Your subconscious mind never grows old. It is timeless, ageless and endless. Patience, kindness, humility, good will, peace, harmony and love, are attributes and qualities that never grow old. If you continue to generate these qualities in this life, you will always remain young in spirit.
It is the fear of time, not time itself, that has a harmful ageing effect on our minds and bodies, and that the neurotic fear of the effects of time, may well be the cause of premature ageing.
Age is the Dawn of Wisdom
Many people are afraid of what they term ‘old age’, the end, which really means that they are afraid of life. Age is not the flight of years, but the dawn of wisdom.
Wisdom is an awareness of the tremendous spiritual powers in your subconscious mind and the knowledge of how to apply these powers, in order to lead a full and happy life. Get it out of your head that 75, 85 years of age is synonymous with the end for you or anybody else. It can be the beginning of a glorious, fruitful, active and productive life pattern, better than you have previously experienced. Believe this, expect it and your subconscious will bring it to pass.
Old age is not a tragic occurrence. What we call the ageing process is really change. It is to be welcomed as each phase of life is a step forward on the path. Welcoming ageing involves embracing life experience, wisdom, and the shift in perspective that comes with maturity, viewing it as a gift rather than a burden.
Mind and Spirit do not Grow Old
The person who thinks or believes that the earthly cycle of birth, adolescence, youth, maturity and old age, is all there is to life, is keeping the real meaning if life from themselves.
One should accept what we call old age, gracefully. Age has its own glory, beauty and wisdom. Peace, love, joy, beauty, happiness, wisdom, good will and understanding, are all qualities that never grow old or die. Your character, your beliefs, your convictions are not subject to decay.
You Are as Young as You Think You Are
An 84 year old surgeon operated on patients every morning, visited patients in the afternoon and wrote for medical and scientific journals in the evening. His attitude was that he was as useful as he believed himself to be and that he was as young as his thoughts. He believed he was strong and still making a valuable contribution. He did not surrender to advancing years.
Don’t ever finish working and say ‘I am retired, I am old, I am finished’. That would be stagnation, death and you would essentially, be finished. The mind is the master weaver, the architect, the designer and sculptor. George Bernard Shaw was active at 90 and the artistic quality of his mind had not relaxed from active duty. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Prov. 23:7
We grow old or remain young in accordance with our processes of thinking. Your subconscious mind is conditioned by your thoughts. If your thoughts are constantly on the beautiful, the noble and the good, you will remain young regardless of the chronological years. Don’t lose interest in life, don’t cease to dream, to hunger after new truths and to gain more knowledge. When your mind is open to new ideas, new interests, and when you raise the curtain and let the sunshine in, you will be young and vital.
Secret of Youth
To recapture your youth, feel the miraculous healing, self-renewing power of your subconscious mind, moving through your whole being. Know and feel that you are inspired, uplifted, rejuvenated, revitalised and recharged.
Marcus Porcius Cato, the Roman patriot, learned Greek at 80
The Greek philosopher Socrates, learned to play musical instruments at 80
Michelangelo was painting his greatest canvases at 80
Isaac Newton was still hard at work at 84
Realise that you are on an endless journey, a series of important steps in the ceaseless, tireless, endless ocean of life. You are a child of Infinite Life which knows no end and you are a child of Eternity.
