I've asked these questions, or some variation of them, before -- many times! And it occurs to me on this hot mid-summer's night that now is a good time to ask them once again.
So, here I go--
Why commit one’s self to intentional aging? (Why commit one’s self to the discipline of intentionality?) Why “intentionality” and not something else?
How does practicing intentionality allow us
to think and feel? What do we think and feel and do from the basis of
intentionality? Does intentionality function most
optimally in balance with other capacities, other modes of
consciousness? How does intentionality connect to critical reflection
and mindfulness? How does intentionality connect to praxis?
(What other strong ideas might be nested
with “intentional”: Critical? Contemplative? Reflective? Playful?
Radical? Improvisational?)
How do we know we are “intentionally
aging”? How would others know (and does it even matter if others know?)?
Another way to ask this question: How do we know intentional aging when
we see it?
To put the question yet another way: How does intentionality – and intentional aging -- feel from an embodied standpoint?
Is intentionality a characteristic? Is it a
capacity? Is it a sensibility or a commitment that can be learned? Is
intentionality an individual-level phenomenon – that is, does it reside
mostly or exclusively within an individual’s consciousness?
And/or, perhaps is intentionality also a communal characteristic, capacity, sensibility, commitment? How
might we harness the power that comes from being a part of a web of
inter-dependence in order to support each other in our intentionality,
specifically in our intentional aging (which is, in actual fact,
intentional living)?
And what are the potential limitations of
intentionality? Of intentional aging? (And why is it important to
inquire about limitations, as well as opportunities and openings?)
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