<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 love this poem by Adyashanti. <div class="">Have a great day of thanks giving<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Why I Teach<br class=""><br class="">I am sitting with my <br class="">brothers and sisters <br class="">lovers and friends.<br class="">Words fall from <br class="">this empty mouth <br class="">into the clean air, <br class="">thrown like seeds<br class="">onto the fertile ground.<br class="">The core is waiting <br class="">to be open and exposed, <br class="">eaten and digested.<br class=""><br class="">I am talking to you<br class="">dear one<br class="">yes you<br class="">the hidden one.<br class="">Your stomach is empty and hungry,<br class="">I know well the pain of deprivation<br class="">the mouth that cannot swallow<br class="">the parched throat that cannot drink.<br class=""><br class="">I am talking to you,<br class="">I have not forgotten you,<br class="">I am sitting beside you.<br class="">I have seeds to eat<br class="">and sweet milk to drink,<br class="">but you must take them.<br class=""><br class="">You need not chew or swallow.<br class="">You can take my offering<br class="">directly into the Heart,<br class="">let it burst open wide<br class="">and throw stars across space.<br class=""><br class="">I will wait for you<br class="">my brother<br class="">my sister<br class="">my lover<br class="">my friend.<br class="">I was sent for you<br class="">to expose you to yourself.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 26, 2020, at 10:09, Lydia Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A good reminder.
Thank you<div class="">Have a great day of giving thanks.</div><div class="">xoxo</div><div class="">Riantee<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 25, 2020, at 19:29, Yasskin Marc via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">A mantra for our times ~ </div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><div class=""><span id="cid:175161F7-8D70-458A-AAE1-DBF353E64792" class=""><circle.jpg></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""> </div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">Allowing</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">Love</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">each</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">and every</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">moment</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to moment</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">w/in breath: Allowing </div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""> out breath: Love </div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">in breath: each and every</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">out breath: moment</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">in breath: to moment</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">out breath: to moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">This has been a guiding force for me though these last 10 mos. since open heart surgery.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">Many this find you all well ~ and may every day be a day for thanks-giving. ~!!</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">w/love,</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">~m.🙏🌟</div><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress" class="">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br class="">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>