It’s heartening to finally have someone with a Ph.D. after his name, confirming my anecdotal experience about aging and spirituality.
The late Dr. Tornstam found that about 20 percent of people (more women than men) over 65 attain a kind of cosmic transcendence in which they feel connected to the universe and are part of everything.
Dr. Tornstam is saying that some older people will experience transcendence similar to that of long-time spiritual practitioners simply as a consequence of getting old.