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Thinking about initiation rituals and how the loss of rituals has meant the loss of stability and wisdom. Rituals structure time. Structuring time anchors how you perceive yourself and where your attention goes In ageing, it’s crucial to step into and step up for each stage of life, or you exist in a limbo where you want to move forward but don’t know how bc you don’t think of yourself as that kind of person “I’m legally allowed to do X”≠ “I’ve reached a threshold, past which I’m an adult, where I put away childish things” (to paraphrase an old book). Attention needs to be directed to your way of being, not what you have / possess. Adulthood rituals trigger this shift: they signal that it’s time to do so The loss of rituals is the loss of this mode of thinking and existing as a default. Rituals aren’t silly or archaic — they are important mentally bc they help us understand and cope with the flow of time
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