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Aging with Wisdom: Spiritual Growth, Resilience & the Power of the Soul | Eye Opener Society · Eye Opener Society

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  Sometimes it feels like we're falling apart, we're breaking down,
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  We start to get ahead and then all of a sudden we're pushed back These things
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  are normal occurrences in our everyday life And then we have to figure out,
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  well, what do we do about it?
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  Hello everyone, my name is Gary Dean I'm with EyeOpener Society EyeOpener Society
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  is a church now And a lot of the things we talk about It has something to do
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  with a spiritual connection.
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  And that's exactly what direction I like to take most things in.
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  I want to break everything down and simplify it to hopefully help you figure things out.
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  Most of us are growing older. As a matter of fact, all of us are growing.
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  There's no one exempt from that, okay?
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  We all grow older. It's a simple fact.
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  Time is one of those things that just keep moving on. However,
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  I do not measure this in terms of years I measure it in terms of wisdom,
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  That's all it is This vessel that we are carrying our souls around in Well,
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  it goes through a lot of abuse And it can start to break down Start to have problems,
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  You can't do the things you used to do Or at least not to the extent that you
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  used to do them in This is all normal and it's really nothing you need to panic about.
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  If you're doing very basic steps just to take care of yourself,
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  then you're already on the right track.
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  There's nothing to fear from there.
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  We're going to keep aging. Let's just put that right out front.
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  We're going to keep aging.
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  But we could slow everything down because our souls are so powerful.
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  They're forever young. They're forever in healthy shape.
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  All of that energy we have inside
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  of us It's just covered with this shell That's
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  all it is We are infinite Many people
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  don't realize that We're infinite We're infinite because we're going to keep
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  going Long after these vessels Wither away And just remove themselves Our souls
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  are going to release They're going to go wherever it is That you believe that they go in,
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  That's a guarantee.
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  And because of that we shouldn't have to worry so much about the way we look our appearances and all,
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  a lot of stuff when it comes to environmental factors and just the way we've
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  put our societies together we have to look a certain way we have to appear a
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  certain way it's all nonsense,
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  in order to be happy and in order to remain young and in order to remain,
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  true to ourselves we need to be just that
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  true to ourselves every day we got to wake up
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  and we got to be exactly who it is we want to be regardless of what we're wearing
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  regardless of our physical appearance this may change when we're in certain
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  situations job interviews and stuff like that but you know for everyday things
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  well be yourself be your cool funky self,
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  The other thing I wanted to talk about is Getting ahead and then all of a sudden
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  being knocked back This is just a constant It's the yin and the yang of the universe.
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  For every three steps we take, sometimes we get knocked back five, so on and so forth.
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  But what that's really telling you is that you're doing your job.
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  You're out there creating, you're doing, and it's working.
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  There's going to be snags. There's going to be things that are going to knock you back.
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  I can't stop that. You can't stop that.
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  It's how we approach them. That's what's going to get us ahead.
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  How we approach, how we can't look at any setback as a disaster.
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  We can't look at it as a complete failure, a complete blockage.
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  Everything is temporary. That's all it is.
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  And when we talk temporary, that means we're going to get back on track again
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  and we're going to start moving forward.
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  The trick is then move as far forward as you possibly can. Then slow down.
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  Start assessing things. Things
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  that you know. Look for those signs where something might be going wrong.
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  Once you have that set and you know what's coming up, then you should be able to prepare yourself.
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  This way you don't get knocked back as far as you normally would when you're unprepared.
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  These are very simple things to do.
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  Doesn't take much. There's no effort in them. There's no sacrifices to the gods or anything.
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  This is the way things go. This is life. This is true meaning. This is simple.
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  Life is very simple once we make it simple.
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  When we started putting this church together, it was on such a strong track.
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  We had so many ideas. They're brilliant.
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  We never got knocked off the track, but we did get setbacks.
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  And we said we need to start slowing down because I felt there's going to be
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  some snags here and there. So we stopped.
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  Lizzie and I re-evaluated things. And then we went ahead and just went on a different direction.
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  Once everything formed And now we are an LLC That's the start And I did the
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  LLC first Because I wanted to try everything out I wanted to get the church
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  established At the very least.
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  And then I said, okay, we're going to move on to that 501c, which is much more
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  complex, but we got the first thing done.
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  And then from there, that's when we need to start moving forward again.
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  But we're going to be ready for the snags because I already know where they're going to come up.
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  I wanted to share this little bit of information with you. Life is not hard.
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  You're not falling apart. You're not collapsing.
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  The directions you're going in, you're not going backwards.
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  You know what, as much as I do not believe in time It's just a construct But
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  when we're in this 3D world It's very linear And everything just moves forward
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  That's all You cannot back it up You can pause,
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  you can rest, you can reset But you cannot back it up So don't fear that Don't fear moving forward,
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  Every step forward you take is a huge victory No matter how small that is Just
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  waking up every day is another small victory Yes,
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  you're going to move further into the future The only thing though that matters
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  The present moment That's it Right here,
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  right now, the very second you're in That's the one that matters That's the
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  one you need to figure out My name is Gary Dean This is Eye Opener Society Thank
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  you for joining me Don't forget to join Lizzie and I every Monday morning for
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  our regular scheduled episodes.
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  And then join me for the guided meditation series, which are on Wednesday nights,
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  and I'm going to be taking a whole new approach on that.
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  Don't forget to check out our friends Carly and Carla at Appalachian Rootworks,
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  appalachianrootworks.com.
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  Check them out on Facebook, like them, follow them.
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  Go there, Cynthia and Kentucky. They're fantastic people. I thank you again, and we'll see you soon.