| The fact that there is a greater
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| | leaves that float by - the wisps of
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| incidence today of Alzheimer's disease
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| | thought that float through the inner
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| than in previous centuries has not gone
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| | landscape. The fragmentation that
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| unnoticed by some observers who seek to
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| | occurs does so because in the time in
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| account for its increased presence among
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| | which these mental and imaginative
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| the aging, one that occurs at great
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| | fragments were created, the need arose to
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| personal cost and with grave consequences
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| | keep them hidden in order to create
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| for families and loved ones. The primary
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| | barriers of reason and logic around the
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| cost of Alzheimer's disease lies in the
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| | functioning of the effective personality.
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| loss of 'presentness' it brings to the
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| | And so they remained part of a floating
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| one so afflicted - an increasing absence
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| | and unstable world of inner possibility.
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| of the known and familiar self from
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| | And not just a world of possibility, but
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| awareness, reflection, and memory, and an
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| | a world of fragmented possibility. For
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| increased departure of the interactive
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| | among the central features of Alzheimer's
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| self from relationships that have been
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| | are the strangeness of its thought
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| significant in the past. Indeed, the
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| | patterns and the sudden changeability of
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| loss of presentness that comes with
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| | their focus. Both features are present
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| Alzheimer's disease is so great, and the
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| | in many with Alzheimer's, and both serve
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| sadness it brings to those who feel they
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| | the purpose of dismantling the rational
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| are losing a dear parent, friend, or
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| | element of functioning in order that the
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| partner so pervasive, that it is
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| | emotional and imaginative elements be
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| important to try to find a spiritual
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| | given freer reign. Despite the great loss
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| meaning and purpose for the sequence of
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| | of outer functioning that Alzheimer's
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| deterioration that seems to strip one
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| | brings, one may say that within the
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| down to the bare bones of humanity, with
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| | secret inner world a transformation is
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| sometimes even that being in question due
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| | taking place. Where mental functioning
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| to the deterioration of physical as well
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| | may have been a priority before, now the
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| as mental and emotional functioning. All
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| | functioning of a child begins to appear.
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| that is known about Alzheimer's today has
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| | Where judgment and critical analysis may
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| given us some hope for modifying the
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| | have been valued heavily, now innocence
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| disastrous effect of its course and for
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| | begins to be given space and room in
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| making the passage gentler, with less
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| | which to breathe. And where
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| distress to those who remain in loving
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| | unrelatedness to the spiritual world may
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| relationship with the one who is ill.
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| | have been present, now the absence of
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| Yet, these modifications are far from
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| | self-definition creates a greater sense
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| offering an understanding of what
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| | of oneness with life and a kind of
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| spiritual good might come from such an
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| | innocent spirituality which accepts all
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| illness - what gain to the soul might
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| | that is. And what of those for whom
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| equal the significant loss of the
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| | Alzheimer's brings anger, irritability,
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| familiar self which the disorder creates.
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| | and extreme outbursts of rage? These,
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| The truth of the matter is that the
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| | too, are fragments or aspects of self
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| spiritual world in which Alzheimer's
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| | that have been previously dormant. In
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| plays a significant role is a very
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| | their manifestation, they offer the
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| different world than what appears on the
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| | opportunity of being experienced by the
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| outside. It is a world in which the play
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| | inner witness. As upsetting as these
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| of imagination takes precedence over the
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| | outbursts often are, they nevertheless
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| function of rationality, and in which the
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| | produce a kind of self-confrontation with
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| mind becomes the playground of random
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| | aspects of consciousness that have
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| thoughts, inner events, and memories.
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| | previously been restricted from
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| These inner movements arise from various
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| | awareness. For those who seek to
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| places - some from bits and pieces of the
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| | understand the greater spiritual good
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| past; some from wishes that have never
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| | that comes from a situation whose
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| been expressed; and some from a place
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| | external features appear to involve great
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| that can only be called the dream-self -
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| | loss, limitation, or hardship, it may be
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| the self that the unconscious mind
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| | said that accompanying the loss of mental
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| projects upon the physical plane in order
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| | functioning which Alzheimer's brings is a
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| to bring something that has been hidden
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| | reorganization of the basic personality
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| into the light of day. Because of the
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| | structure so that a new birth can take
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| fragmentation of the images, thoughts,
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| | place - one that will have positive
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| and emotions, as well as the uncertainty
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| | consequences for the soul in their future
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| concerning their validity, the outside
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| | development and evolution. This new
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| observer can generally never really tell
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| | birth does not come without a price. And
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| what is real and true and what is fantasy
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| | yet it comes because of the soul's deep
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| about what is being communicated by
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| | wish for healing and wholeness and for a
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| someone with Alzheimer's disease. What
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| | bringing together of the fragments of
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| the outsider witnesses is a unique world,
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| | self into a new configuration. For those
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| a world of one, and others, often to
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| | who must stand and watch the progressive
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| their great sorrow, feel that they are
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| | deterioration of the personality of a
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| locked out of it. Here, in the center of
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| | loved one, there is a need to be gentle
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| this very private world is a great garden
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| | with oneself, for many feelings are
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| of spiritual flowers - not flowers of
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| | possible and are evoked by this
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| reason or of clear thinking, but flowers
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| | situation. Yet it is important to note
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| of impulse and imagination, flowers of
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| | that in the midst of sorrow and of
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| emotion that were never given exposure
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| | progressive loss, there can also be a
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| during childhood, during dreams, or
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| | view of the emerging new self that is
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| during other lifetimes. These now wait
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| | being born. If the eyes of the heart
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| to be experienced and expressed. Because
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| | can be focused not only on the pain of
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| the rational element of communication is
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| | loss or on the difficulties of care, but
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| largely absent, the imaginings and voices
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| | also on the unfoldment of the new, it may
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| of the unexpressed self are revealed
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| | be that the inner Tree of Life can be
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| mysteriously, without any seeming meaning
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| | seen under which the loved one sits,
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| or coherence. And yet in the midst of
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| | gathering the leaves and petals of their
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| the absence of coherence, a great tree is
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| | own imaginative process in order to meld
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| being given shape. Beneath its branches
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| | them together into a new fabric of
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| are the flowers, leaves, and seeds of the
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| | wholeness at some future date.
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| collective past of the person who is
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| | Julie Redstone is a teacher, writer, and
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| witnessing them. They are the particles
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| | founder of Light Omega, a center for
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| and parts of the unrealized self, the
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| | spiritual teaching and healing in
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| rejected self, the wished for self, the
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| | Massachusetts. The purpose of Light Omega
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| hoped for self, that are being gathered
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| | is to create an understanding of the
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| up in an apron in order to be looked at
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| | earth's sacred transition into light and
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| and evaluated imaginatively by the one
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| | the changes this will bring.
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| who sits beneath this tree catching the
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