I started feeling the immense responsibility we have to embrace our Elder energy and share it with all. I am also feeling how remiss I have been in withholding my Elder energy and the wisdom of my experience from others for various false fears and beliefs. No more! Time to flaunt this Elder Wisdom unapologetically!

295. Why is it that as a general rule we have a supremacist attitude to the young and the elderly? Is it because we know, or assume, that they cannot look after themselves like we can? There is a big belief that we know better when in truth this might not be the case at all. When we give the very young and the elderly a chance they have so much to give, to share and for us to learn from.

296. This is beautiful Dianne to read and feel the true respect and honouring of both the elderly and elderly energy and that of all children in the world . We cannot do this with out the true understanding and knowing of reincarnation and the responsibility and respect this brings to us all. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” this is a beautiful way to start living more honouring in our life and society as a whole.

297. Wow Dianne that was an absolute joy to read your shake up blog. I love it very much that you put the factor of reincarnation into the equation. For me it made so much sense as it is “changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” We are wondering why our world gets more “childish” and critizise the loose the of taking responsibility and deny the fact that we are the ones who are causing this “problems” by ignoring that there is a reincarnation. Thank you Dianne to not hold back to write about it in such a clear and easy way.

298. As we grow older there seems to be an expectation that we will be more serious when really wisdom can be presented in a fun light hearted way. Just have a chat with child the wisdom they often present naturally is priceless.

299. I remember feeling devastated as a child when adults dismissed what I felt and expressed. The ‘seen and not heard’ mentality is alive and well today and I see it in the public arena constantly. When we treat children as though they are irresponsible and unruly they certainly respond in kind. It is wonderful to know I can have a true relationship with another human being of any age by simply connecting to the age old wisdom we all carry inside from lifetimes of lived experience.

300. How true Dianne,

     Many are clinging onto their youth afraid of the ageing process. Seemingly wanted the world to confirm they still have it and are ok. And yes what we all miss out on then is the great wisdom and learning that they provide to us. The nurturing aspect that so many are yearning for in their lives.

301. “….they’ve probably “seen it all and done it all” themselves and understand what’s going on for you.” This is so true of people in their later years. Why do we not value this more and make the use of their understanding and guidance? All too often they are simply dismissed for being stupid, senile or behind the times. Wisdom is timeless and invaluable. We need to be open to listening and embracing what they have to offer.

302. The factors of reincarnation embrace our responsibility to all people of all ages, we know children have knowledge beyond their years, and we can respect the elder energy and wisdom that everyone can bring at anytime. It changes all relationships hugely with this way of being.

303. ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.
     Thus children can grow up in their elder energy and never have to lose it and painfully re-find it as so many of us current older adults have had to do’ Yes Dianne, living truly as we should be.

304. Dianne yet another amazing blog. All your blogs have so much wisdom and great learning. Feeling the equality with all people whether young or old has been a difficult one for me as I believed that if I am older I should know more. But knowing and understanding that we all have great wisdom within no matter the age leads me on a pathway of acceptance, Love and appreciation for what any person/child expresses.

305. I love this blog Dianne. I too was one of those people that essentially ignored older people, which is a horrible thing to admit. Since my work with Universal Medicine I most definitely have a respect for elder energy now. I also have a tremendous respect for the elder energy in young people !

306. Thank you Dianne for a really beautiful blog, I love the wisdom and grace with which you impart your elder energy to us all.

307. It is true, if I really allow myself to feel it, the qualities of elders are inside of me. That’s good to remember in situations where life seems to be overwhelming. When I reconnect to the fact, that I know everything about this situation, have lived it hundreds of times, then I can just take responsibility and move on.

308. I really agree Brendan and I really appreciate all the older people in my life as well.

309. So many things in here I agree with, I work within the Youth Services Area and the amount of disregard and language used towards older people is very alarming. The amount of denigrating things that are used to continue to pull those with the wisdom down is used any which way. I bumped into some ‘older’ Indigenous people as well and feel that there was a level of truth in the understanding of eldership, so commonly discussed within the communities, but this elder had little to say that was not sleazy and did not feel ‘off’ to me. It was incredibly ‘off putting’ and gave me a real sense of dis-ease with trusting elders. There is a responsibility for elders to have an open relationship with the young as well. And this is not happening so much within our communities.

310. ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.’ – Beautifully said Dianne, how disempowering for elders or children to feel they don’t have a voice or are respected for the wisdom they carry within – everyone misses out.

311. “In truth, as many people have lately been pointing out in blog comments, we can have elder energy at any age.” Yes, I so agree – age often has nothing to do with elder energy. Younger people can have it and some old people never have it. Accepting who we truly are, appreciating ourselves and feeling the stillness and joy within all contribute to wisdom at any age.

     1. Yes Sueq2012, when you meet younger people who exhibit elder energy, maturity and wisdom beyond their numerical age, it can be inspiring to some and yet can equally raise disturbance in others for their choices made.

312. I totally agree Dianne with what you have written here. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.”

313. So if we can express wisdom and elder energy at any time, why is it easier for those who are more elderly? As elders, could it be there is a grace and stillness which comes from having less activity in their lives and time to sit and ponder; space to consider they are a party to a greater cycle of life. And this space and stillness providing them access also to many other wisdoms of the world. So, just as we can access and express the wisdom at any time, so too we can access the space, grace and stillness at any time. My life has changed dramatically and my quality of life so enhanced by understandings from Universal Medicine and Esoteric Yoga that bringing stillness into my daily actions, connects me to myself, to God and to the Universal Wisdom which surrounds me at all times.

314. One of the many things that came up for me which I felt deeply when reading this awesome article is responsibility and irresponsibility. I am becoming very aware at the moment of the irresponsibility I have felt all through my life in the form of not wishing to access my wisdom, not wishing to stand out and share this with the world, to keep saying things like, ‘I wander when I will feel like I have grown up?’ – That ‘growing up’ feeling is the feeling of lack of irresponsibility. What I love about your article is that we can speak the world’s wisdom at any age, we can be responsible at any age. Or we can choose to stay quiet, hide and not want to understand what the greater cycle of life and purpose really is.

     1. Brilliant ginadunlop. I know I have kept responsibility at arm’s length as something that I will have when I grow up…

        At 48 the futility and irresponsibility of this is unavoidable! So, in reining back the avoidance I am actually coming to feel the incredible-ness of responsibility and what an inspiration it is to live.

        1. Awesome Matilda. I too have loved deepening my awareness with responsibility. If it wobbles, someone in my day usually reflects back to me the impact my irresponsibility has on all those around me. It is actually quite mind-blowing; we all play an incredible role. It takes me immediately out of ‘self’ and supports me to continue to step-up and be fully responsible to bring all that is needed, to the best of my ability.

        2. Beautiful Matilda, me too!! I have never felt the true meaning of the word purpose as much as I do today.

     2. That’s a great point that I really relate to also ginadunlop.
        It’s easy for me to keep playing the game of not claiming the wisdom, authority, care, leadership, and depth I have to offer the world – a world that really needs us to offer ourselves in full right now as we are really not in such a great place.

        1. Yes Simon, too easy isn’t it? And what has been reflected to me as I am becoming aware of when I dip in and out of responsibility is the reflection of what happens to those around me – they can dip when I dip. To claim ourselves and stand out in our glory is a wonderful journey each person in this world will eventually travel.

315. When we treat our children as less, we will cement them in ” a deep, insidious form of training to be NOT ONLY not themselves, but also not in the wisdom and grace of elder energy that is innately within all children, as in everyone.”

316. You raise so many great points Diane which open up our perspective on how we relate to one another, and for me pertinently as a parent. The understanding of reincarnation changing how we view everyone, understanding we have all had many, many lives.
     The point of elder energy, “offering infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are”. And so in relating to children …”This awareness imparts an equality that can be felt and sensed by the child, who then is free to express their elder wisdom and grace, which is part of who they have always been.” I have previously, and sometimes lapse into ‘I told you so’ energy, and ” arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” A lot to ponder on and apply to our expression with others and our way of thinking with all our relationships!

317. It will be phenomenal when children will grow up in their connection and reflect that throughout their whole lives to everyone they meet into their elder years until their death. The more we all do this, the more humanity will understand we can all treat each other with respect, dignity and love throughout our whole life and future lives.

     1. gillrandall, once what you have outlined has been adopted in society it will transform dramatically as people will begin to remember just how enormously powerful we are when united as one brotherhood. That day will come.

318. The key to truly understanding age is reincarnation. For then age matters little, as we begin to realise the greater cycle of life to which we belong. Death becomes but a new beginning, and birth represents the death of a different kind, depending on which side of the fence you are sitting. From such understanding, we would redefine what it truly means to be “an elder”, and we would treat the aged with much greater care, knowing that they actually represent our future as much as our children will, for they will in time be our children’s children.

     1. Absolutely Adam, the key to understanding age is reincarnation. This is what I felt when I read this article and could be some of the answer to the questions posed at the beginning of why we don’t want to see them – perhaps we don’t wish to be reminded or know about our responsibility with reincarnation and the ‘greater cycle of life to which we belong.’

        1. It certainly changes our outlook vastly when we consider the possibility of reincarnation; it brings a huge difference to all our perceptions and challenges our responsibilities so greatly as you rightly mention Gina. Reincarnation makes elder energy much less related to our age but more to our long held patterns of behaviour.

        2. Well said Stephen G – I love how you share this – “Reincarnation makes elder energy much less related to our age but more to our long held patterns of behaviour”

     2. Adam what you have so beautifully expressed here is the truth and understanding from which we all need to see ourselves and life. Reincarnation changes our perspective on everything, bringing an awareness of the cycle of life and death. When we realise we have all lived so many lives and experienced much age matters little. We will all return in time to be our children’s children’s children and we are all our future, knowing this, treating everyone with love and care is imperative.

        1. So beautifully summarised Rosemary, this is the circle of life, that we will be our children’s children and in knowing this, if we all had this awareness, treating everyone with the love and care that we all deserve would be a very different story. Alas, it is not quite like this at the moment, but those who are aware, bring love and care to all regardless.

     3. Superbly stated Adam… “we would redefine what it truly means to be “an elder”, and we would treat the aged with much greater care, knowing that they actually represent our future as much as our children will, for they will in time be our children’s children”… This statement can redefine the way aged care is viewed and managed.

        1. Absolutely johannebrown17, the aged care sector has become a dumping ground for our elders who hold within the knowing and love of the newborn – I am sure when I seen an elderly person hold a newborn, I see them recognise each other!

     4. Absolutely spot on Adam. This not only allows for the realisation of the wisdom in the aged, but also that at whatever age we are at we all have the lived wisdom of our past life experience, and thus have an enormous treasure trove to draw upon at whatever age we are at. Therefore we are able to draw on the wisdom of an elder at any age. The saying “from the mouths of babes” makes much more sense now!

     5. I love what you are sharing here ,Adam. When we really start appreciating the huge cycle of life and death rather than seeing it as a beginning and an end, we can then start treating people of all ages equally and with the same love and appreciation of what they bring. We have all been there before and we are going back that way again!

     6. Very very true Adam, by denying reincarnation or by not allowing us to understand it in full we limit us to a very narrow way of living. A way of living that hurts and restricts to a point that we give up, retract and live a life that does not make sense at all but makes us believe that we have to achieve and keep going.

     7. One young boy came up to me a few weeks ago when my hand was sore and said, I have magic hands, I can heal that for you, and he did. I asked him do you do that often, his reply, no only when needed. If this is not true wisdom from a being much older and wiser than his years and proof or reincarnation then I don’t know what is.

        1. Great example Gyl. The other day I read a blog in an online news forum that had been written by an 18 year old. Her understanding on the issue at hand was profound, yet it was amazing how many people in the comments section refused to accept what she was saying purely from the point of view of the fact that she was “too young to understand.”

        2. How lovely Gyllianrae.

     8. A young girl shared with me how she loves being in a relationship but does not want there to be any issues with the boy’s friends. There was so much care and understanding of other people, but also of herself. Again wisdom and understanding way beyond her years. This was not a conversation with a little girl, but a wise woman. What if we were to have discussions with children as our equals, rather then assume they know less, would it then expose the truth of reincarnation and rock the blind or numb comfort we may be in?

     9. Reincarnation does show the meaning of our ages and cycles differently. I feel that it also reflects an importance of the later stages of our lives, in our older years, as it is these in which we can begin to prepare for our next incarnation. Not a stage of life to lived or valued any less than all others before it or after.

     10. This is Absolutely spot on Adam and when I look at the way I have lived and considered the elders in the world I can see that this understanding and all encompassing approach is vital for us all. Reincarnation for me was not a hard one to get my head around as it is something that I simply just know to be true and have felt in different moments along this life that I am re-living something that I all ready know. What I absolutely love is the fact that when you know this you can’t avoid responsibility at all, because it will have an enormous impact in your life and everyones whether that is in this one or ones to come. We are paving our way with the choices we are making.

319. I am reminded regularly about the wisdom our children hold within, and recently it has been my seven year old granddaughter who has been blowing me away with her insight, especially on the walks we have been taking together. The other day we were walking around the park and we got to talking about what it feels like to be alone and without hesitation she said. “But you are never alone when you’re in your heart”. The truth of that statement stopped me in my tracks, but she just kept on walking; to her, she had said nothing special, just what she knows to be true.

     1. Yes Ingrid, it is so beautiful to watch and listen to our children and to not be surprised to what they come out with! They say it as it is because it is natural to them and then they simply get on with what they are doing. I love encouraging my three children when they come out with wise words… as a parent it teaches me humility because the words haven’t come from me or my husband!

320. Yes Dianne, I have also noticed that there are some who cling onto the ‘things’ to the very end. These being cars, houses, jewelry and youth and never letting go. It is what has become an extension of who they are rather than allowing their graceful wisdom to shine. At the end of the day we can’t take things with us.

321. This article is brilliant Dianne and really exposes how we treat our elders in society – I can feel how everything seems to be about being young – adverts, magazines, rarely do you see images of older people in the media. It feels like getting older is somehow shameful, rather than a completely natural part of human life, it’s great to have this discussion and to really look at how we feel about getting older and how we treat the elders in our society.

     1. Rebecca I totally agree, it is bizarre that we don’t want to include the Elder in our lives and embrace the Wisdom that they can share with us. I have had some incredible moments where I just stop and have a chat with an elderly person and it doesn’t even matter what we talk about it simply is just being with them that leaves you both feeling super supported. It is crazy how we don’t want to be a part of this, and keep this distance which could otherwise be extremely powerful for all.

     2. I agree Rebecca, it’s such a shame that our society does not embrace our elders. I love being around elderly people… they have so much to offer and as Natalie says, no words need be spoken but simply being in their company is enough.

     3. I agree, this article exposes the images we have all being conditioned to take on about what it is getting older as a way of being less when in actual fact being in our elder years comes with a lot of responsibility and honouring to share the deeper lived wisdom within us all.

322. As we grow up we are encouraged to dismiss our feelings and conform to what suits our parents or guardians. We either acquiesce or rebel. There are very few children who remain true to themselves and that is because they are not held in true love that supports this or they do not allow themselves to feel it.

     1. Yes, elainearthey, most of the children go away from their natural connection to their power and love in order to please their parents. How different would it be if we would encourage our children to trust in their natural power.

        1. Parenting is a huge job in the sense that whatever true support we can offer our children it will have a huge impact on the future of our society, including whether it will truly evolve.

     2. On the other hand elainearthey. I feel how as parents we can be too sympathetic with our children and give in to their needs instead of feeling what is needed and true. We create young people who are used to living in the centre of attention and who have experienced the right to do whatever they want, choosing the irresponsible behaviour Dianne it speaking of.

        1. Yes, Annelies van Haastrecht, I see this too and there does seem to be a trend in society that shows this is happening. Doesn’t it keep coming back to our ability to know”what is needed and true” ?

        2. I agree Annelies. As parents we can give in to our children’s needs too easily, either to keep the peace or because we have something that needs doing. Whatever the reason, giving in to our children only creates a forever cycle of events and situations that prevent us from evolving. As a parent of three children I have not mastered this yet but I am ready to ask myself as to why I am not choosing responsibility and to address what is getting in the way of having a true relationship with each one of them that is based on true love and not from a need.

323. To care for our elders can be such a rewarding and deep loving action as when they are more close to death they are more close to their souls. It can be beautiful to see that some of them are changing their behaviours and thoughts, they become more loving in these last months. In the elder care places the intimacy with elders often gets lost due to work loath of the staff. This is a huge lack for the elders but also for the staff.

     1. As I work in the elder care I can relate to what you are saying Kerstin​salzer15​, the work lo​ad​ is very high and the pressure to work on time is always there. It is quite a challenge to stay connected with myself and the elders I care for and to not go in autopilot because there is so much to do in a small amount of time. I need to be constantly aware to make it about people and not about what I have to do. On the other hand a lot of the elder​s in this world are in a state of giving up and many haven’t got the energy and the awareness to stand up to a loveless treatment. They are used to it and find it normal. As it is not​, we ​as a society are robbing ourselves from an amazing wisdom and grace our elder​s​ (can) bring.

324. We can receive so much wisdom from our elders and I felt this over the weekend visiting my grandpa. They have a real gentle wisdom around them that truly melts my heart. What this also showed me is that we all carry this wisdom within no matter what our age is. It really is about recognising and connecting with all equally to allow their own wisdom to blossom.

     1. True connection without expectation allows the wisdom to blossom! This is something that I know I have not mastered but am realising more and more how vital it is to allow the other person to share who they are with me!

     2. That is beautiful what you say Kelly – the Elders in our society have lived amazing lives and still have their wisdom to offer whatever their age. By respecting them with dignity we are honouring all of humanity. And as you say wisdom is not the sole territory of the old – I have found amazing wisdom in many who are so much younger – and what wisdom they will hold for us all in eternity.

        1. Yes Susan I couldn’t agree more. I have met many people of all age groups that have blow me away with such juicy wisdom. If we are open to all that’s when the magic of connection opens up. Everyone has a beautiful story to share.

     3. Yes Kelly, beautifully said and by letting go of the arrogance around the expectations of another by allowing, accepting and having understanding, brings about great wisdom in another… it is indeed beautiful to observe.

        1. Absolutely Caroline, ‘by letting go of the arrogance around the expectations of another by allowing, accepting and having understanding, brings about great wisdom in another’.

325. I could feel when reading what you share Diane that, not only is the natural elder wisdom squashed from children, but the playfulness and natural joy is also very often lost as well. So as we grow up we are missing two key essences of who we innately are. No wonder people feel lost and confused and go to all sorts of activities to fill the gap created by the disconnect to these essential foundational qualities that are our unique expression. Nothing that we bring in from the mental knowledge, activity stimulation or suppression can fill the gap – nothing fits and many people are discovering this. What is the perfect fit is what is still actually there, we just need to choose it for ourselves.

     1. Great observation Sandra – yes the playfulness and naturalness which is there with young children and elders but lost somewhere in between. Both essential indeed.

     2. You have exposed something so carefully hidden, Sandra. We puff up the value of youthfulness far beyond its due, and as a result diminish the treasure that being an elder brings to our lives. Living like this is like living with only acknowledging a part of ourselves, and the rest. It is a recipe for dysfunction and breakdown.

        1. I agree Naren, ‘We puff up the value of youthfulness far beyond its due, and as a result diminish the treasure that being an elder brings to our lives.’

     3. Somehow society has confused growing up and growing serious, there are few outlets for adults to express their natural playfulness. Instead distraction is sought in various ways. Sport is a biggie, either switching off by watching, taking sides, willing your team to win, or pushing the body to its limits by playing. Is it really playful to get drunk (if you win or lose), or damage your body by trying to be quicker, stronger, more determined than the others. Life has become about competitiveness, to be prettier, have the best body, be the best cook, have the most fashionable home, drive the coolest car. So let’s be playful, decorate that old banger, enjoy the mismatched furniture, appreciate whatever shape our beautiful bodies are, and the simple food prepared lovingly that we eat, wear frog wellies and purple hats, be daft, just for the fun – and joy- of being able to.

        1. Awesome sharing Catherine. Getting older. As you age a certain way of living within society expects certain behaviours. Yes bring on the playfulness, ‘decorate that old banger’, bring on the fun and soon joy will be a constant. The young and old offer so much equally so – no more putting age into boxes, setting limitations.

     4. Well said Sandra.

     5. Oh Sandra this command speaks right form my heart as I agree that playfulness and joy are often lost because of becoming a “serious” adult. Therefore life in general and work in general are not playful and joyful as it could be. I am a joyful person and at my workplace I am like a beautiful sunrise in the morning. In the beginning my colleagues react aggressive against me but now they miss me if I am not there because they too felt that a bit playfulness and joy made a whole day so much lighter and also less stressful.

        1. Yes, I can relate with this, I know I am naturally playful and joyful but have allowed myself to become serious to such an extent that it is now hard to let this natural playfulness out at all times, even though I prefer being playful. I welcome and enjoy your playfulness and joy Ester.

     6. Yes Sandra I agree “… not only is the natural elder wisdom squashed from children, but the playfulness and natural joy is also very often lost as well”. I can remember feeling lonely, confused and certainly not joyful when I was a child but this has changed. There is so much more joy in my life because I have made a choice to take responsibility to have it in my life and so worth while this is.

326. The world would be so much better of if we would allow ourselves to be inspired from day 1 by anyone we meet. What if we would be the generation that lived this Wisdom, or start to live this Wisdom. And that our young and elderly people would benefit from this. So they will inspire the next generation. Slowly and slowly we would built a life based on love, equality and inspiration, rather than control, individualism and hardness.

     1. This Wisdom was lived in ancient times, and is certainly something we all have the opportunity to re-connect to again in the current generation. I for one am up for building “a life based on love, equality and inspiration, rather than control, individualism and hardness”!

327. Someone said to me recently but how do you know there is reincarnation – life simply does not make sense to me without it.

328. It is so beautiful to watch younger children playing with the elder generation – the age gap is completely set aside and both inspire each other as they play and share. It made me stop and feel when does the sharing/playing stop and the separation of the two ages get pulled apart, in most cases I’ve seen the older generation get put aside (possibly choosing for themselves) and they withdraw back from life. But, equally I’ve witnessed and experienced the younger generation being treated as lesser. Absolutely Dianne – Let’s give ourselves and all of humanity a big gift changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, We are after all on this big journey together.

329. Totally true, we raise kids for them to go into teenager energy and swim and swim there. As they do, they learn to look for that energy and this is the energy they also attract. In the name of what is ‘natural’ (kids going through this), we discount the bigger picture (one with reincarnation and evolution in it). In this way, what gets normalised as being natural is not really it.

330. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” Hear, hear Dianna this need to be said as the way we treat ‘OUR’ Elders in particular when they get to the last years of life is totally disregarding and in many cases down right abusive, shoving them into Old peoples homes, where they are treated like lesser beings, and live the last years of their lives checking out numbing their body’s with medications and TV, seen as nuisance and a problem to be dealt with, rather than honored and respected for the love and wisdom they offer, should anyone take the time to stop and talk to them, from our incessantly busy life’s.

331. A beautiful reminder Dianne to relate to children with equality and not treat them as lesser, to be open to receive the innate wisdom they have, knowing they like us have been around for many life times and carry within them the same wisdom and intelligence, and are often closer to this and love than we are.

332. “I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age.” This is a very true and interesting observation Dianna
     This is what we are fed by magazines and the media, and what the population is choosing retaining youth and a selfish, irresponsible and carefree way of living, but is it really serving us and fulfilling or just an empty existence of seeking endless pursuits outside of ourselves in desperation to fill the empty void we feel inside, could connecting to the Elder energy and wisdom within us all give us something we are incessantly searching for?

333. “ They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are. After all they’ve probably “seen it all and done it all” themselves and understand what’s going on for you.” The infinite patience, understanding and acceptance that an Elder has is a holding love, that is so grand it holds us with no judgment just a knowing of the love that we are, however far we have strayed from that love and gone astray, their love just holds us, this is heavenly to feel and be held in.

334. There a great wisdom, beauty and grace in our elders, as they have often lived and experienced what is we are going through the challenges and dilemmas that present in all our lives. The wisdom of years and experience should certainly not be discarded, but I have also found this ‘Elder wisdom’, in people under half my age, a knowing and clarity that they have lived and are now imparting to me.

335. Great questions Brendan, considering that people didn’t use to live like this. We respected the wisdom of our elder and valued their guidance.

336. Exactly Dianne, as you say “Thus children can grow up in their elder energy and never have to lose it and painfully re-find it as so many of us current older adults have had to do.” How different would the next generation be able to life when the foundation that is there within them is treasured and acknowledged and can blossom and evolve this time around.

337. If we took full and true responsibility for bringing up our children then they would respect us in our old age. Being raised in an emotionally dysfunctional family I grew to disrespect my parents. Looking back I can now see my mother said a whole lot of things that made very good sense, but I rejected them because of the energy they were delivered in. If we do not meet our children with respect, honesty and love, then they will mirror that back to us as we grow older. Respect the young and they will respect the old, and respect the old and they will respect the young. Serge Benhayon is showing us how possible this is. It is only if I can love and respect myself that I can be fully open to others, whatever age.

338. It is so important for us to have respect and understanding for all phases of life. The elder years are just a phase like any other. Respect and understanding for each other in humanity is a good place to start.

     1. Indeed Rebecca, and this respect and understanding starts with loving ourselves for just being the amazing person that we all are. From there we will find it most natural to approach others with the same respect and understanding.

        1. I agree Rebecca and Michael, as we love and accept ourself, from their we can love, respect and understand elders and younger kids. With the true connection of love within us we can connect to that love in others with the respect and understanding.

        2. Well said Michael Kremer. Yes it must all start with self-love and spring forth from this most fertile of soils.

339. Dianne I am constantly amazed at the deep wisdom that our elders (what ever age this life) bring to the fold. What I’ve also noticed is that when speaking with that true elder wisdom it has nothing to do with what we have learned at school or been taught but rather an all encompassing appreciation and understanding of life.

340. What a cruel notion that we discard older members of society for those with the glow of youth, all so the advertising industry can nurture another thorn in the side of humanity by gettijg us to believe we are not enough and need to buy more products. How easily we allow ourselves to be fooled that there could ever be anything wrong about us at any age.

     1. It is indeed a cruel notion how we in our western society discard older members. We do not revere them, honour them, ensure they are kept involved and alert, part of the fabric of what we make up in our communities. We do the opposite, stick them in old peoples homes, allow them to wittle away, not truly caring how they live. There is much to do in this space, so much improvement is needed.

341. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.”-
     Yes, I agree, when we come from our inner heart and express, beautiful hidden pearls of wisdom can emerge when we least expect it, straight from our source- God.

342. I think it’s great to blast the myth out of the water that wisdom is something that only comes with age. It’s simply not true, some of the wisest people I know are young adults, teenagers and children. This is not to discount the wisdom that older people can bring as well, just great to show how it is not exclusive to them. We all have access to wisdom just depending on how we choose to live.

343. I often say to my secondary school students that I am equal to you and I share that I learn an enormous amount about life and relationships. This is possible as I am being open to learning from students and don’t feel my age or title makes me better than them. It is hard for them to fathom an adult saying this as they haven’t heard this said to them before. I loved when you wrote, ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial. I see this all the time as a teacher. When you treat young people as an equal and empower them to trust they know the answers they begin to get involved more in life and not choose to use their age as a cop out for taking responsibility.

344. Every age symbolically stands for some energetic expressions – like innocent toddlers, realizing teenagers, wise elders….All of those qualities are also lying in all of us, waiting to become activated and getting alive. Avoiding or ignoring them is avoiding our own truth and power of expression.

     1. it seems quite convenient that we have shut down elder energy when they bring such wisdom, truth and accountability.

        1. And so uncomfortable as well! Because by choosing against responsibility and wisdom (what we can not really avoid) – we just give ourselves a very hard time…it is a fight we can not win, but get exhausted with.

        2. So this is not a wise choice – but how could we choose wise when we avoid our elder energy and want to stay responsible?

345. Thank you Diane – as you say ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.’ I am on board and have started to look at children in a different way that honours the wisdom of who they have been rather than what age they are right now. No I didn’t believe in reincarnation before, but as I have connected more and more to my body and understood that there is no way I have just been able to think up or learn something – I realise that some of the things I do come from how I have been in the past – and it is fascinating how this plays out. I am open to reincarnation now and the wisdom of a child who does not need to be treated differently just because of their age or size.

346. Dianne when I read your question ‘it would be interesting to do a detective job on why we at any age choose ‘childish’ irresponsibility over the elder wisdom and grace that is available to all, and is even present in babies and young children’ it came to mind that the majority of people, particularly in Western cultures are not aware of the absolute jewel in the crown of elder energy. I was one of those people. I was under the illusion that youth was the most enjoyable and desired part of our lives and that nothing really happened after that. It is only now that I can feel what is starting to stir in me now as I approach 50 and it is a tangible depth that far out ways any of the attractions of youth.

347. By treating our children as less and our elders too, we miss out the wisdom we could equally share amongst us all, we all would be able to step up and see what life is truly about, there would be absolute responsibility and oneness. As for now we stay in this cycle of ignorance and tolerance of unresponsible behaviour that leads us to comfortably staying in what we think life is instead of starting to live from the knowing we all have in our bodies. Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine has opened my eyes to this wisdom of every cycle in life and beyond.

     1. That is so true Annelies, if we stay in this ignorance and tolerance of irresponsible behaviour we are missing out on many aspects in life. Remaining in the teenage energy, not accepting lifer for what it is, in fact resisting to be part of life and to take responsibility in it leaves us all segregated from all the stages in life there are to be lived. As I see it allowing only one phase of live to rule all is one of the aspects that is bring the devastation in many as they are not respected and appreciated for who the are in their stage of life. Honouring all of these stages instead will bring us together and will enrich our life with all the wisdom that will become available from there.

348. ‘They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are. After all they’ve probably “seen it all and done it all” themselves and understand what’s going on for you.’
     It’s very easy to forget all the crazy things we’ve done in our youth …… this comment really hit home with me today as I reread your article, Dianne. I love how you’ve reminded me of the importance to step back and allow people to be who they are, particularly when others are making choices we may not ‘like’, nevertheless, it’s their choice and it will bring some learning that they may or may not take on board. It’s very easy to forget all the crazy things we’ve done in our youth …… this is where the understanding comes in, to remind ourselves that we have been there too and also made some very unloving choices of our own.

349. Beautifully said Dianne ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go. Thus children can grow up in their elder energy and never have to lose it and painfully re-find it as so many of us current older adults have had to do.’

     1. What a gift it would be Jenny. If we all chose to not speak in a baby voice to young children and dismiss their power and knowledge and if we respected the wisdom of our elders and held on to our wisdom from one life to the next we would rapidly speed up our evolution.

350. When our elder respect and appreciate themselves this is exactly what they reflect to future generations. Respecting our elders and treasuring their wisdom comes from the loving of themselves and others, they raised us with.

     1. I agree Margaret, respecting and appreciating ourselves as we age guarantees a new generation of people who can live the wisdom within themselves and reflect that back to others regardless of age.

351. “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” This statement is absolute GOLD.

     1. Agree Rebecca, it holds the answer to a lot of behaviours in children, that we as adults would prefer not to have to deal with, yet it is often because of our own behaviours that they manifest.

        1. Exactly, as parents, we often create the monster within through our controlling behaviour which isn’t meeting, appreciating and loving the amazing person within, rather imposing a series of expectations to be met. Maybe ‘tantrums’ are children expressing their frustration at not being seen for who they are.

352. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” How would the world be if we offered AND didn’t settle for anything less than respect and appreciation for all equally ?

353. It is humbling to consider what we don’t know about life, about ourselves and about our Universe. How arrogant we can become about the little that we believe we do know and hold on to that knowledge, ignoring the possibility that one new discovery, like the truth of reincarnation, could change everything in an instant. Over the past 5 years I have met some incredibly wise people of all ages. Wisdom does not seem to be related to age in particular but more in honouring an inner connection to that wisdom that is then encouraged to be expressed outwardly. It seems to me that we must re-evaluate our attitudes to age, for if we dismiss our young and fail to listen to our elders, we may end up with a very narrow band of those we do listen to, aged 44, who may just be having a mid life crisis…

354. Physical age is but the surface, our inner knowing and wisdom is always with.

355. Wisdom does not come from age, but from living what we feel as the truth from deep inside of us: our inner knowing.

356. What has been presented here is a gateway to so much understanding of relationships and the cycle of lives and how much we are missing out on when we categorise certain ages as better or worse. There are many labels and cliches that diminish whole age groups: ‘tantrum toddlers’, ‘over the hill’, ‘terrible teens’ – all the while, when their usage is allowed to perpetuate, limiting and dishonouring each other as we all go through these ages widely stigmatised. I, for one, saw, through the eyes of the world, the shortcomings of childhood, felt the burden of my inexperience on others and decided to be a grown up, shunning all the natural wisdom, playfulness and joy I knew innately, to fit in with the landscape. We are all diminished when we modify ourselves to fit in like this, missing out on the magic of ours and each others natural expression and wisdom whatever our age.

357. Respecting each person as having their own wisdom and experience makes a huge difference in an interaction. I know the difference I feel when I am talking to someone who seems to think they know better than me about my life or life in general and who wants to give me endless advice and someone who respects that I have wisdom and a deep knowing and who meets me as equal. I know who I would rather spend time with and not because I am unchallenged but because that second person asks me to reach into that knowing and step up whereas the first person seems to think I still need someone from the outside to save me.

358. Yes Dianne, it seems our culture fosters, encourages and worships irresponsibility, by putting individual achievement above love and harmony with others. We dull down the elder wisdom of our children because we don’t want them to show us up. The wisest people I have met (young or old) are those that value themselves and their communities, there are few of these role models but they stand out and influence many.

     1. ‘The wisest people I have met (young or old) are those that value themselves and their communities, there are few of these role models but they stand out and influence many.’
        Well said, Bernard. There are also those who share an absolute gem purely for the benefit of another, not to draw attention to themselves or to look ‘good’, rather, their wisdom is loving shared, tailored to that particular person in that particular moment. Some of these gems I have experienced have come from very young people, young in years, old in wisdom and humility.

359. In most of history and in many cultures Elders where the ones that held the wisdom and the community. I have always wondered how this could not be so in our modern western society and see it as a great arrogance and ignorance to side track those who walked the road before us and could teach us to not waste time, energy and resources on the same mistakes already made.

360. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” Hear hear Dianne!

361. I find it very curious how we have made the mastery of temporal skills the basis for a sense of moral and intellectual superiority. This shows no regard for the quality of the person themselves, who they are as a being, and is used to justify and, at times, tyrannise, both the young and the old. And yet it is such a miniscule measure of who we are – this makes no sense and cannot withstand logical scrutiny.

362. I have observed that hanging onto the phase- that- is -younger than- you -are mindset, Dianne, and I completely agree that we have created generations of teenagers who resist the truth of what life is about and our innate and quite wondrous responsibility. The grace and wisdom of Elder Energy, to which you refer so beautifully, is consistently rejected in our world – I feel because it does embody that natural sense of joy filled responsibility. As you say, reincarnation is a great equaliser in relationships in this equation. It does feel very pertinent to question what is behind our rejection of Elder energy.

363. The more we understand and admit to the fact that we as humans are reduced in our awareness compared to our awareness as immortal beings, we will also understand that we not only deny the wisdom of the elders but the wisdom of us as timeless beings, i.e. our all-knowingness and hence absolute responsibility. It is only by reducing awareness that we can be ignorant of the fact that we are interrelated and forever responsible for our effect on the whole.

     1. So true Alex – we deny our own wisdom. But with our wisdom it is the same like with our responsibility – we can deny it for a while but not abolish. And truth we ignore has to come back to us till we’ve got it, till we take what is given to us and serve, because we are just a part of a bigger picture and hold by those who still express the truth, love, harmony and joy we are all original coming from. We give ourselves a hard time to come back…just because we want to avoid responsibility.

        1. Basically saying we are stuck with truth, if we like it or not. Only question is how long we manage to be ignorant to the fact?

        2. Hihi. When I first realized this lifetime my responsibility in life I did nearly spring back to avoid it again. ‘Oh so much responsibility – run Sandra’ but then I saw that my responsibility is to express the love and joy I am. Hmmm…not such a bad job I would say. In fact all our ‘managing’ to ignore, avoid and deny who we are and responsible for, is the burden that is so hard to carry/live.

     2. The classic theme of the forces of light and darkness could be also called the battle of awareness versus irresponsibility, although it is only irresponsibility fighting to avoid awareness at all cost.

     3. Yes Alex, the more we understand that life is about cycles and that we come back again and again , the more we cannot deny that we have a lived wisdom within all of us and that aging is just a process of the human body.

364. To embrace elder energy equals embracing the responsibility to be of service to others, a role model sharing one´s living experience in a continuous process of development no matter what age we are. We are one and the same in an never ending cycle of evolution and it is up to everyone to understand the responsibility we have to contribute and support each other in that unfoldment. This is independent of our human age as we are immortal beings before and after we are incarnated as mortal humans.

     1. True Alex Braun, if we embrace that fact, that we are immortal beings before we are human beings, the whole purpose of our being here on this planet will change. It simply does not make sense then to only live for self.

     2. Responsibility is key here Alex and that is what many of us humans want to avoid feeling and claiming. What is needed is role models that being responsible for your part in the whole is very fulfilling, energising and joyful. There is a strong consciousness at play that tells us the opposite of that truth.

     3. So true Alex we have a responsibility to those around us (no matter what age we are) to learn and grow, share what we have learnt, and to learn from others.

        1. Isn´t that utterly beautiful, that we forever evolve together and only together as one back to the brotherhood we come from. Earth is a school and It is the ultimate way of learning: To develop that what you already are by letting go of what you are not but have chosen to be by living what you are going back to.

365. Gosh, I love this : “hanging onto being irresponsible, reactive against parents and authorities, self-centered, wanting to do their own fun thing without having to consider others, avoiding commitment to relationships, work and life, all driven by the fear that if they step up into responsibility and commitment, life will become ‘restrictive, dull and boring’ (which can only be true if you make it so).” We as a society have the tendency to stay in the ‘teenager-state-of being’ for muuuuch longer as it is good for us or anyone. Even the teenagers have not to practice that…. I really had to learn to take responsibility and the joy of being committed – in my thirties and forties! And I am still learning here. It should be deeply pondered on and studied why we avoid the wisdom and treasure of elder energy – what do we really avoid here? I say we avoid true evolving, avoiding letting go of control. Our creations are more to us then our truth – till now. But the pull to who we truly are – as a part of a bigger picture – is strong and not really avoidable. Thats because w are so unhappy, unharmonious, depressed and ill – always looking for something else or ‘More’ to fulfill us and our empty lives. Thereby we are sitting on our treasure-box – ignoring it…. Time to see what we’ve got and learn to honor it.

     1. I see that, Sandra – that the teenage mindset is all about resisting the natural inner call of evolution. We respond, collectively, with a petulant sense of rebellion and forsake our own Love and inner Beauty.

        1. It is interesting,coleen24, I have been asking myself the question ‘if I had been introduced to Universal Medicine when I was a teenager, would I have still resisted my own love with petulant rebelliousness, or would I have wholeheartedly chosen my gorgeous self and embraced all that I am. I honestly don’t know. I know how I hope I would have responded, but I can’t possibly know with certainty. Given that we DO all know the truth, whether we choose to accept this or not, suggests that I still would have behaved in the same way.

        2. Ah yes, the age old rebellion against our very own Love and inner Beauty. You have to admit, it does highlight an enormous stubbornness we seem to carry when it comes to doing things that are actually healthy for us.

     2. ‘Our creations are more to us than our truth’ – very wise Sandra Schneider, something worth pondering very deeply.

        1. Indeed richardmills363. The reality is we are very attached to our creations even when we say we’re not.

     3. Yes Sandra, laying the blame further afield helps us find a great reason for shirking responsibility. I had my fair share of that as a teenager. I certainly did not want to take responsibility in life.
        Although sometimes a challenge, embracing life an all that goes with it is the most beautiful, awesome and rewarding experience. I would not exchange the riches it brings for the world.

        1. That is awesome Jenny “Although sometimes a challenge, embracing life and all that goes with it is the most beautiful, awesome and rewarding experience. I would not exchange the riches it brings for the world.” – and it is key here to begin to see us as a part of a whole. Life is not about me, me,me – it is about us and the world, it is about me as part of the whole. Who I am and how I express has an impact on the world. I count! As soon I see and embrace this truth, taking responsibility is no longer a burden but a graceful gift from heaven.

     4. ‘avoiding commitment to relationships, work and life, all driven by the fear that if they step up into responsibility and commitment, life will become ‘restrictive, dull and boring’’ …. this is the classic teenager, wanting to keep all options open avoiding commitment, or if it is made it can be very tenuous. The dread of becoming ‘dull and boring’ like your parents! However, ask any teenager, after a big night out, how they feel, truthfully. Do they feel vibrant and joyful, or are they feeling empty and already looking for the next buzz to pick them up. Their fun comes in peaks and waves, in the downtime many are feeling the lack of love from the disconnection to their lovely selves, which is what drives them to find constant stimulation from outside of themselves.

     5. This is so true Sandra and that line stood out for me too. Why is it that we want to stay so self centred and, reactive, irresponsible? We as a society do tend to stay in the ‘teenager tendencies’, adults all the time I am interacting with or working with have these character traits and it is a challenge. I think you are onto something about how little people are truly committed to life. Really loving what they do, how they live, love their relationships they have in life. As result of the fact they don’t, there is a despondency that is carried. I can relate, as I used to feel this way too. I no longer do, but it has been through dedication and commitment of myself and a willingness to truly feel where I wasn’t or had not been willing to commit to life.

366. Returning to your awesome sharing again today Dianne and reading “They also offered infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are” I did not appreciate it at the time but one of my grandparents was a constant support for me during difficult times in my own home when I was young. Looking back in reflection what an amazing person, seeking no rewards just being an amazing light offering me that much needed support, my pathway was laid clear for me to keep expressing/sharing with no interference but to be there still making my own choices. Being a grandparent myself now I now fully appreciate the supporting (elder) role that I’m choosing now within my own growing family. Appreciation is what I’m feeling. Thank you Dianne.

367. To see our elderly people as treasures is a powerful and confirming shift – beyond human decency to value, respect and love for humanity…along with a dose of reality as we all continue our own cycle towards the time we too are elders. Let’s make those shifts and lay new foundations.

     1. I agree matildaclark, if we were able to appreciate our elders the huge change would be in ourselves to firstly appreciate ourselves and step into responsibility. And with this foundation a shift can occur in our elders concerning that they are eventually able to appreciate themselves and perhaps as a consequence not so many are choosing dementia to escape.

     2. I agree Matildaclark, it is arrogant to live as we do – as though we will never die – not only does it abuse our body, but it leads us to ignore those who’s lives are drawing to a close.

     3. Maybe this ‘giving up’ energy also comes from people living for so long in disconnection to themselves, rather living through the lives of others, such as children, which is so completely exhausting. Then when their children move on, the person is left rattling around in their empty shell feeling like there is nothing much left for them in life, their world is feeling very empty ….. which it is, because they are not in it. They’re chosen not to bring the gorgeousness of themselves.

     4. Yes it is such an important shift to make. So often we dismiss the elderly but we are all living treasures that are worth truly caring for, appreciating and respecting. Just because we have more years on the clock does not automatically assign us to the scrape yard, we have to remember we have years of living experience to share.

     5. Great points you make here Doug and matildaclark. We are going to be the elders that treasure ourselves and start this new trend. It has already begun, and the young that we are role model to, whether they are our children or not, need to know that they too are the most precious treasures, so that they grow with this and value every phase of their lives.

368. I have no idea where I first heard of the word reincarnation it certainly wasn’t from my family of origin but I have always known it to be true and wondered why people sometimes looked at me strange when I spoke of reincarnation not knowing others thought anything different. As I grew up I learnt by others reactions not to talk about it. I have often just known stuff and had strong feeling that I know some people very well when I meet them.

     1. Me too, Margaret. None of my family of origin believed in reincarnation, or my own family now, but it’s always been as clear to me as breathing. It’s the only thing that ever made sense to me as to why we are here and where we go when we die. We are here to learn and evolve, then when we die we come back to learn and evolve some more, or not, in which case we drop down a few classes and the whole process takes a bit longer.

369. I love this sharing Dianne and your own wonderful elder energy that you share with us all. We all have so much to offer if we let go of the feelings many of us have of inadequacy and low self worth. If we could all share from our inner heart what a wonderful world it would be.

370. When I was super young I shared a room with my Pa. In the whole entire house this was the place I felt settled; it was one of my go to places; the other place, an old lady a few houses down the street. If you couldn’t find me that’s were I’d be, in her big arm chair, just talking..

     1. I love the essence here of feeling settled…and held…in the energy of our Father. Very beautiful.

     2. How wonderful that you had these “elders” that shared their space and a feeling of being safe, where you could just be and talk. I could actually see and feel you as a little girl sitting in a big armchair chatting away……beautiful!

371. The other handy thing about not having chosen to be a mother is that it allows you to also see when children are coming more from their often very active spirits rather than their souls. This is also a time when children can display a know-how beyond their years! And to which their parents can be blind. The parent-child relationship can be romanticised as much as any other, a point at which true love, and the discipline that is often required to support children to be all of who they are, can fly out the door. If we understood ourselves less as parents and more as people entrusted with raising others to be in their full responsibility as human beings, and came at parenting with less emotion and need, this task would be easier.

     1. Exactly, Victoria, and that’s when we have the teenagers raising the premature teenagers! Often adults won’t discipline behaviours which are the ones they themselves still engage with. I see it often in education.

     2. Victoria I think that is a stunning point that you raise ‘If we understood ourselves less as parents and more as people entrusted with raising others to be in their full responsibility as human beings and came at parenting with less emotion and need, this task would be easier’. If it were possible then we would have a very different world in a couple of generations, however as it is most of the worlds population is lumbering around lugging a suitcase of hurts packed by their own parents !

     3. ‘If we understood ourselves less as parents and more as people entrusted with raising others to be in their full responsibility as human beings, and come at parenting with less emotion and need, this task would be easier.’ This is gold, Victoria. It would also allow us to care for all, with an equalness.

     4. Great points you make her Victoria. The parent child relationship is often romanticised and that’s where we as parents get into difficulty, because the images we are fed don’t match up to the reality of being a parent. Working in education, I increasingly come into contact with parents who do not want to discipline their kids for fear of not being liked by them. This is a big emotional need that gets in the way of what real parenting is.

372. Grandparents, grandchildren… what about grand people? There is something grand in us all, if we choose it (and even if we don’t).

     1. I like your spin on the words Victoria, “Grand People”, that we are.

     2. Love it Victoria. ‘Grand’ has a very different meaning now when we address grandparents and grandchildren.

     3. Haha, I love it Victoria – lets be grand in whatever age we are!

     4. Grand people – so gorgeous Victoria and a great reminder that wisdom and truth can be expressed at any age.

     5. Awesome Victoria – yes, Grand People, perfectly said.

     6. I love that too, yes it puts a completely different spin on the meaning and use of the word, “grand”

     7. Spectacular Victoria.
        Imagine a world full of people living the “grand” ness of being.

        1. I love the notion of us all being ‘grand’ as that is what we all are – as well as being wise and wonderful. It has an endearing quality when you are a grandparent so let’s all enjoy that aspect of ourselves and our grandness.

373. There is great equalness in embracing the wisdom inherent in us all, whatever our age, and this is to be celebrated. Conversely, there are cultural and societal ideals that privilege the views of older people based simply on their longevity. Similarly, we can place more emphasis on what our children say and do than might be warranted at times. At either end of the age spectrum (and at every point in between) it is necessary to discern the quality of that which is being presented by any individual regardless of age. Is it the soul or the spirit running the show?

374. Often when the subject of reincarnation comes up, people who don’t believe in it will say “So how do you explain our ever-growing population?”. It is then we need to take the next step, to understanding life on the human plane is not the only plane of existence. There are vast worlds of beings waiting to step into human life to commence their own return to God and the all that is.

     1. Victoria, as I read your words about “vast worlds waiting to step into human life to commence their own return to God and all that is”, I felt myself expand and the eternal flow of particles circulating and evolving. This feels like it is what an elder understands and lives, letting go of all the little emotional attachments and mini doings of life and living it within the greater rhythms of the whole universe, the body of God. Understanding what the human plane is, and its purpose, is the key to allowing ourselves to be free of its complications and abuses and live the simplicity of the elder.

        1. Beautifully said joanchristinecalder, there is unbridled power in such a person. Even to look into the eyes of a true elder is a call to wake up.

     2. I always thought how strange it was how some people were closed to reincarnation. Life makes absolutely no sense without it and perfect sense with it.

        1. Exactly Dean, it just doesn’t make sense. Especially considering that everyone has re-incarnated many times before… they are choosing to not remember. Maybe they don’t want to accept the responsibility for their past actions and how they are behaving in this life, so they can absolve themselves from any consequences of their actions.

        2. I agree Dean, life makes absolutely no sense at all without the truth of reincarnation.

        3. It’s a serious problem that much of the world does not acknowledge the fact of reincarnation and this ignorance has made room for highly irresponsible living on our planet. Also, there is a clear difference between the Soul and the Spirit. But because this fact too is widely misunderstood (if understood at all) almost everything we experience in life is missing a fundamental element of the whole – the reincarnating spirit.
           Take modern child psychology as one simple example. This field is generally based on what a child experiences throughout childhood, the influence of their parents and extended family, physiological and psychological factors and perhaps a look at genetic predisposition and family culture / race to then assess how all of these factors put together affect the overall development of that child.
           But at no point does it include a thorough reading and understanding of how the reincarnating spirit (the child) attracts specific life circumstances which are there by divine design to offer an opportunity to heal specific unresolved issues that have been carried over from previous life or lives.
           Reincarnation is not a fanciful eastern fiction or spiritual new age concept. Reincarnation is a science, one that has been with us since the start of human life… and even before that.

        4. Great comment Dean, there is little I need to say as you have expressed my feelings and my understading of reincarnation as I would have myself. I agree reincarnation is a science, and like all of life, every facet is perfectly designed with the one intention……to return us to the truth of who we are.

        5. You have hit the nail on the head rosemarydunstan, returning to the truth of who we are is what life is all about.

     3. I’ve had people ask me this question too Victoria, in fact in the past I have pondered on this question too. They ask “where DO all these Souls comes from?”… not realising that there a vast pool of souls (or spirits) wanting to re-incarnate on earth from other planes of life. This to some, is uncomprehensible, despite the fact that they are part of the process of re-incarnation too, but have chosen to ‘forget’ and instead, believe that this is the only planet with life, because it is the only life they can see with their eyes in the physicality. People will complain about human life on this planet, little realising that they have chosen it to evolve, and it is in fact a honour to be part of the process to begin our return journey back to God.

     4. This topic is vast isn’t it! When a moment is taken to stop and pause on this possibility a whole new perspective on life emerges and everything looks and feels different. Our whole purpose in life can change as we see everything with new eyes.

        1. Yes rachelmurtagh1 I agree our whole outlook on life changes with the understanding of reincarnation, it gives purpose, responsibility and joy to life when we see everything with new eyes.

375. When I was younger I used to love hanging out with older people, especially those in the “grand” age bracket. I didn’t fully understand why at the time but I look back now and I realise that it was the wisdom in them I felt and wanted to be with, whether they spoke or not, because it reminded me of my wisdom. I have been in elder energy for many years. I suspect even before my two children were born. I have always naturally imparted wisdom and have a great sense of true education. I am looking forward to developing this further so when I am in the “grand” age bracket I will be truly and deeply GRAND.

376. Thanks Dianne for exposing so many ideas and beliefs in your sharing. What I realize more and more, the moment I include the reincarnation factor into my life, there is much more openness and space – then I can see the big picture, I feel purpose again and life becomes wonderful.

     1. I agree Alexander – there is a lot that can be explained by reincarnation, and a lot of responsibility is asked of you when you take it into consideration. Responsibility is something people try to avoid at all costs, and so it is no surprise that the most popular idea is that there is nothing after death – that this is your only life to live as irresponsibly as you choose.

377. I found this a gorgeous piece of writing that really in its essence is just simply asking us to be true unto ourselves and others.

378. This is truly massive Dianne, that as we change our ideas about the younger generation, and honour their knowledge, they will in turn change their ideas about the elder generation as they journey through their life. We are literally life changing the cycles of old behaviours.

     1. That’s gorgeous gillrandall – mutual learning and true respect.

379. You’ve presented something awesome in this blog Dianne. It is very clear to see how we are caught up in the ‘forever young’ image. Many see being responsible for oneself as boring- but I have found it anything but. There is so much wisdom and insight that can be passed on via elders that we are seriously missing out on and thinking we know better ourselves (I’ll put my hand up for this one unfortunately). I loved this part : “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” Its just a cycle. Children are super bright and on the many with many things, yet we right them off and put them as childish or not to be taken seriously. This just perpetuates how they are to feel and treat children when they are older also.

380. When we treat children as equals their conversation can be extraordinary, and when we truly listen and offer another our wisdom they are more open to accepting it.

     1. I fully agree Sally and there is nothing child like about it. Often it is easier too as the children are not loaded with the baggage and false protection that we as adults usually layer ourselves with.

381. Thanks Dianne, a great article I love how you highlighted the important fact of reincarnation and how we are all the same but at different stages of evolution from our current and past choices, karma and many lives. That makes us all equal, and now with more openness and allowing children to shine rather than the old style of parenting, relating i.e. ‘children are to be seen and not heard’. This understanding allows for much shared wisdom and equality to flow through the generations as long as we don’t identify with ideals or roles that retard this type of growth or evolution.

     1. So true to me what you say Greg, about the fact that we retard the growth and evolution of human life as we leave out reincarnation of the equation. And that is exactly what we are doing at the moment. In our current society there is no space for reincarnation and it is only about this life that is on its own, comes from nowhere and goes to nowhere – which is a very poor way of living compared to who we truly are.

        1. This is indeed a very poor way of living, thank you for pointing this out Nico. If we just live as this one single life, than what is the logic in this? It does not make sense at all. If we would live life from the sense of that we keep on coming back, we would be treating our elderly, and ourselves in a much more loving way.

        2. I can fully agree with you Mariette. When considering reincarnation as a reality we will not only treat our elderly in a different way, but also how we will approach our children and all the people we meet in our everyday lives. When we allow reincarnation to be a reality, than we know that we all live our current life based on all these thousands of lives lived before and in that we are all equal and the same. The only difference can been seen in the physical appearance, if we are just started in this life having to learn all the practicalities of this time of life or when we are in the end phase of it and have found our way (lived experience) to live our lives in our nowadays society.

382. What a gift this blog is to humanity indeed Dianne. To raise this understanding is life changing. Reincarnation is also a fact for me and the way we live now is a result of choices and lives lived before this one. And isn’t it great to know that our evolution from our previous life is our starting point in the next. With knowing this it wouldn’t make any sense to ignore this in children. And for our elders it is exactly the same.

383. I love the heading of this article there is so much treasure inside all of us what ever the age, so much love and wisdom just waiting to be tapped back into for us to share and express with, the illusion is that we think it is just meant for a few.

     1. ‘Hidden Treasure’ that is under our very noses all the time so the hidden bit is actually our choice not to see!

        1. yes matildaclark and vanessa – it is so great that everything is already inside in all, we don’t have to reach or acquire anything outside of us, only make the choices that allow us to shake off the obscuring energy to allow that treasure to be rediscovered once again.

384. I love the equalness you bring in this blog Dianne. It is also my experience that true wisdom cannot be defined by age.

385. I work with older people in my work every day and am humbled by what they share with me. The sadness is that many of them are isolated, with families often living overseas or they see their families infrequently even if they live locally. I get told frequently that old age is no fun. This is predominantly in the western culture. You are so right Dianne- that this cycle needs to change so that in their reincarnation our older people are bringing through love and connection rather than sadness, frustration and low self worth.

386. When we choose to teach our children responsibility from young they have the opportunity to grow and develop into responsible adults who are familiar with taking responsibly for their choices in life.

387. It has been lovely to watch children in the Esoteric community grow up to be honour in how they feel and who they are, so that they are so wise and confident in themselves no matter their age – and the teenagers who are blossoming into amazing adults is proof that it is totally worth doing

     1. This is so true Rebecca, ‘the teenagers who are blossoming into amazing adults is proof that it is totally worth doing’, it has been amazing for me also to observe children growing up in the esoteric community, I now see these very powerful, very confident, steady teenagers, who say what they feel, take care of themselves and are living proof that teenagers do not need to stereotypically lack responsibility; binge drink; take drugs; not engage with people, they are instead showing that there is another way.

388. We all have so much to offer and to learn from each others experiences. It’s a great arrogance that adults can display, who think they know better and don’t listen to children. I remember an ‘ouch’ moment my son gave me when he was about 10 years old when I was behaving with dishonesty. I didn’t want to feel it but I knew he was right, and it stayed with me for 20 years until I could admit he was correct.

389. This bit is very interesting in today’s world, “many elders desperately clinging to youth ..”
     what you are saying Dianne is so true.
     There is a huge rise in looking for something, a diet, a pill, the latest exercise or plastic surgery to cling to the youth as if this is somehow more valuable than growing old.
     I know that how we live and the choices we make are shown by our body. Our face shows our sadness, pain, misery, anger or whatever emotions are going on and running our life.
     So how do we grow old gracefully and not be caught in this trap?
     As an “elder” to some at the age of nearly 54, I would say we just focus on connecting to who we truly are and LIVING from that connection. Sounds out there or airy fairy but it most certainly is not. I look younger than my age and I feel alive inside and this wisdom that sometimes comes out of me surprises me. I am not special, I am just being me and know that I have ALL the answers inside me. I learnt this from Serge Benhayon and attending Universal Medicine events. They really do know what they are on about.

     1. ‘ just focus on connecting to who we truly are and LIVING from that connection.’ I agree Bina. At 55, I am not trying to look younger, rather, I want to look after my gorgeous self, as I am. I accept and appreciate who I am, I don’t want to change anything, rather bring more of me to the world. I met a friend who has known me for 30 years last week and she shared ‘you look amazing, you look better now than you did when I first met you’. It felt beautiful to hear this compliment, it was such a validation of me, knowing that the love I feel inside is shining into the world.

390. I really appreciate the topic of this blog and conversation, it is so true that in the English/American society, (I am not sure of others), we do not honour and appreciate the wisdom our elders have to offer us, in full. Even their looks – I absolutely love the history of life that can be seen and felt on the face and in the body of an elder – to me, that is way more interesting and amazing than a young ‘beautiful’ model. Bring back the elders, there is also a wise child in them.

391. ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.’ This is a very wise understanding of the outplay that happens in raising children and I ask, would we not all be better served if more people had this understanding so we can raise our young with the love they already are.

     1. I love your last point Michelle ‘so we can raise our young with the love they already are’. I’ve been doing this for a number of years now and it would feel really odd to not communicate and express this way with children. It is also interesting to feel when even at a young age, there are already children beginning to not accept their own love. So I always make a point to plant the seed and jog the memory and remind them just how beautiful they already are.

     2. For me that is a truth Michelle, that raising our children with the understanding that they are equal knowing as an adult and only have to learn the specificalities of this time of life will raise them as equal responsible human beings. And that from there we all will respect all stages of the human life as being equal but only different in the lived experience in this life which we then will honour and appreciate.

392. The thing we have to remember is that everyone has lived a life and had many experiences and many,anymore lives before this life. We can all learn from each other as everyone has something to offer. When I was in my late teens I arrogantly thought anyone over about thirty was over the hill and had no idea of what is going on. I have now been in situations where it was easy to feel that younger people where thinking the same as I once did only now I was the one considered over the hill.

     1. Kevin I often meet young people and sometimes cringe remembering thoughts I had when I was in my teens that people over 30 were old – let alone what I am now, over 40! It’s such a shame to ever segregate people by age differences, such a lot of connection is missed through prejudice when the truth is we are all Sons of God whatever age we are at, wherever we are at in our evolution. We all bring a unique part of the universe to one another that can never be extinghuished even if some try to ignore this or hide this.

        I know I sometimes have to consciously put aside any concerns I’ll be discounted because of my age, my gender, my experience etc and come back to myself and relate to others from who I truly am. Then what they do with that is their choice but more often than not they take note and relate back from who they truly are too.

        1. I feel how others react to us or relate with us has a lot to do with how we ‘see’ ourselves. I have always felt timeless and am genuinely shocked when I can feel people are seeing me as an ‘older’ person as I don’t feel that way in myself at all. I am in my 55th year, and know quite a few people who are younger than me, who feel older, where does that come from? There is a feeling of stagnation, not wanting to move forward, a feeling of wanting to stay put.

393. That was a really great blog Dianne. I am an elder and I love what you share about the elder energy and wisdom because it is so true. Your were writing this truthful blog with your elder energy and with all your wisdom. It would be very powerful if all could do it like you describe “changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go”. I am sure with that we would have a different world to life in.

394. So often in being with children I have used the expression, “just like a little old wise man” or “little old wise woman”. Their wisdom is so obvious and so aged, and of course, how many times have we said, “Yes she’s/he’s been here before”. But likewise in many adults when I am surprised the wisdom that comes from someones mouth. I have worked with women experiencing homelessness and often found their street wise approach to life appears to come from a deeper wisdom and understanding about people. And then my teenage daughter expressed that her role model in life was her 80 year old Grandmother, and how she taught her so many ways about approaching life. We are surrounded by elder energy. Just listen and learn. Or tap into your own.

395. Feel the cycles, as they are emerging in this conversation thread. Instead of glossing over and not seeing our elders, how about we get into deeply seeing them with appreciation for the life experience and wisdom they have come to, perhaps the same lessons learned more fully this time around. See past their hurts and shields, to the amazing, eternal person within, no different from us. Let them see that we see them, let them in. Have you observed how their shields can drop when they suddenly realize that, for a change, they are not invisible? Letting ourselves be love when truly meeting elders who perhaps might be resigned and shut down, allows them to open up and let out the love and wisdom within them. What a gift for someone in their final days! We would want that for ourselves when we are in our later years. Then….. coming back in a new body and a new life with that ‘recent’ experience of having been loved, seen and opened up…. they/we can get started from a more evolved place that may not have been possible without the love and appreciation shown to them/us as elders last time…. So they/we are the new children coming in, already able to love, understand and be more of our/themselves because of what we/they were given as elders before…. And then we/they grow up more able to appreciate and see elders…. And so a new cycle of loving develops and builds over the generations.

     1. Beautifully said Dianne. As a society we discard the elderly as being a burden. In the very near future, when we have a disproportionate amount of elderly people, because of people living longer, there will have to be a tidal shift in the way they are treated.

        1. In respect to this being indeed true, there is a sense of elderly people not truly taking responsibility for themselves in their later years that does indeed make them a ‘burden’. Illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimers are on the rise, and as more and more people check out in this way, it leaves the rest of us to take the load. Wisdom does come at all ages and it would be wise for us to nurture this in our young (as well as the elderly) so this is a known way of being and accepted, so there is no room for checking out.

     2. Yes Dianne, through true acceptance and appreciation we can heal many of our ill ways, it is we who are creating the cycles of our future…

     3. I agree Dianne. To truly see someone for who they are is richly healing. I look at both my daughters’ behaviour as possibly being the behaviours they used to have in the later years of their last lives. There is an elderly person in all of us and we all seek to be seen for who we truly are. It is so very simple to give the gift of Love to someone before they start another cycle, and yes, they will return with this glorious imprint and maybe choose to build on it, but it will be there eternally for them when they are ready.

     4. True purpose in relationship, with clear and practical ways to live it. Love this addition, Dianne, thank you.

396. “to know that the 8 year-old girl you’re chatting and painting pictures with has been (many times over) all genders, all ages, many societal roles and a wide range of occupations, and may have even been your own grandfather in some life or other! This awareness imparts an equality that can be felt and sensed by the child, who then is free to express their elder wisdom and grace, which is part of who they have always been.” Great blog Dianne, and I particularly enjoyed your words here. Next time I’m chatting with a young person, I’ll appreciate the fact that they have lived as much as I have and our age difference has got nothing to do with what we both know.

     1. Great comment Elizabeth Khalu, none of us know where anybody else is on the cycle, where or who they have been, what they have lived or experienced and what they have to share, so isn’t it then wise to be open to everyone and what they have to offer, regardless of age or standing.

397. I feel as an elderly person it is my responsibility to not hold back the wisdom, insight, understanding and experience I have. That being said I agree with you Dianne that society, in general, does dismiss and ignore what we have to offer.
     Thank you for shining a light on this issue.

398. Dianne it is super interesting what you have shared and it is so true how this ‘youth culture’ is leading the way. When we take into consideration our children and our elders then bring reincarnation into the equation it really doesn’t matter where you are in your cycle, all is one. Universal Medicine and the teachings of Serge Benhayon have brought a greater clarity to this for me and simply confirmed something that I knew all along but was suppressed. To have this as our normal way of living there is much learning for us all to be had.

     1. Exactly. When we see the cycle of life and bring reincarnation into our understanding of life, it becomes completely irrelevant as to where we are in the cycle, and, when lived, frees us from the stranglehold of a certain age being better than any other. It is an extraordinary blinkered ignorance that we forget we have all been children and will all be elderly at some point.

399. Reincarnation is a belief for some and a reality for others; when it becomes your reality, as you’ve rightly said Dianne, it changes the ball game completely: “Adding the factor of reincarnation makes a huge difference to relationships – to know that the 8 year-old girl you’re chatting and painting pictures with has been (many times over) all genders, all ages, many societal roles and a wide range of occupations, and may have even been your own grandfather in some life or other!”

400. Thank you Dianne – what a great observation. There is a stigma with people of not wanting to bet ‘old’. My whole view had changed on this. I am 48 and realise yes, that the way our elders are treated is very indignant. There are elders today with incredible wisdom and stories who have much to share – WE NEED TO HEAR THEM not ignore them, SEE THEM for who they truly are and not treat them as invisible. They are to be cherished and respected for what they bring.

401. I agree. We struggle with the ‘equality’ factor in this world. There are perceptions running around everywhere about this age, this race, this town, this line of work, where does it all end. It ends with ‘us’ working on why and what it’s about, our self responsibility to how we are in the world and how we treat others around us. We need go no further than inside our own homes and how we relate and see each other and from there it goes out. The world changes when we make a change. It’s not enough to talk about equality but to live equality in your own life that will make the difference.

     1. I agree Raymond, equality in our close relationships is key, it most definitely starts at home and if that is mastered then it naturally goes far and wide.

        1. Thank you sarahraynebaldwin, it’s great you agree. Like we understand with all things the spoken word while great isn’t the key. The living action of what we say is an equally important part. We often say it about our children, ‘they don’t do what we say, they do what we do’; another one is ‘actions speak louder then words’. These somewhat throw away lines are very true, the living action of what we are saying has far greater power than the spoken word alone; this will lead the true change.

        2. Thank you Raymond Karam, I couldn’t agree more, this ethos is the way I live my life, as action indeed does speak to louder than words.

        3. Great sarahraynebaldwin to be on the same page. I remember from young this was the only way I learned, from action. I am no different today and really inspired by people that walk their talk. It’s great to see so many people now standing up and not just speaking but living in a way that does all the talking for them. Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon don’t need to do a lot of talking, their walk says it all. Thanks sarahraynebaldwin.

        4. Raymond, I am definitely on the same page as you when talking about ‘Serge Benhayon’s walk saying it all’ and what a great note to leave it on, thanks again Raymond.

        5. Thanks again Sarah, I agree.

402. ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.’ I love this Dianne and am signing up.

403. I enjoy the moments when catching the eyes of a young child. Some kids just look with great eye contact, nothing is said, but they just know there is more to life. In the connection, the silence, there is confirmation of something greater.

     1. Absolutely Matthew – the wisdom that young children can bring through to me is proof that there is reincarnation. It makes sense the fact that there are divine cycles of life that we are all connected to. Looking at the state of the World I cannot imagine that we only have one chance to get it ‘right”. It’s just not possible with the state of affairs of our World today.

     2. Matthew, I remember as a child looking into people’s eyes and seeing reflected some of the wonder that I felt inside me. I also remember seeing the absolute despair that was in most people’s eyes because they had given up on life and on themselves.

     3. Hello matthew brown, I agree and as I’m sure you will agree this is the same for everyone. Some people are completely closed but most have the question on the tip of their lips, “there is more to life” and it is absolutely in their eyes in different ways. I see everyone open to everything the more I am open to the same. It’s almost like I am a centre point for the universe and the more I am willing to see, the more people open up around me to see the same. This shows our grand power and the fact of the responsibility we hold. If you see the world needs to change in some way, change what ever it is within you and naturally everything around you will be called to that change. We are sold a dummy and we often wait for something to change before we are willing to be responsible ourselves. We are the world, and so as I said, make the change and the world can’t help but be pulled along. Thank you Matthew.

        1. Thank you Raymond.

        2. Great Emily Newman, thanks for taking the time to read and comment.

        3. ‘If you see the world needs to change in some way, change what ever it is within you and naturally everything around you will be called to that change.’ – Love what you present here Raymond. Very inspiring …. reading your words I can feel how I can limit myself based on what has been …. to know that we are the world and so when we make a change ‘the world can’t help but be pulled along’ – that’s huge, very magical and so empowering. Thank you.

        4. Hello Alison Pearson, thank you and here in-lies a great responsibility we can step into, lead the way through how you live and don’t look sideways or any way ‘expecting’ anything to change. If we all were to take this strong and powerful lead as we are saying, ‘the world can’t help but be pulled along’. If one of us do this then that is great but if many do this, that would be grand. Appreciate the power we have in the simplicity of life.

     4. I feel this too. A knowing within them that they have indeed been here before.

404. Speaking generally, humanity’s obsessive focus on youth culture is not only about making money, but about keeping people small. Because even the young people, who it supposedly celebrates as having the glamour and sheen of newness, are fighting to live up to impossible ideals and feeling a deep lack of self worth as a result. The young people then grow older trying desperately to hold onto their youth and rejecting the natural cycle of their lives. Young people confirm and cement the ideals as they get older by disliking their maturity usually seen in physical changes. If older people were to be more inspiring, perhaps young people would not give as much credence to an ideal that is driven by commerce and media.

405. I have often observed adults treat children and elder people with disregard, there is cultural assumption that they are less or not as significant. The possibility of reincarnation throws age up in the air, the possibility that we have all been here many times before and been all of the ages, makes us ageless in a sense. We do how ever live in physical matter and this accounts for our changing cycles and stages of life. Through these we have something to learn and something to share, all however remains equal.

406. So true Dainne, ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial’

407. “I enjoy lots of awesome ‘eye to eye, heart to heart’ moments of silent, ageless, mutually-conscious understanding with little ones. The physical age of our bodies means nothing in that context.” Yes these moments with children are absolutely priceless. There is so much communicated in these silent gazes.

408. Living with love is one of our greatest gifts on earth, and I feel that perhaps when someone is an elder they can show us the way to do this because they have been through the pitfalls, made the mistakes, and learnt from their own experiences. Elders are therefore our greatest guides for life on earth. And if when I look at this I can see that there is divinity in this pattern, that elders are here for a purpose.

     1. I love the understanding of elder energy being in us all and that it is in the honouring of our elderly that we can access, enhance and live naturally with it. The ‘hidden treasures’ within and all around us.

409. Why do we always need categories to fit into or file others into. Why can’t we simply admit that we are all equal in every sense: equally worthy, equally wise, equally wonder-full, equally beautiful,… .

410. If we lived from a place of truly seeing everyone as equal then we would respect others regardless of their age and apparent knowledge. If we responded to children from this deep understanding we would create a foundation and expectation for everyone living responsibly and recognising the impact that they have on others.

     1. Absolutely true Helen,truly seeing everyone as equal is the only way forward, as you say this would create a foundation and expectation for everyone living responsibly and recognising the impact they have on others.

        1. I agree rosemarydunstan and Helen it is only through equalness, not holding anyone greater or lesser, that we can fully play our role and take responsibility for bringing all of us to life, and allow all others to equally play their part.

411. Even just considering that re-incarnation may be true – has to change the way we look at the world. It is impossible to not look at it differently. And it actually makes a whole lot of sense.

     1. So true Simon, for a start we may rethink some of our behaviors when we consider we are creating the quality of the world to which we will return…and the body that will inhabit such a world. This brings in a whole new dimension to the word responsibility.

     2. I agree simplesimon888 – even just considering it as a hypothetical concept – how would that change people’s level of responsibility if they knew they would be returning to all the mess they are creating, rather than just barreling through life in rampant disregard of what they are leaving in their wake. Would we take more care to create a world we would feel ok to come back to.

412. Listening to the presentations of Universal Medicine, re-incarnation makes more and more sense of the whole picture, and above all the responsibility that comes with being here not just for ourselves and family but for every single being on the planet and in fact the entire Universe, no small stuff.. UM’s presentations on reincarnation and karma also bring understanding of the incredible love that is always with us and holding us and allowing us the free will to make our own choices; and karma is not a punitive thing, but rather an education, helping us to learn and reimprint on the steps back to harmony and full realisation of our Divinity and oneness with God.

     1. The absolute beholding love, glorious comment Annie C.

     2. Thank you Annie C, for sharing the inspiration of re-incarnation rather than the use of it as a punitive self-blaming thing. You have encapsulated the shift for me from the burden of responsibility to the joy and honour of it.

        1. Yes matildaclark, if we could embrace the learning we are offered without self-blame, how much more easily could we grow in wisdom and understanding. We can also learn to support each other fully, learning together the way back, as part of true brotherhood – to where we have all come from.

413. I love how you bring recreation into the picture here Dianne, for it is a huge part of what we are missing as a society when it comes to raising our young. So many apparent mysteries of ” why is my child like that” can be solved if we consider and deeply contemplate their many incarnations.

     1. samanthaengland, considering our previous incarnations can be added to by considering our future ones too. As an elder, death is usually something closer than in our early teens, and we can either fear the cessation of our current life, or we can consider how we are preparing for our next one. It makes this life very precious as an opportunity to learn so we don’t return and repeat it all over again.

        1. Well said Carmel – this is also my view. The elder years are precious and the opportunity huge for us to make changes so as not to repeat them. It’s crucial we prepare for this and treat our elders with this understanding, to support them also.

        2. Couldn’t have said it better myself Carmel, this life becomes a precious gift when we realise what an opportunity we have to let go of that which stands in the way of our becoming more of the love we are, giving us the opportunity to be a clearer vessel for God’s work in our next incarnation.

     2. Yes Samantha, I loved how Dianne brings reincarnation into the picture. Connecting to this in my thirties has been a massive revelation and point of understanding for me in my life. Knowing we have been around the block many times, (so to speak) has enabled me to look at life with fresh eyes and see everything with a different perspective. Life just makes sense now where as it didn’t before. I can feel equality with everyone, my peers, the young and old alike, as we are all on our own cycles returning to truth in our own time.

     3. This is so true samanthaengland, ‘So many apparent mysteries of ” why is my child like that” can be solved if we consider and deeply contemplate their many incarnations.’ Reading this article and these comments has bought about a deeper appreciation of my son and given me the opportunity to be aware that he has had many past lives and is certainly not a blank canvas. I can feel how sad it is that children get treated as not knowing anything, as ’empty vessels’, when they have, like us had many previous lives and have much lived experiences.

414. It is without the understanding of the bigger picture, that being reincarnation, we breed irresponsibility. When we see a child as a child rather than an individual that knows exactly what is going on and how to play any situation to get their desired outcome, we lessen their responsibility as an equally contributing member of our society. Then these children grow up to be the adults that are making many of the foundational decisions that run our society so I can see why irresponsibility is an epidemic in our society and it all starts with how we see our kids as “kids” not the all knowing beings they are.

415. Teaching our children responsibility from the get-go means that they don’t have to work so hard to master it when they are older. It means that they can move more steadily through their ‘teen’ years that often mark the beginning of wielding irresponsibility in the world and experimenting with consequences. This is often the time where rebellion to authority starts to associate that authority with being boring or dull. In fact it is neither, but we can construct the world to believe it so. It then can take some unraveling when we are older to rediscover that irresponsibility is not all it is cracked up to be, and responsibility is actually not a burden to be carried. True responsibility actually allows us to be free, in more ways than we could have imagined. People acting as role models for this, as elders in our communities, is key as it allows those open to seeing it, what the true face of responsible choices looks like.

     1. Yes I agree Mary, it is a brilliant comment by Amelia. I know that I grew up rebelling against what I understood responsibility to be, yet in actual fact what I was rebelling against was a more hidden level of irresponsibility. Just because we get older, get married, have kids etc does not automatically equal begin responsible. These days I have a new role model of true responsibility to learn from and a new awareness of what the fruits of this quality look like and how they can be put to work for the benefit of all, not one. The Elders in my life now come in both genders and all ages, reflecting the different stages of responsibility as we move through life and inspiring me to embrace my own responsibility and accountability in a completely new way. From the outside it may look like I am conforming to some standard societal ideals, but on the inside my life looks and feels completely different. Choosing true responsibility brings a genuine freedom, a joy only understood when we have made the commitment to just be ourselves.

     2. Bravo Amelia – I couldn’t have said it any better myself!

     3. A great comment Amelia, that responsibility actually allows people to be free of the shackles and often imprisoning aspects of human life as we know it.

416. I agree Brendan, if we subscribe to the school of thought that judges someone on their age then we are not going to appreciate what wisdom they may actually have to offer.

417. What you speak of here Dianne, is a certain ‘capping’ energy that individuals use to keep another small and it doesn’t just happen between adults and children. I have seen it fully at play between adults who claim themselves to be more evolved than another so dismiss what is being offered in favour of what the ‘more enlightened ones’ have shared. For true evolution we must all hold each other as equals and no less.

     1. Everyone has something to offer if we are only willing to listen, as you say katechorley,”For true eveolution we must all hold each other as equals and no less”.

        1. All too often we are not listening to understand, but rather to prepare our next response. It can be felt when someone is truly open to listening as opposed to going through the motions but having no intention of truly hearing and acknowledging what has been shared.

418. Dianne, this is an incredibly powerful article highlighting something so prevalent in our society that it has become normalised. I remember the pain of my input being ignored or not being taken seriously simply because I was a child. I knew what was going on but was not able to speak up or be part of the solution. I grew up and then become a parent who at times was party to the same dismissive behaviour with my own children, after all they were just children right? Wrong! How times have changed. Now when I am going through challenging times I seek counsel from my children, I now respect their innate wisdom and know we are equals, this supports them in being who they are. I cannot claim to be perfect but now know I am on the right track simply because it feels so right.

     1. Yes, Kate, I too value the counsel of my daughters as the greatest resource, because their connection to truth is equal to mine, and in many respects clearer because they do not have the momentum of taking themselves away from truth.

        1. Agreed. There is something pretty special about having children who can and do pull me up, because I know there is only truth in what they are observing. I guess this would be a child living her elder energy and it is indeed a blessing from Heaven.

        2. I agree Janet, the wisest people in our homes are usually the youngest!

419. Very true Brendan. The elders have lived and experienced so much more, with many years of life and many cycles lived. There are defiantly words of wisdom to pass on.

420. I see this particularly with Men. How many men do we see still holding on to the things that they used when they were young to define themselves – and not ever really changing.
     All you need to do is watch a session of parliament and you can easily see a bunch of teenage boys arguing with each other. Where is the great wise council we could have that begins with decency and respect?

     1. That is a great example simplesimon888 of people behaving childish and not taking responsibility. Elder energy is a lost art that we really need to bring back – it is for all of humanity to benefit from and to be cherished in our elders.

     2. Hear, hear, simplesimon888. When the Australian government calls on us to show ‘mutual consideration’ for each other, which I wholeheartedly agree with, unfortunately these words fall on deaf ears as it is not leading by example, far from it. As long as they continue to throw their toys around in the sandbox they aren’t inspiring anyone, rather making fools out of themselves rather publicly. Their behaviour is seen as validation for many to behave in the same way.

     3. Agreed. The more examples that are presented here of grown ups not living their elder energy potential, the more I see people of all ages being robbed of something very loving, supportive, caring, and divine.

421. It was great to highlight the issue of being invisible in the elderly. I have elderly relations who say they feel invisible, that people don’t tend to notice or speak with them. I feel this is often true. When I look at the way a lot of elder people live their lives and the way their bodies move and feel, I think you may be correct Dianne that it is not a role model we want to see, as this could be our future. On the other hand, when I am out, I look and connect with all people as they pass by. I have often found it difficult to engage older people, and they walk past as though I am not there. Perhaps they have given up on anyone connecting with them, or have fallen for the belief themselves that they are no longer of value.

     1. Great example Fiona. I can see that often too. ‘When I look at the way a lot of elder people live their lives and the way their bodies move and feel, I think you may be correct Dianne that it is not a role model we want to see, as this could be our future’ Up to us to live the way we want to truly be when in our elder years.

422. It is up to us as we grow older to not hold back, to fully claim the glory and wisdom of being an elder and then society will change how they feel about the ageing community.

     1. Exactly Donna. It is by each of us choosing to not buy into the ideals and images of ‘youth’, and embracing our elder energy, that society can have true role models for this, and thus see a reflection that supports responsibility.

     2. Good point, Donna. If we embrace the power of our lived experience and honour the value of what we bring, this will keep building into the later stages of life.

     3. Totally agree Donna, it’s about fully embracing life not matter what your age, then growing older will be no different, just fully embracing the wisdom and glory of being an older.

        1. ‘it’s about fully embracing life not matter what your age, then growing older will be no different,’ love that Rosemary. and it will bring a truth to all ages, not just the pretence of being and staying young with no full self responsibility.

     4. Spot on Donna: It is up to us to claim the full glory of who we are. When going into my forties I felt that sense of becoming generally less visible by the younger public. I could feel that part of me that was prepared to accept this as inevitable, a reflection of how I viewed elders and maturing at that time. I could also sense a hiding that was there if chosen to abandon ourselves by less self-care and self-worth. It’s with great appreciation for All Universal Medicine presents that I realize it’s up to each of us to claim and appreciate all of who we are at any stage, and age of life and to share this reflection with All.

     5. Spot on Donna. This is the case for any age. when we are not fully claimed in the power we are, the glory and wisdom we are then it leads to less. How you are treated is based upon how you treat yourself and so not holding back in any age means the truth of what you know comes through and changes how your interaction with the world works.

423. That is a good point Martin, we hang onto teenage energy because we like to run away from responsibility and having to deal with our own hurts but there is only so far we go in this cycle without creating pain or illness in our bodies. It is only until we choose to be responsible for our own choices that we can start to tap into the wisdom within us.

424. Diane thank you for opening a very powerful discussion and many pearls of wisdom. I really like the appreciation you share here; “This awareness imparts an equality that can be felt and sensed by the child, who then is free to express their elder wisdom and grace, which is part of who they have always been.” It brings a whole different level of understanding for the person we are with, way beyond their current age.

     1. When children are consistently treated with love and respect, and valued for their innate wisdom and knowing, they will grow with an appreciation, love and respect for the elders around them. True understanding and deep appreciation brings an awareness that imparts equality and love, which will be felt and sensed by both the child and the elder, enriching them both and their relationship.

        1. Well said Rosemary this is a cycle that has entrapped us as young and elder alike , then to add those elders that have felt that love and appreciation will return as children with the love and appreciation from their last life loving and appreciating their elders in their current life offering a whole new ball game or cycle.All we have to do is make it all about love.Thankyou Diane for sharing this great .

425. There is just so much revealing truth in this blog. Such as the lack of appreciation we have for our older population and their invaluable lived experience – why do we not ask them and truly listen? If we did would we ever send people to war again? Our ignorance of the elder energy that we are born with and which some regain later in life means we repeat so many ills which we could easily avoid through being open to the wisdom offered from others.

     1. So beautifully said Michael.

     2. True Michael and great question, ‘why don’t we ask and truly listen?’

     3. So true Michael. We miss out on so much due to our ignorance.

     4. The power of listening is something we underestimate a lot in our world of fast paced ‘communication’. The space and grace offered when we truly listen to others arises in them the opportunity to share their wisdom unreservedly – a gift for us all.

     5. Every supermarket in the world is rich with opportunities to shift our attitude and ‘ageism’…children willing to connect and make eye contact, elderly people with time to stop and chat and then somehow in between all this, there tends to be the rush of the middle years, with, dare I say it, a touch of self importance as we execute our task list efficiently and distractedly, already focussed on what we need to do when this is done. Watching people in supermarkets is fascinating. A space full of individuals, individuated, encased in their micro world, and then you come around a corner to find a pocket of sunshine with two, usually older people, stopped in the aisle chatting and finding time for each other. I have fallen ever more in love with humanity many times in supermarkets – a moment of eye contact or the great big beam of a whole body smile as I pass someone in an aisle.

426. I agree Martin, the only way to get over living a life of irresponsibility is to deal with our hurts because as soon as we do all we want to do is be responsible.

427. Well said Martin, it’s actually not working to play the irresponsible teenager for many decades; we do feel that clearly, as you say the anxiety and angst is a clear indicator of the fact that it doesn’t work and isn’t serving us. We can still be very playful and have lots of fun when we choose to take responsibility; it’s actually one of our true responsibilities, to keep light and playful and full of joy, and when we’re not that, to know that we are not being who we truly are.

428. Dear Dianne, another amazing blog by you, and revealing more on reincarnation and the Elder energy. I had the privilege to see and feel elder energy in full action and it’s so beautiful, beyond words. When I try to describe it, the main thing I feel to say is how supportive, confirming and pulling up it feels to hear somebody express in true elder energy. It’s not an energy that says: “I know more because I’m older”. That’s not it at all. And the fact that the children have been adults not so long ago makes a lot of sense, why this is totally wrong; just because someone is ‘older’ years wise than another – in this lifecycle or incarnation, doesn’t mean they know more or bring more wisdom. As you said many adults choose to not ‘grow up’, to be able to stay irresponsible, and I see now many young people come through, taking amazing responsibility from a very young age. Elder energy has nothing to do with the age of a person, bringing this to their expression.

     1. it is such a massive illusion that children are empty beings needing to be filled up with information it is simply not the truth. We prefer the story where we are born, we live, we die. I am not really sure why that is preferable to feeling the glory of being a son of god, returning time and time again until you live every moment in connection to that fact?

        1. Hi Vanessa no brainer to me, I know the one I choose: feeling the glory of being a son of god, returning time and time again until you live every moment in connection to that fact. I think it is just to much responsibility for most so they choose the latter, they are missing out big time.

        2. I agree Vanessa, many might prefer the story of being empty vessels that we get to fill up with what ever we choose and then we die. This is the bit that didn’t make sense to me 25 years ago and I started to ask questions. First person I meet that had an understanding that felt truthful to me was Serge Benhayon 8 years ago. We only have to look around to see the living proof in humanity that treating ourselves like a disposable vessel isn’t working for any-body.

429. Reincarnation is nowhere more apparent than in our children, to continue to deny this fact is dead end, for the richness, the honesty and deep appreciation that comes with the acknowledgment of our life cycles is a miracle many are choosing not to see.

     1. I totally agree, lucindag. I was unsure of how reincarnation fit into my life for a long time. It sounded like a plausible idea, but I could not get my head around it. When I heard it presented by Serge Benhayon, it made sense for the first time. I now see it as a fact and what is more, a gift from heaven, allowing us to take as many chances as we need, as many laps as required, until we remember who we are and where we truly come from.

        1. I grew up considering reincarnation to be a fact which just made sense. I could feel when I had known someone before and I could feel the wisdom (and old patterns of behaviour) in a child. However until I heard the teachings of Universal Medicine, the practical significance of it was lost on me. I did not see that it was part of a plan to for us to keep adjusting and refining the way we live, so we may return to the fullness of who we are. I did not have the understanding of why people had the lives they had, which allowed sympathy to come in. I certainly did not see the huge responsibility reincarnation brought. The idea that we leave actions behind and we ‘get away with things’ is a suitable lie we have all bought into.

        2. for me also Naren, Reincarnation always seemed like a plausible or at least interesting possibility, but not until Universal Medicine had I heard a complete and understandable presentation, that made sense of the whole picture, and how it fitted into the all. The greatest understanding came of its purpose, and our responsibility for our part in it, as well as the absolute Love we are held in, for us to come back to Love in our own time and by our own choices.

        3. Yes, Annie! Previously, reincarnation, like karma, was always painted with a brush of punishment. But the truth of it is that it is a phenomenon of absolute Love, an opportunity to make different choices which bring more harmony to ourselves and those around us, and in so doing, become all of who we are.

        4. Reincarnation for me was always something that I was not sure of myself, but never discounted its possibility. Until at a Universal Medicine event when the full realisation came that now, as an adult, the way I perceive life, respond to life, think about things, what I would express in truth has been the same since I was a child. Nothing of that has significantly changed, only the body has grown and changed. That confirmed for me, without a shadow of a doubt that I was not really born new in this life. I am ageless.

        5. What a beautiful revelation, Lisa, to re-discover the feeling of that timelessness that is occupying our body as our body changes, but it does not.

        6. ‘for us to come back to Love in our own time and by our own choices.’ awesome Annie, the purpose of reincarnation.

        7. Beautifully shared Narren it is a gift from heaven giving us chances until we remember who we truly are and where we truly come from. What an amazing gift it is reincarnation?

        8. True Naren and remember we will.

        9. Gorgeous description Naren, one that is simple and makes sense. When I hear people speak of ‘only one life’ or ‘you’re born, you die and that’s it’ it feels so empty. There is a richness and beauty to reincarnation – so much is understood; it explains a lot.

        10. The whole ‘you only have one life’ thing means that people have to make their lives mean something. By embracing the fact that we will continue to come back until we express in full harmony allows for the inherent meaning in life to be lived in full.

        11. Despite my Christian upbringing, reincarnation has always felt true to me. When I first heard about it…in this lifetime at least, I could feel my whole being align to it as if saying ‘Yes!’. The truth of reincarnation is within us all, I am sure.

     2. Yes I totally agree. Without feeling the truth of reincarnation, much of how children are is missing. I’ve heard people discuss the nature/ nurture debate a few times and, without consideration to past lives, all hinges on experiences of the current life being the only factor determining a child’s expression -whichever side of the nature/nurture coin one opts for. This doesn’t make sense to me and leaves a huge part of a person unacknowledged and ignored.

        1. Hello Karin Barea and we say we don’t believe in reincarnation but I would love a dollar for every time I have heard someone say to my children, “They’ve been here before”, “There’s on old head on such young shoulders”, “They are beyond their years” etc. We have all these throw away lines in society alluding to reincarnation but yet we say collectively that there is no such thing??? It seems we may like to avoid the responsibility that it brings to us. I love the fact of reincarnation because it explains and makes sense of so so many things. It maybe important to remember that we ‘all’ buy into this, so while it may appear that we or they are missing out, we all miss out.

        2. “….leaves a huge part of a person unacknowledged and ignored.” Yes Karin, we do that to our children, to our great loss. I’ve often been in the situation of seeing a level of wisdom, understanding and maturity in very young children that cannot be attributed purely to genetics and environment in the current life. There is that feeling: “We’ve known each other before”, and/or feeling the child ‘reading me like a book’ and understanding all of what’s going on for me, even commenting on it in a way that is totally out of character with the one-life limited view of children. Even our own language tells us the truth when we say “out of the mouths of babes”.

        3. ‘experiences of the current life being the only factor determining a child’s expression’ I agree Karin, the nature/nurture ideal does not incorporate the whole picture and does not explain how children know so much already. There are many things that they do that make people go ‘how do they know that etc’. Nature/nurture debate just doesn’t cover it.

        4. This is something that I am still working on to fully let go of the conditioned way of thinking that children don’t know anything – ‘how could they, they haven’t lived.’ To now being with them and simply allowing them to express how or what they feel and to appreciate that this is coming from life’s of experience. When I reflect back I remember moments when I have been much wiser than my physical years and been taken back by what I have known, which has only been confirmed by Universal Medicine, and I have been able to accept this more and more that indeed our cycle to the whole means we keep coming back and keep coming back to be given the opportunity to live All the Love that we are with All that we meet along the way.

     3. I wonder if it’s convenient to choose to not see past lives- then we don’t have to admit responsiblity for coming into the world as we did and think we can forget all the irresponsiblity at the end of this one so not address what there is for us to address.

        1. Without love, the pain of those old lives is just too much. With love, comes understanding.

        2. Karin, I think you’ve hit on the jackpot here. It’s very convenient for us to see whatever life we are in to have a start date, when we’re born and an end date, when we die. To ignore the fact that we keep coming back and how we come back is chosen, by us, according to how we have lived previously, allows us the freedom to be irresponsible in this life in the misguided belief that ‘it doesn’t really matter’. Everything matters and we are accountable for how we are in every moment and, yes, not only does it affect us in this life and all our lives to come, it also affects everyone around us.

        3. I agree Karin, ignoring the science of re-incarnation is a very successful way to gloss over our choices, actions and responsibilities that landed us in our current life, with all its various trimmings and experiences. When we decide to open our eyes and see that we are in fact on a circular trajectory of birth, living, dying and re-birth, we will indeed embrace ALL of who we are and build upon our truth rather than attempting to deny what cannot be denied. Sticking our fingers in our ears every time someone mentions re-incarnation will never stop us from being born again. Sitting up and taking notes about re-incarnation and the law of karma is a very smart thing to do. I for one am making big changes to the way I live today, because I know the choices I make today will have a great deal of importance in regards of the life I wish to return to. These changes are not about material wealth or gain, but about truth, energetic awareness, sacredness, celebration, brotherhood and responsibility, qualities that can be evolved life time after life time, not to better ‘my lot’ but to support the whole of humanity. When we truly embrace re-incarnation our entire approach to planning how our life unfolds radically changes. It affords us all the opportunity to plan for our future collectively, through the knowing that there is no easy way out of our dilemmas because death is not all its cracked up to be!

        4. I think it’s convenient TO choose to see past lives. This way I can understand myself more fully, why I do certain behaviours, why there are such patterns, illnesses, relationships, scenarios that repeat etc. Knowing I will come back again means I have no fear of missing out this lifetime, because I couldn’t possibly do everything in this one, I will be able to make different choices next time that will be just what I need to continue to grow and evolve back to the source of love I came from.

        5. I would say so, Karin. Avoiding that responsibility is one of the biggest reasons for denying that reincarnation exists. For without reincarnation I am free to do whatever I want to whomever I want in this life, because I am not coming back. But if I am coming back to the world I have created, then I will be held accountable, not necessarily physically, but energetically. It is this responsibility that so many will do anything to avoid.

        6. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head Karin. Reincarnation is for many an ‘inconvenient truth’. I’ve definitely bought into the irresponsibility of ‘just one life’ for great portions of my life, as much of humanity has and does; equally I’ve seen in others not so much a lack of responsibility but a giving up on life… that life is disappointing and it will be a relief to wrap it up and not have to go through it all again. The latter is a good advertisement for dealing with our hurts and getting on with life in a way that is rich and full of service and makes you want to come back and do it again, and again!

     4. Beautifully put Lucindag. To deny the reality of re-incarnation denies us the immense opportunities that arise from knowing we return, life time after life time to live out all the consequences of all our previous choices. When seen and understood in this perspective, it puts a completely different slant on our entire worldly situation and empowers us to ask un-comfortable questions about our choices that placed us in our current life situation in the first place. Accepting the reality of the science of Re-incarnation is a sign of maturity, an indication that we are ready and willing to see beyond the short term and take responsibility for some fairly long term strategies that may not have had the desired results we originally intended!

        1. Absolutely Rowenakstewart, well said. There is something about the science of reincarnation and elder energy that goes hand in hand. They complement one another, and you cannot do without both.

        2. Maturity is a good way to put it. And it will be a sign of maturity when we are ready to embrace as a society or collection of societies the karma of our past choices and take steps to heal them through understanding, acceptance and making different choices from thereon.

     5. Reincarnation is such a gift, that we are loved so that we have another chance to do it again and also how loving is it that we are held to account, that everything we do we come back to, what an amazing way to learn responsibility and that we are truly powerful beings who choose and our choices determine how we are. I agree Lucinda, for me seeing children and how they are is proof of reincarnation, and to deny that denies them and us all the wisdom that comes with that knowing. Can you imagine if our education system treated this as a fact, we would approach things completely differently, we could start and find out what each child is here to master and understand what they have already mastered, and rather than treating them as blank slates to mould and shape we could understand them and what and how we need to guide them and what they teach us. Life without taking reincarnation into account robs us all, it’s like coming in the middle of the movie and not knowing the earlier plot, you don’t get the context and you miss the true picture as a result.

        1. To imagine education in our schools acknowledging each child for what they bring to the table would be a start to understanding that we all are part of the jigsaw of life. ‘Wise beyond your years’ is a saying we use when we know a child utters those pearls of wisdom that stop us in our tracks. Reincarnation makes so much sense, I agree Monica and with all the comments acknowledging children have so much to offer.

     6. I agree with you Lucindag. The miracle of what I see in my children, of the wisdom they have, of the expressions already well and truly mastered and shared so naturally is a joy to watch and be a part of. Inspirational too. My children in their freshness and undeniable connection with love are also a constant reflection to me of what I have lost connection to and keep calling me back again. They are also a constant reflection of what it is to live without self-imposed pressure, to live in the moment and in the honest expression of that moment, to live in the natural expression of joy and to live in constant intimacy with self and with others. To choose not to see that our connection to God is a constant and consistent offering every life cycle, despite our choices to continuously walk away from this, is to deny the bigger picture of why we are here and what our true purpose is.

     7. Absolutely agree lucindag, far better to embrace the richness and wisdom that the gift of re-incarnation brings to us, and be open both to the responsibility it encompasses as well as the learning offered for us, all to help us all on our way back to who we truly are.

     8. In many ways, I see it as one of the biggest expressions of love we have received from Heaven and our Soul. To know that we aren’t perfect and never will be, but we have each life offered to us as a spirit, to come around again and make other choices on our return to be one with soul. It simply allows me to feel how much I am loved and how I come from love.

        1. As Naren Duffy shared in an earlier comment and what is a great reminder; ‘that reincarnation is indeed not a punishment but Absolute Love and an opportunity to make different choices and bring harmony to ourselves and those around us’. We really need to heal the ill beliefs and ideals we have about reincarnation and with great thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine we are now able to start doing this.

     9. True Luncinda, reincarnation is the only way to explain why two children born into the same family, brought up by the same parents can be completely different, which is often the case as many parents will be able to confirm.

     10. I too can see the acknowledgement our children are showing us in regards to reincarnation. We can learn so much from them and have our part to play to allow them to blossom into what they are here to bring to all of us.

     11. Otherwise, we would accept to be rebuked by our kids at times for our irresponsibility.

     12. Simply to sit at a table with children and see beyond the age of our current bodies to times we have sat together before, makes for a whole new freedom in relating to one another along with a whole new level of intimacy, knowingness and understanding. It is playful and joyful to be part of and is an exquisite offering open to us all always.

430. The proof of reincarnation is never more apparent than in children, dismissing their wisdom and understanding is simply like meeting half the child, much like energy, if we continue to see life as simply form then the road looks pretty dead end.

     1. I agree Lucinag, when we bring reincarnation into the picture everything takes on a whole other view and things just start to make sense, like the wisdom that is so obviously in children.

        1. Yes the young are so wise. I was talking with my daughter at age 5 about how I was separating from her father because I did not love him any more. She said to me how can you love some-one and then not love that same person anymore? She was coming from a place of knowing true love.

     2. A little 3 year old boy I knew, one day said to his mum when she gave him some chopped up apple to try, “Mum, I don’t like apple, can’t you remember, I didn’t like it when you gave it to me in my last life.” His mum looked at me in surprise and beautifully answered, “Sorry, I forgot”

        1. That’s great ✨

        2. That’s amazing – kids are such naturals when they are given the space to just be and express.

        3. There was a little boy near me who said to his parents when they were arguing ‘ I haven’t come here to listen to you squabble’ Such wisdom, we should really listen to children more, they really tell it like it is.

        4. That is gorgeous Elizabeth and reminded me of when my daughter was younger we were walking along together joyfully celebrating being Mother and daughter when she said to me, ‘you are my Mother now but I feel I was yours another life’. We stopped, looked at each other, laughed, hugged and from then on walked together as equals, playfully enjoying being together again!

        5. That really is lovely – imagine what children could tell us if we as a society didn’t ask them to shut down.

        6. That is so beautiful.

        7. Simplicity that cannot be argued with.

        8. Hahaha, that’s hilarious Elizabeth! super cute and precious moment, imagine what the world would be like if we lived to our full potential and didn’t give into the world at a young age.

        9. Wow, and you can’t claim that little 3 year old ‘heard it on TV’ or at school. How connected children are to the all that is. How different society would be if we fostered that connection rather than dismissed it.

        10. A very graceful reply to such natural knowing beyond any adopted frame. Simply blowing away the limitation we usually define life and our relationships in.

        11. These are all very powerful sharings of the truth of who the people are – they know it. It is our adult minds that have lost connection to the knowing we once had and so we are very quick to shut it down in another. Wisdom has nothing to do with calendar years,

        12. What an inspiring whole new quality of understanding, relationship and communication. Just opening ourselves up to these possibilities breaks through so much of the prejudice and judgment about age.

     3. It is so obvious that we are not only once in this world. When I was young I never could understand how God would allow children to be born with cancer or other illnesses, or why children are born into poverty or a family which has a history of cruelty.
        I always felt that something in this belief could not be true. Now I know reincarnation is reality and in truth I was able to remember one of my past lifes as child.

        1. Yes when put in this light, the “we only live once” belief really doesn’t make sense. If we only ever had one life then it would make sense that we are all born with the same clean slate and all start in the same fresh way – equally so. Since this doesn’t happen rather than looking at ourselves and and asking why this might be we like to look outwards, blame God or blame each other. A friend told me a story yesterday of two twins. Of course both of the same mother, conceived and born at the same time, one with thalidomide and one without. If this doesn’t point to the fact of karma and having to clear past life choices then I am not sure what does!

        2. Yes, reincarnation makes sense of so much. We are where we are as a result of our choices – we can see this ’cause and effect’ dynamic in our own choices in our current lives; why wouldn’t the same be true on a larger scale?

        3. I remember trying to teach myself the Ancient Greek alphabet as a child (it was in the back of our dictionary at home). This was no idle curiosity.

     4. ‘simply like meeting half the child,’ what a great way to put it Lucindag, you make it seem so simply ridiculous.

     5. I agree Lucindag, dismissing energy and thinking that things just happen suits the ignorance we want to live by as this keeps us hidden in our irresponsibility of choosing to be aware and making choices based on what is actually needed. This is a huge step for all of mankind.

     6. Its true Lucindag, living life just from the material aspect and the notion of ‘we only have one life’ feels so shallow, empty and pointless and as you say, we only feel half met. Allowing ourselves to feel our immense history, our lives lived over and over again, we can connect to a rich depth of understanding, appreciation and self empowerment. Accepting and working with the science of Reincarnation restores purpose and true responsibility to our lives. It is always healthy to remember that every child has just moved on from being an adult not so long ago. It explains so much and gives us the opportunity to ask, what baggage are we dragging into this life from the last one and do we really need it?

     7. Opening ourselves up to seeing reincarnation as part of our ‘life cycle’ brings into light and understanding so many of the ‘mysteries’ in life. It becomes more and more fool hardy to resist this reality.

     8. So true Lucindag – I always realize, the moment I open up to reincarnation and see all lives as one life, my life is getting very spacious and light.

431. I have quite often recognised that the elders and the young seem to be very similar. I noticed this when nursing. The elderly and the young seemed to be very similar to care for.

     1. I recognize what you share here, Heidi. The elderly and the young have something in common and seem in a way very similar. I love their purity, wisdom and natural simplicity.

432. So much focus is on youth these days and it all comes from the media driven ideals of perfection. I had also bought into the ideal and believing that life after middle age is down hill, which is absolute codswallop. Life is very very short and I savour the years that I (hopefully) have to live life in full.

433. I have worked with many elders in my job as a nurse and I have always enjoyed being and listening with them. They always have something wise to share, but very few in my experience give them the time to share.

434. This is a beautiful blog Dianne. I love what you shared about how our children have been all ages, all genders many times over. This brings back the whole picture and makes it very real, that our children do know and are absolutely equal as are our elders.

435. Dianne that “seen it all and done it all” understanding that elders usually have, is a wealth of experience that we can learn from and be guided by. I would also say that the wisdom we witness in young children comes from that ‘seen it all and done it all’ aspect as well (thank you reincarnation) where their ease of connection with themselves plays a key part.

436. When we treat children in this different way, we honour them with the knowing of the knowledge they hold, and they too learn to maintain that knowledge. It’s a learning situation and a big gift to us all when we change the way we relate to our children and our elder people with respect.

437. I have been really inspired by your article, Dianne. It’s been a great opportunity for me to reflect on how I am with all the young people in my life, of which there are many. I can feel that there has been quite a shift in me and today I had the opportunity to feel what a difference it has made. I chatted with a gorgeous young man about a very sensitive topic, where I feel he would normally have been quite guarded, I met him with an equalness and the conversation that ensued was awesome. So open, honest, we chatted as two people, not parent and child, old person and young person, rather two equal beings sharing truthfully.

438. So many parents ignore their children, as a way to ‘get time for themselves’ and dismiss many of their delightful expressions with phrases such as ‘Ah, she’s just a kid, what does she know.’ When we look into the eyes of a baby there can be such a depth of understanding, it is awesome.

439. “Adding the factor of reincarnation makes a huge difference to relationships” – absolutely Dianne. We seem to be pursuing or hanging on to an ‘ideal age’ of about 16, when we are young enough (or so we think) to be free from responsibility but old enough to enjoy the pleasures we perceive to be the point of life. But what a trap, as we miss out on the wisdom and grace and fun all ages can bring when we simply accept we are great. Every year we are alive has something to offer, wisdom to share, love to express. If we all embraced this on our birthday’s the world be a different place.

     1. God, being 16 was torturous for me! I so get what you mean though about young enough to avoid responsibility but old enough to enjoy all the perks. I thought that was what my 20’s was for. What a lie and a waste of time that could have been well spent establishing a solid foundation for my 30’s and 40’s. Maybe being on the back foot from being behind the 8 ball on getting on with the job of life is one of the reasons we dread agin?

440. This is so beautiful Dianne, ‘This awareness imparts an equality that can be felt and sensed by the child, who then is free to express their elder wisdom and grace, which is part of who they have always been.’ It is wonderful to have this reminder when i am with children, I often forget about all of their past lives, it makes sense why there is so much wisdom in little children, to me they often sound like little philosophers, they ask profound questions and have a knowing and sureness that we often seem to disconnect from as adults.

441. This is a very exposing blog of what is going on in how we live in the world disregarding the true cycles of life and who we all truly are. The so called parenting that goes on is really a crushing of our very essence and being and we all suffer and grow up with hurts and compromised way of loving ourselves and caring. Discipline has been bastardised as most other things have in our beliefs and being allowed to live truly honoured for who we are is lost. However the true wisdom is amongst us and needs to be honoured for what it is and lived again. Children will be know as the amazingness they are and all the wisdom they have lived and bring again and the true elder energy will be treasured and recognised in all ages and respected for this. Responsibility is very different how we live it today as is love and this highlights these revelations Thank you Dianne.

442. The cyclical understanding of life that opens up when one is prepared to consider, if not accept, reincarnation is so well explained here Dianne. The way you explain elder energy is also great as it clears up the false idea that we simply get wiser just because we get older.

443. Actually, I make some other experiences with elder people in my surrounding. I can see and feel that from past experiences through war they got very hard against themselves not repecting themselves at all. Some of them suffer dementia. as not having dealt with their traumas and hurts. They were not able to live their life in a loving way, but allowing lots of abuse. So now I feel the call to establish again a group of elders who have changed their lifes as such that they are living their love and wisdom, tenderness, fragility and delicateness as natural qualities and share this livingness with younger people.

444. At an open day in an Aged Care facility some of the residents were being escorted around with help and the tone of voice used by the carers was almost always overly nice, sympathetic, infantalising and therefore condescending. This is common in other caring roles too such as nursing the infirm and of course adults speaking to children. What a great blog Dianne to break down the way we relate to each other in various stages of life.

     1. My daughter has started work placement at hospitals and aged care facilities. The first thing she noted was how so many people address the elderly in a condescending manner or as though they are simpletons incapable of understanding normal conversation! We have created a false sympathy for aging which is ugly to witness. God help anyone who tries to disable and demean me in order to bolster their own self-importance when I am in my dotage!

        1. Hello Helen Simkins you better be careful with that attitude these days you would possibly be medicated if you were in an aged care facility. This is a community change that is needed towards all ages but particularly the elderly. It would be a horrible feeling to be treated in this way and must be extremely frustrating for what are great members of our community to be pushed aside like we do. It’s not about helping old ladies across the road but about respect and common decency for people no matter their age. It’s great to bring awareness to these things and I am pleased Helen that with your awareness, your daughter is on the inside doing her bit.

     2. I have noticed this also and what is interesting is how many speak with children as if they are lesser, as if they don’t know anything. A mother at school the other day said that she takes what her son says with a grain of salt and I found that amazing as when allowed to speak freely I hear so much wisdom from my children.

445. I love the point you raise here, Dianne, about the fact that so many of us are ‘hanging onto being irresponsible, reactive against parents and authorities, self-centered, wanting to do their own fun thing without having to consider others, avoiding commitment to relationships, work and life, all driven by the fear that if they step up into responsibility and commitment, life will become ‘restrictive, dull and boring’
     Once we are beyond our youth, it seems this lifestyle is all about self, ensuring we, as individuals, have the most fun we can, while we can. However, are we really having as much fun as we think? I feel there is an emptiness that leaves us searching for more, as we continue to feel empty in our disconnection from others. When we allow ourselves to connect with humanity our whole perspective changes; there is consideration, purpose, self responsibility (gladly taken) and SO MUCH love and joy.

446. Yes, this is so true and I agree we often are not even aware we are doing it. We feel we are communicatIng with them as equals but it is with a lack of appreciation of their elder energy. I know this because I have done it which is dishonouring of the child.

447. Such elder wisdom in this blog, Dianne! It really explains so much of what I have observed. I had never considered the ‘teenage’ energy that some choose to run their lives, no matter what age. I have also been in awe of the wisdom of some very young people. I love that we have a choice at any age to be wise and responsible or the total opposite – it is a choice.

448. Absolutely stunning Dianne. I had never before considered that children could be in elder energy when they reincarnate. This would have been the very few so far but as we have more people passing over in elder energy, this is going to increase – what a gift to the world when they are supported to remain in this quality throughout childhood, and bring this living wisdom to this deeply hurt world.

449. This is a very important topic Dianne, this particular sentence stood out for me: ”When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” This exposes a silly human trait we have; we leave our loving, feeling wisdom and become how we are treated even though we know it’s not true.

     1. You’re right Bernard, and I know I’ve done exactly this in a kind of “I’ll show you” way – which always ended up hurting me the most. It’s a particularly bloody minded and even spiteful thing to do – completely barking mad when every cell in my body wants only to love and be loved!

450. Awesome blog Dianne, your voice is so clear in your writing. Recognising the truth of reincarnation has certainly made sense of many aspects of life to me, particularly our responsibility in the choices we make and the consequences they bring us.

451. A great observation Dianne, wisdom at a any age – ‘I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age. In truth, as many people have lately been pointing out in blog comments, we can have elder energy at any age.
     Hmm… it would be interesting to do a detective job on why we at any age choose ‘childish’ irresponsibility over the elder wisdom and grace that is available to all, and is even present in babies and young children.

452. This is simply amazing and so unifying to consider that elder energy is just that, it is an energy that is ageless and is available to us all, a wisdom that naturally flows from our lived responsibility and commitment to life in full.

453. And this is all at the expense of the well being and quality of life we could live as a society if we chose to live more openly to the amazing wisdom shared so richly by our elders and our children.

454. I have found even the most problem kids just need someone to pay them some attention and listen to them and make them feel that their opinions matter. There is nothing more validating as a child then feeling like you are listened to and more importantly, understood. If we can give children this gift, the wisdom they will grow up to have – not about a particular subject, but about how to be in life, will astound us.

     1. Rebecca I agree all children including those that are problem children need someone to listen to them and pay attention. When these children feel they are being listen too and understood, their own confidence and wisdom willl start to flow.

     2. Its amazing to think we come into this world knowing so much and yet most that are there to receive you look straight past it, past you. Confirmation is so key Rebecca, not for how many exams you have passed but understanding that qualities that you bring and the responsibility we all share to let this out.

455. I find the way many adults talk to children to be patronising and condescending, and they are usually the adults that live like teenagers. When the truth of reincarnation is accepted as a simple law of the universe, it will change many relationships that we now take for granted.

456. Thank you, Diana, for bringing up this topic. Your observation about humanity going with youth culture is gold. It is global. So I am with you on:”Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” Let’s do it.

457. I totally agree, Susan. Energetically, children are very perceptive and far more aware of what is going on than adults a lot of the time. When children are ‘not conforming’ to how they are being asked to behave, we can be quick to chastise and feel that they are misbehaving …. however, it may simply be that they are reacting to the energy around them. What they are feeling is possibly making them very uncomfortable and they’re not sure how to deal with these feelings. Rather than react ourselves, maybe we should take more time to understand what is going on for them in that moment.

458. People as a whole seem to be terrified of ageing but perhaps it is not so much ageing that scares people but the fact that they are running away from responsibility. To be an elder requires you to take responsibility for your choices and a lot of people run away from that.

     1. Hello Elizabeth Dolan and I agree and we could say that of people of all ages. Growing up or becoming old appears to be something we avoid. There is such a strive to stay young, look young, act young etc. Could it all come back to responsibility? Every day is a new opportunity, appreciate who you are, where you are and how old you are and the world will change. No matter our age everyone has something to offer, old or young. If we keep pigeon holing each other in age groups then we will never truly see what we are offering each other. There is a lot to be learned from growing older, there is much to be seen in being responsible, I love that word. Thank you Elizabeth.

        1. Well said Raymond. And the fact of reincarnation is such an amazing leveller and re-connecting to that more fully, thanks to the amazing understanding Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are bringing to the fact of reincarnation constantly. I am able to embrace getting older more and more, feeling the much, much bigger picture clearly. We are able to celebrate every person for who they are, and where they are at, irrespective of their age.

        2. Yes Raymond your comment really sums things up for me
           “No matter our age everyone has something to offer, old or young. If we keep pigeon holing each other in age groups then we will never truly see what we are offering each other.”
           Age is a very minor detail in comparison to the responsible choices we have made over life times. My most trusted council and deepest wisdom has come from relationships with people that are very young, if I were pigeon holing them in their age bracket then I would have missed out on this great wisdom.

        3. Hello sarahraynebaldwin, thank you. While I agree with this, “My most trusted council and deepest wisdom has come from relationships with people that are very young” I extend this to every relationship and person. Not in a one size fits all approach but by the fact even the one off interaction or relationship with a stranger on the street has bought me “trusted council” and ‘deep wisdom’. This is in fact what we are talking about, it’s not limited to a group or certain people. If we are open it is in fact all around us, we control it, we are the ‘makers’ of everything that is in front of us. Every person and every point there is always a great reflection to us, it’s always there, every time, it is ‘us’ that controls if we see it or not. At every point there is an opportunity or a choice for us to open our eyes wider to see more clearly, our perception controls the opening.

        4. Hello Raymond Karam, what you have shared is true, deep wisdom and trusted council can come from any of us at anytime, as the deepest wisdom cannot be owned by any particular age or race religion or gender but accessed equally if we get ourselves out of the way and allow it to flow through. Being open to receiving this ageless wisdom is key to how much seems to present itself in your path.

        5. Hello sarahraynebaldwin, thank you and this is superb, “the deepest wisdom cannot be owned by any particular age or race religion or gender but accessed equally if we get ourselves out of the way and allow it to flow through.” Can I ask what you mean by “get ourselves out of the way”?

        6. Yes Raymond, I would love to clarify what I meant by “get ourselves out of the way.”
           I know get myself in the way when I get caught up in the complication of the mind over the simplicity of the hearts and what feels good in my body. When I do this I am my own worst enemy. When you say ‘no’ to the complication and reconnect to the inner wisdom you realise it never left, you just had to “get yourself out of the way” to be able to fully access it.

        7. Hello sarahraynebaldwin and so it’s almost like you are saying there are 2 parts, the mind and the body. From what you are saying it appears if you come straight from the mind it becomes complicated whereas from the body there is a simplicity to just feeling. As a marker then, when there is complication I should ‘check in’ with my body to see how it feels; thanks Sarah.

     2. Great point Elizabeth, when our choices have not been that good it is understandable that we do not want to face them and the older we get all the more choices we have made which we then have to take responsibility for.

     3. I agree Elizabeth, to be an elder requires us to be responsible of the choices that we make as we are setting ourselves up for the quality of life next time around.

459. I love being in the company of people of all ages with the knowing that we have lived many lives. At times I can feel the ancientness of the connection between us, or the solid agelessness of another’s wisdom – other times I recognise the struggle to reconcile and renounce the less glorious experiences (mine and others), and wonder at the level to which we do not want to know all of who we are and have been. I try to imagine sometimes what my life might be like without the understanding of reincarnation (and thus responsibility) that I have – presented by the Ageless Wisdom through Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine …. and what I come up with is that I would feel desperately lost and this human life would have very little meaning.

460. Diane it is beautiful what you share how our elders and youngers have so much wisdom to share, however we have not allowed this as we have been caught in our worlds. More awareness needs to be brought to this, so we, humanity, start to connect to this wisdom through our elders and younger ones. How amazing it will be to have this living wisdom shared.

     1. Yes definitely Amita – there is so much inspiration we can gather from both our elders and our youth. They can both provide incredible reflections, although they are completely different in expression.

461. I have worked with the ‘elder’ population a lot in life and have built deep connection with elder members in my family. I have appreciated that there is an understanding of life and yes I have felt that acceptance of where I am at, where ever it is…There is something very supportive and powerful to share by people choosing to live in elder energy, ‘youth culture’ is I feel overrated, (I say from personal experience) I observe the wisdom, dignity and understanding that my children often share and I often am inspired to share how much I appreciate how mature they are and I don’t mean they are grown up for a 6 year old. What I mean by that is that they live and express with wisdom and grace, which is wonder to feel what ever age some one maybe, it is an elder energy.

     1. Beautifully said Samantha, elder energy is not about our actually age, but a rich quality of expression that we can choose to express at any time in our lives, arising from a true inner knowing of who we are and what needs to be truly communicated.

462. ‘That is, hanging onto being irresponsible, reactive against parents and authorities, self-centred, wanting to do their own fun thing without having to consider others, avoiding commitment to relationships, work and life, all driven by the fear that if they step up into responsibility and commitment, life will become ‘restrictive, dull and boring’ (which can only be true if you make it so). I know people in their twenties and thirties who still live like this, and even people middle aged and older than me who still live like this!’ As a wider society and for most on an individual level we really don’t like responsibility do we?

463. A beautiful sharing and appreciation of all ages especially that of the elderly and all the wisdom we accumulate in our lives through time and our livingness. Everything we go through and everything that happens to us, so called, is an opportunity to learn from and take a responsibility for ourselves and humanity also. With the true understanding of reincarnation the whole purpose and dedication to life changes and our recklessness as teenagers at any time in life is seen simply as irresponsibility. Children can be seen as who they truly are and their connection and knowing and can be honoured and treasured and guided lovingly. What a honouring way of living for us all this can be. Thank you for a great sharing and topic of discussion.

464. ” it would be interesting to do a detective job on why we at any age choose ‘childish’ irresponsibility over the elder wisdom and grace that is available to all, and is even present in babies and young children.” – A great point Dianne. Thee are many adults who still live in irresponsibility and also children who speak great wisdom and who are ‘old beyond their years; – as society would have it. Reincarnation makes total sense of this latter fact.

465. Children carry a wisdom beyond their age and this needs nurturing. If we allow ourselves to truly listen to them, then this innate wisdom will come through, but first of all we have to acknowledge, and listen to the elder energy within ourselves! Thank you Dianne for an articulate and very interesting blog which I enjoyed reading very much. Now I am going to go away and give myself permission to connect to my elder energy and stop denying myself, which means appreciating myself more and more for what I know, thank-you.

466. I absolutely love this blog Dianne: it is so needed to expose the way in which we are currently living in regards to how we view the elderly and young. I read this blog the other day and that night had the pleasure of spending time with a group of elderly people. One 94 year old lady really inspired me by the light in her eyes and the way she connected to me she talked to me all about her passion for nursing which she had been committed to all her life. We have so much we can learn from others and the elderly generation. The things that we see they did that worked we can carry on and expand on, and the things we can see that didn’t work we can choose to not carry it on so it does not get passed unnecessarily to the next generation.

467. I am now 32 and as I age each year I do not feel “older” yet I do not feel like I did when I was 17 either. In some ways I have gotten wiser but in other areas I have simply stepped away from wisdom that already deeply knew when I was a child and only now am I slowly remembering it.
     Could this be because the way we view age or ageing doesn’t make sense to the way it actually feels. We age physically but on the inside things do not always match up to what we were taught.
     I love what you have written Dianne, this blog is for every man woman and child, we most defiantly have the ability to be young and playful and in elder energy at any age or stage of our lives and this article to me proves reincarnation beyond a question of a doubt.

     1. sarahraynebaldwin I can totally relate – as I get older I feel a deeper connection to the wisdom and the unarguable simplicity of the inner-knowing I had as a child. Imagine how it would be if we did not stray from this wisdom as we moved into our teenage years, but were instead supported to deepen this knowledge – as Diane has presented, the world and our experience of aging would indeed be totally different.

        1. I totally agree Hannah and it is profound what Dianne is suggesting. This blog has seriously changed my life or should I say lives!!

     2. Thank you sarahraynebaldwin what a striking comment, “Could this be because the way we view age or ageing doesn’t make sense to the way it actually feels.” I love the difference you write about: that playfulness, love and elder energy are all in the same true vital and ‘young’ package. However we can age inside so much quicker than the outside by: anger, reaction, emotions, control, pessimism etc. these make us less able to be ourselves in life. However in the end it is our choice what age, maturity and responsibility we wish to live and express.

        1. I love this Arianne, this concept puts your age as your responsibility rather than something that is handed to you when you have hung in there long enough. Being able to be an Elder at any ages puts your quality first and you age secondary. As you so aptly point out, we can choose to be in the throws of our emotions and end up feeling worn down and burnt out when we are actually quite young, this says to me that ageing is not a right of passage but a responsibility.

     3. This is true about getting older in age but not feeling it, and I can definitely relate to having walked away from the wisdom I felt as a child and teenager as I didn’t stand by what I felt or wanted to say, so listened to the the comments of ‘how would you know you’re not old enough to understand?’ Now though I can see the wisdom is always there within everyone whether from lived experience in this life or one previously lived, which I have no doubt about follows us through to now.

        1. Yes jsnelgrove36, it is in everyone but how much access we have to this inner wisdom is determined by our daily choices.

     4. Great comment Sarah, In stepping away from the wisdom of feeling we had as children and trying to fit in to a largely loveless world we take on ideals and beliefs. We abandon our hearts and live from our minds trying to be accepted, this hurts because it is not true, so we live from hurts, protection, and fear. It is like we lose control of our own consciousness and become puppets. I feel that is why many adults behave like irresponsible teenagers, they have lost connection to their inner wisdom, but it is never to late to be restored.

        1. Well said Bernard Cincotta and I can still relate to behaving like a teenager as an adult, I step into it momentarily, if I make a choice to step away from myself.

     5. I can relate to you sarahraynebaldwin. My body has changed over the years – an obvious and inevitable external change – but inside there is a part of me that is timeless and forever wise irrespective of age.

        1. Yes Dean, this was a big part of what I was expressing, it is how most of us feel, I think. Somewhere along the line we bastardised this feeling to mean that we are “forever young” and used it as an excuse to stay in the immaturity of our spirit. The way you word it Dean is beautiful and leaves no room for this.

468. The understanding shared in your blog Diane brings enormous benefit to the role of parenting. What a great start in life this would be for a child.

     1. Absolutely agree Johanna, a complete treasure for parenting.

        1. Agreed, Jenny ….. where was this blog 20 years ago!!! What a gift it would be to have this article in parenting books, parenting websites, clinics that young mums attend …. so many possibilities.

     2. Yes johannebrown17 – Through Dianne’s sharing I have a very different view on parenting. It makes so much sense, to see kids as equals and they carry such a wisdom as everybody else.

469. Beliefs such as you’re ‘past it’ one reaching a certain age or not worth listening to until you’re a certain age keeps our society fragmented and stops us from truly working together.

     1. The ‘your past it’ consciousness is so ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as us not treating our own children as the equals they truly are. We all have something to bring that serves in our evolution as a whole. If we got humble and began to truly listen to each other maybe we would begin to see the reality of this.

     2. It certainly does we only need to look at how excluded we have made our elders it’s like we’ve left them behind because they couldn’t keep up, most are willing to hold and support us always

470. I am currently babysitting a little one, and it is an amazing experience to treat her has a small person rather than a child – understanding they are by no means less than me and able to comprehend the world around them with astonishing clarity.

     1. Yes that clarity blows me away and when I used to not believe in reincarnation, I could not ever explain that one – where children possessed a wisdom way beyond their years.

        1. I agree, it never made sense to me till I brought that factor in, and it helped explain the differences in siblings and even towns, the way a child is a complete individual character from day one.

471. A brilliant call for change in the the way we view elder energy and in our beliefs about in what age group it resides. As you say, it’s not restricted to just the domain of the silver haired. It’s available within us all. I’ve seen so often a very switched-on child trying to engage with a fractious parent who squashes the child back into a smaller space, rendering the wisdom being imparted withered and withheld. The child visibly wilts and gives up and the parent believes order is restored. Order maybe, but at the expense of true expression that is valuable to all.

     1. That is exactly what we are doing if we do not appreciate the elder energy in out young ones. We do in fact do not want to hear the truth that is being presented to us as to my feeling we only accept this if we are truly looking for the true answers to life and we receive this truth from someone we respect and and have accepted to provide this truth to us. The idea of having a child being capable of providing this age-old wisdom to us is something we have to become aware of and appreciate the grandness that is being shared to us by doing so.

     2. Yes Cathy we miss out on so much true expression and wisdom by dismissing the contributions of children. The arrogance behind this is so damaging and needs to be challenged because the way we are currently living is patently not working.

472. I often find that a lot of elders have a lot more respect and appreciation for life. The way they listen to me (from a beingness), the way they relate to me (equality) and the way they share (non imposing and from a lot of lived experience). For a long time I wasn’t really aware because I didn’t pay attention of the worth of both them and myself. It is lovely to listen to them, especially if I pay attention to the hidden Wisdom they share ‘in between the lines’.

473. “Adding the factor of reincarnation makes a huge difference to relationships – to know that the 8 year-old girl you’re chatting and painting pictures with has been (many times over) all genders, all ages, many societal roles and a wide range of occupations, and may have even been your own grandfather in some life or other!” This aspect of your blog Dianne is all revealing and infrequently does someone say it just the way it is, in plain language for others to read like you have. Reincarnation as a knowing and not a belief, is at the base of such expansion for everyone who’s forgotten this fact (the wheel or re-birth).

     1. Well said Oliver, it’s so refreshing to hear and read it as it is; that Reincarnation is a fact, not a belief. It’s a true leveller, and brings the fact home, that we are all equal, but we just live the consequences of our choices over many lifetimes – which can be a huge ouch, but also a huge opportunity to become more honest and ponder on how much longer do we want to keep going with the ingrained, lifelong habits and patterns of behaviour….?

     2. I agree Dianne/Oliver that when we add the factor of reincarnation it makes a huge difference to how I relate to children. It is impossible to treat them as anything less than my equal. It also makes a vast difference to how I view our elders. Not only have they accumulated the wisdom of life lived but they are also preparing to come back again. How they leave will be how they return. It is vital that we prepare ourselves and get the support we need to live our last years in the fullness of who we are, not in emptiness, isolation and sadness that is sadly now the experience of so many.

474. Diane your blog has made me reflect on my observations. As a youngster growing up I frequently heard – ‘children should be seen and not heard.’ That was very much how I was brought up. It was also apparent to me as a child that our older relatives were very much a part of our lives and no one I new of was sent off to live in an old peoples home. Now as an adult with children of my own, my experience is children are given more of a voice and are encouraged to express more. With regard to our older relatives, I very rarely see them at family gatherings and I know of lots of them that now live in homes for the elderly. Life has changed a lot and I totally agree that we have this culture that being young is ‘it’ and that there is no value in being old.

     1. ‘my experience is children are given more of a voice and are encouraged to express more.’ I agree with this, Debra, and I feel it’s great that they are when this is balanced with adults around them also expressing how they feel, from a connection to self …. however, I feel that perhaps a lot of parents are tending to live through their children from a place of disconnection, which is extremely disempowering to both adult and child.

475. The wisdom that is available from both our elders and the young is equally invaluable. As a society I feel we really have got quite a lot wrong in the way we treat both age groups. Thanks Diane for highlighting this. It starts a very much needed conversation.

     1. When we warp our perception with mental pictures of how life is/should/will be, the pictures we attach to come laced with conditions, judgements and ideals which mean we end up treating people accordingly. No one is excepted in this no matter what we tell ourselves – the human spirit takes no prisoners in its search for identification and justification. No wonder we have a society where we mistreat and miscommunicate with those at both ends of their journey through a life.

        1. Helen your comment inspires me to really observe those prejudices in action within myself so I can let them go. And to really appreciate when they become clear – my choice to let go of insecurities rather than hide behind judgments I chose to be unaware of.

        2. Yes, it is important to admit how we discard those who do not fit in with our ideal pictures of how life and society should be. This blog is a much needed expose on how we treat one another, dismissing the fact that every single one of us, young or old, has equal access to the eternal wisdom of the soul.

        3. Birth and death are monumental times in our life and offer the capacity for much change.

476. Your opening line about being trained to focus on youth is so very true. It’s as though there is a golden time of life. But it seems we forget whatever age we are currently at is our golden age.

     1. This is so true nikkimckee, because innately, in our essence, we all carry the wisdom of everything that has gone before us in our bodies, we know everything, and if we can get passed our hurts and align to that wisdom everyone becomes the elder that they already are.

     2. I agree nikkimckee, life is almost viewed as an event of diminishing returns, when in fact all life is there to be enjoyed and lived in full, and the wisdom of our elders should be celebrated as it is in some cultures around the world. Yet so many beliefs prevent us from viewing everyone equally and appreciating what each age can bring. My experience of interacting with children is that much more is gained by all when real value is placed on the children and what they feel, not telling but sharing space.

     3. Love what you share here nikkimckee – ‘whatever age we are currently at is our golden age.’ So true.

     4. Well said nikkimckee – every age is our golden age if we are but willing to connect to our inner wisdom and truth.

     5. So true nikkimckee – no matter how old we are, it is our choice if we live in a precious way or not.

        1. It is our choice to embrace where we are in life, be it age or evolution. I love how you have phrased that Alexander- to live in a precious way or not.

477. Dianne, what a beautiful blog. You’ve really painted the circle of life of not only what we can bring at each and every age but what we can appreciate in others at all points around the circle. Allowing children to be themselves and to honour the wisdom they have, sets them up with a good foundation to live in full.

     1. I agree nikkimckee; we as a society have lost the respect for the innate knowing of children, so Dianne’s blog is a much needed reminder to stop and actually listen to them again. And to know that we do not need to dumb down when speaking to children, remembering, they have been adults not that long ago, they know exactly what is going on around them, and with the adults in their lives. Listening to them and also not lying to them is what’s needed for them to grow up with a great foundation to live their lives in full.

478. So many gems in this great blog, Dianne, this point stands out for me at the moment. “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” Unfortunately for many generations this has been how so many children have been treated and as you say, then so often the children grow up to be irresponsible. It is so silly, when we can on the other hand say, “out of the mouths of babes can come such wisdom”. So why don’t we treat our children as little adults, yes needing guidance, and boundaries but maybe that guidance could concentrate on teaching them to listen to their own inner guidance. So often the young can teach us much, and we need to respect them for this.

     1. ‘So often the young can teach us much, and we need to respect them for this.’ I agree, Beverley, such wisdom comes from our children and we can either react or choose to listen. They remind us we have access to the same wisdom.

     2. So true Beverley, that there is much to learn by either party. I watched a mum yesterday at the beach, with one of her daughters. There was so much of value being reflected by the daughter, the joy and playfulness that just couldn’t be controlled. I could feel how the ideas of what a mother should do and how a child should behave affecting the relationship, and not allowing the fullness of each to be supported and enjoyed.

     3. Great point Beverly, we even have statements that honor the wisdom children hold yet as a whole society we do not follow our own insights.

479. Ah, Dianne, I love this beautiful elder that you describe “They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are. After all they’ve probably “seen it all and done it all” themselves and understand what’s going on for you.” These are truly a treasure, by just guiding gently without judgment and allowing others to just be where they are, they can be such great role models for the younger generations who often look up to them. Unfortunately we don’t seem to have many of these elders around now, so many of the older generation have joined the ‘me’ generation in their expectations of how things should be.

480. Claiming the elder energy is about claiming our power and responsibility, understanding that what we think is not in fact our own and when we connect, we receive the infinite intelligence of the Universe. This is what we then express. It reveals the veil of illusion that has had us self seeking for way too long.

481. The more present I allow myself to be, the more ‘eye to eye’ and ‘heart to heart’ moments I engage in with my child and it is glorious to watch her sense of self worth and responsibility rising equally.

     1. Yes emmadanchin, when you truly connect to someone, it doesn’t mater what age they are. The moment is equally precious, be it with a baby, or someone like my grandmother who is 101 and still amazing.

482. It is so freeing to receive the intention of your blog Dianne: to be in equalness with all, regardless of age; that the elder energy can be claimed at any age. How true, if we are raised in this elder energy and allowed to live it for ourselves, we won’t have the need to rebel and live in irresponsibility. What a gift we can offer everyone we meet and our children to live in this way.

483. There is so much importance and judgment on the ‘doing’ – or lack of…children can’t ‘do’ as much (purely because of their size/strength) and older people supposedly aren’t ‘doing’ as much because they’re no longer working…rather than if the focus was on being and the quality children, older people, and everyone can bring, which naturally creates respect and equality.

     1. Paula, I love what you have shared in your comment, and I might add that I am finding that to be a truth in the strengthing of my awareness, that is the responsibility of the ‘being’ and the quality of that when no longer is the facility of the ‘doing’ so obvious.

484. I absolutely agree Ariana, Dianne you have nailed it , the whole consciousness of ‘age’ has been taken down, and the truth of agelessness is revealed. I am truly honored by reading this article, and my appreciation grows for all the wisdom we carry and all have equally inside. The amount of wisdom that then comes out of someone is depending, not on how much they are, but how much they let out of who they truly are. So every time I feel a difference in their share of wisdom, I know this has nothing to do with age, but in truth a different level and commitment to truth chosen by that person. That makes the difference very obvious of what true equality is, as it is no different to another, just differently in amount expressed. Which is dependent on someone, his or her taken responsibility, and acceptance of the Ageless Wisdom.

485. Dianne, I too find it immensely liberating to bring the understanding of reincarnation to children. It gives me a much broader perspective and also puts a stop to any sympathy that could be triggered, and more able to be the observer in certain situations. That is not to say I tolerate cruelty to children in any shape or form. I have not had children and have tended to relate to them as fellow intelligent beings on life’s path, encouraging them to be responsible and not playing into the manipulative or childish behaviour that may be on show. Most children respond well to this, although they may be quite shocked at first when they find themselves being met in an intelligent way that is loving but is not going to pander.

486. So true Susan, and if we dismiss or are not open to seeing and hearing children’s wisdom we miss out on the most supportive and loving reminders to be who we are. Children remind me to be playful, and how to be serious and committed with not an ounce of trying or control.

487. You have written in words exactly what is at play in society Dianne. I love it because it brings home that we are all equal and there are many titles and roles that can if we use them to hide behind, entrap us into thinking we are not equal. I know when I put on the Mother hat, (you know the one – I know better) I’m completely in separation to my sons and myself, and the thoughts an ideal and beliefs that are there reflect this. When I take the hat off I’m in awe by the wisdom that they exude in how they live and express.

488. We are brought up to constantly compare and judge instead of seeing the equality between every fellow human and the unique qualities each of us brings.

489. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.”- well claimed Dianne.
     If we recognise reincarnation as part of life, then what a difference it makes to how we interact and treat our young and elders-and what amazing wisdom can be shared when welcomed.

490. Dianne, I love how you so openly embrace reincarnation as a natural given which makes sense of many ‘mysteries’ in life. It is great that your scientific background has not blinkered you to such possibilities and in fact your approach has opened you to exploring these ‘mysteries’ with a very open mind.

491. Many great points in this blogs Dianne: The older person who has given up and the younger person who is being childish – it all boils down to avoiding responsibility. It’s true, as you say, that we discourage children from taking responsibility by ‘talking down to them’ and babying them and then we expect them to ‘act like grownups’ and ‘be a man’ without us being a true role model for them of how to live a responsible way of life.

492. I agree Mary. Respecting the wisdom of our young would benefit all. I actually see then as more wise as they haven’t been tainted by the beliefs and ideals of life in the early years. They absolutely have more connection to truth and the love of their souls – feeling all around them.

493. When we hold a baby in our arms we are holding a body that has the light of the soul, unblemished. They were not long before birth and still are an elder themselves. The soul has no age, we are all the same age.

494. It is truly saf that as a society we do tend to not give the aged the attention and worth they are. Our elders have worked hard and lived much. They have lived many experiences and been in many situations therefore had many learnings. For me any one and everyone is someone to appreciate and speak with. You never know what wisdom you may be missing out on if you choose to ignore part of the population.

495. “And, in fact, weird though it seems, many younger people are also desperately hanging onto youth. Not in the ‘looking young’ way, but in the ‘playing the kid’ way.” This is very revealing Dianne and I am sure I am not the only one that feels like squirming when I read this. After reading your blog I have felt how lovely it would be to full embrace the wisdom inside that longs to be expressed. There is lifetimes of it.

496. To accept reincarnation would mean changing everything Mary, how we know ourselves, how we respect and honour others (young or old). In fact every choice we make would need to be in respect of the fact that we come back and live with every one of those choices we ever made. A very sobering yet also very joyful, realisation.

     1. Every moment of every life would change if reincarnation was a known fact by all. Add to that karma and suddenly the term “responsibility” means something totally different!

497. ‘Hidden treasures’, what a beautiful description Dianne. The young and elderly hold much wisdom, untapped wisdom in fact. As the world is geared towards productivity, efficiency and economy, it leaves little room for those that are viewed as not valuable in dollar signs, or that they are a drain financially. It seems so much is calculated on the basis of money only, leaving no place for quality. The thing is we all get old, every one of us.

498. If we consider reincarnation properly then it is a game changer for the way that we look at life.

     1. Yes Adam it would be a game changer in many ways. One being that there would be a greater understanding of why things happen to some people and not others.

499. “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” When children are treated as equal people what a change in behaviour to the one that has been treated as a ‘kid’

500. “I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age. In truth, as many people have lately been pointing out in blog comments, we can have elder energy at any age.” This is a very accurate observation, Dianne. Maintaining ‘teenage’ energy is not accepting responsibility. What a change in society if we all accepted responsibility rather than always looking to others to take charge or, more commonly to blame others for one’s problems!

501. Where do I even start with this blog!? there are so many awesome points you’ve raised here Dianne. It’s like the ‘youth culture’ to me seems like a huge lie. With reincarnation and connecting to the fact that we are just coming around again, how would life then in approached throughout the ages (of one particular life) knowing that you’ve been, here, done that, got the T-shirt many times before? It’s like living as a child to avoid responsibility completely blinds us to the fact that we are not young at all but in fact very very ancient. Thank you for cracking open this perception on the ‘youth culture’ that is actually in all ages, not just within a set boundary of years lived in this current life.

502. We are all innately wise. Even those of us who choose to live in ignorance or irresponsibility have this same wisdom within that the elders do who are tapping into and expressing their own wisdom. Knowing this, calls into question the way we communicate with children, the value judgements we place on people and the games people play to hide the fact that they are in fact deeply knowing. We are programed to go through life only seeing what is on the surface to see, but many people have created an outer layer that depicts an image quite incongruous to the ancientness and wisdom within. The problem with running this program where we don’t look deeper below the surface and meet people in their true wisdom is that we continue to perpetuate the myth. It is difficult for people to break out of the 1 dimensional role they create for themselves in the world when all around them people are confirming that this role is who they truly are.

503. Maybe it should be a ‘wise heart between young shoulders’ Susan.

     1. Love it Jennifer!

504. It’s like we get stuck in believing what we are seeing is the truth. Yes there is a lot of elderly people who do not age very well. In fact I have heard many times…”whatever you do don’t get old” and because we see this as the truth we live reckless lives even way past our teenage years, simply as a reaction to what we see. Living a life of wisdom and grace can happen at any age including that of the elderly, but I the choices we make is the key to this. Thanks Dianne you have given much to ponder on here.

505. I love what you say about children Dianne, I have always felt the agelessness of a child and have never underestimated them as merely being kids. When my girls were born I can recall thinking that it was like giving born to a fully fledged woman, as babies, as toddlers and as teenagers they were larger than life with the very same presence they were born with. It often shocked me that someone with such a big presence could look so tiny and cute. Even as little girls I often felt like I was battling with woman. Our son was the same, very strong willed from early, a little man, who even as a small child had no qualms about speaking the truth to anyone at anytime.

506. The elderly just like the very young are an untapped resource if we wish to be more understanding and gain more wisdom of our world. Both these age groups offer a perspective on the world that is often overlooked but definitely shouldn’t be.

507. I didn’t get past the first paragraph before I hit this gem “. . .as if they are irrelevant and embarrassing reminders of where we are going, that we don’t want to go. So we make the elders invisible.” and “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” Spoken like a True Elder Dianne. Brilliant offering.

508. Mary wouldn’t that be truly Amazing! It would change EVERYTHING and we could heal so much more than we currently are and evolve together in a much deeper and wider scale. There is so much wisdom in children and young people, could it be because we haven’t accepted it and acknowledged it in us we cannot in them? Time to start accepting! Dianne I love what you expressed about reincarnation here ‘seeing it in the whole context makes sense of a great many mysteries of human experience and psychology, and makes a fruitful foundation for the understanding and correction of interactions, attitudes, behaviour and purpose.’

509. Completely agree Ariana.

510. This article has so much common sense in it, that I am certainly left to ponder why don’t we claim the wisdom of our elder energy and power?

511. So true Kelly defining age is a concept we have that boxes people into certain categories. We miss out on so much wisdom and truth when we do this. We often dismiss the young for example….”what would she know she is only a child.” How often I have heard this growing up and believed it till I realized that no matter what age we are we all have access to the same wisdom if we choose to stay connected with our inner knowing.

512. A great blog thank you Dianne, very refreshing and “sensible” in the way we view children, and elders.
     I particularly resonated with the following sentence;
     “They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are”

513. I so agree Mary. Knowing about reincarnation from Serge Benhayon – in its truth – has enabled me to view children – and all of us – in a completely new light. If everyone knew this the world could be in a very different place.

514. The I see elders truly living their innate wisdom the more at ease I feel. There is a very confirming and supportive feeling whenever we meet an elder living who they naturally are. Whereas, like many, I would dismiss the elders as being out of touch, I am now starting to deeply appreciate the quality that anyone can bring when being an elder. Another area I’ve also come to understand is that through age we can often create separation in society – the young outcast in one way and the elderly outcast in another, the more I feel everyone not by “age” but by their natural quality of essence the more everyone is the same and these divisions can come down.

     1. Great points you make here David. I agree that life has become so fragmented and compartmentalised. We do it to ourselves and each other; age is just one of the ways. The more we see life as a whole, filled with cycles, (reincarnation being one of the major ones), the less we can say one part of life is better than another. It’s all just different phases of the same whole that we keep coming back to.

515. It is an amazing experience interacting with children and to treat them as equals, as they are adults who have lived many lives, in small bodies, it allows the opportunity to appreciate and value each other for who they are. Thank you Dianne.

516. Great observations Dianne that really makes you stop and consider the beliefs we hold around wisdom and the elderly. I love how you share that wisdom is not something that necessarily comes with age, but it is something that we all can equally hold from the moment we are born. Having worked with children for many years I can attest to the truth of this statement. Bringing it back to respect and treating others regardless of their age as equals makes a massive difference as there is so much we can learn from each other.

     1. I can feel the absolute truth in this too Jade, ‘ I love how you share that wisdom is not something that necessarily comes with age, but it is something that we all can equally hold from the moment we are born.’ I can feel the wisdom of babies and young children, there is a knowing of who they are, what is true and what is not true, they express what they feel and are generally open, playful and loving; a very wise way to live.

     2. And it takes humility not to play the part of the superior adult whilst at the same time being able to provide the support and loving discipline where necessary. Listening to, appreciating and encouraging the truth and wisdom that children can bring takes being very open and not in our momentums so that we can respond from our hearts when the opportunity is there.

        1. I can think of perhaps nothing as exquisite as listening to the wisdom of a child, the unfettered musings leave naught but amazement. What is offered here is that our can elders hold that same quality if they surrender to their own wisdom.

        2. I agree Heather I love to hear the wisdom that expresses through our children, it is always spontaneous and often unexpected in the moment it emerges. Wouldn’t it be beautiful if our elders expressed similarly but in their own way.

517. It is amazing when you ponder on how over looked what we have taken for granted Dianne. I Googled the “the wisdom of youth” and got just over 1000 hits. I have often heard expression we all have much to learn from the wisdom that comes from the child. Could it be something we have not yet learned from many times being here that we choose not to listen… again.

     1. I am aware sjmatsonuk, that there is a big difference between the “youth culture” and the “wisdom of the child”. It seems these two became confused as the teenage years became idolised as the wisdom of the young child was lost in a bid for a false freedom.

518. When my daughter was about three we were coming down a hill in London overlooking an industrial area to the East. She said “Oh look there is China” then I said “shall we go and see whats happening in China to which she replied in a very concerned and wise way,”No some not very nice things go on in China”. Now how she even knew about China and the way she spoke just reconfirms to me that she was not new to this world.

     1. A beautiful example Kev of the gems that can come out of children’s mouths. Our wisdom comes with us from one life to the next…

     2. I love that kevmchardy. Kids can say some pretty wise and powerful things, but it’s impossible to appreciate them if we see children as ‘inferior’/less than us. Downplaying what kids have to say can lead to them not feeling accepted for who they truly are and so become different and change their behaviours to get attention/be accepted.

        1. I agree Susie, downplaying children or dismissing their wisdom is deeply harming for all, as they begin to doubt their own sense of what they feel and shut it down- when in fact it is often through their expresssion that adults can be pulled up completely, as what is felt comes out pure and without any distortion or investment.

     3. What a beautiful response to your 3 year old daughter kevmchardy, allowing her natural wise and caring way to shine through. I’m sure every parent has had similar experiences with their children. If all the stories were collected, there would be ample evidence that we definitely live much more than one life.

     4. Awesome story kevmchardy, there is so much sensitivity in the young, and the open access they have to feeling what is going on energetically, imagine if we were to nurture this in all children, allowing them to express and just be themselves rather than trying to live up to something we put upon them that is actually not true. Maybe so many of us wouldn’t grow up so screwed up..

519. I love this Diane; you offer us such an insightful look into the “hidden treasures” in society, those who bring us so much wisdom, whether they be young, old or in between. I have had the immense joy of being a big part of two of my grand-children’s lives since the day they were born and the wisdom that has flowed at times from their young voices has never ceased to amaze me; in fact they pull me up if they feel I am out of line, and I although I may have an oops moment, I definitely don’t get offended. I am always willing to listen. They may be young in years but the sense of wisdom held within them feels ageless and endless.

520. Great points.
     I work in aged care and the eldery become more invisable as they become older. The way we speak to the eldery is questionable at best. When ever we hear a complaint from an eldery person we always question it’s worth. As per the stereotype of the angry old man.

     Instead our society would benefit from valuing all ages equally however be in complete awe of what age is capable of bringing.

     1. I too worked with the elderly for 8 years.What I observed is that each time I connected with them and let them in, the wisdom they spoke was extraordinary. Their lived experience was invaluable. It exposed the ideals and beliefs I had around the older generation and totally changed the way I viewed them….just as well as I am in this bracket now!!!

        1. What you both offer here is so valuable, Luke and marylouisemeyers. The actual experience of what it is like to work with the aged and what their experience is helps to expose how so many of us treat them. In many cases this may not even be a conscious decision to treat them like this, but a decision fed to us through social pressures and media. By bringing it into our awareness we are then able to change it.

        2. Ha Ha marylouisemeyes, funny how we get older ! As we don’t tend to value this stage of life as Dianne has shared, we also don’t embrace getting older, and the wisdom our years bring, rather focus on how to look younger and defy ageing. How different it would be if we embraced this stage of life, every part including the physical fragility, wrinkles etc and saw it as the phase of building towards our next incarnation. How different our whole society would be as a result of this appreciation.

        3. This typifies to me the extent of the love and wisdom that is right before us all the time that we choose not to let in. We are surrounded by it and yet reject it.. great that this discussion is happening, because as Dianne says this wisdom is in our young too. We simply have to acknowledge it and be open to it to hear it and see it and not see our young and old as less.

        4. I completely agree Marylouise. This is also my experience. They are a fountain of wisdom with the experience behind them.

        5. As a generalisation – I have come to enjoy and appreciate the time and space older people tend to give to conversation. You can feel they grew up in a time where writing letters was the most efficient was to stay in touch with those who lived afar.

        6. I agree Abby – their lives are no longer dominated by time and this gives their conversation a spaciousness and an insight into the ways of the world. They come from an era that was not dominated by complication – there was a beauty in the simplicity of the way they lived and the demands they put on life. Their pleasures were more simple and, as you say they took time to write letters which allowed them to express and connect with one another in a way that was gracious.

        7. Yes we soon change our attitudes towards the elderly when we reach a certain age bracket, I agree Mary-Louise! What I am appreciating more and more is that age is not an excuse to be rude to people and so often we are, to both the young and old by dismissing what they say, when more often than not, it is a truth we really need to hear.

        8. agree, I know I’ve always held the notion of looking up to the elders in the community. They have so much insight, experience and heart to share. From their experiences and sharing I’m supported to reach my full potential.
           So I trust I can come around for advice anytime Mary louise 😉

521. “They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are” – ahh yes this is exactly what i love and deeply appreciate about elders (or those with exercised wisdom), they are such treasures of knowingness, it is so beautiful to be received this way.

522. Diane, what a completely wonderful blog, just love the way you present that elders and kids are actually one of the same in-truth owing to the fact and beauty of reincarnation. Both the child and the elder can (and do) reflect the same level of wisdom and depth by just being themselves with nothing to prove. It made me think about workforces where at the very junior and senior levels there is far greater understanding or harmony than when in the mid-management levels and all the striving or scrambling: the junior is eager to learn, the senior eager to share, the mid levels eager to prove.

     1. Great observations Zofia. This has also been my experience with peoples attitudes at work, which is why its so important to have a mix of ages in any organisation.

     2. Yes definitely Zofia – although elders do have more temporal experience from their lifetime, children have a pretty cool perspective on life too! They can both be eager to share, and eager to learn, but only if we allow them the space to do so and don’t belittle what either have to say.

523. There is no age barrier on living wisdom and truth everyone holds these qualities within equally so. It is just a choice to take responsibility for ourselves and the wisdom we have to share with all by how we express. That’s why connecting with everyone no matter the age is so vitally important.

     1. Great sharing Kelly – I feel to connect with everyone no matter what their age is vitally important – everyone has something to share and offer. Tapping in to that innate lived wisdom is in each and everyone of us.

     2. Kelly this is true, “There is no age barrier on living wisdom and truth everyone holds these qualities within equally so.” A young child can hold the same wisdom as the person who has lived a full life in their eighties, as is true for the middle aged. Wisdom is innate and resides in us all equally so no matter our age, religion, culture or background.

524. Thank you Dianne, so beautifully expressed! I have 6 grandchildren and they are so wise in many ways even the two year olds, and of course are still children and have their moments as well, as we all did. This encourages me to be more in my elder energy too but also to be a fun loving child again at times so the best of both worlds is on offer to us all. Reincarnation is a great gift to us as we all have the opportunity to prepare ourselves for our next incarnation in this one. I too thank Serge Benhayon for his sharing of the way reincarnation works, and have a greater understanding of the value of it also.

     1. I agree Roslyn, without an understanding of reincarnation, we’re left meandering without the gifts that flow with knowing we and all others have lived before. I often look to small children for glimpses of their past life and almost without doubt they are there unless squashed out of them. Fascinating isn’t it that we can be so wise and yet so cheeky and innocent all in one bundle.

525. You have called out what is going on and playing out in the world on a massive scale ‘we disregard elders as if they are irrelevant and embarrassing reminders of where we are going, that we don’t want to go. So we make the elders invisible.’ and ‘many younger people are also desperately hanging onto youth. Not in the ‘looking young’ way, but in the ‘playing the kid’ way. That is, hanging onto being irresponsible, reactive against parents and authorities, self-centred’. Either of these do not feel great at all, feeling into this a bit more I feel the media plays a big role in both of these ill ideals and beliefs we hold by constantly advertising a way of life to stay young and not honouring a way of growing old gracefully. It needs people to step out of the crowd and break the mould with this so others can see there is no shame in growing old and taking responsibility for our life.

     1. Vicky great point and with anything the media simply reflects what we live, and think about ourselves. Until we bring the love and appreciation for ourselves deeply so, very little can change in the outer world what ever age, stage in this cycle we are at.

     2. I agree Vicky. I feel honouring and celebrating each other’s loving qualities whether they are baby, child, teenager, adult or elder is the key. Dianne’s blog for me exposes the many consciousnesses around age, gender and our positions in the world, and how we can either choose equality and responsibility or separation and irresponsibility. Bringing home that everything is a choice. I am constantly blown away and appreciate the wisdom and holding of many elders in my life, which before Universal Medicine I had blinkers on to.

     3. This is so true Vicky, ‘ I feel the media plays a big role in both of these ill ideals and beliefs we hold by constantly advertising a way of life to stay young and not honouring a way of growing old gracefully.’ I rarely see magazine adverts or t.v adverts with elderly people in, the only adverts for elderly people are for stair lifts or cosy feet slippers, elderly people are invisible in the media and so are never portrayed as the wise, graceful, beautiful people that they are and so we as a society loose out on appreciating our elders and what amazing wisdom and grace they can bring.

526. Elders ARE hidden treasures. Regardless of their age, they are known for their love, kindness and lived wisdom. Elders are able to assist us to see what matters and what does not matter in life and to see the bigger picture.

     1. Yes Shevon – there is something beautiful that comes with Elders in most cases. There is a humility and allowing because the pride that can be held in ‘Physicality’ is gone and their livingness is all about ‘Love’.

        1. There is something very ‘stilling’ about elder energy ….. you feel very held and safe which creates a gorgeous space to just be. There is no imposition or expectation, just a sea of love enveloping you and the truth is always spoken with that same love.

        2. How many children absolutely treasure their grandparents? Many I would say… and this is not because they spoil them, but because together they joyfully see and experience life, without the rush, the “to do list” and the pressure. They know what they are doing, it’s time for the rest of us to awaken to our own.

527. I really appreciate the cyclic nature of what you present here Dianne. The true respect of elders without any pandering or sympathy, seeds forth true respect for our youth without condescension. Relating to both young and old by deeply honouring what they truly offer feeds back into the whole of our lives and into the whole of our world. Without it we cannot be whole.

528. Absolutely Rowena – “Commitment and responsibility need not make life dry and dusty, on the contrary as I am discovering…”! There’s nothing boring about committing to truly be yourself in every aspect of life; this is something that I’m learning and developing as well and agree that it brings a great richness and beauty to life.

529. You know it also occurs to me that part of the way we write off our older people is by taking the attitude of ‘what would they know, they’re from another generation’. We’ve done this in part by seeing the advances of technology and the sophistication of lifestyle as real and valid markers of our advancement… so those not part of this because they left ‘life’ before the most recent upgrades, wouldn’t know what it’s like. The fact nothing is new, and all life struggles are essentially the same, just reinvented eternally until we shift the underlying energetic pattern, is lost on us in the Will to remain in those patterns for yet another lifetime. As Dianne points out so beautifully, we avoid the ones who might provide the reflection that we are repeating our woes over and over and are irresponsibly choosing to remain there.

     1. It feels like this is an important part of the ‘game’ we are playing ‘we avoid the ones who might provide the reflection that we are repeating our woes over and over and are irresponsibly choosing to remain there.’

        1. Yes Alison, I used to laugh at all the so-called conspiracy theories l’d occasionally come across, but l’m laughing at myself now for my so-called naivety in playing the ‘game’ so well for so long.

     2. This is a fundamental point you are making here Jenny, as is Dianne, and changing the energy that we are living in and with is essentially everything as this is what creates every single part of our life and our experiences. It is an amazing education to know that energy is before any thought, action, choice etc and that getting to know what energy we are running with it the first part of getting to know ourselves, life and how it all really works.

        1. Yes beautifully said Amina, if this were taught at school from day 1, things would be very different. Imagine when a child does something that hurts another, or is unable to settle down, or is distracted perpetually… the sort of approach that would occur. How much does that open up the potential to see what’s really going on for any of us, and provide so much more scope for understanding, clarity and resolution of what probably has been and will otherwise remain long-held patterns.

530. Diane a great thought provoking piece. What really spoke to me was bringing equality to children so they can step up into their elder energy from the get go! I can feel as a mother I did not embrace this and can see the consequences of this in my children’s lives. Since I have understood this from what Serge Benhayon presents I have been slowly letting go of all patterns and to meet my children in the truth of who they are.

     1. I can totally relate to this Sharon as I too did not bring the equality to my children that I now know I could have. But of course we can’t go back and change our choices, but we can make different choices today, and that is what I am doing in my relationship with my children; and it is slowly making a difference to the quality of our relationships.

531. A delight to read your thoughts and feelings on age Dianne. It all makes sense to me, from how we belittle our children as being just kids, hide away our elderly as an embarrassment and denial that our body’s have a used by date to the wonder of reincarnation.

     1. Well said Rachel. The way we treat our elderly is indicative of our obsession with a throw away society. Nothing is truly valued for what it is, but rather for what it can produce, and so our elderly are cast aside as a burden on society, rather than be treasured as the bearers of knowledge of times gone past. Regardless of the wisdoms they may have to share or not, what all of our older generation have to share is the way life was for the past generation, and from that we can learn and see the forces at play that have shaped our current generation – and of course we can see most importantly that as human beings, we are not evolving as we might like to think given that the personal issues that face this generation have faced every generation preceding them. Yes, we have greater technology, and it is a different world in that regard, but we still crave love, and still carry the hurts of not being met for who we are – something that has not changed through the ages.

        1. Wow Adam, that is a great line “Nothing is truly valued for what it is, but rather for what it can produce, and so our elderly are cast aside as a burden on society, rather than be treasured as the bearers of knowledge of times gone past”. That is so, so true, and it is so sad, many of the older generation should be treasured, they have learned so much during their lives that would be useful to following generations, but unfortunately in many cases, they are just cast aside by society.

        2. Adam I think you have clearly expressed one of the main reasons why we, as a society in the West disregard our seniors and that is because we see them as redundant in current times. It’s a case of ‘move over Grandad, you don’t know what’s happening, we’ve moved on from your times, your life has no bearing on what we are going through now’. Technology has acted like a dangerous smoke screen in deluding us that we have moved on, when in fact we haven’t at all, we still live in a largely loveless world.

        3. Very beautifully said Adam. Depending on what county we live, we think we are doing do well with all of our technological advances. But our increasing illness and disease, quality of relationships as well as conflict between countries, not to mention the environment we live in should be enough to tell us that all is not well and none of this is recent and has been known for ages. Each generation holds a piece to our history’s puzzle.

        4. As people age their bodies may slow down, but their wisdom of a full life lived remains. In the slowing of the body an older person by necessity needs to be more gentle and tender with how they move and act. This gentleness seems to be at odds with the fast paced life we often live in the younger years. Perhaps this is also a reason our elderly are often not seen.

        5. We think we are progressing as we are constantly reminded of all the advancements mankind is making. We may be producing more sophisticated technology, but as people, I feel if anything, we are regressing. We don’t even talk to each other as much as we used to, we can now text, post, instagram ….. you name it … all without speaking a word!!!

     2. There is definitely a perception amongst older women that once you get past a certain age, you loose your ‘sexiness’ and start to become an old lady and people really aren’t that interested in what you have to say. Whilst I am well over 50, I certainly do not subscribe to that way of thinking. It’s all to do with how you feel in yourself, if you feel vital and sexy, that shines through, irrespective of your age. I can remember being mesmerised listening to the wise words of one of my mothers friends, as a child, she was in her late 70’s, but was ageless to me, due to the connection we had.

        1. I also have much to say Alison, about life, love and seeing the world as it really is. Being over 50 is like opening the door to say “no matter what people think, I will not hold back the wisdom I have to offer”.

532. Yes absolutely Marika, beautifully said. Understanding reincarnation offers us an opportunity to live a deeper and more Soulful quality of life together. Where there is no end to exploring the depth of connection to Soul, with which we choose to live with.

533. This is very beautiful Dianne thank you… I have always understood the concept of holding others equal however you’ve just given me a greater sense of how this comes about. To understand that each person, no matter their age or stage of life, has lived many thousands of lives at all ages, and has access to the wisdom (or not) from those lives, takes the ‘child’ out of the equation. It’s no wonder we have the common saying ‘out of the mouths of babes’ – in recognition of this fact.

     1. I agree with you Jenny, Dianne has helped us see how we bring up our children as just kids who know nothing, has led to the irresponsible way that so many live in the world today. We have ignored that wisdom that the child has from the beginning, that wisdom that over time, in being ignored by the parents and society, results in it be suppressed to the point where the grown adult cannot remember that they initially had that enormous wisdom.

        1. Yes Beverley, it makes sense that if we never treat children as though they are capable of being responsible, then they grow to be irresponsible…. just as we’ve expected of them. l’m not sure I agree they cannot remember however, but perhaps more that they choose not to remember that they actually know how to be responsible… just prefer the perks of irresponsibility until such time as it no longer serves their self(-ish) agendas.

     2. Yes it’s the connection to the wisdom that counts – one can be old but be caught up in well worn belief systems that repeat and re-enforce ill behaviour.

        1. Exactly Karin, age has nothing to do with the ability to connect with wisdom, however as we get older is a time in life when we can step back from the responsibilities of work, family etc. that are often all-consuming, and allow the wisdom gained to be shared for the benefit of those still making their way.

534. Hi Dianne, thanks for sharing your observations of the ‘presence’ in others around you of very differing physically ageing bodies. This whole topic takes on a very different understanding once we realise the potential of a persons ‘Essence’ and how that is lived or even acknowledged in the world. The truth that we come into the world with so much wisdom and previously lived experience and how that plays out in the course of ones life. I loved your comment – ‘I enjoy lots of awesome ‘eye to eye, heart to heart’ moments of silent, ageless, mutually-conscious understanding with little ones’. The physical age of our bodies means nothing in that context and then there can be as you have stated the treasures held in the elders of our communities, which go unrecognised. There is so much that can be discussed around living in the physical world and the power of society to manipulate what has always been there within every one equally.

     1. Wow, ch1956, love your comment. I love this especially “The truth that we come into the world with so much wisdom and previously lived experience and how that plays out in the course of ones life.” This is something that unfortunately is so often suppressed by the way that we bring our little ones up, by not listening to them, not appreciating that they have this wisdom within them. When we treat them as knowing nothing, not seeing that wisdom, just the young child that has to be told how to do everything, over time they shut down this innate knowing, unfortunately for much of their lives in most cases. I am so grateful to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine to have discovered that which is within me to help and guide me through the rest of my life.

     2. I agree with your comment too, Dianne ch1956, and your reference to your experience of ‘eye to eye, heart to heart’ moments took me back to a time when I was having such a conversation with a then 7 year old who in this life experiences a disabled body. The topic of discussion at that time was ‘love’ – and the response to my question about what this person felt that love was indeed was so true and came with the energy of a deeper wisdom. I regretted in a way of not having recorded the words – I recall I was quite blown away by the depth of the understanding of one of so few years – like the saying goes ‘out of the mouths of babes’, or to repeat your words “The physical age of our body means nothing…” when referring to elder energy.

535. This is a totally awesome blog Dianne. ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial’ – this is BRILLIANTLY said; we often question why some children feel the need to be ‘naughty’ or not do as their told, and as you say this can quite often occur because the parent already has an ideal that their children will be careless and ‘childish’ and thus their kid learns that this is what is expected of them. Of course this is not the parent’s ‘fault’, as they were brought up this way too! I love what you shared about treating children as equals rather that inferior; this is definitely the way forward for parenting and interacting with kids.

     1. There is nothing more empowering than the freedom of one’s own responsibility – we have a lot to answer for in raising generations of people in large part bereft of this empowerment and for ultimately selfish reasons, whether veiled as indulgence, over-parenting (what I like to call smothering) or through neglect.
        The quality of elder energy is known through self-responsibility, detachment and observation – and not through age. Kids can demonstrate all of these qualities given the opportunity and/or the reflection of them in others.

536. I remember when I was a young child having a very strong sense of being before I was born, but when I asked about this I was told I wasn’t anywhere, I found this really hard to fathom and although I did eventually buy into this it never really sat well with me. When reincarnation was reintroduced to me I knew from deep within me that yes it was true and how could it be not. When we accept reincarnation as a truth then we are also accepting responsibility for how we are and our choices, knowing that they don’t disappear when we passover, but that they are always there for us to be reborn into to have the opportunity to change to more honest loving choices or to choose over again. Is it possible we don’t really don’t want to feel this truth because we don’t want to feel the inevitable consequences of our choices? Reincarnation makes perfect sense. When we consider that we have all had many many lives, then there is no real difference between any age groups and we are open to accepting the wisdom in a person no matter their age – that innate wisdom that resides within us all. I’m with you Dianne “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go”.

537. We can see people and be inspired or not. If we are inspired we are feeling the elder energy, the living of a wisdom that we all share. Age really doesn’t come into the equation when we see it like this.

538. I absolutely love this blog Dianne. It reminds me of a beautiful bookmark with an old Chinese saying on it that I’ve had stuck on my fridge for 20 odd years – “To know the road ahead, ask those coming back”. I’veI always loved that saying and your blog so eloquently and spherically describes why. We are all cycling back – each day, each week, each year and each lifetime through re-incarnation. At each cycle, no matter how old we are there is the potential to pass on the wisdom of our experience to those who are a little farther back down the track. There is likewise always the opportunity to learn from those a little farther ahead on the path and those a little farther ahead may sometimes be a three year old and sometimes an eighty years old. Age is relevant, lived wisdom is everything – How divinely equalising for all. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

539. Thanks for sharing Dianne. What I have found working in Aged care is that elders are also treated like children, and have in fact given up on being themselves as well because of all of what you have spoken of. There must be something seriously wrong with human life if it is there to exhaust us for its systems and ways of functioning and then live with no quality of life at the end and during our life. We have such a backwards existence.

     1. It’s such an important conversation to be having. I feel like we all do this Harry, treating elders as if they were children, dismissing them and treating them like they are a constant nuisance. I know I have been guilty of having this attitude. It’s extemely sad.

     2. Backward indeed Harry. What if humanity accepted reincarnation as fact? Perhaps we would view our elders differently knowing that instead of coming to the end of life they are embarked on a very new beginning. I feel so much more care, love and appreciation would rein as we supported our elders with what they need to come back to a life of evolution and more love to live by.

540. There is so much wisdom in the stillness of a new born baby. I held my 2 day old baby nephew a few days ago and the emanation of love and stillness from his tiny delicate body brought myself and all others in the room to a stop. Very beautiful and incredibly healing.

541. I agree Marika, I always wondered why people fought the concept of reincarnation so much when from very young I had a sense of places I had been before and people I had met and lived with before. The responsibility and the connections are game changers as you say – to me it is never as a negative but as an absolute positive. To speak to people regardless of age as who they are with lifetimes of lived experience brings a colour and depth to the conversation that ignites lifetimes of wisdom, we all just need permission to express what we feel and acknowledge what we know.

542. What a powerful pearl of wisdom you have shared here Dianne of honoring the truth of who we all are and all we have lived, regardless of the age we currently are at. That through honoring the Divine cycle of reincarnation that we are all part of, we can deepen, expand and grow in awareness, individually and together, as we accept and appreciate that through all the ages that we have lived, we are all teachers and as we all hold the wisdom of Love within. This wisdom is not measured by the age of our current life as it is an Ageless wisdom, timelessly living in us all. And though our relationships, as you have brilliantly said Dianne, we can inspire each other to deepen our connection to this wisdom and return to naturally live the way of our Sacredness.

543. An interesting point that you bring up, Dianne, in describing the ‘teenage energy’ that so many people in society now live. I see this at all age levels, there is a strong reluctance in many people to really take responsibility for themselves. To me it even shows up in the widespread obesity problem we now have. So many are not willing to deny themselves anything, when things go wrong they will blame anyone or anything rather than accept responsibility, and they can be so quick to go to court to seek damages and redress if they have an accident, even when it has been caused by their own carelessness. And in the case of health issues caused by their own disregard, they find it so easy now to expect someone else to fix it for them. There is such a huge lack of responsibility now, how important it is for us to bring up our children with a truly loving sense of personal responsibility from the very beginning.

544. The ache to hold on to youth at all costs seems very connected to not wanting to be invisible, to be irrelevant. There is a motion to it, like a trying to convince ourselves as we try to convince others of how cool, relevant and young we are, yet when you feel someone who embodies the elder energy there is so much less motion, it is solid, trustworthy and dependable. I would not have been able to put my finger on it till taking time to read and consider your blog.

545. Wow Dianne – you are opening up for a very important topic. This sentense particularly stood out for me ’ This awareness imparts an equality that can be felt and sensed by the child, who then is free to express their elder wisdom and grace, which is part of who they have always been.’ – Who haven’t looked into the eyes of a baby or young child and felt the deep wisdom and knowing that is there? Sadly, by the time they are old enough to speak, most have already learned to hide their grace and play the role that the outside world is expecting of them.

     1. And perhaps it is this ‘elder wisdom and grace’ in children that adults are not willing to see nor appreciate if they have not claimed their own.

     2. Isn’t that a fascinating subject Eva ‘ Sadly, by the time they are old enough to speak, most have already learned to hide their grace and play the role that the outside world is expecting of them’. How much do we narrow who a child is by placing our expectations on them. Even parents who encourage their children to do great things, if those ‘great things’ are variations on ‘doing’ then we are still shackling our kids.

546. Recently I was at a park and noticed how many of the “parents” were behaving like children. It was not in a playful way, but in a “trying to be a fun parent way”. This is not a judgment, just an observation – I could recognise it because I have lived that way of parenting too. It is like many parents are still reacting to the way their parents were and have rebelled against it. For me, it also stemmed from a guilt of not actually connecting with my daughter, so would try to make up for it. But in doing so I was shirking responsibility to actually be a parent and meet my daughter in equality.

547. I feel that our fear of ageing has a lot to do with our lack of appreciation, because when we appreciate ourselves we are then also able to appreciate others regardless of age. When we appreciate and accept our aging process, it becomes a graceful and beautiful part of life and by embracing it with the fullness of knowing who we are then this process it a blessing to us all. And I feel it is simply magical when we truly value and appreciate people for who they are. Appreciate the lessons we offer each other by way of reflection and allow ourselves to relish in our opportunities to be inspired, to expand and evolve each other.

     1. Chan what you have said here is stunning and it means there is nothing whatsoever to fear as through appreciation we begin to understand who we all are at a much deeper level.

548. It’s interesting to observe how most people choose to not recognise the importance of equality and respect for others. I feel this makes it easier to separate people and allow discrimination to occur, particularly with regards to our age. I have seen people choosing to feed off this self-created separation, by putting people in categories in order to gain a short term sense of power over others, superiority, control and security purely for self-gain and not in consideration of others. If we take responsibility, start healing our hurts and let go of our fears, we are then able to see with clarity that we are all the same, regardless of age, race, culture, etc, etc. Like Dianne, shared, elder energy is in people of all ages, we can begin to appreciate this by accepting that we are all equal, allowing ourselves time to truly connect with each other and listen with our hearts. To experience the magic and wisdom in people of all ages.

549. I love the timeless approach in this article. To connect to who we are instead of connecting to the age, our current bodies have, is a way of sharing equality and love.

     1. Yes agreed Felix, I loved the timeless aspect too… deeply honouring of every person equally to have lived many lives and therefore no matter what they may not have yet mastered, will still have plenty they have, and hence can offer if given the space and grace to.

     2. Yes I too love the ageless approach of this article. We can live by our inner wisdom and respect the age related developments as we grow but not be constricted by beliefs around age.

     3. Yes, we are all timeless.

550. Thank You Dianne for writing this much needed blog to inspire people to really look at our relationship with children and our elders. I love what you’ve shared, ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.’ It certainly is a massive gift and blessing when we choose to take responsibility and change our relationship with people, to make it about true love, connection and equality.

551. Another beautiful sharing with us Dianne. Reading “eye to eye – heart to heart moments of silent, ageless, mutually conscious understanding with little ones” It is such a joy to look into another’s eyes be they young or old (or middle aged) just to acknowledge their presence and to feel there is a greater knowing in that quick glance or long held accepting observation. That communication is one of a deep knowing of having met or been met at some point in time. Children are so free flowing with their expression as are the elderly if given the chance to be truly listened to and observed.

552. This has been very true for myself too Marika, I have also always known to treat everyone equally. The difference now is that I am beginning to live that, without judgement and knowing that I am equal too.

553. I love to connect with the elderly people in my neighbourhood. They are so full of wisdom and supporting words, I always leave with a little gem to ponder on after our brief encounters. There is one lady in particular who is 83 and more full of life than the majority of people living in my local community. She has not stopped working, she takes her neighbours dogs for walks and always has fresh flowers in her window. I’m inspired by this beautiful sparkly and vibrant young lady who is full of the wisdom of many years lived.

554. I love how you bring the factor of reincarnation Dianne into the equation, it is huge to realise that children have so much knowledge and to treat them as equals. Understanding the cycles of life, death and reincarnation has answered many unanswerable questions I previously had before the teachings of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. The physical age of our bodies means nothing, the wisdom within us is held from life to life, this is the hidden treasure.

     1. Very beautiful gillrandall and I have to agree. Serge Benhayon has offered much understanding, through his presentations, on reincarnation. I particularly love..”The physical age of our bodies means nothing, the wisdom within us is held from life to life, this is the hidden treasure”

555. I agree Marika, life would be so interesting and far more loving I am sure, if we would meet each other as wise souls. How we look at life, ourselves and others, superficially or from the depth of our beings, makes and will make all the difference.

556. When my mother was growing older I really started to see the beauty and grace in her and elders in general. What I loved most was her focus on loving and supporting us and the lack of push in how she was in life and with others. To me the Grace of our elders is deeply beautiful and to be cherished by us as well as them. I also love you reminding me Dianne that elder energy is to be found in all of us regardless our age.

557. There is much that we are able to learn from children if (by being treated with equality) they feel free to express their elder wisdom.

     1. I agree Peter, our children can teach us a lot about the true meaning of life that most of us seem to have conveniently forgotten. By treating each other with equality and allowing others to freely express is a true gift for us all.

558. Diane I love reading your blogs! “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” Amen to that! Perfect. You have so much wisdom and I am so glad you share it.

559. Elder energy is a concept that i have recently become aware of in my own personal development I am at a point where my children are maturing and the daily demands of mothering are changing. I find myself able to step back observe and connect more and have an appreciation and understanding of what an individual brings to any given situation.

560. There is a lot of emphasis on the age people and many markers applied to children around when they should or shouldn’t do or be a certain way. As a child I was often the youngest in a group and quite often told ‘oh you wouldn’t understand you’ll see when you’re older’ The funny thing was often I did understand but because of my age this wasn’t listened to. Everyone at any age or stage in life has much to offer as well as everyone deserving the space for this to be respected. I love speaking with the elderly as they have so much wisdom and experience to share and just because their bodies may not be so able it does not make them or their wisdom any less valid. This equally applies to the wise and simple words children can offer too. Thank you Dianne for an insightful blog.

561. It is a shame when I see people who are getting older do everything what surgery or wrinkle treatment is offering. There is no grace and acceptance ( which, if it would be about age, should be established by then) felt. The world is busy with the outside / the surface instead of looking what goes wrong ” inside us “. Your piece of writing should be published in every newspaper.

562. I love what you shared here Dianne. You definitely wrote in your elderly energy and it is really inspiring to feel this. Your blog makes me ponder, where I still escape into “childish” behaviour- there are definitely some parts, although it got less, since I know universal medicine. I liked your conclusion, why you develop this pattern and it makes totally sense to me.

     1. When Dianne spoke of the teenage energy of avoiding commitment and responsibility and reacting to authority through fear of being confined, I realised how long I lived in this way. I no longer do and my goodness, is life fulfilling!

563. Thank you Diane. You speak great words of wisdom here when you invite us to see the wisdom that is present within all of us regardless of our age.

564. There is definitely a treatment of older people becoming invisible in society, well in Australia at least. This is frightening as we all want to feel as though there will be people willing to care for and listen to us as we prepare to leave this life, yet we have created a society where it is pretty normal to allow the heavily burdened systems to take care of our elderly.

     1. I completely agree Abby! Society’s attitude is a bit like “what elders”? We have become so tunnel visioned in our lives that we have “forgotten” (chosen not to see) what is going on in the world: the vulnerable aging generation, and neither accepting the spark and wisdom; birthright qualities of every child. Is there a way to learn from our mistakes (to all learn from ourselves, people and society) so that we can keep this spark active until the end of days?

565. Having raised two children and witnessed moments of their knowing beyond their years and that of their peers I’ve never been one to assume that those younger than myself know less or don’t have an innate wisdom. Conversely I’ve never assumed that just because someone is senior in their years that they are necessarily expressing from their wisdom. As you say Dianne it’s about “offering respect and equality right from the get-go”.

566. I agree Marika. I especially love how Dianne gave the example of the 8 year old girl. Even though reincarnation has been something I have felt to be true my whole life I have not fully appreciated how incredible this really is until now. There are many lifetimes of expereince playing out in every interaction and this is amazing to feel.

567. I am blown away by what you have presented here Dianne. There is so much to appreciate. Your expression asks me to check in with myself and asses what energy I am choosing to express and sure enough I can feel that there is a teenager inside hanging on for dear life. The concept that children can (and often) express in elder energy is truly beautiful and shows me that I can certainly choose this too. Thank you.

568. I find the older generations love sharing their life experiences and they love connecting with younger people. Could it be possible that this makes them feel youthful?

569. Elders once were respected and sought for their wisdom and lived experience by younger people. I wonder if the tide turned when older adults started to hang on to their youth and stopped offering this powerful reflection of what an elder has to offer, and from there, youth stopped respecting older people. It explains why so many young people want to hang onto their youth because they don’t have true elders as role models in their lives. And so, it is up to the elders to once again live their wisdom and turn the tide back again.

570. Living with an awareness of reincarnation changes everything. It gives us a whole new understanding of responsibility and also a whole new understanding that we are not born as empty vessels, we are born with an innate knowing of the lessons we have learned in the past and that we bring those qualities with us into this life. Knowing this allows us to be with people in a whole different way.

571. This is beautiful Dianne. I have been pondering on this lately too, spending more time around some amazing children and learning how to be with them – in this equality. The same is for teens, and the understanding that can be offered by knowing that we are in fact equal is invaluable. How we treat our old is also hugely exposing. It really is like we just write people off after a certain age – youth culture certainly has a lot to answer for! Our obsession with youth cuts us off from a wealth of experience, love and connection which can be deeply healing for all. It’s certainly time we looked at the way we treat each other as we age, as much can be gained from truth in these relationships.

572. What you have shared is so true – almost all the young people I know are in one way or another clinging to their ‘right’ to live a irresponsible life – for if it isn’t apparently harming anyone but them, then why should they change? Why is it that we live such reckless and careless lives until we get to an age where pesky things like our health or our lives get in the way of this child like behaviour and ask us to finally grow up take some responsibility and care for ourselves. I know there have been many moments in my 18 years where I have cried at the thought of having to ‘grow up’, desperate not to step up into my all and the responsibility that I can feel comes with being a true adult. But it does not do – this childish way of life leaves so many people unsure of themselves, and feeling as though they don’t know who they are, where they are going and that their life is a mess.

573. I agree Dianne, for me too it has made such a difference to how I live and approach life, knowing about reincarnation as presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. Knowing the end of this life is not the end of life (although it is in this body), has helped me to stay more committed to life, be more loving in my relationships, and to be much more responsible. I also agree that it has allowed me to take care and provide children with the space for them to be themselves, where they can share their wisdom and clarity with ease. In this, there is a lovely equality to be felt. Thank you for an insightful blog.

574. We were once children and we will be elders, The majority want to pause and be in the middle, not even comprehend that they will also be elders, and as you say Dianne, we can be elders at any age.

     1. Natalie, you make a good point, most of us want to pause in the middle, indulge in comfort, avoid responsibility and have self centred behaviour and indulgences. It is crazy, we are looking in all the wrong places. Responsibility and letting go of indulgences is the way forward and perhaps then we would start seeing our elders and our children for who they are.

     2. Yes Natalie, I only associated ‘elders’ with meaning old… but when considered in relation to reincarnation, being ‘old’ loses it’s meaning just as being ‘young’ does. We are timeless and in the illusion of age being a factor when it comes to our potential for wisdom, we lose the openness to what our younger generations might offer. Likewise we’ve written off the older generations too because ‘what would they know, they lived in a different time’… that is not part of the current times.

        1. Imagine the world if we where to value everyone, in the knowing that we have all lived many lives previously. I have heard much wisdom expressed ‘out of the mouths of babes’ and the wisdom and humility expressed from those who are considered aged.

        2. Absolutely Sally… it is how I experience things around Universal Medicine events actually, so I do know what it’s like. There are many who are much younger than me, and I am just as often inspired or wised up by their comments, actions or words as those who are older than me. It is a beautiful thing to take age out of the equation.

575. There is a tribe in Africa, Dianne, which intentionally pairs an elder with a child. The intention is for each to share the other’s wisdom. They know and live all you have expressed. I often notice that those who have been brought up by their grandparents in our culture are more mature than many, and very at home in themselves for who they are.

576. In truth we are ageless souls, able to tap into a wisdom and harmony that knows no bounds. As a child I knew that the acceptance and understanding I felt with my 95 year old grandfather was equal to mine, we were simply all knowing friends sharing our experience of this time on Earth.

577. When we step back and consider the science of Reincarnation in all its glory, it is easy to understand why some children seem to have such wise heads on such young shoulders because they have chosen to treasure and build upon their previous life’s experience. Your article truly exposes that the ‘teenage’ syndrome is not a matter of age but of attitude, because as you say, some very old people still behave like teenagers and some very young people act as if they are elders. Commitment and responsibility need not make life dry and dusty, on the contrary as I am discovering, when we make these choices life can become full, rich, fun and very, very beautiful. Making the choice to deal with the challenges we inevitably face supports us to deepen our relationships, with others and with ourselves and in that lies the greatest treasures. So here’s to Elder Energy and Reincarnation, for both provide us with the golden opportunity to express and celebrate ourselves in full.

     1. Beautifully summarised, thank you rowenakstewart. Reincarnation does give us a totally different view on life, it opens up to a grander space. Because when life does not end with death nor starts with birth, there is no ending but a continuous coming back, an offering for us to grow and evolve. This in itself calls us into responsibility quite naturally so.

578. It matters not what age, elder energy can be seen in both young and old. For me it is a joy to see when young people so full of life and a youthful vibrancy, be willing to take responsibility for their own lives and reflect back to humanity the love and innate wisdom that is so naturally within us all

     1. Age ain´t nothing but a number- you are right Alisonmoir- it is an individual choice to take responsibility and committment and age doesn´t count.

        1. Yes, an individual choice to take responsibility and commitment but I actually find that age helps – experience can be very helpful and a wider perspective as well.

     2. We can have wisdom and grace as children and youthfulness and vibrancy as elders. Certain qualities seem to be designated to a particular age but in fact we can have all these qualities at all ages.

579. Knowing that re-incarnation is something we can not avoid and that we are the sum total of all our lives, brings an understanding to the responsibility we have as to how we live each and every life.

580. The bit that sticks out in this blog for me is the two words Responsibility and Commitment. I used to think as you have said Dianne that this is ‘restrictive, boring and dull’ and made sure I would avoid it at all costs. How wrong I was.
     Enter Universal Medicine and the teachings of Serge Benhayon and life after 10 years of Commitment Life and taking Responsibility for all my choices even the ugly ones, things are most certainly no dull or boring. In fact they are expanding so its totally the opposite to what my tiny mind was choosing to believe to keep me away from what was the Truth.
     Thank You Dianne for talking about this as it is super important in todays world where being irresponsible seems to be the norm.

581. ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.’ I feel this is indeed very true and when we as society can see this, and begin to raise children in a different way, we can raise them to hold everyone in equality too.

582. I just loved reading your blog and the common sense that it taps into. Life is as simple as we want to make it and I feel your words have the clarity and simplicity that makes life flow. Like you I have been appreciating the wisdom and grace of the elders in our community – that they have so much to offer, and yet are so often treated with a lack of respect and dignity. I appreciate the way that your blog acknowledges the wisdom of the young – and that they too have had just as much life experience from previous lives. That when treated with respect and dignity they too will embrace this way of being in the world. We are all innately the same and age does not necessarily bring wisdom – some have lived lives with greater responsibility and commitment to humanity and this has imbued them with a greater sense of service and true love.

583. This is such a wise real revealing blog with so much wisdom and true understanding of life brought to us all thank you.The true valuing and understanding of reincarnation and the reality of who we are and were we are from and going back to simply makes sense of everything in the world. It allows us to be who we really are and brings the true joy to our lives. It is with great reflection and teachings from Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that this is being shown to us all and the honouring of who we are and respect of all our ages and the valuing of each other in brotherhood as one.The way of the livingness brings us all to this lovingly from within.

584. ‘I observe that we have ‘teenage’ energy and mindset spread throughout the whole population, regardless of age.’ What a great way to describe how much of the world lives. An I don’t have to be responsible, blame everybody else attitude.

     1. So true Michelle when it is described in this way you can see how prevalent our lack of taking true responsibility has been in life. I love how Dianne puts it so simply and clearly that by choosing to recognise everyone as equals from the moment they are born we allow everyone the chance to be respected and to share the wisdom they naturally have with all.

     2. Thank you Diane and Michelle, living in this way is something I related to before the presentations of Serge Benhayon. To me being ‘responsible’ meant taking on other people’s stuff, so I would often say I have big shoulders, and I will take that on so do not worry! Then I would engage in “ ‘playing the kid’ way. That is, hanging onto being irresponsible, reactive against parents and authorities, self-centered, wanting to do their own fun thing without having to consider others, avoiding commitment to relationships, work and life,” plus I would add so many other what I considered attributes, to this list. How lost was I? I was still doing drugs, being super imposing, being in people’s face or space, being judgmental of others, being arrogant and proud, and a know-it-all. Then there was the hiding and not wanting to be seen, always wanting to be super sporty i.e. skiing and golf, surfing the T.V. for any action or sport, eating to distract from being me, and feeling I could take on the world all of which would take me away from being humble and gracious, and my elder energy.

585. I love the wisdom you share here, Diana, especially about reincarnation. It puts everything in a different and bigger perspective. If we allow ourselves to connect to this so many things fall in place, including the strong feeling we often have of knowing another when we’ve never met them before in this lifetime.

586. Dianne, you have totally nailed it. What a beautiful article on the silliness of ageism. It is an awesome thing to do when you start treating each person you meet with absolute equality. We have all been here so many times and innately know so much and hold so much natural wisdom that comes through us when we let go of ideals and beliefs.
     I realised I was holding myself back because of the way I had been treated by people who thought they knew better and wanted to tell me so. There was a lack of equality on both sides as I didn’t hold them equal either and they probably felt they had to prove something. All this is changing just because I am meeting people in the love that they are. It is amazing how much tension has gone just with me changing that.

     1. Great comment Amanda, I loved this article too and hope to hold the great truths (that both yourself and Dianne outline) in all my future interactions with people, very inspiring stuff.

587. I love the humbleness and understanding that bestows our elders – a quality as a society we have dismissed as often not being enough!

588. ‘Out of the mouths of babes…..’ – your article explains so much about how young children can have such wisdom. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” Hear here.

589. I love the point you make here Dianne about elders claiming who they are. Sometimes they can try to justify ie, ‘my hair is grey so I can say what I like now’, but this feels as if they are victims of age and therefore will only be outspoken because grey hair makes it easier to get away with saying what we like. But for an elder to truly claim their grace and wisdom, is absolutely beautiful. I spent a week with an elderly couple last year – and the way they cared for each other, watched out for each other – the space they allowed was just beautiful and brought in a wonderful stillness. There is much to learn from simply observing an elder who is claimed in themselves.

590. A beautiful and honourable acknowledgement of our elders and the elderly wisdom within us all. Thank you Dianne.

591. Maybe the reason so many of us live in an irresponsible, self-centred ‘teenage energy’ is because before we are human beings we are spiritual beings who are the ultimate teenagers – irresponsible, rebellious and desperately seeking some identification in creating a reality separate from God and each other?

     1. Well said Andrew. There is definitely a part of us that if we are honest with ourselves is like a teenager who just wants to buck up against everyone and everything just to prove our point and remain totally irresponsible. That is why building a consistency with the truth in all areas of our lives is so important as it directly challenges this wayward side of us and actually renders it naught.

        1. Well said Elizabeth. I so recognise these 2 points you write here:
           “There is definitely a part of us that if we are honest with ourselves is like a teenager who just wants to buck up against everyone and everything just to prove our point and remain totally irresponsible. That is why building a consistency with the truth in all areas of our lives is so important as it directly challenges this wayward side of us and actually renders it naught.”
           I can feel it in myself, this sometimes childish behaviour that doesn’t want to take responsibility, just wants to do whatever it wants to and wants to be ‘right’. There is no place for that when I am consistent with the truth in all areas of my life.

     2. Absolutely andrewmooney26 – and what most people don’t realise is that this also keeps us separate from our true selves.

592. I really relate to what your sharing here Dianne. Being a 27 year old I really feel the lack of elder energy within the community. True elder energy. We have those that push and force their way into our lives, with the best intention of support but those people that know exactly what to say and those exact times to shake us from our patterns and ill behaviours are a miss. What happens to us as children that remove us from living and freely expressing as we feel? Something happens as we then go into many different strategies and behaviours to cope with situations around us which are not true responses to life. In effect, not true support for those we are speaking with. Being within the esoteric community I have been close to some people that are living the true spark of elder energy and it is so powerful to be called on a behaviour, with no hidden agenda but just out of truth being expressed. It is remarkable.

593. As you have stated Dianne we have all reincarnated many times and everybody that crosses our path irrespective of age, gender or race has something to offer and likewise we have something to offer them.

594. I have witnessed and felt many times elder energy, great wisdom, poise and dignity equal to any adult I have met, from both my children who are both under the age of 10.

595. When I was a teenager I used to spend (by choice) time with my grandparents and I have always had an appreciation for what the elderly can teach us, as it is most likely they have gone through the same situations, and in the case of my grandparents much more due to two wars. I always found they had a no nonsense way of looking at things and nothing was a big deal.

596. It’s an interesting reminder that the child we are speaking to has been here many times before; we all know that children are more responsive when they are talked to on an equal footing. It makes no sense to talk to them in any other way. I was also taken with the paragraph on the irresponsibility of not committing to life, something I know I have, and am guilty of.

     1. I agree Stephen this is a powerful reminder. Thank you for highlighting this point as when we choose to honor and respect everyone equally, regardless of their age, we are also open to receiving the wisdom offered through that person. As we honor and respect that within we all have wisdom to share.

597. Either chasing youthfulness or refusing to grow up and indulge in teenage behaviour – it seems that we don’t want to be who we truly are: what is going on here?

598. It’s so true that as a society we tend to hang on to the youth culture for dear life. There is so much fear around getting older. Perhaps there would not be so much fear if we were to honour and respect the wisdom and grace that naturally comes with age instead of maintaining the belief that age simply brings deterioration. There is much to celebrate and embrace in our later years.

599. I always felt that we lived way past our time on this planet but never knew what was actually true as many descriptions of reincarnating as butterflies didn’t sit right. Since feeling the truth of reincarnation and the quality in which this is presented by Universal Medicine I feel far more at ease with myself knowing the fact that we come back lifetime after lifetime to learn, grow and evolve. The wisdom that is there with our elders can therefore, as you’ve shared, be there at any age.

600. Thank you Dianne, you are literally re-writing our future “Thus children can grow up in their elder energy and never have to lose it and painfully re-find it”. It makes so much sense in what you are saying and how reincarnation fits in with all of this. We have been robbed (and chosen not to know) of the one thing that would change our lives forever – bringing in the factor of responsibility.
     I too have not considered much about reincarnation. I have accepted it, but have not yet fully lived the responsibility required in knowing so. However, with every new understanding, and every next step, we can return to this way of living more and more – how glorious!

601. I found this such a powerful observation Dianne; “When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.” To bring up a child knowing that they are every bit as wise now as when they reach mature adulthood naturally changes the way we interact and naturally allows them to embrace their elder energy – and the knowing that THEY know they have, right from the start. What a beautiful way to honour and value the child that has chosen to reincarnate within your family.

602. What you have written about elders here Dianne is very beautiful and very true, ‘They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are’, I have the pleasure of working with elders and feel this great love and allowance. I also see how society is blind to elderly people, it is common for these elderly people to be at home alone, without visits from people in their community, it feels like there is a lack of care and respect for these elders.

603. I truly love the connections I have with older people on a daily basis – it is a privilege to be a part of their lives. Many spend a lot of time reminiscing about the past which I believe is a reflection of how undervalued they feel living in the present. I get told on most days that ageing is no fun – not to be recommended. What a sad indictment on our society – we are losing the opportunity to feel the wisdom that is so abundantly within them.

604. It is so easy to look at an older person and write them off as a nuisance, forgetful, slow or just a grandma or grandpa, and yet they all have had a life, worked, loved, had feelings, the same as every other adult. Older people can be very interesting to talk to and in business, have much experience and wisdom to share.

605. This is a great article, Dianne, with many great points. The one that particularly stands out for me on this first read is, “I observe many elders desperately clinging to youth and not rising to their grace and wisdom.” I feel it says so much about the present society – the constant desire to be something different than what we are, the lack of self-worth and responsibility, believing we are not good enough etc.

606. Dianne what an incredible blog for all to read. This is a game changing notion that if all lived would change our world. It’s a call to young and old to walk all their lives that have been and no less. Own who they truly are and not play it any down. I feel inspired to walk my past once again. Thank you Dianne.

607. Absolutely Dianne, this indulgence in irresponsibility, flows completely from a view of life as a one time affair, where we are born knowing nothing. Then it is like we want to maximize the thrills and spills before we get permanently taken out of here. Knowing we actually come back again, changes everything and gives space for the wisdom we all can bring. Love that you wrote this inspired by other commenters on blogs, that’s wise and beautiful of you.

608. We have all meet children that were elderly wise for their age. Your message of endorsing the elder energy in children so they ‘never have to lose it and painfully re-find it’ will be an amazing way to live.

     1. These children would be so powerful they would blow us all out of the water. Imagine how they would express and live. Everyone would stop and take note. I can’t wait for the day when this is normal in society.

609. Some great points Diane, and very interesting to read. I agree when we introduce reincarnation to the mix everything changes in the way we view and deal with children. I found growing up it was not that I did not look to elders for role models it was that there were none to really look to whom I could aspire to be like! We have a responsibility for the future generations not to give up when we age but rather commit to life right up to the end. It is hardly inspiring when we look at our elderly and see them not being able to fend for themselves or do basic human things without assistance. The Universal Medicine students/community is starting to set a new standard for this and slowly but surely people will begin to see that old age does not mean becoming decrepit, senile and losing all bodily functions as so many people think it does because of what we see.

610. This is beautiful to read Dianne. I can so feel how almost everything in our todays society is far from the true living way as you have presented here, from seeing kids as ‘just kids’ to letting irresponsibility run our teenagers and middle age group and than the elderly given up on and not honoured for the lived wisdom they have. What you present here made me feel the truth again and to start to honour this in everyone again feels like the way forward for me and to inspire others as well.

611. Thank you Dianne this is a great topic to explore. We can learn something from everyone we meet regardless of their age. I had read that in one European country students are sharing living space in a home for the elderly and benefits are being seen all around. Letting go of the stigma that ‘aged’ is less and welcoming the wisdom from our elders and children alike should be celebrated.

612. We all have so much wisdom to share no matter what our age.

613. This is a great description of what is going on in society, the rapidly increase of irresponsible and self-centred behaviour, which has almost become normal. I was part of that and only changed my attitude when I met Serge Benhayon and allowed myself to see the bigger picture and purpose of our life on earth.

     1. And that is exactly what is needed for all of us, Judith: to see the bigger picture and purpose of our life on earth. I agree with what Diana brought up, if we confirm the wisdom in children and let them be the wise human beings they are, this will change we all live on this planet.

614. Reading your blog Dianne has made me ponder on the phrase ‘ageing gracefully’….could this be maturing full of grace and sharing the wisdom of the ages…

615. Understanding the cycle of reincarnation allows us to appreciate everyone, young, old or anywhere in between for who they are and not judge them by the wrinkles on their face, like the rings in a tree trunk. We admire the might oak tree that has stood the test of time, shed much of its weight but has sheltered many generations within and under its branches. And so it is with people who have experienced and witnessed much in this life, have been young, middle aged and old and can have much wisdom and elder energy to share.

616. Patronising in any form is very harmful to both parties and it is most often obviously encountered in relationships with children and with the elderly. It is as if there is an assumption that they can’t look after themselves so they don’t count and their views cannot be trusted.

     1. I agree Elaine, patronisation shows a distinct lack of respect and understanding of our life phases and how we can support each other in them. Much can be learned in our society if we choose to deeply respect and value one another at all times.

617. Once again another Gem by you Diane. This piece of writing is ageless, full of wisdom and equality. Thank you for giving me such a clear perspective that no matter what the age we all deserve to be listened to. We are educated to first listen to those that are educated, but truth be known some of the “smartest” meaning most wise people I know have no academic degrees, but boy do they make a load of sense.

618. I would suggest that the term “Elder” needs to be distinguished from the term “Older.” For it is not so much a title that should be offered according to one’s age, but rather a title given to one who has lived wisdom to share. I have met many older people who are still not wise despite their years, and I have met young people half my age who are wise beyond their years, and I would have no trouble referring to the latter as an Elder of a community. After all, many “older” people are simply engrained in the nature of their ways, rather than wiser for their ways…

     1. Great point Adam, the differentiation does need to be made. True wisdom comes from our livingness, the way we live, not from how old we are.

        1. Yes, James and maybe this is contributing to the overall disconnection in our society. There are many older people, trying to impart their ‘wisdom’, which isn’t true, it’s not coming from a lived experience, therefore, it is not heard. Younger generations have become disillusioned and no longer look to the older generations for ‘advice’ rather get on and do their own thing, in disconnection. Maybe we need to ‘get over our selves’ and embrace any elder energy being offered to us, irrespective of the age of the person sharing it.

        2. I agree Alison, there is a huge difference between someone telling you what to do, ie. what they think you should do, and giving us guidance, which is more what I have felt elder energy to come with, it is the lived experience and choices that we can feel come with the advice rather than simply a set of dogmatic rules we so often associate ‘older’ people with when we are younger.

     2. I agree Adam and James. Being physically older in the body does not necessarily bring more wisdom. It depends on the level of honesty of the being and the willingness to learn from lived experience. And if we consider re-incarnation in the picture then physical age in one lifetime means nothing anyway, because your real ‘physical’ age is how many lifetimes you have lived on this planet. Makes me wonder when I connect to how many lifetimes I have probably had, that we are pretty slow learners!

     3. Adam you raise a valid point, there needs to be a distinction between Elder and Older. Perhaps this is why many of us don’t like ageing, we only have Older people to look up to instead of Elders.

     4. Older is a more accurate description adam warburton. What I also receive from this blog is a sense of equality in that we all deserve to be respected, not because of our age, but because of who we are and the wisdom we can offer. Wisdom doesn’t come with age, it comes from our ability to learn, respect, heal and understanding life.

     5. ‘Lived wisdom’ is far apart from lived years – it is the quality in which life is observed, understood and lived. So it is not measurable in the quantity of time spent here on earth.

        1. Thank you Sonja, quantity will never surpass quality, as age will never surpass true wisdom.

619. Keep them coming Dianne Trussel! Such elder wisdom flowing out of this blog. I have to admit I clung on to teenage energy up till I was forty and still may have been there without universal Medicine. I really bought into the no responsibility thing. I have always felt reincarnation to be true but didn’t really know all the in’s and out’s pre Universal Medicine. Elder energy is certainly a beautiful thing and should be cherished in people of all ages.

     1. I love this comment Kevmchardy – the teenaged adult, trying to cling to a past that was never really so great anyway – at least in my case that was so. We rush to grow up, we cling to the past….we try to be anywhere other than where we actually are.

620. The blog is an inspiration to take it deeper concerning the equality with children and elderly people. As I have to do with elderly people and sometimes with people suffering dementia, as such it was showing me how important it is to start with children encouraging them to stay themselves in order that dementia do not need to happen.

     1. I can imagine that working with dementia is a very fertile research ground. Dementia is something that is starting younger and younger so an understanding of how we are living contributing to this illness just as how we live contributes to other illnesses would be very valuable indeed.

     2. If a child is supported to know themselves, and be who they are in this world, there would be no dementia. We all equally hold this responsibility to be ourselves and support others to be who they are. Our schools, universities and current systems of education have a long way to go in bringing this focus to the fore. If we are not ourselves as we develop, of what value is our knowledge and intellect? (an intellect that allows us to live at the expense of ourselves, that allows suicide, drugs, irresponsibility and dementia).

621. As we start to honour the qualities of everyone there will be lots of lessons learned by each of us. It is beautiful to feel true equality.

     1. It is Benkt, very beautiful indeed.

622. This is a great call Dianne: “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” – this really highlights how little we hold ourselves equal to each other. We have a great deal to learn from each other by way of reflection, but in order for this to happen, we have to let ourselves shine, in FULL. Otherwise, what is the quality of what we reflect?

     1. ‘this really highlights how little we hold ourselves equal to each other.’ Absolutely Liane.
        Our current way of living is so hung up on looks and appearance – it’s all so superficial that we are missing the depth of connection we all bring by way of reflection. We are reflecting God back to each other so no wonder we deny this to glamourise the self and perfection of looks – we are ultimately denying love. If we got back in touch with the depth of who we are then there is no doubt that we could feel that in everyone equally.

623. We seek youth and resist the aging process when we have neglected living our love and thus we become bogged down in the seeming drudgery of life. But – if life appears ‘heavy’, it is because we are not living our light. As this is something that can be done at any age, it is sheer illusion to seek to go ‘back’ to youth. In fact, it is an outright refusal to live the love that we are, no matter our age.

     1. Love doesn’t age…ever! Any seeking other than the love that we are is as you say Liane ‘sheer illusion’

     2. I love this Liane. Our Light awaits us at any age – it is simply the choice to go there in full -to responsibly claim who we are, rather than seek to go backwards or forwards in the hope it will bring us something greater than what we have chosen in our number of revolutions to date.

624. In fact we are all connected to the ageless wisdom Dianne and it is important that we become aware of that, that regardless of our age we are all equal in having the experiences of many incarnations as living as a human being on earth. To me it feels that by not appreciating this fact we are avoiding to take our personal responsibility for the state of the human race on earth today.

625. A true elder knows that they are all ages simultaneously, regardless of the years amassed in this one life, for we are the sum total of ALL our lives lived and the quality in which we have lived them. Thus, we each have the ability to be playful, joyous and wise, no matter our age, if only we give ourselves permission to let the ‘all that we have’ out in full view, for the world to see and share.

     1. This is beautifully said Liane, as it does not matter what the words are a person speaks, but what they contain in their quality. Which is the quality of the speaker him/herself regardless of their age.

     2. Beautifully put Liane. We can’t escape the ALL that we have but we can certainly push it down and hide it away. ALL that we have ever lived is ALLways with us, this is the beauty of divinity at play, never allowing us to escape responsibility and at the same time always reminding us of who we are and where we are from.

     3. You have highlighted a travesty of our being denied the simple understanding of reincarnation Liane. We have skills and wisdom that cannot be accounted for by a single life and its experiences. What do we make of that in a world where reincarnation is deemed to be nonsense? Do we overlook those skills and the understandings rather than develop and build upon them lief after life?
        What a waste, truly a waste. We build ourselves as though we start with naught, rather than taking a solid foundation already laid for us to stand upon.

     4. Beautiful Liane and I agree wholeheartedly.

626. It feels like we are all participating in a puppet show – making ourselves far, far less than what we truly are – as a child, as an elder and anywhere in-between. We all know how infinitely wise we truly are, yet we play along with the plot where we have been allocated with a huge dose of irresponsibility and ignorance to flaunt with. There feels to be huge disappointment and grief in the way we know we have chosen to comply with this plot, as a player or an observer – either way, a contributor nonetheless.

627. It’s awesome to feel how much wisdom is already within us as lived experience no matter how old we are in our current physical life. What a waste of time it is to indulge in irresponsibility as an accepted way of being ‘young’. I know I still have some residue of that, and I agree – true understanding of reincarnation would form a great foundation in bringing up our next generation and assisting our elders to pass on.

628. I can so relate to what you are saying here Dianne that the young do not want to grow up either “..hanging onto being irresponsible, reactive against parents and authorities, self-centered, wanting to do their own fun thing without having to consider others, avoiding commitment to relationships, work and life….” This was me actually not that long ago, Thank God I started to listen to the presentations by Serge Benhayon which inspired me to grow up and get a grip on life. Before Universal Medicine I was running away from as much responsibility as possible now I face it head on which has been a massive turn around.

629. So interesting what you say here Dianne, in society there seems to be such a unnecessary big divide between the young and the elderly, there are many misconceptions of what it means to be both young and old and because of this the whole of humanity suffers and misses out on the truth and wisdom that both can bring.

     1. This is true. Wouldn’t it be far truer for us to recognise the wisdom each age brings and appreciate that.

        1. And no wonder Samantha and Johanna that we cannot appreciate ourselves at our various ages. The sense and understanding that our fifties are a decade of wisdom has been hijacked by the notion that life must now be dedicated to the fight against wrinkles and gravity. What terrible reductionism is that? Wisdom and grace bypassed in favour of extended “youth”.

630. Thank you, Dianne. I hadn’t thought about reincarnation in the context of the equalness of the all. It really exposes the ridiculousness of wanting to hold onto youth in the way we look and behave.

     1. Yes it is ridiculous. It would serve many to be open to the responsibility that reincarnation supports us with. Perhaps then less of the fragmented outplays and segregation would take place as we would then all be viewed as being on the same path of return but just in a different cycle.

        1. Reincarnation places our lives in a grand context, and overarching cycle of return, containing smaller cycles of our individual lives. What – when we consider how many times we have been here, and will return again – does age possibly mean in the hugeness of that great cycle?
           It accounts for the incredible wisdom of the three year old, and utter importance of honouring the elder as they pass, for they shall return again. Let them pass in the embrace of love so that they may return to seek love again.

     2. Agree Fumiyo. It really does expose yet another ridiculous lie we choose to live. Thankfully there are people out there to remind us about the purpose of our existence.

631. I love the point you make Dianne about the elder energy not being restricted to age. When someone is in the elder energy you can feel the wisdom that they offer regardless of how old they are. A great example of this is Natalie Benhayon who is only 26 but holds the elder energy gracing us with her wisdom that is well beyond her years.

     1. I’ve never stopped to ponder that elder energy is not restricted to our age. When I reflect back, young children can say the most wisest things beyond their years, which is also a confirmation that they have been here before.

     2. I agree Donna – I used to think that being a true elder had everything to do with age, but what I have now come to understand and experience is that it has nothing to do with age, and everything to do with wisdom. It then makes so much sense that as we reincarnate, we bring the wisdom we have previously lived into the next life, and hence why elder energy explains why some have it so young, and while some of the older, have very little of it at all…

     3. The wisdom that Natalie Benhayon holds without any particular experiences on many of the topics is staggering. Natalie must have been around 22 when I first heard her present and everything she said made absolute sense to me. She was talking about children and how little girls feel when they are met by their parents the knowledge was all there without any children of her own. There was no arrogance only a clear knowing of the truth way beyond her years and it was spoken with an ease and grace that was not my experience of how other women her age would speak to an audience of say 90 women.

632. This blog is a big dose of medicine, not for us to swallow quickly and grimace – but to savour slowly and with great delight, for delicious medicine it is. Human life is so fragmented, by age, but social status, by wealth, by education, by profession, by gender, by nationality – a million tiny fragments that isolate us by a label or a name or a group. Age is a massive one and it creates a fragmentation not only between people by within us all. You are so correct when you say that there can be no blame – we do unto others as was done unto us, perpetuating the myth that we fall into groups defined by a number that measures not only our turns about the Sun but a worth as a human being. At both ends of the age scale very little worth is attributed. And the middle years are populated by doubt and insecurity anyway.
     We infant our children, then get infuriated and wonder why they do not grow up! People retreat into villages made up of their age bracket, imagining that they can only relate to people with the same number of revolutions. And the end stage of life we render people naught by infantising them again – years of wisdom written off. Do we then wonder at the rates of dementia? We think that crossword puzzles are the answer to this problem, yet its real roots lie deep in overwhelm of believing we have no worth in life…
     Ah…there is so much to say, that no doubt I shall return.

     1. “At both ends of the age scale very little worth is attributed. And the middle years are populated by doubt and insecurity anyway.” Oh so true Rachel, we are so little confirmed in these early years that when we get into the motion of our middle years we become anchor less puppets washed about in a big sea and then washed up in an older body unseen & un-cherished by society for the awe that we deeply are.

        1. Oh what a despairing timeline we live Lucindag. The middle part may have its successes, but upon what sense of self are they built? If there is no sense of worth it is an unstable foundation indeed.
           Well the proof of our societal pudding is indeed in its eating. The way we age is not an accident, it is a natural outcome of those early and middle years – the emptiness of our lives always reveals itself in time. And such is the way it is all set up in society, that those who lived in some degree of the true expression of their heart find it hard to hold their confidence and surety in a world that places no value on true treasure.
           I love your description of the anchorless puppet in an immense sea…washed up in a society that know not where to look for wisdom, has forgotten that there is truth to be known and lived, and knows not how to see the pearls amidst the dross.

     2. Divine and golden words of wisdom Rachel- beautiful to read.

     3. wow beautiful Rachel. If human beings could stand back and see their creation they would say, “we have made such a mess”, nothing to be proud of.

        1. Precious jewels cast aside at every turn by the way we live and the values we allowed to be assigned by our society.

     4. Superb Rachel. It’s true that we cannot be grouped by our age – Age is no measure of wisdom, simply the quality of our choices and connection.

        1. Simple, poignant and so very clear Kylie. Beautiful.

633. My experience is that we all feel a lot. We feel a lot more than we are aware of and we are aware of a lot more than we let on, in other words our dialogue with everybody is vastly larger than just the immediately visible interaction.

     I am past my mid-50s and I have not experienced any fading in the background at all, in fact, very much the opposite is the case. The more we are in our fullness, the more visible in every way we become. People may ignore us at times but they have most certainly noticed us and if we are in our fullness we have an impact even if they ignore us or don’t seem to notice us. This is quite a beautiful process.

     1. It is certainly interesting, you call it a beautiful process – seemingly being ignored when the unignorable cannot truly be ignored and hasn’t gone unnoticed. We do all feel more than we let on, as you say.

     2. It is a truly beautiful process Christoph. And I love seeing and feeling the many elders I know who live in their fullness. It is a shame that this is not true for all elders and it is a shame that society does ignore.

     3. Christoph this is a very good point you raise. If we are in our fullness claiming ourselves it is unlikely that we will ever shrink or fade into the background. Your comment has led me to ponder the level of responsibility that we each have young or old and the choices that we can make – to be seen or not.

     4. This is beautiful Christoph. What truly makes difference is seeing someone in their fullness, and “the lights” don’t leave that person when they get older, so to speak. You comment is such a revelation to become older because it is illusion to think that we get “vague” as we get older, it is actually a choice and by living in ones fullness there can be a loving life right until the end. And the key to this fullness is feeling, and awareness as you say.

     5. ‘We feel a lot more than we are aware of and we are aware of a lot more than we let on..’
        Love this Christoph. We are feeling all the time and there are so many ways we can deny, pretend or dull ourselves into thinking we don’t. To ignore our elders or treat them as less is to forsake our own grace and wisdom in elder energy. Like Dianne said, we can be in elder energy at any age and so many choose a ‘teen’ energy or irresponsibility over this grace – this choice is reflected in how we treat our elders.

634. lm right there with you Dianne. l have not been a mother so l am able to be with my students and the youth of today as an equal, more often than not. l find they respond very well to me as a result of that choice.l have always had a great respect and love of our elders, however not so much for that energy within myself. ln fact l think lve been one of those you mention who is avoiding accepting and allowing it. Just recently l saw a photo of a vivacious, youthful friend of mine who has let her grey hair grow out, l was oh so horrifed at that and at my reaction to that. To ponder this now adds a whole new dimension to my interactions with myself and all. Maybe that’s what’s been missing for me and all those times I’ve loved and appreciated the elders around me it was actually my soul reminding me of what’s been there, alive and in tact within me all along. Very interesting indeed?!
     Where does this take me now? Evolution?
     Thank you.

635. I just re read this and agree completely: “If it were not for Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon, I may have continued ignoring the factor of reincarnation as being of great relevance in our lives and relationships.”
     I always believed in reincarnation but that was as far as I went with it.. I didn’t know what it meant other than I would be coming back. I never stopped to consider the responsibility of how I live today will not only effect this life, but many many lives in front of me.
     I love having this awareness because it also makes me take responsibility of where I am now and I can see what choices I made and hopefully, if I choose wisely, I won’t continue to make the same silly choices that got me into a rut here and there in this life.

     1. How we live in this life is creating the foundation for our next life.

     2. I agree Rosie with all you have said. For me my experience and knowing of reincarnation was deeply felt but I did not know the ins and outs. Now I am fully aware of the loving responsibility that it allows us to have.

     3. I love the responsibility in reincarnation too Rosie. For me reincarnation also allows me to see everyone’s choices and actions as a result of everything they have lived – in this life and all before it. This brings me greater understanding of where people are at and through understanding there is so much space for love.

     4. I too had some time for the idea of reincarnation, but never really saw the implications until I met Serge Benhayon and attended Universal Medicine presentations. Now so much in life makes such sense to me when I see how things work out in society. And I agree, Rosie, it gives such a great awareness of my responsibility in this life, to deal with the issues that need to be let go of, and make wise choices. I certainly do not want to have to deal with them life after life, thank you. It feels great to feel the freedom as I free myself from so many old patterns that I have probably lived for many lives.

        1. Yes, and I feel that choosing to not understand reincarnation is another part of our irresponsible ‘youth culture’ – not wanting to take full responsibility for our choices.

        2. Yes, there is freedom in knowing that if we deal with things now we won’t have to keep having to deal with them over and over in many lives to come.

     5. Me too Rosie Bason. I have always believed in reincarnation but until attending Universal Medicine presentations I had not pondered on what it means to us. I now know that my every choice will not only determine the outcomes and quality of this life but also the conditions I am re-born into and that is a very inspiring thing. I used to think “i’m never coming back to human life after this one, think about how much I detest what’s happening amongst human being and the to the Earth but after exploring the meaning of re-incarnation with Serge Benhayon I now know see a grand design of life. It is glorious to know that we are each in control of our life and lives to come, that things can be easier, more loving, harmonious, intelligent, graceful and purposeful according to the choices we make and that as we evolve to more loving qualities of being then we can return to show others how to do the same. Now I want to evolve and I want to come back to serve – our ultimate purpose can be realised through the science of re-incarnation.

     6. I agree Rosie, reincarnation makes so much sense as I too, feel I am making choices now that will shape my life next time I am around. It is a responsibility that empowers me to be everything that I am and bring equality and respect to all my interactions with others regardless of age.

636. Dianne the elder energy you write of I feel emanating from your expression. It is certainly worth deep respect and appreciation. Feels super lovely, a forever deepening well of love, tenderness, wisdom and playfulness. The world is left superficial and shallow when we choose to ignore this. A great loss, but one we can redress by simply appreciating this quality in ourselves and everyone we know.

     Your expression has definitely supported me to connect to the elder energy within myself and acknowledge how irresponsible it is to not honour it in everyone. Thank you.

637. I love what you share here Diane, there is so much to learn from children and elders alike. We all have our strengths and some things that we have mastered, yet other things we are still to learn and it really doesn’t matter what age we are.

638. This is such an insightful article Dianne, how much damage has been done by removing reincarnation from our culture! I agree many of us are stuck in a teenage culture and doing a tight loop – look at our aging ‘rock stars’ ! I would love to see this article in the mainstream papers –

639. Just love what you are sharing here, Dianne. Yes, it would be a very significant service to all if we changed how we relate to our children and our elders, offering respect and equality to all, allowing the younger generation to be themselves and thus step into their elder energy when they are impulsed to do so. Equally, elders will be valued and appreciated for who they are and all that they have to offer.

640. As I’m pondering on what you have shared here, Dianne, which is so insightful, I’m feeling that, as a parent myself, we can be very challenged when our children are ‘wise beyond their years’. I grew up with an expectation on myself that as a parent, I am in authority, in terms of being able to teach my children certain things, and also in terms of keeping them safe, which in turn involves being the disciplinarian. However, I very quickly realised that I’m not a fountain of all knowledge and couldn’t always answer their very inquisitive questions, which I found frustrating at times. I can see how I put enormous pressure on myself to be a certain way rather than meeting my children as equal beings ‘This awareness imparts an equality that can be felt and sensed by the child, who then is free to express their elder wisdom and grace, which is part of who they have always been.’
     Thank you, Dianne.

641. There are some really sweet moments in this blog that just made me smile. Dianne has a way of writing that is confirming of what you already know and are aware of, but have perhaps yet to put in to words. Maybe this is a perfect example of the wisdom of an elder at work.

642. It’s interesting how there are attitudes towards both our young and our older generation and it is evident in how we treat these large groups of people. It is a shortsighted view as we are all going to be in these phases of life again and again. Reincarnation for me has certainly leveled the field and it is simply lovely to look into the eyes of all people and know what lives beyond the physical body and there is equalness no matter what age.

643. It has struck me for a very long time that we miss out on a wealth of wisdom by relegating our elders who reach a certain age to the “you don’t count anymore” box, and instead celebrate the inexperience of youth. Acknowledging the fact that we all hold that wisdom of many many lives within us and can access that at any time, regardless of our age, allows us the opportunity to break down that separation between youth and old age.

644. Ageism really is a waste of time – whether that be dismissing someone because they are too young or ignoring someone because we just think they are ‘past it’. If we do either of these things we miss out on the gold that could be on offer; wisdom is ageless.

645. In taking the care to look beyond the layers of our years, what is revealed are the pearls of Wisdom that lay within us all no matter how many layers that may be.

646. Thank you Dianne, I totally agree, it’s so sad that there seems to be a propensity for lack a of responsibility and a need to stay ‘young’ in our society today. I love what you share here ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.’
     Thank you for pointing this out, it makes so much sense, as you share, that to treat children in this way is conditioning them to NOT be themselves, it’s adding to the retardation of our whole society and explains so well why so many people are breezing through life without any desire to take responsibility and gracefully step into their elder energy and wisdom.

647. Dianne what became apparent for me whilst reading your email is that currently there is a feeling in society that the important people are all aged between 19 and 39 and the others of us who are outside that age bracket are either not yet valuable members of society or they are past the age where they are of most value. It seems that these years are emphasized as the really great ones of our life and the others are gap fillers.

648. And I agree 100% with you Dianne ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.’

649. Great article Dianne highlighting the importance of valuing and respecting our elders and equally seeing our young children with wisdom to share when we treat them as equals.

650. Thank you Dianne for sharing this insight into the strength of the elder energy. When younger people dismiss elders, or when elders try to be like the “youth” we all miss out on this wisdom. I have at times felt a reaction to some elders who demand respect due to their age, but have not claimed or expressed from the wisdom of the elder energy. I now realise that this is because they have aged but are not in true elder energy. Again, when this happens, we all miss out on the elder strength and wisdom.

651. Brilliant article Dianne and the way you describe an elder role model is inspiring to say the least – ‘They have learned and accepted that nobody might be looking and benefiting from the wisdom and grace they offer, but they continue to just be who they are, without raising a ruckus to get attention. They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are. After all they’ve probably “seen it all and done it all” themselves and understand what’s going on for you.’

652. The wisdom of children is something to behold. I am constantly and often literally blown away by the equalness of our conversations at times.

     1. Yes hartanne60 – and the amazing honesty they usually express with is something to cherish and encourage so that they can trust that being honest is something that is being valued.

653. “They also offer infinite patience and understanding, and the great love expressed by allowing others to just be where they are. After all they’ve probably “seen it all and done it all” themselves and understand what’s going on for you.” That’s what I love about the elders in our world today. They have such golden nuggets of understanding and wisdom for all just waiting to be expressed and its right there. All you need to do is ask. I have had so many wonderful connections with the elder generation and the absolute patience they hold is amazing. Thank you Dianne for sharing this blog.

654. As a child I loved being with my grandparents – I had four living grandparents until I was in my late teens, and three until my thirties, so my children met their great-grandparents. There is something magical about that. I remember patience as being the quality I most admired, and there was a quality of stillness, timelessness and being connected to something that is bigger and grander than just my immediate family. So many of my colleagues, many of them in their thirties, do not have any memory of their grandparents, who are now long deceased or else disconnected from the family by distance or long held grievance.

655. Hello Dianne Trussell and I use to say that there is a small window in life where you are respected. When you are a child, no one listens, a teenager people just see you as growing up, in your 20’s you are still learning, your early 30’s you are close and then comes the window your mid 30’s but then into your late 30’s you are starting to become too old. Then as you step into your 40’s, 50’s and 60’s and so on you gradually get treated like an older child where no one listens or even asks you anymore. You are tossed back on the pile. I love this, “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” We could expand this ‘big gift’ by changing the way we relate to everyone. Thanks Dianne.

     1. A beautiful point Raymond Karam – let’s change the way we relate to everyone. In the end it all comes down to, as well as back to ourselves, it is the forever boomerang that comes around until we have learnt what we need to learn.

        1. Thank you Eva Rygg and this is also gold, “In the end it all comes down to, as well as back to ourselves, it is the forever boomerang that comes around until we have learnt what we need to learn.” This would appear what we are here for.

656. I feel we have something to learn from the Eastern cultures who celebrate and keep close their elders as they know of the pivotal role they play in families and communities. So their purpose in life is maintained. We have come to accept a different way which unfortunately sees many people retire without purpose and then spend their days sometimes shifting back into ‘youth culture’ and just going travelling, have drinks in the afternoon and moving away from responsibility. Its not about them doing more like helping in the home or babysitting and things but more just staying in life and sharing their wisdom from the authority of what they have lived and know.

657. It really is about respecting each and every human being for the wisdom they carry no matter what their age. When reincarnation is embraced then elder energy in all ages makes complete sense. We all have so much to offer each other from babe in arms to deaths door. There is much to appreciate in our connection as human beings and the loving support we can offer our evolution as a species on earth and beyond.

658. Dianne, I’d never considered how our current obsession with youth affects the young as well as the old – in it we all do not step up into the responsibility, authority and wisdom we do know, no matter what our age. We are all beings in bodies, some of them a different age but ultimately we all have a wisdom on us which we can fail to appreciate, and it’s not about our age. Some of the wisest people I know are significantly younger than me! So yes to living and celebrating that elder energy in us all.

659. I absolutely love what you have shared here Diane – there is so much you bring up for discussion and one of the things that stood out for me was the fact that so much of our society is caught up in this teenage attitude and the shocking part is that most of these people are in their 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s or older! It is like this ‘up-yours’ attitude prevails, that the world owes us something and there is a lack of wanting to take responsibility for self and what life has to offer. On a more personal level, we are all here to learn to take more responsibility, and this can always be refined. And so long as there is an openness to this then there is room for growth and expansion and hence the opportunity to connect to ourselves and the solid guidance or the Elder energy in ourselves or in another. And what a gift this is!

660. Taking up a role not only feels limiting, it stunts growth in ourselves as well as others. Choosing what energy we express in, this is the energy that will also be inspired in another. If this energy is true and holds another in the same equality, and if it is their choice to be inspired, boom, then there is growth and expansion in all, is there any better reason why there are relationships in this world?

661. “Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.” This makes so much sense to me Dianne, if we related to them in this way, “offering respect and equality right from the get-go”, then the young and the elders would be more likely to live their true selves. There would be no need for the older people to try to act much younger than they are as a distraction from who they truly are. Given respect, dignity and equality would give them permission to just be themselves, people who have in many cases much wisdom in their experience of life. But even more important, let’s bring up our children with respect and equality, let them express their wisdom and listen to them, then if they are able to live their lives from that, how much more likely it would be that they would be true elders in later life, very worthwhile for us all to listen to. These would be the true elders that all of society needs. As you have shared, at the moment, many older people are constantly trying to act young, with complete irresponsibility.

662. What an interesting blog Dianne, I really loved reading it. That teenage energy sure ran my life for way way past my teenage years! I also can relate to how you talk about being with children as I am much like that myself but with your very spherical understanding about reincarnation it is a very full experience, no wonder they love being with you – I just imagine this is the case!

663. What you have written Dianne is so relevant to our experience of life. This applies to everyone of all ages, what we bring and how we are in relationship with another (no matter the age). Thank you for exposing the self imposed restrictions we place on relationships – frameworks that narrow our whole experience of the amazingness of all humanity. Parenting, ageing, nationality, gender, skin colour are all big players in this way. Great blog to expand on and challenge many tightly held beliefs.

664. Reincarnation is an interesting concept and if accepted it can explain many of life’s seeming mysteries like ‘Why did we end up with the parents we have?’ And ‘Why we were born in a particular part of the world’ for example. It’s a great topic to discuss and debate and even recently at work during a lunchtime discussion, three colleagues and I were discussing the very same thing – centred around is life random and all about good or bad luck or does reincarnation have anything to do with it?

665. ‘I observe many elders desperately clinging to youth and not rising to their grace and wisdom.’ -Just another example of how we humans try to be something we’re not and miss out on the beauty we are.

666. Thank you Dianne for your article I particularly resonate with this ‘Let’s give ourselves and all humanity a big gift by changing the way we relate to our children and our elder people, offering respect and equality right from the get-go.’ This is so important as I find that when we respect the wisdom that humanity holds whether it is obvious or not then it has an opportunity to ‘rise to the occasion’. What I find is that I can feel/know what people are ‘looking for’ when I am in conversation with them as they usually verbalize it in some way. It is like a fishing line with hook attached that they throw out because their inner being wants to know/understand something (the bait), we as the fish can take the bait and let them wind us in to see the truth of who we all are, equally so.

667. There is so much to ponder in this blog Dianne, thank you for sharing your wisdom. I love the beauty of deeply meet babies and children by looking them in the eye and just being with them. There is a timelessness in this that spans many ages and lifetimes. There is a knowing and an equal meeting of two souls that blows away the age difference, it’s just two human beings, being. Often I can feel a deep wisdom from the baby or child and although often words are not exchanged there is much to be learnt.

668. …And the same goes with the elderly. Rather then speaking and relating to them with a certain patronizing manner… we can really connect in equality and the whole relationship deepens. Then the grace and wisdom that they have within raises to be met and appreciated. We have ALL been EVERY age. The more we really get this the more we will treat each other with a deeper respect and understanding.

669. Love it Dianne ‘When adults arrogantly treat children like ‘kids’, lesser beings who ‘don’t know as much’ and have to be constantly told, it suppresses the equality of relationship and the children then play out what you expect them to be: irresponsible, lesser and trivial.’ I agree with this completely and I know that when a child is treated with equality and respect they immediately respond with the same quality. They feel heard and met and a part of them awakens that has lay dormant. It is a much needed way of being that will bring great change within our relationships with each other.

670. ‘I enjoy lots of awesome ‘eye to eye, heart to heart’ moments of silent, ageless, mutually-conscious understanding with little ones. The physical age of our bodies means nothing in that context.’ The more we relate to children and older people as equals the more opportunities we shall have to experience these amazing moments of connection that are indeed ageless.

671. Beautiful Dianne. As I read this I reflected more on how a massive disservice it is to dismiss the truth of reincarnation, for in so doing, we can then conveniently forget that we are all equal regardless of age.

     1. I agree Katerina,
        Reincarnation reminds us of our equality in the knowing that we have all expressed in previous lives wisdom that is waiting to be unlocked in this one.

672. Thank you Dianne for calling us all into responsibility and respect for each other regardless what age.

673. Beautifully expressed and all inclusive Dianne. We can learn so much just ‘being’ with children on an equal footing, they have much wisdom when their voice is equally honoured.

674. Hear, hear! There is a responsibility here that is well worth embracing not only for the benefits of our quality of life but of the quality of our interactions and our living way as a global race. Regardless of their age, elders (and children) impart can a large amount of wisdom that is a true blessing for us all.

675. I certainly learn a lot from both children as elderly. I’ve come to understand that life’s not about competing or comparing, but about appreciating and learning from each other. In order to do so, I’ve found that only one thing makes this Truly possibe: connection! It would serve us greatly if we are able to let go of categorising people by age, but see and feel them as all equal, so we are to take responsibility for each other – once again. Rather than hanging out with the people of our own age, out of comfort and judgements. How different and loving would it be to appreciate all ages!

676. Reblogged this on florisvanderschot's Blog and commented:
     There’s so much hidden #treasures and #Wisdom in #Elders, #Children and #babies that up until now is not #treated, #treasured and #appreciated for the gold and what they have on offer. Well expressed. I do agree in full. There’s equally as much we can learn from children and #elderly as well as they can learn from us. We’re one in fact. And taking into consideration that #reincarnation indeed exists, it makes perfect sense that everybody knows a lot about life. Every single one of our society!

677. Dianne, awesome blog especially because of bringing in reincarnation. For me too reincarnation was something I heard of but did not take as a possibility for me. Since presented by Serge Benhayon it makes absolute sense to me. Life cannot be as it is, if the factor of reincarnation is not taken in consideration.

     1. I suspect reincarnation is ignored or not take too seriously Sonja because it is spoken about in such silly ways. Then the ‘scientists’ come in and demand proof for its existence – as if that can ever be provided! When we finally come to understand the nature of re-ncarnation, its blessing and its constant offering of healing through cycles is revealed. Then we need no proof at all,, for we know it. The sanctity of old age and dying becomes clear to us, and so too the travesty of how we treat our aged.

        1. It is indeed the silly ways that re-incarnation is spoken about, Rachel. People are overwhelmed even just by death let alone the possibility of reincarnation. This is far too much responsibility which they would need to take on. One can only feel the truth of it or not. And from there all makes sense and we all will start to live more responsible with ourselves and others. If one would take for guaranteed that our life here on earth is not only one passage but repeating cycles for us to learn, we would far differently and more open approach things.

        2. That is why so many of our troubles feel so very old. We know they are older than we are! It is also the reason we can access such inexplicable wisdom on certain issues – we can shock ourselves with what we know and how easily we know it.
           In my above comment I really did not make the last point clearly. What I wanted to say was that when we truly understand reincarnation and of course cycles (for the two are inextricably one and the same), only then do we appreciate the sanctity of old age and dying. Those final years lay the garden bed in which the seed of new life is planted. Hence the travesty of how we treat our aged – we are leaving behind not garden beds of rich soil, tilled with love – but barren wastelands of devastation upon which the new seed must find a way to survive. Little wonder our evolution is so wayward when the seedlings that are our children must struggle against such a loveless conclusion to their previous cycle.

678. The shape and age our body has, does not determine the wisdom we carry inside. I have learned that when wisdom speaks it can do through a baby in the same way as through an elder person. The secret is to open up all our senses and listen to what is said.

679. I totally agree Dianne that we need to change how we relate to children and older people, so as to truly appreciate the wisdom they offer.

     1. I feel that by changing how we relate to children will give them the space and opportunity to claim who they truly are. They, as we all do, have a wealth of innate wisdom that we can help them ‘grow into’. To gracefully accept and appreciate this, rather than fight against it as a means of control, will also allow for those who choose to do so, to live their elder energy from a very young age, how beautiful that would be.

680. Wow Dianne that would be awesome to have the grace of the wisdom of the elder energy from young as it is a very precious and clear energy. We are, as a society dismissing on both sides of life by not honouring the wisdom of our children and in the other end the wisdom of the elderly people. What a waste of time, energy and clarity?

     1. Wise words Annelies and Dianne. We generally seem to have gotten far off track as we move more and more into an individualistic society which gives people the message that it’s up to them to work out a way to get through life and to be competitive and hard to clear any ‘obstacles’. Yet there is so much wisdom out there to be shared and which is supportive to all of humanity. It inspires me to stand tall and shine and share my own particular wisdom to the best of my ability.

     2. It would be extraordinary but yet as we are aware that is actually our ordinary its just we chose to walk away from that so we have all this other ways of being that seem normal because everyone is doing it – i.e. reckless teenage energy into your 30s, midlife crisis 40s, etc etc rather than what is completely possible if we stay connected to the love we are when we are born.

     3. So true Annelise. We have wisdom on tap with our children and older people. How blessed we are cannot be imagined, most especially because we are overlooking the blessing. We value the tying of shoelaces and good marks more than we do the amazing that comes out of our children mouths. Ans as for older people, there are very few who have tie for anything they have to offer. Could this be part of the illusion of progress? We have lap tops and smart phones and they do not, therefore we are more advanced? Could this be what is behind our thinking? A fine piece of technology is simply a tool and not evidence that the user has progressed far beyond its elders. Perhaps if we listened a little more we would recognise that.

     4. So true Annelies and the richness and abundance of wisdom we missing out on is unfathomable. It makes us live such confined, little lives without the vastness of the universe available to us everyday.

681. The elder of the village, was in days gone by a treasured and valued role. The fact is that it still is valuable but it can be hard to find someone who is a true elder in expression and living.

     1. Joel, that might be true, for too many elder have written off their life and value. But as a bird with a broken wing, some only need a bit care and they start to fly again.

        1. lovely image Sonja.

     2. This is true Joel. Recently I found myself on the receiving end of a very angry older person who felt entitled to express aggressively. What I observed was an out of control, naughty child in an ageing body. Opportunities do come up to challenge these behaviours and in order to do this we have to allow the old beliefs around ‘our’ elders to drop away. Meeting these encounters with the wisdom and truth of our Innermost makes a difference – no matter what age.

     3. Agreed Joel, but I also must say that though it is harder to find, many have also stopped looking, like they have forgotten about the true value of what is and was offered. Knowing that this is around, it is also our responsibility to ‘resurrect’ this and return true support to our communities.This begins by talking about it more and bringing more awareness to people that such valued and hidden treasures do exist often in our own ‘backyards’ so to speak.

     4. Yes its both isn’t Joel – the youth need to look for it and the elders need to be it.

     5. Joel that is an important point that you make. Being older in age does not automatically mean that a person is in elder energy. There are millions of older people who are choosing to live in exactly the same self harming ways as they did in their youth. Yet as Dianne has shared there are children who because of how they lived in their previous life bring a massive amount of wisdom and ability to inspire with them.

     6. That’s so true Joel and another thing I have observed is a commonly held belief by many elders that they deserve respect just by virtue of their age without giving any true consideration to the importance and true value and impact on both themselves and others, of how they have lived.

     7. These elders still exist in many countries and I have met some of them, and what I really like is how close the community are and how everyone respects and honours the elders and their wisdom.
        It seems that as our technology grows, our buildings get higher, our cities get bigger we forget the elders and all that they have to share and offer.
        I have often watched the patience an elder has with children and I find it so inspiring and it reminds me to slow down and not get so caught up in the fast pace of life.

        1. Beautifully said Rosie, watching my grandpa or my step dad with my nephew really shows me how to watch and observe life and really cherish life.

           We can be so caught up in the fast pace of life, like you say, when there is a deep stillness and contemplation that goes on when we honour our self and our own natural place in the world.

     8. So true Joel. We need elders to claim and live the elder energy and we need to appreciate this in full when it is expressed. There is so much support for all in the elder energy.

     9. And not somewhat shy about their wisdom too Joel. This blog and your comment on it make me realise that when we ignore a person and the pearls they offer, and when we ignore them for long enough it can completely erode their confidence in themselves. It takes great strength of purpose and commitment to continue to be the elder regardless of the way it is received. Little wonder then that the elders in our world are so few and far between.

        1. Yes Rachel, it takes true commitment to be it especially when it’s not wanted or received, and as others have noted now we all, old and young alike have a responsibility to bring that elder energy back. And indeed it’s not about age at all, as right now many of our old are no different in their irresponsibility than some of our young – we have all been avoiding deepening our awareness of how we live and how that impacts us all.

        2. This is true Rachel, being an elder is not an entitlement granted at a certain age, but something that is carried through the truth you have represented in your life.

        3. Yes, I agree as we age our life stands as testament to the choices we have made (that was not meant to be poetic!). There is, when the choices have been loving, a level of confidence required to claim it as such. That is the mark of the elder. They do not apologise for their wisdom.

     10. True Joel, we lost something very precious here, that we need to re-claim and re-establish in society in order to feel whole again and make our life on earth all-encompassing and true for all.

682. Hi Dianne, this is such a great article – I love the way you are with children: ‘I get to be me, let them be them, and see and feel them as equals with as much wisdom and understanding as I have just with a little less training in the specifics of this particular time on the Earth.’ As elders we have much to share, but so do the little ones and we can listen to their wisdom and appreciate that, no matter what our age, we can all learn from each other.

     1. As I read your comment Carmel, I felt the natural joy and playfulness that would be the norm in our society if we embraced our elders in the way you and Dianne have expressed. In shunning our elders, we’ve also shunned our natural joy, because it is part of living a full and glorious life on this earth to be open to everyone and to relish in the wisdom our elders have to share.

     2. I agree with you Carmel, it is amazing the wisdom that a young child can hold, we can learn a lot from them if we are willing to truly listen to them. How important it is to treat them respectfully, then they feel more open to sharing how they feel about everything. Absolutely, we can all learn from each other, at any age. What an art it is to truly listen.

683. It is a shame that the true wisdom of the elders in society is not respected or appreciated. It is a great loss for the potential of how we can all live and grow together… currently unnecessarily denied through the ignorance of man. This is also true of children who I have witnessed more times than not sprouting a wisdom beyond those decades older than them. Whether young or old, we are all losing out when pre-judging someone’s worth by their age.

     1. I agree Samantha – children have the most amazing wisdom if we, as adults are prepared to listen as equals rather than ‘children are to be seen and not heard’. Valuing children, their contribution and expression, it would be quite normal for them to respect and value the elders who are not treating them as ‘only children’ with no experience of life – how funny is this in the light of re-incarnation!

     2. So true Samantha. Not only when people are judged by their age but also when we self judge or don’t fully claim our wisdom because of our age. Many people get caught in some magical number that is the best age to be and anything else is either too young or too old. I love the feeling of fully embracing the age that we are and all that comes with it.

     3. So true, Samantha. There is a real arrogance in the presumption that ‘adults always know best’, which is different to the elder energy, which isn’t ‘preaching’, rather an offering in the equality of ‘sharing’ energy. I can feel so clearly how the ‘knocking’ energy comes into play to squash people down, of any age, and have witnessed children sharing absolute pearls of wisdom only to be dismissed by the adults, who may well have found the situation confronting, if indeed they stopped to truly feel what had been shared at all.

     4. So true Sammy, take Serge Benhayon for one, he is relatively young as far as philosophers go, however there’s no disputing his elder energy. Also, his offspring…wow, say no more!!

     5. I totally agree Samantha, we all lose out.

        I’ve witnessed children’s wisdom be discounted by adults many times in many different situations. I’ve often found it quite painful to witness. Why? Because I chose to abandon my connection with elder energy to play ball with the world – in the same way the person who is discounting the child did. So seeing a child choosing to be defeated by the world and feeling sympathy is me colluding with both the adult and the child that the world is too big and overwhelming to remain connected.

        I can only imagine the huge amount of jealousy that attacks the child who chooses to stay connected to their inner wisdom when being strongly asked not to. I know I can feel a great sadness, if not jealousy, when I see people making true choices when I am choosing to stay in the comfort of avoiding any jealousy or true commitment to humanity.
        But this feels so unnatural and at odds with who we are that I can only make myself ill living this untruth. So seeing those who are expressing from connection with their elder energy is inspiring me to do the same. I don’t have to stay stuck in old choices, my connection is always there for me to choose.

     6. Very true Samantha, we do lose out when we judge someone worthy or unworthy of listening to. How many gems of pure wisdom have we missed because we were able to dismiss the learning based solely on age, gender and etc. So many categorisations of people, that support us to dismiss whatever it is we do not want to hear.

684. Dianne I could relate to the childish behaviours we can get stuck in, regardless of age, and how this can play out in our lives in keeping us small and reducing what we can bring to the world. I am approaching 60 and only recently recognised how my ‘child like behaviours’ have kept me small and used as an excuse to not step into the responsibility of elder energy. Your blog really brings home to me the extent of the games we play in not wanting to embrace our later years and what little reflection or inspiration we offer to our younger generation., no wonder the cycle continues.

685. This blogs reflects what true equality is, regardless of age, lived experience or body length. We all carry the same deep wisdom and knowing who we are and where we come from.

     1. You have summed it up so beautifully Mariette: :”We all carry the same deep wisdom and knowing who we are and where we come from”. Let’s no longer ignore the wisdom of both the old and the young, for they have much to share.

     2. I agree Mariette, age has nothing to do with wisdom.Children can be clear and unfettered by the restrictions of society and some of the elderly, feeling they have no role , opt for being looked after in ways that take away their individuality. Combine the wisdom and experience of all ages and we have a beautiful, functioning whole.

     3. I totally agree Mariette. We have a deep wisdom that is shared and goes beyond our years. It can be felt when someone expresses from this regardless of how old they are.

     4. This is very true Mariette, no matter the age, gender, ethnicity, social or economic background, we all carry the same inner wisdom. Take all of those man made defining categorisations and at the heart of it all we are all equal.

     5. Agree, the deep wisdom is within all of us equally and it is something we can all live from if we do choose. It is just a choice and one that needs to be nurtured.

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