<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is never easy to hear the news of the passing of a colleague. Your mind immediately goes to images of your relationship and experience of that person. I spent a tiny piece of his incredible Journey in any personal contact, but I find myself drawn to the profound understanding of Presence. Presence changes you, it deposits something permanently into your Being. That is why that seeing a colleague after decades brings immediate bonding. Part of me passed with Brian, as it does with so many others. I guess the other dimension I would add is that I personally found the Australian colleagues to be such a mighty force. You could “rest easy” when you knew they were on the front line. I saw it again and again in India, they could do the impossible, embrace the unknown and fill you with the joy of knowing “mission accomplished”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I know in Reality we are bound with all, with but one task, to bring Life to situations that have no sense of possibility. And there has always been and will always be such a body of people who operate in this universal truth, and their lives are sustained by such awareness. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And so I salute my dear, unique colleague. Thank you for your steadfastness, thank you for your part of the world that has been sustained by your Being. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and fellow Aussies. God bless!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grace and Peace, and Love</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jack</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 14, 2016, at 07:01, Ken Fisher via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Colleagues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Remembering many good times with Brian in eastern Canada, in the late 70s.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What a very fine man !!!!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Condolences to his family.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi to Jenny who lived with us in the Ottawa House.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hugs,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ken</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">On Oct 14, 2016, at 4:41 AM, Dharmalingam Vinasithamby via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39604" class="">Dear Jonathan,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39606" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39606" class="">My condolences to Rhonda and other family members. I remember Brian as a man with a gentle reassuring presence and am sorry that we will no longer have his company. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39606" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39606" dir="ltr" class="">regards</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39606" dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39606" dir="ltr" class="">Dharma</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1476428670743_39698" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial" class=""> On Friday, 14 October 2016, 16:11, J and J Barker via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></font></div> <br class=""><br class=""> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6889158728" class=""><div class="">To friends and colleagues near and far<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Early this morning the vigil of the Robins family ended when Brian breathed his last breath.</div><div class="">This beloved giant of a man has left us and as all shall mourn his passing, there will nevertheless be a worthy celebration of his life.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This will take place (for Australian colleagues) at the Modbury Uniting Church, 576 Monatague Rod, Modbury North, South Australia on <u class="">Wednesday 19th October at 2pm.</u></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any memories or tributes you may wish to share are very welcome.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grace and Peace</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">JONATHAN BARKER</div><div class="">On behalf of the Rhonda, Peter, Geoffrey, Robert and Jenny</div><div class=""> </div></div></div><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">OE mailing list<br class=""><a ymailto="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">OE mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" class="">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br class=""></div></div><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">OE mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br class="">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>