Aging beliefs

[Mark M]

Machine translation from Seth SESSION 902, 20 FEBRUARY 1980:

(9:34 p.m.) The so-called youth culture with all its apparent (underlined) exaggerations in relation to the work and achievements of the youth actually leads to a degradation of the youth, because only a few can do justice to this image. So often both the young and the old feel excluded from their culture. What both also have in common is the possibility of an intentionally creative vitality and activity, which the older great artists or the older great statesmen always seized upon and used to increase their abilities. (Break)

There comes a time when the experiences a person has had in the world come together and provide a new, clearer focus.

form, create a new psychological framework from which his greatest abilities can emerge and form a new whole. But in your society many people never reach this point, or those who do reach it are not recognized for their achievements in the right way or for the appropriate reasons...

The man (George Burns) in the film "Call Me God" or similar, who Ruburt liked so much, is an example of this. The elderly composer you saw on TV (Eubie Blake) is another example. The recently deceased actor (David Janssen), who was in his late forties, is an example of a person who believed that from that point on life must lead to a decline in purpose, body and mind. It is a dishonorable state of affairs (with a quiet emphasis).