Aging as a Spiritual Process with John McConville Spiriosity

Psychotherapy has not provided adequate tools for the process of aging. Perhaps this is because aging is a process that is spiritual in nature. Aging compels us to look within and ask what really matters. What does it mean to find spirituality in aging? What virtues are cultivated through this process?

Focus Spiritual Virtues: Introspection/interconnectedness

Developing introspect, going within and understanding that every part of yourself and your experience is important results in what we call wisdom. Recognition of your own despair and integrity, along with attention to your inner dialogue and subconscious belief systems, is essential in cultivating this spiritual concept of wisdom. This wisdom comes with reflection: looking at yourself and your life from a bird’s eye view, which is inherent in the aging process. In doing this, you are able to understand the interconnectedness of all your experiences, and how you fit into the universe at large.