<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you Mark, <div> For sharing this beautiful message from Tomas,... and the lovely reminder of the power of this time of year, particularly for this year with all that has and is arising. </div><div><br></div><div>Big blessed, sacred equinox To you all. May our lights continue to illuminate brightly on through these times of darkness & shadow. </div><div>With Love</div><div>Paloma <br><br><div dir="ltr">Love long and prosper </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 21, 2020, at 11:00 PM, Yasskin Marc via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">May all be well with you at this time of the Fall Equinox ~<div class="">Just want to share this great message from Tomas for those of you who may not have seen it.</div><div class="">This also dovetails with the end of Rosh Hashana and Tashlich ( ceremonial letting go of what is no longer serving us )</div><div class="">What a time this is ~ !!! ~~ more than ever a time to consider the direction we’re going in.?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As we journey on.</div><div class="">w/love,</div><div class="">~m.🌟<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Tom Pinkson" <<a href="mailto:support@spiritualmedicineteachings.com" class="">support@spiritualmedicineteachings.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Fall Equinox Blessings</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 21, 2020 at 11:35:32 AM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Marc <<a href="mailto:yasskin@mindspring.com" class="">yasskin@mindspring.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:support@spiritualmedicineteachings.com" class="">support@spiritualmedicineteachings.com</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" height="100%" valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px; 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max-width: 600px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hola Relatives -</div><div class="">Blessings of the Fall Equinox to you, when the Cosmic Wheel of the Seasons flows from summer to autumn bringing opportunity to pause and reflect: As the leaves release from their temporary home in the Tree People and fall to the Earth letting go of what has been, death of the old, we are asked to look at what we need to let go of that no longer serves our lives. </div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote> <blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">As so many of the winged-people and many four-legged and many two-leggeds gather bounty from the fruits of summer, we are asked by the wisdom of the seasons to reflect on what has grown in us these past few months as we were pressured in many ways with covid threat and restrictions, out-of-control fires, smoke-filled skies, violence towards peaceful Black Lives Matter protests, friends who lost homes, etc . </div><div class=""> </div><div class="">What will serve us as the Light of Father Sun moves further away and we have to find the light within our selves and each other? Below are some wisdom elders sharing thoughts that hold power to help us find our way. </div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""> </div>May we all release heartedly with grace what needs to go. May we all gather heartedly that which strengthens our hearts and minds, our bodies and spirits, for the work we are all called to do in helping to birth a more peaceful, just, healthy and happy Win-Win-World for All. </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><div class=""> </div><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><em class=""> Here is one from Rumi on the truth of our deepest being.</em></div><p class="eb_p" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">"The external world is not at all how it seems. Neither are you.</em><em class=""> Beneath the convincing separateness of things is a vast, indescribable loving Unity. That Unity your true identity."</em> </div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> Viktor Frankl addresses mindful choice of how we use the instrument of our minds.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote> <blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">"Between a stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. The last of human freedoms is to chose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances."</em></div><p align="center" class="eb_p" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </p><div class="">David Cooper reminds us of how we each make a difference.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote> <blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><em class="">"The sense of self continuously dissolves as we merge into a vast interconnectedness with all of creation bringing the presence of the Divine into as many moments of life as possible. Each time we do something that raises consciousness we lift sparks of divinity within us all and within all things to new levels.</em> "</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p align="center" class="eb_p" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Cosmologist Brian Swimme offers support to our membership in the Starlight Ohana here to polish up our stardust and shine.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote> <blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">T"he universe has unfolded to this point. It has poured into you the creative powers necessary for its further development. When you breathe, you breathe the creations of a star… Every element, every atom that composes your body was fashioned in the heat of a star. You are that star, brought into a form of life that enables life to reflect on itself. The simple truth is that we are here through the creativity of the stars." </em></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote> <blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">A final thought for now - the equinox is a time the cosmos speaks to us about balance since it is a time of equal day and night, light and dark. It reminds us to look at where we are out of balance in our own lives and in our society and use that information to take action steps to come back into balance.</div><p align="center" class="eb_p" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </p><div class="">May it be so for all of us and our precious and threatened Mother Earth and All Our Relations.</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">love, tomás</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div class=""> </div><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p align="center" class="eb_p" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="fluid" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px;" class=""><table class="force-row box_max_width" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" width="680" style="border-spacing: 0px; max-width: 680px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" valign="top" class="container-padding fluid" style="border-spacing: 0px; max-width: 600px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" width="50%" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="padding: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; text-align: left; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-weight: bold;" class=""><a href="https://tompinkson.krtra.com/u/JBBP/peWN/g6by" class="">Unsubscribe</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://tompinkson.krtra.com/u/JBBP/peWN/g6by" class="">Edit your details</a></p><div style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; text-align: left; margin: 0px;" class="">Dr Tom Pinkson<br class="">710 C Street, #211<br class="">San Rafael<br class="">California 94901<br class="">United States</div></td><td align="right" valign="top" width="50%" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><img src="https://kartra.s3.amazonaws.com/internal/powered_by_kartra.png" height="20" align="top" style="display: block; height: 20px;" class="" data-unique-identifier=""><img src="https://tompinkson.krtra.com/o/R1aVnyeGH3rK/g6by" alt="" width="0" height="0" style="opacity: 0;" class="" data-unique-identifier=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress mailing list</span><br><span>Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</span><br><span>http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>