<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you for this photograph. <div>I shared a room with an older Betty Compton i1972 74</div><div>Mary<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 01-May-2021, at 1:39 AM, Jean Watts via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Dear Jan and David,<div class="">Live is full of so many blessings. And knowing Dick was one of them for me also. And what a blessing it was for you also to have David with you to be present at the moment of his passing. </div><div class="">And the article on for the ICA Living Archives is written on the Ritual Dick lead in Nepal is a blessing for all those who will discover and read it in the future. The image or conceptual framework of the Existential Moment is contentless and timeless. And it includes the process that adds the unitive/Intergal/ Spiritual/ maieutic level (which is also contentless thus replicable for every individual, group or culture.) </div><div class="">Thank you for sharing yourself at this moment as you swing back and forth from gratitude and grief,</div><div class="">Jean<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 30, 2021, at 8:27 AM, RICHARD HOWIE 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="">Dear Jan,<div class="">My favorite memory of Richard and you was when we shared the retreat years ago in New Orleans.</div><div class="">You and David Dunn being able to sing Richard on his journey is a gift to me.</div><div class="">Love, Grace and Peace dear friend,</div><div class="">Ellen <br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Apr 29, 2021, at 11:44 PM, Janet Sanders 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="">
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This note is to share with you the passing of Richard ‘Dick’ Sims on Tuesday, April 27<sup class="">th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>Four days earlier after a feast, he stopped eating and taking fluids.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>As an ‘essential care giver’ I have been able to visit him every day.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>On Tuesday, his breathing was more labored, and I had spent the morning with him, sharing songs, poetry and the silence.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>At about one, I began my weekly call with David Dunn.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>We have been working on an article called <i class="">Rituals in the Field: Nepal.</i><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>During the call, Richard stopped breathing.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>So gently, so peacefully.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class=""> </span>David stood in the place of ‘all the saints’ surrounding us.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>You were all there with us as we sang ‘Journey on, Journey on’. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
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I have attached the article which features a ritual Richard led in our 2007 Nepal training program. It weaves together the two great movements in our lives: The Institute of Cultural Affairs and the Possible Human/Possible Society work of Dr. Jean Houston.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>As Jean said, upon hearing of his passing that Richard was an original, a wise thoughtful soul whose laughter and humor came from a deep source of the absurd.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>I deeply appreciated his partnership over the last 24 years.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>(Thank you Lyn Mathews Edwards, Mary Laura and Pam for your nudges). <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>He had decided to support women leaders and was an incredible support to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>He once told me, ‘His mission was to make me laugh every day! <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
</span>I am able to smile.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class=""> </span>Blessings Be <o:p class="">
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I will share more information as it unfolds.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class=""> </span>
Richard stories will be appreciated. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class=""> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class=""> </span>I am swing back and forth from gratitude and grief.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="">
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