Elderly Status

WED., JUNE 10, 1992, 2:15 PM
HAMA’S CABANA, HONOLULU

Spending some time with your elderly parents is the cue for a Teaching on this portion of the human population and on their status in your culture. Also I shall, naturally, share some of My thoughts on the elderly, some new and some reinforcements of previous thoughts. In your daily life at your university you are, with students and with faculty colleagues, one of the elderly. But when you are with your parents your elderliness fades and you become the “young” son.

Some elderly, blessed with well functioning bodies and sharp minds in their later years, because of experiences and good analysis achieve high status… and retain it. Your father recalled for you his relatively high status as a young elderly, about your present age. He was the company president, he ran the pension fund and was the chief financial “officer” of his church. What he did, he did well. But as he moved and got older, taking less and less outside responsibility his status has diminished. Yet in the realm of the spirit he still has high status, for he is spending a good portion of his present life making life easier for your mother. As he serves Me in this way I grant him high status.

Your mother still has the desire to give, but her body and mind function less well, and what she can give is minimal. But she provides the focus for your father’s present “life work,” and this form of “sacrifice” (for this is what it is, for her) is status raising, in the realm of spirit.

As I have told you before, some persons who live long enough to be called elderly do not take advantage of opportunities to grow spiritually, and thus they are just old, “with not much to show for it.” Unfortunately this was true of your friend, Art. He passed on over, glad to be through with the elderly body that was deteriorating, but disappointed with the progress that he made, spiritually. He started off rather well, and was proud of his profession as a teacher, but his cynicism about life and about young people was the main deterrent to spiritual growth. He is one who had more status humanly than he did spiritually.

You have the fundamentals to good status as an elderly human, but I’ll review them for you. First, of course, you should have a regular time with Me, letting Me help you see the events of your life more “accurately.” I shall praise you when you keep this spiritual dimension foremost, and I shall critique the actions and reactions of your life, always with the purpose of urging you toward living that is more spiritually rewarding.

Next, you should see life basically as a means of serving Me and others. Your teaching is not a job to be done for pay, but opportunities to help young people learn, in ways and with materials that can enhance their living. You should be optimistic about each new generation because I am, because they are part of My creation, and I love them as I love you elderly ones.

While this regular relationship with Me is outside of the church, I generally see those who remain active in their churches as those with higher status. Frank is a fine example of an elderly retired Christian who remains active in the church, officially and in very human/spiritual ways (as is his proclivity for thanking people for their various services). So continue to include the church in your life, earning the high status that can be accorded to you, and those like you.

Show continued concern for your loved and loving life partner, Lenore. You have achieved status by being in loving relationship for these number of years, and this shall increase as you show forth this increased concern for her, as she does for you. That last evening’s supper was a good example.