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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perfect, miraculous unfolding to you, Thay! Soar in to the Great Spirit, you Beautiful Soul who has taught me so much! Deep Gratitude!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-D<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org [mailto:thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Yasskin Marc via Thespiritexpress<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 22, 2022 8:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Yasskin Marc via Thespiritexpress<br><b>Subject:</b> [Thespiritexpress] Fwd: Thich Nhat Hanh<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=526 height=512 id=CE7D4350-3525-4105-BE65-1278C2BF6D13 src="cid:image001.jpg@01D80FE2.204359E0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>The Cosmic Dancer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>This body is not me,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>I am not limited by this body.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>I am life without boundaries.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>I have never been born,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>and I have never died.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Look at the infinite oceans and skies filled with stars,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Manifestations from the basis of consciousness<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Since beginningless time I have been free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>sacred thresholds on our journey.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Birth and death are a game of hide-and-seek.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>So laugh with me,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>hold my hand,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>let us say good-bye,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>say good-bye, to meet again soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>We meet today,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>We will meet again tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>We will meet at the source every moment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>We meet each other in all forms, on the myriad paths of life.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>~ Thích Nhất Hạnh, "No Death, No Fear"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>(11 Oct 1926 – 22 Jan 2022)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>