My memories of Russ were from the Westside days. Gentle, insightful. Dark hair and dark eyes. Calm.

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From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Isobel A Bishop
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 1:22 AM
To: Order Ecumenical Community
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] lyrics for the song "Being"

Dear David Walters and all,

The small part I recall of the late Russell Campbell is this: ( this will need some help from others.)

Russell and Kaye Hayes were assigned to work around the northern part of Australia- around Darwin and to some of the Aboriginal Mission stations- Russell used to wear sandals that he had made out of used tyres.

When Russell was living in the Sydney House, he composed both the Contemplation song- ' Come walk with Francis' and the Being song. The music would be blaring out loudly most of the day while he wrote his poetry.

Russell always wore a very simple grey 'safari suit' . He had made it himself. He wore his dark, wavy hair shoulder length.

When he was assigned to the children's structures, the children always did interesting and different activities- e.g..,climbing trees.

Grace and peace,

Isobel Bishop

On 27/07/2013, at 6:25 PM, J and J Barker <jkjmbarker@bigpond.com> wrote:

Maybe good to recall that words written by the late Russell Campbell.

Jonathan B

On 27/07/2013, at 11:58 AM, jonzondo@juno.com wrote:

thank you, Jaime.
Jon

Please note: message attached

From: Jaime R Vergara <svesjaime@aol.com>
To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] lyrics for the song "Being"
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 22:23:15 -0400 (EDT)

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Jon, not formatted the nice way it is on a one sheet but this might work for your purposes:

BEING

Tune: Theme from "Black Orpheus"

My life is as Vast as the sea

No boundaries no

Floor beneath me. 

Yet as I look within

 No man has greater sin.

I am the least of all 

I daily fall.

 But it's then when

I Doubt that I can 

I choose to be nothing

For man. 

To die is my lot

 I live as if not 

With Paul I merge with all.

I see then as

Never before

The secrets of

heaven my store.

With wisdom twice my age

My life an open page

Though with each insight

Gain a deeper pain.

Yet I live with the Lord on my side

And wild intuition My guide.

I'm sent as a sign

 The bread and the wine

My form And virgin born.

Then I act seeing

Action is vain

And accomplishments

Never as gain.

To only do is less

Than forming humanness

So mission I must be

To set men free.

Called to burn as an Undying flame

Each word and each Gesture the Name.

 I must through life-loss

An exalted cross

 My place 

Reveal his face

Then the Lord through

My life prays a prayer

And my being is

Filled being there.

I can invent anew what

All the saints once knew

By being who I am 

I create man.

And it's no longer I who is seen

 But the Lord standing

There in between.

Finished as I die

Held there between

Sky and sod

To save our God.

Yes, it's there on the limbs of the worm eaten tree where the All and the Nothing can BE.

j'aime la vie

Yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate. In all, Celebrate!

-----Original Message-----
From: jonzondo <jonzondo@juno.com>
To: oe <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Sat, Jul 27, 2013 10:09 am
Subject: [Oe List ...] lyrics for the song "Being"

hello community,

A last minute request...

If anyone has the lyrics for the song, "Being" I would like to use them for my

father's memorial service tomorrow.

singing in beauty,

Jon

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