A few days ago I wrote a blog about people who look and act much older than their years…

It got me to thinking more deeply about the subject.

Age extension is a big business and is expected to grow because of the “Baby Boomers”. It’s a generation that expects a much different “golden years” experience than what their parents had. Being a “Boomer” myself, I’m already experiencing a much different kind of life, when compared to my father, when he was the same age I am now.

There are a lot of cosmetic, nutritional and medical products and procedures which address various aspects of ageing.

If you remember my other blog on this subject, I maintain that “programmed expectation” on the part of an individual, may have a lot to do with how someone ages.

That’s the mindset component.

I want to now explore another aspect of your current consciousness and present you with another possibility for ageing:

First, let’s start with a premise:

You have the potential of tapping into an unlimited source of what I’ll call “consciousness energy”. It’s the energy that fuels your existence. When you are wide-open, like a child, there’s no limiting the energy flow. Watch a three year old kid and you’ll see what I mean.

The obvious thing about a kid that age, is that he or she probably hasn’t yet learned how to lie. You know, they say what they mean and mean what they say. As kids get older they learn how to “spin” the truth in a manner that’s self serving.

Have you ever noticed that there is a direct corrolation between “the mask” we all learn to wear, in order to hide our true selves from the world and the barriers that are created by the various aspects of the mask which blocks and shrinks the flow of natural “consciousness energy” inside of us?

I maintain that one of the bricks in the in the wall of physical age is the energy it takes to support so many of the lies and compromises we have come to accept as our day-to-day reality.

These lies, usually ego based, require an enormous amount of energy to maintain. Some are overt and some are subtle. In each case they represent a conscious spin on the truth we decide to make and uphold as our version of reality.

You know the old saying: “Tell a lie often enough and you begin to believe it”.

The problem is that the real you always knows you’re maintaining and living a lie and compromising your real self …no matter how many layers of rationale you’ve invested and justified …and it takes a lot of your life energy to continue wearing that mask everyday.

It Leaves less natural life energy for your vitality and your dreams.

Tomorrow: Part Two

-Bob Baran