The Ten Principles of Eden
1. The three plagues of loneliness, helplessness and boredom account for the bulk
of suffering among Elders.
2. An Elder-centered community commits to creating a Human Habitat where life
revolves around close and continuing contact with plants, animals and children.
It is these relationships that provide young and old alike with a pathway to a
life worth living.
3. Loving companionship is the antidote to loneliness. Elders deserve easy
access to human and animal companionship.
4. An Elder-centered community creates opportunity to give as well as receive care.
This is the antidote to helplessness.
5. An Elder-centered community imbues daily life with a variety and spontaneity by
creating an environment in which unexpected and unpredictable interactions and
happenings can take place. This is the antidote to boredom.
6. Meaningless activity corrodes the human spirit. The opportunity to do things
that we find meaningful is essential to human health.
7. Medical treatment should be the servant of genuine human caring, never its
master.
8. An Elder-centered community honors its Elders by de-emphasizing top-down
bureaucratic authority, seeking instead to place the maximum possible
decision-making authority into the hands of the Elders or into the hands of
those closest
to them.
9. Creating an Elder-centered community is a never-ending process. Human growth
must never be separated from
human life.
10. Wise leadership is the lifeblood of any struggle against the three plagues. For
it, there can be no substitute.
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