7 STAGES

(These stages can move from -Pole to -Pole, or -Pole to +Pole.

If one stage is stuck in its -Pole, all taken on after it will default to the -Pole as well: but once that stage moves into its +Pole, the next stage can now move into its +Pole.)
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STAGE 1- INITIATION
This is begun by an extremely debilitating or mildly concerning sense of -Anxiety that we have aged.
But this cascades into a sudden or gradual +Awareness that we can now recreate & relieve ourselves from pressing concerns, not just live under personal expectations and impositions.

STAGE 2- INTROSPECTION
A sense of -Regret and grief for any missed/wasted opportunities, "should/could have's" and "what if's" arises, as we project all of our feelings, longings and failed expectations onto our past.

So we find ourselves needing to release any regret through +Appreciation, reflection, understanding and nostalgia for that past- building upon any hurt with acknowledgement, and learning more about ourselves through this.

STAGE 3- REALIZATION
-Resentment sets in for our past or present conditions- leading us to blame, shame, complain and disengage from any responsibility for being who we are, or using what we have to create change.

We think we should be or have something else- and our status, circumstances, relationships, past etc. are at fault because we're clearly not that way or don't have that.
Eventually, we +Accept and come to realize our past, conditions, circumstances, relationships etc. are a part of our life, not things that limit & contradict our enjoyment- we begin to remember that we are who we are & have what we have because of what we needed, created or wanted in the past. So we then begin to own our past choices.
 

STAGE 4- MANIFESTATION
Our aim to blame, shifts to a need to -Punish. So we start to harm, distance everyone through cantankerous anger and feel others must pay for all they've done to us- or we punish ourselves through self-imposed isolation, depression and even a resignation to memory loss and other inevitable changes.
We might even realize we have punished/wished to punish ourselves or others in the past- but any which way, something is "paying for it", and we lose focus on living life in favor of tearing it down.

 So we must learn to release the anchors of the past that are no longer relevant & weighing us down- and +Revitalize our body, psyche and memory with an enthusiasm for new life, activities, pursuits and better ways of remembering.
 

STAGE 5- CONTENTMENT
-Overwhelmed about the complete lack of possibility or huge range of possibilities to recreate life, we measure what we expected from life to-this-point against what it actually is. This can feel deflating, defeating and overwhelming because we must finally see what's actually here, and present in our life now.

But eventually, we open our eyes, awaken with heightened awareness and learn to renew our life with +Vibrancy and curiosity. We become aware that every little choice truly MAKES the day, and are sensitive to every bit of appreciation, realization, recognition and gratitude we experience and create.

 STAGE 6- MAGNETIZATION

Now we start to wonder and question what we can actually do from the position we're in.

So we either deny or bury ourselves in the feeling of being a -Burden- feel burdened by others and fear how they'll impact us- or have to manage very real burdens because our life, body, resources, energy etc. are different now.

Something feels like a waste of air, space or life.

The reality of -Bonding, support and care is what breaks this burden as we realize openly & consciously helping and being helped creates such a difference in inspiration, peace, creativity and motivation.

And we uncover/embrace important, meaningful and necessary truths we've ignored, denied or rejected through these profound networks of bittersweet honesty and authenticity.

STAGE 7- EMANATION
Some part of us that can no longer hold up, -Collapses, gives up and no longer cares to be responsible.

So we're trapped by an outdated idea of how things should be as we relive our past- or we check all the ways we are still weak, unsure, needy, ill and insecure.
If we're chronically stuck in this Passage, we will now feel our memory completely deteriorate as we chronically regress into our history and completely forget the present over and over.
To resolve this Passage, we must truly Embrace the Awe of our whole life, and the beautiful surprises it can bring about who+how we & others are- freeing ourselves from all rigorous, restricting, exhausting or prejudiced ideas and expectations we ever imposed on/expected of ourselves and others. This is +Transcendence.
As such, our memories feel comforting, healed and complete- so we focus on simply enjoying life and being who we are, rather than trying to heal or fix those into what they should be/should've been.