There is no profound change occurring in P-B, only the appearance of change, what the Easterners call Maya or illusion. Only in the present moment where we experience reality can we come to know the changeless nature of P-A. Our physical body ages but we are not the body and as pure indestructible energy, we are changeless. We can, however, identify one “change” that relates to the maturing of our physical bodies. Carl Jung said that “for the aging person it is a duty and a necessity to give serious attention to himself. After having lavished its light upon the world, the sun withdraws its rays in order to illumine itself.”[i]
With the approach of “old age” and perhaps even the acquisition of some wisdom, we have the opportunity to shift paradigm and leave the illusion of P-B behind. We can begin to listen to the still small voice, that inner wisdom that can reveal to us the perfection of the NOW, which being perfect, needs no change. The yearning for simplicity, silence and solitude that sometimes characterizes the later stage of life supports this turning inward.
[i] Seldes, George. The Great Thoughts. New York: Random House, 1985, p. 218.
