The 7 Steps-Step 1. Awareness of Spiritual Energy (not religious)

Step 2

This step deals with the basic foundation of our belief: that as people get older and the body ages there is another source of energy that can be accessed. It is not physical energy, but something deeper and more profound. This energy is necessary for continued psychological and spiritual development in the Third Age.

The foremost long term study of adult development shows that continued psychological growth is necessary for a healthy and happy old age (George Vaillant, Aging Well). The resistance to this step is what we call "Mystery Phobia," an aversion to believing in anything that can't be experienced through the senses. Exercises to determine and deepen the level of belief in this energy include learning to keep one's awareness in the present in order to avoid the energy drain of ghosts of the past; prisons of the present and fears of the future; identifying coincidence and synchronicity in one's life; connecting with other group members on a level that goes deeper than mere physicality and superficiality, instead of being isolated, irrelevant and a drain on society,

Third Agers should be encouraged to use this energy to remain active and involved.