<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="">Sounds like fun.<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="">On Jul 3, 2017, at 7:07 AM, James Wiegel 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=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Remember the Contemplation song? Here's the deal . . . We get 16 or more (or fewer) of us to video record ourselves singing the song, and then compile it and put it on the ICA Research Channel on YouTube. Who is in?<br class=""><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: black; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr style="vertical-align: top;" class=""><td colspan="4" class="s8" style="word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; border-style: none;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 543px;" class=""><p class="s10" style="margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 3px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="s9" style="line-height: 16.799999237060547px; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CONTEMPLATION</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s6" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; font-style: italic; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tune: Those Were the Days</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p></div></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;" class=""><td class="s8" style="word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; border-style: none;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 139px;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When in the midst of strife</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The other strikes my life</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And that encounter </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Will not let me flee</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It’s then I honor him </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Though he be foe or friend</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And I become the </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All that is not me.</span></div></div></td><td class="s8" style="word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; border-style: none;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 134px;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And in my past I find</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The fatefulness of time</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But then a transfor-</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">mation comes to me</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I then begin my poem</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In mystery alone</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And I am Adam</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In all History</span></div></div></td><td class="s8" style="word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; border-style: none;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 134px;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And the Not-yet I see</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Is cut from under me</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So fast it comes as </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Possibility</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then my reality</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Is change externally</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And I become the </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All of yet to be</span></div></div></td><td class="s8" style="word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; border-style: none;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 134px;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And deep within I see</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The fact that I just be</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"></span><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And unrepeatably</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This one this self</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Free passion then I live</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My depthless life I give</span></div><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I find that I be</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 14.399999618530273px;" class=""><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Being in myself. </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><br class=""><div class="">Jim Wiegel</div></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">A</div></blockquote></div><span id="cid:44B1E8BB-E585-4B2D-AB07-2636CF1333DA@Home"><Video.MOV></span><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""></div></blockquote></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></div><br class=""></div></body></html>