<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I just sent Sarah the link.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">From: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Many Rivers" <<a href="mailto:thomas@davidwhyte.com" class="">thomas@davidwhyte.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Last Chance to Register for David Whyte's April Sunday Series</b><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Date: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">April 11, 2020 at 11:03:00 CDT<br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">To: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Jack Gilles" <<a href="mailto:jackcgilles@gmail.com" class="">jackcgilles@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="divbody" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; line-height: 1.1; width: 984px;"><table class="template-table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="left" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: auto;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" width="100%" class=""><table class="template-table" border="0" width="552" bgcolor="#999999" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: auto; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="552" bgcolor="#999999" class="" style="padding: 1px;"><table class="template-table" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="550" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: auto; max-width: 550px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout_table_88d714681fee70b4f73a741d7c5c9959448dafc7" valign="top" align="center" width="550" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="layout-table layout root-table" width="550" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin1983" valign="top" class="" style="padding: 0px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;"><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row1983" class="style1983 layout
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Please send a short email to </span><span class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:pauline@davidwhyte.com" target="_blank" data-ac-default-color="1" class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(4, 25, 184); font-weight: inherit;"><span class="" style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">pauline@davidwhyte.com</span></a></span></span></span><span class="" style="color: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit; font-style: italic; font-family: arial;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">requesting a discount code.</span><br class=""><br class=""></span><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 15px;">~</div></span><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: italic;">The sound of a bell</span></div><span class="" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: inherit; font-style: italic;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Still reverberating,</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">or a blackbird calling</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">from a corner of the field,</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">asking you to wake</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">into this life,</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">or inviting you deeper</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">into the one that waits.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Either way</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">takes courage...</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br class="">David Whyte<br class="">from 'The Bell and the Blackbird'</div></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td id="layout-row-margin1984" valign="top" class="" style="padding: 0px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="font-size: 14px; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: initial !important;"><tbody class=""><tr id="layout-row1984" class="layout-row style1984 _widget_social widget layout" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><td id="layout-row-padding1984" valign="top" class="" style="padding: 12px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="font-size: 14px; 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outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(4, 25, 184);"><img src="http://manyrivers.img-us6.com/_social_/flat-color-round-website.png" border="0" width="34" class="" style="border: none;"></a></div></td><td width="10" class="" style="display: inline-block !important; width: 10px !important;"> </td><td align="center" valign="middle" width="34" class="" style="display: inline-block !important; width: 34px !important;"><div class="__ac_social_icons" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="mailto:mrivers@davidwhyte.com" id="email" class="__ac_social_icon_link" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(4, 25, 184);"><img src="http://manyrivers.img-us6.com/_social_/flat-color-round-email.png" border="0" width="34" class="" style="border: none;"></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></center></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 12, 2020, at 16:50, Sarah H. Buss 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="">Can you send me a link. I attended his gathering in Austin. Use <a href="mailto:shb.poetry@gmail.com" class="">shb.poetry@gmail.com</a> . Thanks <div class="">Sarah Buss<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Apr 12, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Beret Griffith via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Today Paul and I spent from 12:00-1:30 pm, online with 4500 other folks from around the world, the first of three sessions, with poet David Whyte. THE COURAGE IN POETRY - Reassessing and Emboldening Our Lives. An Invitation to Solace, Companionship and Courage. <div class=""><br class=""><div class="">It was an extraordinary event. There are no words. However I am reminded of times during summer programs in the Great Hall with 1,000 people when.....</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I first ran into David Whyte in a 1996 weekend with Angeles Arrien at her workshop in Marin County, Embracing the Sacred Other. I've been to several of David Whyte's readings, listened to his recordings, and now being in an online event....extraordinary.</div></div><div class="">Beret </div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 2:53 PM Ken Fisher via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Iain McGilchrist:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Metaphor is not just a reflection of what
has been, but the means whereby the truly new, rather that just the novel, may
come about … All understanding, whether of the world or of ourselves, depends
on choosing the right metaphor. The
metaphor we choose governs what we see.
Even in talking about understanding, we cannot escape metaphors.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Q. Which metaphor would you choose for
‘Being’ as the educational context for the process of becoming who we are?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Iain McGilchrist:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">That’s quite a question! Of course,
there can’t be a metaphor for being as such, since it is the core mystery,
along with time, as Heidegger saw, and we can’t compare it – or time, for that
matter – with anything else at all. But I would try to answer you by
saying that we are all in the process of becoming what we are, and that
everything that is, is also only becoming. And so there
never is an ‘is’ in the static sense. We are always, all our
lives, work in progress – and so, actually, is everything that ‘is’. I
suppose one of my cardinal points is that everything, for us as human beings,
exists under two aspects: one is static, fixed, isolated and certain, and that
corresponds with ‘being as representation’ (what the left hemisphere delivers);
and the other is flowing, changing, connected and uncertain, and that
corresponds with ‘being in itself’, which is also a ‘being as becoming’ (what
the right hemisphere delivers). But ultimately the first is only a
special way of conceiving the second, once time has been removed from the
picture. The reality, as Heraclitus saw, and others in the East have seen
before and since, is that ‘everything flows’.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="http://towardsmagz.org/?page_id=320" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">http://towardsmagz.org/?page_id=320</span></a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
<div class="">Ken</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 12, 2020, at 9:35 AM, Jack Gilles via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">Dear Colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The poet’s task is to communicate truth in a ways that cannot be communicated by prose. And I emphasize “cannot”. Language is the tool of the left brain. The rational, verbal scientific paradigm that replaced (or displaced) the two-story paradigm did a great deal for understanding and discourse. We are able to grasp the insight, see mistaken literalism. The right brain is mute. It sees wholes, not parts. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But that does not mean that therefore the rational, impersonal, and statistical probability of how this planet functions is truth. That viruses just arise, that the Earth doesn’t consciously (not human thinking consciousness) communicate messages with intent. It does. This planet is alive, all of it, as an integrated system. Pain is real, death is real, and even a fly can sense when it is in danger. That system, that infinitely complex, but totally integrated system communicates by harmony. The even shifting, the ever changing and the ever evolving is a great Dance. And when we, the only part of creation that is capable of destroying the rest of creation do not dance, but march as masters of the fate of what actually sustains and enables us to actually live, then it consciously responds. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We discerned a lot of that complexity in our Social Process Triangles. We knew intuitively that every triangle was connected to every other and we saw how our home works, at least the human sociality part. But it is only one triangle of three that actually needs to be grasped as an integrated system. That a is what the very top triangle in the culture does; <b class="">The Myth Facto</b>r. It is about integrating the whole Social Process. And with that Myth Factor we dialogue with two other triangles. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Social Process is about how the human beings organizes themselves into a system. It does not speak anything about either how this Earth functions or how my personal, unique, unrepeatable self functions. I am more than a cog in the social machine, and I am more than just a victim of a unconscious planet. I am a live, free, responsible, creation of a Mystery I will never understand, but who is as close as my breath, and knows every hair. And this Mystery loves his creation with infinite Mercy and Compassion. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The whole triangle I call <b class="">The Human Process. </b> It is a dialogue (dynamic) of <b class="">The Natural Process, The Social Process </b>and <b class="">The Individual Process. </b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">This particular stream of the OE Dialogue is not where I want to share more detail on this. All I want to communicate is that this glorious Earth is a Great Poem, it is a Great Song, but most of all it is a Great Dance. And I learned that from Judy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peace,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jack</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 12, 2020, at 02:15, the telfords via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Thank you Bill for your insight.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The poet sort of implies that the current virus pandemic is a result of the way we have been treating the earth.</div><div class="">Personally I don't believe that to be true.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But I think the poet is saying that this is giving us an opportunity to take stock of </div><div class="">what is happening to our world as a result of our actions and now is the time to</div><div class="">stop being blind to the consequences of what we have been doing - take off the </div><div class="">dark glasses and to change our behavior.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Certainly in Australia the unprecedented fire season we have just been through has </div><div class="">been a real wake-up call to stop our denial of the part we have/are playing in causing</div><div class="">the drying up of the Darling River, the bleaching of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So we pray that at this time we continue to<span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px" class=""> </span><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px" class="">love our neighbours, </span></div><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px" class="">and start caring about the earth and all its creatures</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A pretty appropriate message at Easter time.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Peace</div><div class="">John</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 11:35 PM William Schlesinger via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">So another thought. When some religious figures read Katrina as God's response to gender and sexuality preferences, we did not agree. They created that meaning, and we saw another reality.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For those of us in the Christian tradition, our central text contains a story - 'who sinned that this man might be born blind'? And the answer was - 'No one sinned. This is an opportunity to show the works of God' (Matthew's gospel if you needed the citation).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Viruses mutate. It's in their nature. And some mutations are more effective than others at spreading, infecting, and not killing the host quickly so they can continue to spread. For some of us, this is not 'caused' by human blindness or fear, but is an opportunity to show compassion, embrace forgiveness, and take responsibility.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Care for the earth - but don't use blaming and shaming in the process.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Bill Schlesinger</div><div class="">Project Vida</div><div class="">3607 Rivera Avenue</div><div class="">El Paso, TX 79905</div><div class="">(915) 490-6148 cell</div></div></div></div><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 12:02 AM the telfords via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" class="">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr" class="">A friend sent this to us so we thought we would share it with you all.<div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><div style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;zoom:1" class=""><div style="font-family:inherit;zoom:1" class=""><div style="overflow:hidden;font-family:inherit;zoom:1" class=""><div style="padding-bottom:6px;font-family:inherit" class=""><div style="font-family:inherit" class=""><div style="width:428px;font-family:inherit;display:inline-block" class=""><div style="width:428px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block" class=""><h5 id="gmail-m_8501372741223067507gmail-m_5327355917333823769gmail-m_-60307711866084539m_4993687644967409038gmail-js_0" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px 22px 0px 0px;color:rgb(28,30,33);line-height:1.38;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px" class="">The earth whispered but you did not hear </h5><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The earth spoke but you did not listen,</div><div class="">The earth screamed but you turned her off.</div><div class="">And so I was born.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was not born to punish you..</div><div class="">I was born to awaken you..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The earth cried out for help..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Massive flooding. But you didn't listen..</div><div class="">Burning fires. But you didn't listen..</div><div class="">Strong hurricanes. But you didn't listen..</div><div class="">Terrifying tornadoes. But you didn't listen..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You still don't listen to the earth when:</div><div class="">Ocean animals are dying due to pollutants in the waters..</div><div class="">Glaciers melting at an alarming rate. Severe drought..</div><div class="">You didn't listen to how much negativity the earth is receiving..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Non-stop wars. Non-stop greed. You just kept going on with your life..</div><div class="">No matter how much hate there was.. No matter how many killings daily..</div><div class="">It was more important to get that latest iPhone than worry about what the</div><div class="">earth was trying to tell you..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But now I am here..</div><div class="">And I've made the world stop in its tracks..</div><div class="">I've made YOU finally listen.. I've made you take refuge..</div><div class="">I've made you stop thinking about materialistic things..</div><div class="">Now you are like the earth.. You are only worried about YOUR survival.</div><div class="">How does that feel?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I give you fever.. as the fires burn the earth.</div><div class="">I give you respiratory issues.. Has pollution filled the earth air.</div><div class="">I give you weakness as the earth weakens every day.</div><div class="">I took away your comforts.. Your outings.</div><div class="">The things you would use to forget about the planet and its pain.</div><div class="">And I made the world stop..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And now.. China has better quality air..</div><div class="">Skies are clear blue because factories are noy spewing pollution into the earth's air.</div><div class="">The water in Venice is clan and dolphins are being seen.</div><div class="">Because the gondola boats that pollute the water are not being used.</div><div class="">YOU are having to take time to reflect on what is important in life.</div><div class="">Again I am not here to punish you.. I am here to AWAKEN you..</div><div class="">When all this is over and I am gone.. Please remember these moments..</div><div class="">Listen to the earth. Listen to your soul. Stop polluting the earth.</div><div class="">Stop fighting with each other. Stop caring about materialistic things.</div><div class="">And start loving your neighbours. Start caring about the earth and all its creatures.</div><div class="">Because next time I may come back even stronger....</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">by Vivinne R Reich - Feel free to copy and send.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grace & Peace</div><div class="">John & Elaine</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gmail-m_8501372741223067507gmail-m_5327355917333823769gmail-m_-60307711866084539m_4993687644967409038DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" class=""><br class="">
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