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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jaime!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Ye helped us awaken to the inner
chapel, lighted candles and incense, and massaged us into an awarness
that we already are living in the spiritual oasis named RS-I. Unfortunately, we
continue to think it is the desert. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Now dwell in cool water while
sipping the eternal drink of humane existence.</FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Thanks for your guidance. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Inner Peace, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Bill and Beverly
Salmon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=svesjaime@aol.com href="mailto:svesjaime@aol.com">Jaime R Vergara</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 25, 2013 6:42
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Oe List ...] Fwd: August 27
from Jaime</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=black size=3
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><BR><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">j'aime la vie
<DIV style="COLOR: black"><BR></DIV>
<DIV><I style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"><FONT color=#000080><B>Yesterday,
appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate. In all,
Celebrate!</B></FONT></I></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: helvetica,arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Jaime Vergara <<A
href="mailto:pinoypanda2031@aol.com">pinoypanda2031@aol.com</A>><BR>To:
editor <<A
href="mailto:editor@saipantribune.com">editor@saipantribune.com</A>><BR>Sent:
Sat, Aug 24, 2013 5:33 pm<BR>Subject: August 27<BR><BR>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_1_0cb1daf8-c3ce-44ac-81e9-6f1ca1de9084><FONT color=black
size=2 face=arial>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">At the
center</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></I> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">The poetry sings to the tune
of <I>Try to </I></SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Remember,
</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">that famous Tom Jones song in the
mid-60s that even got the mellow voices of Nana Mouskouri, Andy Williams,
Harry Belafonte, Ed Ames, Roger Williams, the Brothers Four, the Kingston
Trio, and the lively beat of Gladys Knight and the Pips on vinyl.
<I> </I>Jerry Orbach originally sang it on Broadway’s
<I>Fantastiks. </I></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></I> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you encounter
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">the light at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">the final dawn
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">of worlds converging.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When life's illumined
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">by light at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">assured by wisdom's
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">swift emerging.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When knowing's ended
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">in light at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">and life's sacred meaning
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">is in you surging.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Then at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">in blinding encounter
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">you be it.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></I> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">What does it mean to “be it”
at the center? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></I> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">As it is in our Oral English
in China, “encounter” is our primary pedagogical mode. Now, encounter is not
just saying “hello” to friends we meet, or wave at folks on encounters in the
street. Encounter has more of the quality of a forceful bump that may
occasion a radical shift in consciousness, a reformulating of images, which,
in science, is called a paradigm shift.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">The lyrics of our song were
penned by kindred spirits in the 70s. As we unwind into our exit out of
this page, we realize that sometimes, prose will have to give way to poetry so
readers can hear us sing.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">There are five directions in
the Chinese language: east, west, north, south, and center. <I>Wu fang,
</I>the center, qualitatively different from being in the middle, <I>Zhong</I>
in <I>Zhongguo</I> (country) and <I>Zhongguoren </I>(people), is more akin to
the stillness at the center of being that is our focus this week. It is
from this position that one dares take the transcendent lucidity from the
heights of Olympus, to the immanent intensity of the depth and profound core
of being on this earth. It is the courage to care at the center of the
mystery of life itself.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">As you can tell, we wax
poetic on the subject. Now, back to our song.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you encounter
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">the peace at the center
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">where earthly hopes
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">are all transcended.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When life's unburdened
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">with peace at the center
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">where worldly cares
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">are all suspended.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you're delivered
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">to peace at the
center </SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">for mortal foes
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">your hatred's ended.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Then at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">where no problems enter
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">you be it.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></I> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">There’s a lagoon shore bench
not too far from the Oleai Center where the FHB is located, and a ledge where
planters are placed at Garapan Square, where I spent late afternoons or early
evenings humming my song. At the center is in the midst of ordinary
existence. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you encounter
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">the joy at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">your tingling deeps
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">in animation.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you're possessed
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">by the joy at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">all things received
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">with affirmation.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you are speechless
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">in joy at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">all moments brim
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">with wild vibration,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Then at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">in wonder filled rapture
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">you be it.
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></I> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">At the center, we encounter
awe, we become awe-filled, and the experience is awe-some.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you encounter
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">the life at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">condemned to be
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">a dead man waking,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you are boundless
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">with life at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">compelled to live
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">on water waltzing,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">When you are risen
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">to life at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">a man who is ageless
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">with history walking,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Then at the center,
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">while dancing forever
</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">you be
it.</SPAN></I></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></I> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">No need to wonder. We
are not dying; we are being our encounter, and we are
dancing!</SPAN></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Jaime Vergara<BR><A
href="mailto:pinoypanda2031@aol.com">pinoypanda2031@aol.com</A><BR>
<DIV><I>yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today. participate. In
all, celebrate!</I></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT>
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