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Age Is No Barrier

by Susan Kramer



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1963. “Suite Ballet,” choreographer Nel Roos, music Jess Meeker, at Jacob’s Pillow featuring Claudia Cravey and Hans Meister. Susan Kramer standing at far left.

 

 

Back in the early 1970s I was running the track alongside the men’s team at Anne Arundel Community College. This was because there was no women’s team at that time. It was exhilarating just to run, and I kept it up till moving to the west coast in 1975.

 

Fast forward to last night (September 2023). After an almost 50-year break, I once again experienced that runners’ high, and this time in a dream.

 

I felt all the sensations in my dream body as if it was a physical body, which was nice, because when I awakened I was not sore or even out of breath. All the highs and none of the pain. And this was even after my dream body ran all out between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara on the west coast. To add to the excitement, I pushed myself and raced past a group of male runners along the way (I guess that I was still thinking about running next to the men’s team in college).

 

This was an experience that reinforced in my mind that we can fulfill our physical and mental desires in our dream dimension if we can’t act out in the physical.

 

And now in my 70s I can’t run full speed for a block, much less a long distance like I did in my lightweight dream body – or astral body if you call it that.

 

At other times I have performed classical ballet on stage in my dream dimension, like I did in my teens and 20s. What is amazing to me, is that in dreams the execution of the steps is easier and more perfect than my physical execution ever was.

 

What I’m learning is that age is no barrier to experiencing what we want to in the world, if we can accept that it’s okay to enjoy our dream or astral body as a substitute, or even as better than a physical experience – BECAUSE IT IS GAIN WITHOUT PAIN.

 

A dimension of our reality –

The astral world.

 

 

More: http://www.susankramer.com/stories.html

 

Age Is No Barrier  © 2023 Susan Kramer; photo from Jacob’s Pillow archive.

 

Books and Ebooks

Samples:
Meditation Reveals Our Sacred Body – book or ebook

 

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Anneke and Hans – 30 Short Stories from North Holland – book or ebook

 

 

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God Speaks Through the Holy Spirit – book or ebook

 

 

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Meditation Lessons for Teens and Adults – book or ebook

 

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Gentle Yoga and Meditation - book or ebook for adults

 

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Yoga for All Kids - book or ebook

 

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About the Author: A meditation and yoga practitioner and international author since 1976, Susan Kramer writes on practical spirituality, family and social issues, and dance. Her instructional books are listed at her web site – http://www.susankramer.com/books.html

Email: susan@susankramer.com

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