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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Yes, the pot of soup our group makes
together is delicious. Ed, when I saw you dancing with your
grandson this afternoon, I thought, I want you to be my
grandfather also.<br>
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Carlie<br>
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On 11/22/22 7:33 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress wrote:<br>
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Oh Ed -
<div class="">I am still here <span class="">–– with you!</span></div>
<div class=""><span class=""><i class="">Very good soup!</i><br
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Thespiritexpress <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div dir="ltr" class="">I was so happy to have our
grandson, Jayden, join us for Shaking Yoga and
Meditation this morning before his buddies came and
picked him up for some time in the park. He did real
good!
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<div class="">This is a poem that meditation and
Pathwork of Self-Transformation class inspired in me
today. Always a pleasure studying with you all. </div>
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<div class="">Blessings, </div>
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<div class="">~ Ed </div>
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<div class=""><u class=""><span class="">Still Here</span></u></div>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<div class="">I’m still here – scratching on the walls
of yesterday. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – knocking on the doors
of tomorrow. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – embracing so many
moments now. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – like I always thought I
was before. </div>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<div class="">This shift in my steady reflection
leaves </div>
<div class="">my acceptance tipped in favor of
staying. </div>
<div class="">Here, hold my soul in your hands and
warm </div>
<div class="">it from within before it freezes in
time, help me.</div>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<div class="">This shift in my idealized self is a
walk through </div>
<div class="">the kitchen pantry looking to pull some
of my own </div>
<div class="">imperfection off the shelf of unknowing
and whip up </div>
<div class="">a new batch of humble pie to serve
myself freely.</div>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<div class="">Yes, I’m still here – tasting each
expectation. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – lathering every dirty
spot to wash. </div>
<div class="">I’m still here – in contemplative
instigation.</div>
<div class="">I’m still here – cradling the infancy of
my true self. </div>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<div class="">The more I look into this melding
mirror, </div>
<div class="">the more I become one with <i class="">mirror
living</i>. </div>
<div class="">The more I dissolve this image, the more
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<div class="">it becomes its own deflected reflection.</div>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"> </p>
<div class="">When I recognize impossibility in its
full dress, </div>
<div class="">I wanna head back to the kitchen of my
soul, </div>
<div class="">stir the pot on the stove top, tasting
implicitly </div>
<div class="">the spices of truth, space and being
here now.</div>
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<div class=""><i class="">Soup’s on!! </i></div>
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<div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="_Hlk37055206" class=""><span class="">Edgar
Z. Balldinger </span></a></div>
<div class=""><span class="">November
22, 2022</span></div>
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Nublin’s Pub, 202</span></i><i class=""><span
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