<font color='black' size='3' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'><font size="3" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Thanks to Marshall and Randy. Will no longer apologize for my bad taste. The Pinoy in me that laughs when it is painful is mother nature's gift in my upbringing.</font>
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<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><font size="3">On another note, here's something I am thinking of having Saipan Tribune print for their Friday edition. It is a draft. Correction and commments welcome.</font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">The
Ultimate Encounter<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
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vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">Peter Whitney at 45, is the son of colleagues Claire
and Ken Whitney, erstwhile of the Order: Ecumenical, the Ecumenical Institute
of Chicago, and the international Institute of Cultural Affairs. He died last week ahead of his parents.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; ">I did not know Peter much save as a young kid when his
parents and I were experimenting together with our being what i</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; ">t</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </font></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">meant</font></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "> to be </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">a </font></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; ">global responsible persons in the late 20</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">th</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; "> Century along
the imaginal thoughts of theologs like Bultmann, Tillich, Bonheoffer and the
Niebuhrs, the movemental forces of Christian renewal that followed Vatican II,
as well as the emergence of secular contemplatives following the historic bump
of Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In the natural response of a father contemplating</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> the incidence of</font><font face="Times New Roman"> parents presiding over the demise of an offspring, we hit the bottomless abyss
of grief. Though Peter’s 45 would have
just been ripe age in an earlier era (Jesus at 33 was an old man, the average
life expectancy in his time was 33!), he is less than a decade older than my
two eldest daughters who might have met him somewhere in the heyday of my
social</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> (aka, human development)</font><font face="Times New Roman"> activism. That puts him on the
young side of my ledger.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">News of Peter’s death came while we were
listening to Whitney Houston’s </font><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">One Moment
in Time, </i><font face="Times New Roman">a song we appropriated long time ago as ours, with the
one-moment-in-time metaphor now referring to our chosen 86-year journey. We were thinking of using the song to
practice oral English’s listen-repeat sessions.
The diva’s plaintive voice is so much more resonant on this side of her
grave, tragic as her exit was, and it was while listening to her while
describing the </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">wordsmithing </font><font face="Times New Roman">“weeping willows along the banks by our polluted school stream
finally full of green tender tears” that we caught our own
teardrops streaming down our cheek.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div>
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vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">I am not generally this sentimental, though we noticed
lately that the years seem to trigger the opening of the tear ducts faster than
usual, but our present state of mind was assisted by a mailing we received from
another colleague. Michael May in
Indiana is spending a lot of reflective time on being a story warrior – audiovisually
and literary.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">He produced a book from his 35-yr family’s bedtime
rituals as a “story for the time between the myths.” Michael May is a story warrior, and I thought
he might have something I can use in my work of teaching oral English to young
Chinese children and their parents. <o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3"> </font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><font size="3"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline">So I asked Michael if he can give me a sample of the book
online, not having the wherewithal to get a hardcopy sent to China. He did me one favor better. He sent the book along with a DVD, a
collaborative production of </span><a href="http://www.storywarrior.net"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline">www.storywarrior.net</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline"> and <u>www.transparentworks.com</u>,
on <i>The</i> <i>Ultimate Encounter, </i>using the relational practice formerly known as
<i>Contemplation </i>as a format.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">I did get the chance to review the Children’s Bedtime
Ritual book online, and familiar with the language, some we used with our own
children, there was nothing earthshaking about it save the delight of seeing it
together in one piece with engaging photos.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">It was the DVD that pulled the rug from under our feet. The first of a projected decade-long project,
the program promised the use of contemporary clinical language that is clean
and clear, devoid of the heavy poetic metaphors of many traditions. There are no actors or performers. Video images are from ordinary human beings
who have plumbed the depths of their existence to face what ultimately is
described in the language of awe and wonder, of life in ecstasy, destiny and
mystery, and have enough courage to talk about it.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Presented in 12 stations (the Lenten practice of
Stations of the Cross comes to mind, but it is best not to associate</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> the DVD to</font><font face="Times New Roman"> it since
the demythologizing needed in the RC practice takes more effort before one can
get to its kernel), we discovered the narratives to be painfully </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">unadorned</font><font face="Times New Roman"> and joyfully </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">direct</font><font face="Times New Roman">. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The fact that some of the faces </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">and voices </font><font face="Times New Roman">are familiar
forcefully thugs at the heartstring but it is the general message and its
specific parts that got us reminded of the global collegiality that we keep,
not just with fellow wayfarers in the journey that officially ceased in the ritualized
closure of the journey of the Order: Ecumenical, but also with the on-going
parade of prominent historical characters named in Kenneth Boulding’s
“invisible college”, a dynamic of social pioneering present since the Neolithic
period in Brian Stanfield’s reckoning.
The tears that flowed on Peter’s death are both for the grief and joy of
being part of a finite movement with a radically shaken foundation of human
consciousness, and a profound program for sustaining the depth, height, and
breath of its greatness.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">May’s Internal Mythos Journeys series shows a
democratization of the secular contemplative practice that he and his
collaborators are promoting, the DVD being just a beginning.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">The DVD’s narrator advised us not to take the series
in one sitting. We didn’t but we saw
enough to know that we will be returning to the program again and again. <o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
vertical-align:baseline"><font size="3">Can anything good come out of Indiana? The hell, Yes!<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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From: Randy Williams <rcwmbw@yahoo.com><br>
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<div>Marshall, good point. I agree. </div>
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On May 7, 2013, at 9:01 PM, "W. J." <<a href="mailto:synergi@yahoo.com">synergi@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="4">Instead of complaining about your poor taste in managing to offend a whole lot of sensitive people with one punch line, Jaime, I simply quote Little Richard's original lyrics (according to Wikipedia):</font></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 23.99088478088379px;">"Tutti Frutti, good booty</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 23.99088478088379px;">If it don't fit, don't force it</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 23.99088478088379px;">You can grease it, make it easy"</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><font size="4">This lyric is culturally interesting, but I doubt it would significantly advance global human evolution to distract this listserv with jokes or commentary about these words. We can no longer afford to resort to stereotypes to joke about the imagined sexual activities of any minority groups. Little Richard was both black and gay. So if you have any understanding of how these two groups have suffered historically, you wouldn't resort to humor at their expense. I like watermelon, but I don't make watermelon jokes. Et cetera.</font></div>
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<div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><font face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Jaime R Vergara <<a href="mailto:svesjaime@aol.com">svesjaime@aol.com</a>></span><br>
<b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="mailto:oe@wedgeblade.net">oe@wedgeblade.net</a></span><br>
<b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Tue, May 7, 2013 5:14:51 PM</span><br>
<b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> [Oe List ...] Pope Francis</span><br>
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<font color="black" size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Subject:</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> A Roman</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Catholic Recognition</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Here is the latest from our newly ordained Pope Francis. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">If you are Catholic, particularly a Filipino Catholic who takes controversial issues to the side of levity, you'll appreciate this.</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pope Francis recently finished his sermon. He
ended it with the Latin phrase, "Tuti Homini" - Blessed be Mankind.</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">A Woman's Rights Group approached the Pope the next day. They noticed that the Pope blessed all Mankind, but not Womankind.</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">So the next day, after his sermon, the Pope concluded by saying, "Tuti Homini, et Tuti Femini" - Blessed be Mankind and Womankind.</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">The day after, a Gay Rights Group approached the Pope. They said that they noticed that he blessed Mankind and Womankind and asked if he could also bless gay people.</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Pope said, "Sure."</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">The next day the Pope concluded his sermon with, "Tuti Homini, et Tuti Femini, et Tuti Fruiti."</span></font>
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